Programme

9 a.m. Opening

Moderator: Ms Jacki Davis

9.30 a.m.

1. Speech by Luca Jahier, president of the EESC, followed by a debate with Ramón Valcarcel Siso, vice-president of the European Parliament, Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, Karl-Heinz Lambertz, president of the European Committee of the Regions 

10.20 a.m.

2. Speech by Herman Van Rompuy, former president of the European Council;
Speech by Darja Isaksson, founder of digital innovation companies and member of the Swedish prime minister's National Innovation Council

3. Statements by the presidents of the three EESC groups:

−    Jacek Krawczyk, president of the Employers' Group (Group I)
−    Gabriele Bischoff, president of the Employees' Group (Group II)
−    Arno Metzler, president of the Diversity Europe Group (Group III)

4. Speech by Roger Briesch, former president of the Committee and president of the Association of Former Members,

on behalf of former presidents and members attending, Tom Jenkins, Anne-Marie Sigmund, Dimitris Dimitriadis, Staffan Nilsson, Henri Malosse and Georges Dassis, and on behalf of the former members.

5. Discussion with three guest speakers invited by Groups I, II and III:

Fabian Zuleeg, Chief Executive of the EPC (European Policy Centre) (guest of Gr-I)
Katja Lehto-Komulainen, Deputy General Secretary of ETUC (European Trade Union Confederation) (guest of Gr-II)
− Jeremy Wates, Secretary General of the EEB (European Environmental Bureau) (guest of Gr-III)

6. A delegation of young people attending the EESC's Your Europe, Your Say 2018 event takes the floor

7. Addresses by the two vice-presidents, Milena Angelova and Isabel Caño Aguilar, followed by a discussion with members

8. Closing speech by the president Luca Jahier

9. European anthem

Approx. 1 p.m. END OF THE COMMEMORATIVE SESSION