Programme

13.00 - 13.30 Registration of participants and coffee

13.30 - 13.40 Opening address

• Ariane Rodert, President of the Section for the Single Market, Production and Consumption of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)

13.40 - 13.45 Prospects and challenges for European producers: what is at stake?

• Mihai Ivaşcu, Member, EESC

13.45 - 14.00 Keynote speech - Transforming societal challenges into drivers of prosperity

• Tomas Hedenborg, President, Orgalim

14.00 - 15.10 Panel discussion: Innovative business practices for a future-oriented industrial policy

• Moderator: Tellervo Kylä-Harakka-Ruonala, Member, EESC
• Panel:
• Peer Haataja, Director, Tampere Chamber of Commerce
• Seppo Orsila, Executive Chairman, Modulight Oy
• Harri Kulmala, CEO, Dimecc
• Juho Mäkinen, President, Tampere Entrepreneurship Society
• Timo Eklund, Specialist Researcher, Finnish Industrial Union
• Questions & Answers

15.10 - 15.25 Coffee break

15.25 - 15.35 Keynote speech - Tampere's Policy Priorities for Growth, Innovation and Competitiveness

• Anna-Kaisa Heinämäki, Competitiveness Director, City of Tampere

15.35 - 16.45 Panel discussion: What policy priorities should-orient European production?

• Moderator: Violeta Jelić, Member, EESC
• Panel:
• Antti Peltomäki, Head of the European Commission Representation in Finland
• Kari Kankaala, Chief Sustainability Officer, Sustainable Tampere 2030 programme, City of Tampere
• Aleksi Arpiainen, CEO, TT Gaskets Oy
• Juha Beurling-Pomoell, Secretary General, Kuluttajaliitto, The Consumers’ Union of Finland
• Lauri Muranen, Head of Industrial Affairs, SAK, the Confederation of Finnish Trade Unions
• Questions & Answers

16.45 - 17.00 Closing remarks

• Dimitris Dimitriadis, Member, EESC