8:30- 9:00 a.m. Coffee and registration

9:00- 9:30 a.m. OPENING

  • Mr. Mindaugas Maciulevičius, EESC member, president of the study group on "The LeaderSHIP 2020 strategy" (5min)
  • Mr. Marian Krzaklewski, rapporteur of the opinion on " The LeaderSHIP 2020 strategy " (5 min)
  • Mr. Patrizio Pesci, CCMI delegate, co-rapporteur of the opinion on "The LeaderSHIP 2020 strategy" (5min)

Key Note Speaker:

  • Mr Antti Peltomäki, the Deputy Director-General at DG GROW (10min)
  • Mr Sergio Cofferati, MEP (by video)

9.30 – 9.45 The 4 pillars of LeaderSHIP 2020, Challenges and Needs: COMPETITIVENESS

  • Mr. Reinhard Lüken, Chair of SEA Europe’s Market and Trade Working Group (15 min)

9.45 – 10.00 FINANCE

  • Mr. Damien Périssé, Director for Maritime Affairs at Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions, CPMR, (15 min)

10.00 – 10.15 EMPLOYMENT and SKILLS

  • Ms. Elspeth Hathaway, Policy Advisor, IndustriAll (15 min)

10:15 – 10:25 Innovation and Employment in the Blue Economy

  • Mr Haitze Siemers, DG MARE (10 min)

10:25 – 11:10 Q&A and open discussion

11.10 – 11.25 Coffee break

11.25 – 11.50 The 4 pillars of LeaderSHIP 2020, Challenges and Needs: RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT and INNOVATION

  • Mario Dogliani – Technical Director, SEA Europe (15 min) (tbc)
  • Peter Crowley – Future RDI FP (15 min)

11.50 – 12.10 The Implementation of LeaderSHIP2020 at national and regional level:

  • Poland: Mr. Jerzy Czuczman, Forum Okretowe (10 min)
  • Trieste, Italy: Lucio Sabbadini, Fincantieri (10 min)

12.10 – 12.25 What´s Next? Conclusions and Recommendations from the Study on “New Trends in Globalisation in Shipbuilding and Marine Supplies – Consequences for European Industrial and Trade Policy”

  • Ms Agnieszka Montoya-Iwanczuk, DG GROW, European Commission (15 min) (tbc)

12:25 – 12:45 Q&A and open discussion

12.45 – 13.00 CONCLUSIONS Looking towards the review of LeaderSHIP 2025/2030? 

  • Mr Marian Krzaklewski, rapporteur of the opinion on " The LeaderSHIP 2020 strategy "
  • Mr Patrizio Pesci, CCMI delegate, co-rapporteur of the opinion on " The LeaderSHIP 2020 strategy "

Interpretation: EN-IT-PL, passive ES