Draft programme
Shaping Europe together - The future is in your hands
- EESC event in the framework of the Conference on the Future of Europe 24 February 2022, VMA3
13:30 Technical test, VMA3, EESC premises
- Moderator: Beatriz Rios, Reporter, broadcast journalist & presenter
Opening session
14:30 Opening address by Christa Schweng, EESC President
14:40 Keynote Speech by Bijan Moini, German lawyer and writer
14:50 Statement by Stefano Mallia, President of the EESC Employers’ Group (Group I)
14:55 Statement by Oliver Röpke, President of the EESC Workers’ Group (Group II)
15:00 Statement by Séamus Boland, President of the EESC Diversity Europe Group (Group III)
Sessions
15:05 The Conference on the Future of Europe and the Europe we want: how to ensure a digital, green and resilient Europe
- Slido poll
Speakers
- Cillian Lohan, EESC Vice-President for communication
- Colin Scicluna, Head of Cabinet of Vice President of European Commission Dubravka Šuica
- Frank Heemskerk, Secretary General of European Round Table for Industry (ERT)
- Liina Carr, Confederal Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
- Nini Tsiklauri, EU activist, Author, Actress and Political scientist
Q&A (live, from the public / chat / Sli.do)
16:05 Coffee break and music video by Haven quartet
16:20 Bringing the European project back to citizens: an institutional framework up to the challenges ahead.
- Slido poll
Speakers:
- Giulia Barbucci, EESC Vice-President for budget
- Siegfried Mureşan, Member of the European Parliament and Vice-Chair of the European People's Party
- Kim Söderström, trade unionist
- Martyna Pawlak, youth activist
- Live connection with Ninni Norra, Finland's citizen representative within the national citizens’ panels
- Video “European youth's visions for a shared future”
Q&A (live, from the public / chat / Sli.do)