PROGRAMME

17 March 2015 - College of Europe - Dijver 9 – 11, Bruges

Sixth Bruges European Business Conference

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Morning Session:

 #Drivers of Growth

Registration & Coffee: 8.45 – 9.15 – Foyer

Plenary Session:  9.20 – 11.30 – Room E

Welcome: Prof. Dr. Dr. Jörg Monar, Rector of the College of Europe

#Global Challenges to the recovery of the EU economy

Walter van Kuijen, Senior Vice President, Global Government & Public Affairs, Royal Philips
John F. Sammis, Deputy Chief of Mission, United States Mission to the European Union
Philippe Lamberts, MEP, Co-Chair Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance
Dame DeAnne Julius, Chair, Council of the University College London & Non-Executive Director of Roche Holding Ltd and Jones Lang LaSalle
Q&A session
Chair: Prof. Phedon Nicolaides, Director of the European Economic Studies Department at the College of Europe

Workshop 1 – Energy Policy - How to achieve European energy integration

Joost van Roost, President of ExxonMobil Benelux
Federico Tarantini, DG ENERGY, Directorate Energy Policy
Joost van Roost, CEO of ExxonMobil Benelux  
Vera Brenzel, Head of EU Representative Office, E.ON
Sami Andoura, European Energy Policy Chair, College of Europe & Senior Research Fellow, Notre Europe - Jacques Delors Institute
Q&A session
Chair: Veronique Laurent, Partner and European Power Leader, Deloitte

Workshop 2 – Digital Economy - How to fulfil the potential of the digital economy in Europe

Juhan Lepassaar, Head of Cabinet, Cabinet of Vice President Ansip, Digital Single Market
Stephen Collins, Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Microsoft EMEA
Markus Reinisch, Group Public Policy Director, Global, Vodafone
Simon Hampton, Director, Technology Policy Advocates
Q&A session
Chair: Mark Williams, Partner, Corporate Finance, Economic Consulting, Deloitte

Workshop 3 – Transatlantic Trade - How to reach mutually beneficial EU/U.S. regulatory convergence

Denis Redonnet, Head of Trade Strategy Unit, DG Trade, European Commission
Jacques Pelkmans, Senior Research Fellow, CEPS & Professor, College of Europe
Hylke Vandenbussche, Professor, KU Leuven
Alain Berger, Senior Vice President for European Affairs, ALSTOM
Q&A session
Chair: Christiane Cunningham, EMEA Regulatory and Public Policy Partner, Deloitte


Lunch Break: 13.30 – 14.40 – Room A/B

Afternoon Session:

 # Energy Policy

# Digital Economy

# Transatlantic Trade