Conference programme

Statistics for policymaking: Europe 2020 Charlemagne Building, 10 & 11 March 2011 Statistics for policymaking: Europe 2020 Charlemagne Building, Brussels

8.45-9.25h Registration and welcome coffee

1st day – morning (10/03/2011) – Alcide de Gasperi Room

9.30-10.45h Opening of the conference • Walter Radermacher, Director General of , • José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission • Janez Potočnik, Commissioner for Environment, European Commission • Pier Carlo Padoan, Deputy Secretary-General and Chief Economist of the OECD • Elena Flores Gual, Director of “Policy strategy and coordination”, Economic and Financial Affairs DG, European Commission

10.45-11.30h Plenary session – Europe 2020: statistics for the next decade Chair: Walter Radermacher, Director General of Eurostat, European Commission Key note speeches on Statistics for Europe 2020: Statistics for evidence-based decision making • Didier Reynders, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of • Mihály Varga, Parliamentary Secretary, Prime Ministry of Hungary

11.30-12.00h National experiences with statistics for policy making in Europe • Bertholt Leeftink, Deputy Secretary General, Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation

Discussion

12.00-12.45h Statistical agenda for the next decade with regard to using statistics for policymaking outside Europe Chair: Pieter Everaers, Director of “External cooperation, communication and key indicators”, Eurostat, European Commission • John Steven Landefeld, Director of the Bureau of Economic Analysis, US Department of Commerce, USA • Jeni Klugman, Director of Human Development Report Office, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Human Development Index (HDI), USA Discussion

12.55-14.10h Lunch break

1st day – afternoon (10/03/2011)

14.15-15.45h Sets of indicators for policy making Chair: Marie Bohatá, Deputy Director General of Eurostat, European Commission • Hans Stol, Consultant in ICT-Business Administration-Policy Making, Research Associate University of Tilburg, the Netherlands • Aurel Schubert, Director for General Statistics, European Central Bank, Germany • Andrea Saltelli, Head of Unit of "Econometrics and Applied Statistics", , European Commission • Ales Capek, Head of Unit of “Key indicators for European policies”, Eurostat, European Commission

Discussion

15.45-16.15h Coffee break

16.20-18.00h 3 parallel sessions on statistics for: Smart growth: innovation indicators, education, digital Europe - Sicco Mansholt Room Chair: Antonio Argüeso, Director of Social and Demographic Statistics, National Statistical Institute (INE), Spain • Mikael Jern, Professor, National Center for Visual Analytics (NCVA) at Linköping University, Sweden • Lucilla Sioli & Michail Skaliotis, respectively Head of Unit of “Economic & statistical analyses”, Information Society and Media DG and Head of Unit of “Information society: tourism”, Eurostat, European Commission • Anders Hoffmann, Director of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy, Danish Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs • Matthieu Delescluse, Unit of "Economic analysis and indicators", Research and Innovation DG, European Commission Sustainable growth: indicators for green growth - Lord Jenkins Room Chair: Pedro Díaz Muñoz, Director of “Sectoral and regional statistics”, Eurostat, European Commission • Robin Miège, Director of “Strategy”, Environment DG, European Commission • Lucio Gussetti, Director of "Consultative works", Committee of the Regions • Catherine Larrieu, Head of the Sustainable Development Delegation, Office of the Commissioner General for Sustainable Development, Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transportation and Housing, France • Eric De Brabanter, Department of Environment, Ministry of Sustainable Development and Infrastructures, Luxembourg and Chairman of the OECD Working Party on Environmental Information, Luxembourg Inclusive growth: indicators on poverty and social/economic exclusion - Jean Durieux Room Chair: François Lequiller, Director of “National and European accounts”, Eurostat, European Commission • Antonia Carparelli, Head of Unit of “Inclusion, social policy aspects of migration, streamlining of social policies”, Employment DG, European Commission • Sir Anthony B. Atkinson, Professor, Nuffield College, Oxford, United Kingdom • Inna Steinbuka, Director of “Social and information society statistics”, Eurostat, European Commission

Cocktail 2nd day – morning (11/03/2011) - Alcide de Gasperi Room

9.15-10.15h Presentations from the chair of each parallel session on the outcome of the sessions Discussion

10.15-10.45h Coffee break

10.50-12.00h Roundtable Chair: Walter Radermacher, Director General of Eurostat, European Commission • Dirk Ahner, Director General of “Regional Policy” DG, European Commission • Marie Bohatá, Deputy Director General of Eurostat, European Commission • Sharon Bowles, Member of the European Parliament for South East England; Chair of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee • Enrico Giovannini, President of the National Statistical Institute (ISTAT), Italy • Thomas Wieser, Director General for Economic Policy and Financial Markets, Ministry of Finance, Austria

12.00-12.30h Conclusions • Walter Radermacher, Director General of Eurostat, European Commission • Olli Rehn, Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs, European Commission

End of the conference