European Economic
and Social Committee
Programme
Hybrid public hearing on ''Democracy at work''
Hybrid event via Interactio video conference system and in VMA 3, EESC – Friday, 3 February 2023 from 10:00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.
09:30 - 10:00 | Testing connections for speakers
10:00 - 11:15 | Panel 1: The state of play at EU level
Moderator: Vasco De Mello, Group I member
Presentation of the opinion: Reiner Hoffmann, EESC rapporteur
Interventions by:
- Representative from DG EMPL, European Commission (TBC)
- Dennis Radtke, Member of European Parliament
- Ricardo Morón Prieto, Ministry of Labour and Social Economy, Spain
- Aurelio Fernández López, Spanish Permanent Representation to the EU
- Gijs van Houten, Senior Research manager, Employment Unit, Eurofound
Q&A
11:15 - 12:00 | Panel 2: Digitalisation and democratisation of work: new challenges
Moderator: Reiner Hoffmann, EESC rapporteur
Interventions by:
- Lisa Herzog, University of Groningen
- Valeria Pulignano, KU Leuven (TBC)
- Marjo Miettinen, Chairman of the Board, Ensto Oy (TBC)
Q&A
12:00 - 12:50 | Panel 3: Perspectives from the social partners and the wider civil society
Moderator: Krzysztof Balon, EESC co-rapporteur
Interventions by:
- Representative from BusinessEurope (TBC)
- Jean Christophe Sciberras, CEO, New Bridges, Paris
- Lucia Peveri, Secretary General UILCA Lombardy, Italy
- Aline Hoffmann, ETUI
Q&A
12:50 - 13:00 | Closing remarks: Krzysztof Balon, EESC co-rapporteur
Participants can speak DE-EN-IT-PT-PL and listen to speak DE-EN-IT-PT-PL.