Programme

PROGRAMME

10:00 - 10:10      Welcome

• Alain Coheur, president of the INT section, EESC
• Ferre Wyckmans, president of study group " SMEs, social economy enterprises, crafts and liberal professions / Fit for 55", EESC

10:10 – 10:20     Introduction

• Milena Angelova, Rapporteur of the EESC opinion on "SMEs, social economy enterprises, crafts and liberal professions / Fit for 55", EESC

10:20 – 11:00    Presentation of Commission initiatives

• Birgit Weidel, Head of unit, SMEs, DG GROW
• Luca Aguzzoni, Expert for SME matters, Recovery and Resilience Task Force, European Commission
• Vicente Hurtado Roa, Head of Unit Indirect Taxes other than VAT, Directorate General for Taxation and Customs Union

11:00 -11:15       The European Parliament's view

• Paolo Borchia, Member of the European Parliament
• Henna Virkkunen, Member of the European Parliament

11:15 – 11:30     Coffee break

11:30 – 12:50     The Voice of Civil Society

• Özgür Öner, Director at GdW- Federal Association of German Housing and Real Estate Companies representing SGI Europe
• Lina Konstantinopoulou, Policy Director, Eurochambers
• Steffen Engling, Climate Policy Adviser, BusinessEurope
• Victor Meseguer, Director, Social Economy Europe
• Guido Lena, Director Sustainable Development, SMEunited
• Mark Bergfeld, Director Property Services & UNICARE, UNI-Europa
• Arthur ten Wolde, Executive Director, Ecopreneur
• Stefano Pogutz, Director of Full Time MBA, SDA Bocconi School of Management

Questions & Answers

12:50 – 13:00     Closing remarks

• Milena Angelova, Rapporteur of the EESC opinion on "SMEs, social economy enterprises, crafts and liberal professions / Fit for 55", EESC