Moderator: Joël REBILLARD, Regional Delegate at FRSEA of Normandy
09:00-09:30 - Opening speeches:
- Stefano MALLIA, President of the EESC Employers' Group
- Christa SCHWENG, President of the EESC
- Joël FOURNY, President of Chambres de Métiers et de l'Artisanat France
09:30-09:40 - Keynote speech
- Sandrine GAUDIN, Secretary General for European Affairs and European Adviser to the Prime Minister
09:40-11:00 - Panel 1 "Internal dimension of EU competitiveness: unlocking the full potential of the Single Market"
- Maya ATIG, Director-General of the French Banking Federation (FBF)
- Fabrice LE SACHÉ, Vice-President and Spokesperson of the Mouvement des Entreprises de France (MEDEF), PR Commission SME Business Europe on Competitiveness for Enterprises
- Andreas KOPP, Senior Research Fellow at CEPS
- Jean-Paul TORRIS, CEO of Savencia
- Mary Veronica TOVSAK PLETERSKI, Director for Single Market Enforcement, Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW)
Q&A
11:00 - 11:20 - Coffee break
11:20 - 12:45 - Panel 2: "External dimension of EU competitiveness: Asserting Europe’s place in the world"
- Stéphane DUPUIS, Deputy Secretary General for European Affairs
- Arnaud HAEFELIN, Chair of the Committee on European Affairs of the Confederation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (CPME)
- Mirela AGACHE-DURAND, Vice-President of the Association française de la gestion financière (AFG)
- Roxanne VARZA, Director of STATION F
Q&A
12:45 - 13:00 - Closing remarks
- Pierre BOLLON, Member of the EESC Employers' Group