Programme
8.45 a.m. Registration & Welcome Coffee
9.30 a.m. Opening Session
- Mr Arno Metzler, President of the Diversity Europe Group
- Mr Jari Partanen, State Secretary
- Mr Johannes Koskinen, Chairman of the Eduskunta's Finance Committee
- Mr Juha Marttila, President of the Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners
- Mr Jyrki Mäkynen, President of the Federation of Finnish Enterprises (Suomen Yrittäjät)
10.15 a.m. PILLAR I - BIOECONOMY AND CLIMATE NEUTRAL EUROPE
Moderator: Mr Simo Tiainen, Member of the Diversity Europe Group , Director of the Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners
- Mr Juha Nousiainen, Senior Vice President - Carbon-neutral Milkchain, Valio
- Ms Salla Ahonen, Vice President, Sustainability, NESTE
- Mr Mindaugas Maciulevičius, Vice-president of the Diversity Europe Group - Rapporteur of the NAT/758 Opinion Communication updating the 2012 Bio-economy Strategy
- Q & A
11.30 a.m. PILLAR II - DIGITALISATION
Moderator: Ms Baiba Miltoviča, Vice-president of the Diversity Europe Group, International and EU Affairs Adviser of the Latvian National Association for Consumer Protection (LPIAA)
- Mr Pekka Ala-Pietilä, Chair of the EU's High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence (AI HLG)
- Mr Joonas Mikkilä, Head of Digital and Educational Affairs, Federation of Finnish Enterprises (Suomen Yrittäjät)
- Ms Evangelia Kekeleki, Member of the Diversity Europe Group - Co-rapporteur of the TEN/691 Opinion Transport, energy and SGI as drivers of sustainable EU growth through digital revolution
- Q & A
12.45 p.m. Lunch buffet
2.30 p.m. PILLAR III - INFRASTRUCTURE
Moderator: Mr Pasi Moisio, Member of the Diversity Europe Group, Head of the Brussels office and permanent representative to the EU for the Federation of Finnish Enterprises and a consortium of eight Finnish sectoral associations within transport and mobility
- Ms Anna-Kaisa Itkonen, European Commission, Spokesperson for climate action and energy
- Mr Jorma Mäntynen, Director of the Business and Logistics Unit, WSP Finland Ltd
- Ms Sabina Lindström, Director-General of the Networks department, Ministry of Transport and Communications
- Q & A
3.45 p.m. Closing remarks
- Mr Arno Metzler, President of the Diversity Europe Group