EU Trade Agreements in Practice Making Trade Work for YouConference

Thursday 22/09/2016

European Commission Bratislava, SlovakiaI

Programme

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13:00 –14:30

Doors open

Welcome coffee

Opening plenary session

Welcome addressSabine WEYAND, Deputy Director-General, DG Trade

Keynote speechAmbassador Ivan LANČARIČ, Director-General, Department of Foreign Trade Policy and European Affairs, Ministry of Economy, Slovakia

Parallel sessions No 1-2

(1) Making your voice heard in the trade policy process – why it matters for your business and how to do it

SpeakersNicholas SARVARI, President, Canadian Chamber of Commerce in HungaryLinn SELLE, Secretary for International Trade Policy, Federation of German Consumer OrganisationsAlessia MOSCA, MEP, Progressive Alliance of Socialists and DemocratsRalph KAMPHÖNER, Director of Policy, International Trade & Wholesale, Eurocommerce

ModeratorLutz GÜLLNER, Head of Unit, DG TRADE

(2) Trade as a motor for job creation: the role of integrated value chains and spill over effects

SpeakersDilyana SLAVOVA, President, REX Section, EESCLaima ANDRIKIENĖ, MEP, European People’s PartyPavel SOBOTKA, Managing Director, Frentech AerospaceErik BERGELIN, Trade & Economics Director, European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association

ModeratorSigne RATSO, Director, DG TRADE

Lunch

Buffet lunch

11:30 –13:00

09:30 –11:00

11:00 –11:30

14:30 –16:00

16:00 –16:15

16:15 –17:15

17:15 –17:30

Parallel sessions No 3-4

(3) Making trade agreements work for you: seizing the opportunities

SpeakersJan BERTOFT, Secretary-General, Swedish Consumers’ AssociationVeronika POUNTCHEVA, Managing Director, METRO Cash & CarryDita CHARANZOVÁ, MEP, Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for EuropeŠtefan ROSINA, Vice-President, Klub 500

ModeratorSigne RATSO, Director, DG TRADE

(4) EU trade policy and small businesses – threat or opportunity for small businesses and workers?

SpeakersSeán KELLY, MEP, European People’s PartyPavla BRECKOVÁ, Vice Chairwoman, AMSPTom JENKINS, Special Advisor, ETUCPaul SKEHAN, Director-General, spiritsEUROPE

ModeratorMichelangelo MARGHERITA, Deputy Head of Unit, DG TRADE

A Parliamentary Perspective

SpeakerBernd LANGE, MEP, Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, Chair of the European Parliament Committee on International Trade (INTA)

Progressive Trade Policy – Putting it into Practice

A conversation with:Cecilia MALMSTRÖM, EU Trade CommissionerChrystia FREELAND, Canadian Minister of International Trade

ModeratorLutz GÜLLNER, Head of Unit, DG TRADE

Concluding Remarks

Delivered by:Cecilia MALMSTRÖM, EU Trade Commissioner

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