Maarten Goos is an Associate Professor at the Catholic University of Leuven. Maarten‘s research and teaching activities focus on the economics of technological change and innovation. His award-winning research is published in numerous academic and professional journals, books and magazines. He is a regular speaker at international conferences in the areas of innovation, productivity, economic growth and labour markets. He is also a multiple award-winning teacher, and has developed and taught courses on European macroeconomics, economic growth and labour economics at various schools and organizations. Maarten received his PhD from the London School of Economics (LSE) and held positions at Princeton University, the Centre for Economic Performance at LSE, University College London, Fudan University and the Erasmus University Rotterdam and is currently affiliated with the Utrecht School of Economics. He is collaborating with the International Labor Organization in Geneva and the European Commission in Brussels to examine how policies can improve macroeconomic and labor market outcomes.
Mauro Lusetti was born in Sassuolo (Modena) in 1954. Since 2001 he has been CEO of Nordiconad, cooperative enterprise between retailers, which adheres to the National Consortium Conad with a turnover of 1,415 million euro and 5,521 employees. Since February 2011 he was president of Conalec Srl, a company owned 60% by Conad and 40% by the French group E. Leclerc, with the aim to strengthen the network of hypermarkets in Italy and to develop partnerships in various sectors. He was president of Ditech, a company specializing in information systems for distribution; Director of Conad; member of the National Directorate of Legacoop and Executive Committee of ANCD (National Association of Cooperatives Retailers); Vice Legacoop Emilia Romagna. On 8 May 2014 was elected president by the Directorate of National Legacoop. On June 4, 2014 was elected president of the Alliance of Italian Cooperatives and in June 24, 2014 he was elected president of Coopfond.
Anna Corassacz was born in 1939 in Bologna. Degree in Political Science at the University of Rome with postgraduate studies at the School for Planning and Statistics of the University of Warsaw (Poland) and at he Escolatina University of Santiago (Chile). She has conducted research at the FAO/UN (Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations) and the Central Bank of Chile (Santiago). She has worked at the Bertrand Russell Court and at the Foundation for the Rights of Peoples (Rome). She has worked for the Municipality of Rome as a consultant. She has been working at the Italian CGIL’s International Department as a referent on the European policies related to third countries (dossiers on Latin America, free trade agreements and gender policies) and on the labour policies developed by international organizations (ILO, TUAC/OECD, CSW/UN). She has been member of the IFTU (International Confederation of Free Trade Unions) Commission on Women. She has published essays and articles in professional journals. She has been a member of the CNEL since the year 2000.
Kęsţutis Sadauskas, was born in 1969 in Lithuania. In 1994 graduated Vilnius University where he obtained Master Degree in International Relations at the Institute of Political Science and International Relations and Master Degree in Geography at the Faculty of Natural Science. He started his professional career in September 1993 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, Vilnius, in the sector of Government's foreign relations, dealing with Lithuanian policies on Council of Europe, Human Rights, UN, OSCE, NATO. At the end of 1996, Kęsţutis Sadauskas joined the Permanent Mission of Lithuania to the United Nations, New York, as Deputy Permanent Representative-Counselor responsible for general political affairs, UN Security Council activities and reform, international security. At the beginning of 2000, he went back to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Vilnius, as Head of Unit of the EU Department, and later as Director, responsible for Lithuanian policy towards EU, EU accession negotiations of Lithuania, Convention of Future of EU. In August 2002, he joined the Permanent Representation of Lithuania to EU, Brussels, as Minister-counsellor responsible for coordination of EU accession negotiations of Lithuania, general coordination of activities in the COREPER, negotiations of Financial Perspectives 2007-2013. In September 2006, Kęsţutis Sadauskas was appointed Head of the Representation of the European Commission in Vilnius, Lithuania. In February 2010, he joined the European Commission as a member of the Cabinet of Commissioner Šemeta and from 1st of April of the same year, he became the Head of the Cabinet.
Andrea Saltelli has worked on physical chemistry, environmental sciences, applied statistics, impact assessment and science for policy. His main disciplinary focus is on sensitivity analysis of model output, a discipline where statistical tools are used to interpret the output from mathematical or computational models, and on sensitivity auditing, an extension of sensitivity analysis to the entire evidence-generating process in a policy context. A second focus is the construction of composite indicators or indices. Presently leads the Econometric and Applied Statistics Unit of the European Commission at the Joint Research Centre in Ispra (I). The Unit, with a staff of 30, develops econometric and statistic applications, mostly in support to the services of the European Commission, in fields such as lifelong learning, inequality, employment, competitiveness and innovation.
Giuliano Poletti was born in Imola, on November 19th, 1951. After graduating as an agronomist, in his youth, he worked as an agricultural technician. In 1975 was elected city councillor for the city of Imola. Later he held the position of Councillor for Productive Activities and member of the provincial council of Bologna. In addition to his political – administrative commitments, he maintained a professional activity as president of ESAVE (the body for Studies and Promotion of Viticulture and Enology of the Emilia Romagna region). Elected president of Legacoop of Imola on 1989, he left this charge in September 2000 to become the Regional President and National Vice President of the said organization. From 1992 to 2000 he was also chairman of EPHESUS, the training branch of Legacoop in the Emilia Romagna region. Before his nomination as Minister of Labour and Social Policies in 2014, he has been President of the National Legacoop, President of Coopfond (the Fund for the cooperative promotion of Legacoop) and President of the Alliance of the Cooperatives, the national coordination body consisting of the cooperative representative organizations AGCI, Confcooperative and Legacoop.
Susanna Camusso started her union activity as a student at Milan’s Statale University, as a coordinator of the ‘150 hours’ policies and of educational rights. In 1975 she became coordinator at the FLM (metalworkers joint federation set up by CGIL, CISL, UIL) for the workers' training policies. In 1977 she lead FIOM (CGIL Metalworkers) in the Milan area, in charge of union relations at the Ansaldo Group. In 1980 she entered Milan’s FIOM Secretariat and in 1986 Lombardy’s FIOM Secretariat. From September 1993 to the end of 1997 she was National Secretary at the FIOM headquarters in Rome, first in charge of the automotive sector and then of the steel sector. In December 1997 she went back to Milan as Secretary General of the Regional Agroindustry Federation (FLAI-CGIL), a position that she held until 2001, when she was elected Secretary General of CGIL in Lombardy. In June 2008 she entered the CGIL headquarters as National Secretary, in charge of bargaining and industry. After two years, she was appointed Vice-Secretary General. In November 2010 she became the first woman to be elected Secretary General in the whole CGIL’s history of 100 years. Susanna Camusso was born in 1955 in Milan and has a daughter. Moreover: in November 2005, helped by a group of women, she organized the movement “Usciamo dal silenzio” (Let's break the silence), working for women’s freedom and civil liberties.
February 2011 was when they organized the latest massive demonstration, when thousands people gathered in Rome for the respect of women’s dignity
Anna Diamantopoulou is a Civil Engineer by training with graduate studies in Regional Development and has been a member of the Greek Parliament for 11 years. In 1999 she was appointed as European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities (1999-2004). In 2009 she served as Minister of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs until March of 2012, and consequently as the Minister of Development, Competitiveness and Shipping until the May 2012 elections. Anna Diamantopoulou is President of the “DIKTIO” – Network for Reform in Greece and Europe. She is very active in European affairs. She is Praesidium Member of the “Friends of Europe”, the Brussels-based think tank exploring thinking on the future of the EU, and a Steering Committee Member (2008, 2009, 2012), of “Notre Europe-Jaques Delors Institute” the Paris-based think tank dedicated to European integration and unity.
Bartek Lessaer has been a socio-economic analyst with Commission's DG Employment since 2007, specialising in sustainable development as well as in the measurement of quality of life, well-being and socio-economic progress. He coordinated the Social Climate survey and small area estimations of poverty, a joint project with the World Bank and DG REGIO. He graduated from sociology at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland. He also studied European integration at the Exeter University, UK and social sciences at the University of Oldenburg, Germany. Before, joining the European Commission, Bartek was a research assistant at the Centre for Comparative Studies of Civilisations of the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, specialising in ethnic and religious minorities of the Middle East.
Guglielmo Loy was born in Rome in 1956 and began his trade union activity in 1980 at the Research Centre of UIL- Latium Region, the structure of which he became General Secretary in 1991. In 2000 he was elected to the National Secretariat of the UIL Confederation, in charge of territorial, migration and local taxation policies, as well as coordinator – jointly with the UIL Regional Structures – for local development policies. In that capacity he has supported the processes to reform migration laws. Since 2007 he has also been responsible for cohesion policies and policies for the South of Italy, as well as housing, labour and training policies. In that capacity he has been the government counterpart for labour market reforms, with specific reference to the policies designed to detect the phenomenon of irregular work and regularize it, as well as social protection, training and apprenticeship policies. He has also represented UIL in the negotiations with government on labour market reforms. Finally, being in charge of territorial cohesion policies and policies for the South of Italy, he has also represented UIL in the partnership on the programming of European structural funds and he has signed the Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of the national strategic framework. During those years, being responsible for local taxation, he has conducted several studies and analyses on local rates and taxes such as ICI, IMU, TASI, Tax/Fee for municipal solid waste, as well as additional regional and municipal additional income taxes.
Maarten Goos is an Associate Professor at the Catholic University of Leuven. Maarten‘s research and teaching activities focus on the economics of technological change and innovation. His award-winning research is published in numerous academic and professional journals, books and magazines. He is a regular speaker at international conferences in the areas of innovation, productivity, economic growth and labour markets. He is also a multiple award-winning teacher, and has developed and taught courses on European macroeconomics, economic growth and labour economics at various schools and organizations. Maarten received his PhD from the London School of Economics (LSE) and held positions at Princeton University, the Centre for Economic Performance at LSE, University College London, Fudan University and the Erasmus University Rotterdam and is currently affiliated with the Utrecht School of Economics. He is collaborating with the International Labor Organization in Geneva and the European Commission in Brussels to examine how policies can improve macroeconomic and labor market outcomes.
Mauro Lusetti was born in Sassuolo (Modena) in 1954. Since 2001 he has been CEO of Nordiconad, cooperative enterprise between retailers, which adheres to the National Consortium Conad with a turnover of 1,415 million euro and 5,521 employees. Since February 2011 he was president of Conalec Srl, a company owned 60% by Conad and 40% by the French group E. Leclerc, with the aim to strengthen the network of hypermarkets in Italy and to develop partnerships in various sectors. He was president of Ditech, a company specializing in information systems for distribution; Director of Conad; member of the National Directorate of Legacoop and Executive Committee of ANCD (National Association of Cooperatives Retailers); Vice Legacoop Emilia Romagna. On 8 May 2014 was elected president by the Directorate of National Legacoop. On June 4, 2014 was elected president of the Alliance of Italian Cooperatives and in June 24, 2014 he was elected president of Coopfond.
Anna Corassacz was born in 1939 in Bologna. Degree in Political Science at the University of Rome with postgraduate studies at the School for Planning and Statistics of the University of Warsaw (Poland) and at he Escolatina University of Santiago (Chile). She has conducted research at the FAO/UN (Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations) and the Central Bank of Chile (Santiago). She has worked at the Bertrand Russell Court and at the Foundation for the Rights of Peoples (Rome). She has worked for the Municipality of Rome as a consultant. She has been working at the Italian CGIL’s International Department as a referent on the European policies related to third countries (dossiers on Latin America, free trade agreements and gender policies) and on the labour policies developed by international organizations (ILO, TUAC/OECD, CSW/UN). She has been member of the IFTU (International Confederation of Free Trade Unions) Commission on Women. She has published essays and articles in professional journals. She has been a member of the CNEL since the year 2000.
Kęsţutis Sadauskas, was born in 1969 in Lithuania. In 1994 graduated Vilnius University where he obtained Master Degree in International Relations at the Institute of Political Science and International Relations and Master Degree in Geography at the Faculty of Natural Science. He started his professional career in September 1993 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, Vilnius, in the sector of Government's foreign relations, dealing with Lithuanian policies on Council of Europe, Human Rights, UN, OSCE, NATO. At the end of 1996, Kęsţutis Sadauskas joined the Permanent Mission of Lithuania to the United Nations, New York, as Deputy Permanent Representative-Counselor responsible for general political affairs, UN Security Council activities and reform, international security. At the beginning of 2000, he went back to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Vilnius, as Head of Unit of the EU Department, and later as Director, responsible for Lithuanian policy towards EU, EU accession negotiations of Lithuania, Convention of Future of EU. In August 2002, he joined the Permanent Representation of Lithuania to EU, Brussels, as Minister-counsellor responsible for coordination of EU accession negotiations of Lithuania, general coordination of activities in the COREPER, negotiations of Financial Perspectives 2007-2013. In September 2006, Kęsţutis Sadauskas was appointed Head of the Representation of the European Commission in Vilnius, Lithuania. In February 2010, he joined the European Commission as a member of the Cabinet of Commissioner Šemeta and from 1st of April of the same year, he became the Head of the Cabinet.
Andrea Saltelli has worked on physical chemistry, environmental sciences, applied statistics, impact assessment and science for policy. His main disciplinary focus is on sensitivity analysis of model output, a discipline where statistical tools are used to interpret the output from mathematical or computational models, and on sensitivity auditing, an extension of sensitivity analysis to the entire evidence-generating process in a policy context. A second focus is the construction of composite indicators or indices. Presently leads the Econometric and Applied Statistics Unit of the European Commission at the Joint Research Centre in Ispra (I). The Unit, with a staff of 30, develops econometric and statistic applications, mostly in support to the services of the European Commission, in fields such as lifelong learning, inequality, employment, competitiveness and innovation.
Giuliano Poletti was born in Imola, on November 19th, 1951. After graduating as an agronomist, in his youth, he worked as an agricultural technician. In 1975 was elected city councillor for the city of Imola. Later he held the position of Councillor for Productive Activities and member of the provincial council of Bologna. In addition to his political – administrative commitments, he maintained a professional activity as president of ESAVE (the body for Studies and Promotion of Viticulture and Enology of the Emilia Romagna region). Elected president of Legacoop of Imola on 1989, he left this charge in September 2000 to become the Regional President and National Vice President of the said organization. From 1992 to 2000 he was also chairman of EPHESUS, the training branch of Legacoop in the Emilia Romagna region. Before his nomination as Minister of Labour and Social Policies in 2014, he has been President of the National Legacoop, President of Coopfond (the Fund for the cooperative promotion of Legacoop) and President of the Alliance of the Cooperatives, the national coordination body consisting of the cooperative representative organizations AGCI, Confcooperative and Legacoop.
Susanna Camusso started her union activity as a student at Milan’s Statale University, as a coordinator of the ‘150 hours’ policies and of educational rights. In 1975 she became coordinator at the FLM (metalworkers joint federation set up by CGIL, CISL, UIL) for the workers' training policies. In 1977 she lead FIOM (CGIL Metalworkers) in the Milan area, in charge of union relations at the Ansaldo Group. In 1980 she entered Milan’s FIOM Secretariat and in 1986 Lombardy’s FIOM Secretariat. From September 1993 to the end of 1997 she was National Secretary at the FIOM headquarters in Rome, first in charge of the automotive sector and then of the steel sector. In December 1997 she went back to Milan as Secretary General of the Regional Agroindustry Federation (FLAI-CGIL), a position that she held until 2001, when she was elected Secretary General of CGIL in Lombardy. In June 2008 she entered the CGIL headquarters as National Secretary, in charge of bargaining and industry. After two years, she was appointed Vice-Secretary General. In November 2010 she became the first woman to be elected Secretary General in the whole CGIL’s history of 100 years. Susanna Camusso was born in 1955 in Milan and has a daughter. Moreover: in November 2005, helped by a group of women, she organized the movement “Usciamo dal silenzio” (Let's break the silence), working for women’s freedom and civil liberties.
Anna Diamantopoulou is a Civil Engineer by training with graduate studies in Regional Development and has been a member of the Greek Parliament for 11 years. In 1999 she was appointed as European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities (1999-2004). In 2009 she served as Minister of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs until March of 2012, and consequently as the Minister of Development, Competitiveness and Shipping until the May 2012 elections. Anna Diamantopoulou is President of the “DIKTIO” – Network for Reform in Greece and Europe. She is very active in European affairs. She is Praesidium Member of the “Friends of Europe”, the Brussels-based think tank exploring thinking on the future of the EU, and a Steering Committee Member (2008, 2009, 2012), of “Notre Europe-Jaques Delors Institute” the Paris-based think tank dedicated to European integration and unity.
Bartek Lessaer has been a socio-economic analyst with Commission's DG Employment since 2007, specialising in sustainable development as well as in the measurement of quality of life, well-being and socio-economic progress. He coordinated the Social Climate survey and small area estimations of poverty, a joint project with the World Bank and DG REGIO. He graduated from sociology at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland. He also studied European integration at the Exeter University, UK and social sciences at the University of Oldenburg, Germany. Before, joining the European Commission, Bartek was a research assistant at the Centre for Comparative Studies of Civilisations of the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, specialising in ethnic and religious minorities of the Middle East.
Guglielmo Loy was born in Rome in 1956 and began his trade union activity in 1980 at the Research Centre of UIL- Latium Region, the structure of which he became General Secretary in 1991. In 2000 he was elected to the National Secretariat of the UIL Confederation, in charge of territorial, migration and local taxation policies, as well as coordinator – jointly with the UIL Regional Structures – for local development policies. In that capacity he has supported the processes to reform migration laws. Since 2007 he has also been responsible for cohesion policies and policies for the South of Italy, as well as housing, labour and training policies. In that capacity he has been the government counterpart for labour market reforms, with specific reference to the policies designed to detect the phenomenon of irregular work and regularize it, as well as social protection, training and apprenticeship policies. He has also represented UIL in the negotiations with government on labour market reforms. Finally, being in charge of territorial cohesion policies and policies for the South of Italy, he has also represented UIL in the partnership on the programming of European structural funds and he has signed the Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of the national strategic framework. During those years, being responsible for local taxation, he has conducted several studies and analyses on local rates and taxes such as ICI, IMU, TASI, Tax/Fee for municipal solid waste, as well as additional regional and municipal additional income taxes.