European Economic
and Social Committee
Programme
European Consumer Day 2021
Digital and green transitions: contradictory or complementary? The consumer viewpoint
Master of ceremony: Ileana Izverniceanu de la Iglesia
10:00 Opening session
Welcome by Alain Coheur, president of the Section for the Single Market, Production and Consumption
- Christa Schweng, EESC President
- Simon Zajc, State Secretary, Ministry of Economic Development and Technology, Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union
- David Cormand, member of the European Parliament
10:25 Video Message by Didier Reynders , European Commissioner for Justice and Consumers
10:30 Keynote speech
Eric Vidalenc, Deputy Regional Director ADEME Hauts-de-France (Agency for ecological transition), Scientific adviser Futuribles International, author of "Pour une écologie numérique"
Debate with the participants
11:00 Panel 1 – Consumers and digital: opportunities and challenges
Rapporteur : Wautier Robyns de Schneidauer, EESC member
- Cristian Sainz de Marles, ONCE
- Marion Graeffly, Telecoop
Debate with participants
12:00 Panel 2 – Consumers and sustainability: challenges and obstacles
Rapporteur : Alessandro Mostaccio, EESC member
- Jana Žůrková, RReuse Belgium
- Odile Le Bolloch, EPA Ireland - Stop Food Waste
Debate with participants
14:30 Panel 3 – Digital transition and green transition: complementarities and/or contradictions ?
Rapporteur : Christophe Lefèvre, EESC member
- Ursula Pachl, BEUC
- Claire-Anne Coriat, Le Kaba
Debate with participants
15:30 Wrap up and conclusions
- Presentation of panel 1 conclusions by the rapporteur
- Presentation of panel 2 conclusions by the rapporteur
- Presentation of panel 3 conclusions by the rapporteur
15:45 - 16:00 Institutional response
- Guillaume Daïeff, Deputy Director in charge of competition law, consumption and legal affairs (DFCCRF), Ministry of Economy and Finance
- Nils Behrndt, Director DG JUST, EC
- Alain Coheur, INT Section President.
Participants will be able to speak in English, French, Italian and Spanish and will be able to listen to the debates in English and French.