EuroConference

PROGRAM

08.30-10.00: Round Table: The draft EU Constitution: What it means for EU interest representation

Chair: Jacki Davis, Editor E!Sharp and former Editor, European Voice

Philippe de Buck, Secretary-General, UNICE

Dr. Nieves Pérez-Solórzano Borragán, University of East Anglia

Tony Venables, Director, European Citizen Action Service

10.30-11.45: Round Table: The 2-Way Transparency Agenda for EU Institutions and Interest Associations/Groups

Chair: Angelina Hermanns, Communications Director, EurActiv

Professor Justin Greenwood, Aberdeen Business School & College of Europe, Bruges

Dr. Hans-Werner Müller, Secretary-General, UEAPME

Angelina Hermanns, Communications Director, EurActiv

11.45-13.00: Speaker & Discussants: Competition Policy Implications for Business Associations

Chair: Frédéric Louis, Partner, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering

Alan Reid, Aberdeen Business School: EU Competition Policy and Trade Associations

Georg-Klaus de Bronett, Head of Unit "Chemicals, minerals, petrochemicals, metals and steel", DG Competition, European Commission

Eric Louis, Lawyer, EY Law

13.00-14.00: Lunch sponsored by IRIS DocShare for Associations

14.00-14.45: Round Table: Extended Impact Assessments

Chair: Rachel Barlow, Senior Manager, Ernst & Young; Chair Waste Working Group, Amcham EU

Christopher Allen, Environmental Aspects of Enterprise Policy, DG Enterprise, European Commission

Dr. Jürgen Fricke, Senior Advisor Environmental Protection, VB Batterie GmbH

14.45-15.45: Round Table: New Regulatory Agencies

Chair: Bruno Alves, Senior Consultant, Ernst & Young

Geoffrey Podger, Executive Director, European Food Safety Authority

Ruth Rawling, Vice-President Public Affairs, Cargill Europe

Jean-François Molle, Consultant, former Director Food Safety with Danone Group

16.15-17.15: The Changing Dynamics of Associations, and New Legislation on the Establishment of European and International Associations

Chair: Professor Justin Greenwood, Aberdeen Business School & College of Europe, Bruges

Chris de Koning, External Affairs & Communications Manager, Shell Hydrogen

Alfons Westgeest, Partner, Ernst & Young

17:30: Reception/Book Launch “The Challenge of Change in EU Business Associations” (close at 19.00)
European Commissioner Philippe Busquin to be confirmed