Draft programme
08.15-09.00 Registration
9.00-09.45 Opening and introduction
- Ms Maria Åsenius, Head of Cabinet to Commissioner Cecilia Malmström, DG Trade, European Commission (EC)
- Mr Stephen Pursey, Advisor to the Deputy Director-General for Policy, International Labour Office (ILO)
- Mr Michael Smyth, Vice-President, European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
9.45-10.45 Presentation of report
Moderator: Ms Lisa Tortell, Senior expert, ILO
- Mr Moazam Mahmood and Marva Corley-Coulibaly, Research Department, ILO
- Mr Jan Van Hove, Professor, Leuven University
- Mr Adrian Smith, Professor, Queen Mary University of London
- Mr Jan Orbie, Professor, Ghent University
10.45-11.00 Coffee break
11.00-12.45 Roundtable discussion
Moderator: Ms Claire Courteille, Director, ILO Office for the European Union and the Benelux countries
- Mr Bernd Lange, Chair, International Trade Committee (INTA), European Parliament (EP)
- Mr Michel Servoz, Director-General, Employment and Social Legislation, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, EC
- Ms Sandra Gallina, Director, Directorate Sustainable Development; Economic Partnership Agreements, African, Caribbean and Pacific; Agri–food and Fisheries, EC
- Mr Rudy De Leeuw, President, European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
- Ms Luisa Santos, Director International Relations, BusinessEurope
- Mr Dumitru Fornea, EESC Member, Chair of the EU DAG for the EU-Moldova DCFTA
Debate
12.45-13.00 Closing
Ms Marianne Thyssen, Commissioner, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission (EC)