Programme

Building the workforce of tomorrow: 
inclusive participation and quality jobs for a competitive Europe

Key insights from DG EMPL’s Employment and Social Developments in Europe / Labour Market and Wage Developments in Europe reports 2025

Conference

Thursday, 13 November from 14.00 to 18.00

European Economic and Social Committee, Rue Belliard 99-101, 1040 Brussels, room JDE 52

Programme

Moderator: Florence Ranson

13.00 - 14.00 | Registration & networking lunch (in Atrium 5)

14.00 - 14.30 | Welcoming remarks - Jeroen Jutte, Director for Employment and Social Governance, Analysis, DG EMPL, European Commission and Cinzia Del Rio, President, Section for Employment, Social Affairs and Citizenship, European Economic and Social Committee

14.30 - 15.45 | Session 1 - “Unlocking the potential of people: promoting higher employment in the EU”: Main findings of the Employment and Social Developments in Europe 2025 report (ESDE 2025)

14.30 - 14.45  | Presentation of the main findings of ESDE 2025 by Elva Bova, Head of Unit, Analysis and Statistics, DG EMPL, European Commission

14.45 - 15.30 | Panel discussion

• Katrin Langensiepen, MEP, European Parliament
• Yianna Hormova, Governor, Public Employment Service, Greece
• Ivailo Kalfin, Executive Director, Eurofound
• Yuliya Kosyakova, Professor of Migration Research, University of Bamberg, and Head of the Research Department “Migration, Integration and International Labour Studies,” Institute for Employment Research

15.30 - 15.45  | Q&A Session

15.45 - 16.15 | Coffee break

16.15 - 17.30 | Session 2 - “Labour Market in Transition: Promoting Quality Jobs and a Competitive Economy”: Main findings of the Labour Market and Wage Developments in Europe 2025 report (LMWD 2025)

16.15 - 16.30  | Presentation of the main findings of LMWD 2025 by Nathalie Darnaut, Head of Unit, Labour Market and Wages, DG EMPL, European Commission

16.30 - 17.15  | Panel discussion

• Vladimir Peciar, Chief Economist, Antimonopoly Office, Slovakia
• Tea Jarc, Confederal Secretary, European Trade Union Confederation
• Maxime Cerutti, Director of Social Affairs, Business Europe
• Giulia Giupponi, Assistant Professor of Public Economics, Bocconi University

17.15 - 17.30  | Q&A Session

17.30 - 17.45 | Closing remarks: Alina-Stefania Ujupan, Head of Cabinet of the Executive Vice-President Roxana Mînzatu, European Commission

18.00 - 19.00 | Cocktail reception (in Atrium 5)

Interpreting: Participants can speak and listen into English, French and German