European Economic
and Social Committee
Programme
Completing the Single Market to Ensure EU's Strategic Competitiveness
Host of the event: Isabel YGLESIAS, EESC Employers' Group Member and Head of EU Affairs at CEOE
09h30 - 10h10 Welcoming remarks
- Salvador NAVARRO, President of CEV and Vice-president of CEOE
- Stefano MALLIA, President of the Employers’ Group, EESC
- Javier FERRER, Vice-president of the Spanish Economic and Social Council
- Pascual NAVARRO, State Secretary for the European Union (video message)
- Felipe Javier CARRASCO, regional Vice-Minister for Industry, Trade and Consumers, Valencia Regional Government
10h10 - 11h10 Keynote speech
“Strategic independence as a response to systemic fragility: new academic developments”
- Antonio CABRALES GOITIA, Professor for Economics at the University Carlos III and King Jaume I Award for Economics
- Introduced by Ricardo MIRALLES, Director of Economics and Analysis of the CEV
Q&A
11h10 – 11h40 Coffee break
11h40 – 12h40 Panel
"Navigating the Single Market: Valencian Companies' Path to Success"
- Juan SALVADOR TORRES, Secretary General of the Valencian Association of Farmers (AVA-ASAJA)
- Juan Vicente BONO, President of the Spanish Association Manufacturers of Machinery and Technology for the Ceramic Industry (ASEBEC)
- Federico FUSTER, President of the Hotel and Tourism Business Association of the Valencian Region (HOSBEC)
- Marian CANO, President of the Valencian Association of Footwear Entrepreneurs (AVECAL)
- Moderated by Sandra PARTHIE, President of the EESC Section for the Single Market, Production and Consumption (INT)
Q&A
12h40 – 13h00 Concluding remarks
- Maria-Helena DE FELIPE, EESC Employers' Group Member
- Felipe MEDINA, EESC Employers' Group Member