position your country or region at the european business summit 2021 17/18 November 2021 - HYbrid event

www.ebsummit.eU / @ebsummiteurope About EBS

For the last 20 years, the European Business Summit has been, and remains, the leading annual platform where prominent figures from the business world meet high-level EU policy makers to discuss current global trends and challenges affecting the EU.

Adapting to this challenging year, the European Business Summit 2021 edition titled “Building a more sustainable, digital and resilient Union” will be hosted as a hybrid event, combining a wide online outreach with over 6,000 viewers and the physical participation of key institutional and business actors at Egmont Palace. The debates will be moderated by international media outlets (FT, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg).

In this context, EBS has created a new format to help position your country or region in the European debate. Through a variety of session options - exclusive interviews, panel discussions & opening conversations – EBS 2021 will help you promote your national business and investment opportunities and highlight your priorities within the EU agenda.

Throughout this challenging year, EBS has been honoured to count on the continuous support of H.M. the King of the , the and the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

2 VISIT WWW.EBSUMMIT.Eu / @ebsummiteurope Make your voice heard and join the debate

PROFILING, SPEAKING AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES BRANDING, VISIBILITY AND MEDIA (The following will depend on the summit format, either online or hybrid, according to the applicable The communications package includes, among others: health measures) • Showcasing your logo on the EBS official website, programme and • Your country or region will create an exclusive panel discussion to emailings. showcase your business and investment opportunities - the session • Promoting your session on social media (Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook). and its objectives are to be co-created in collaboration with EBS. • Disseminating promotional publications. • Format: 60 minutes panel discussion(s) with 3 - 4 prominent speakers. • Recorded sessions available for replay. • The panel discussion session will form an integrated part of the EBS • Coverage by international media outlets such as the Financial Times, programme and be promoted as such. The Wall Street Journal & Bloomberg. • EBS will provide logistics support such as inviting and registering delegates or providing name lanyards. Additional optional services:

interpreters, promotional booths and private meeting rooms. AMONG THE COUNTRIES AND REGIONS THAT PARTNERED WITH EBS • China positioned itself as a green engine of the global economic recovery. • EBS will set up several pre/post networking moments, such as a networking breakfast, a cocktail reception or a Business Leader’s • Ukraine discussed the future of EU-Ukraine trade relations. Lunch. • Japan highlighted its priorities on the EU-Japan trade negociations. • Catalonia positioned its region as a world class investment hub. EBS AT A GLANCE • Canada promoted the comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). • expressed its support towards the business sector during COVID-19. EBS ONLINE 2 days, 30 sessions, EBS ON-SITE • 6 000 viewers per day 60 speakers: • exclusive participation in • 2 000 viewers per session 40% policy-makers Egmont Palace 40% private sector • 350 000 Twitter impressions • exclusive media FOR PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, CONTACT: 20% academia partnerships Raquel Riff, Partnership & Marketing Manager / [email protected] / +32 (0) 2 645 3 486 Sebnem Sahin, Communications Assistant / [email protected] / +32 (0) 2 645 3 488

3 VISIT WWW.EBSUMMIT.Eu / @ebsummiteurope Shada Islam - Brussels-based Commentator & Analyst

Chris Burns - Independent Journalist

Representatives of the Chinese Government

4 VISIT WWW.EBSUMMIT.Eu / @ebsummiteurope Chrystia Freeland, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Trade Commissionner Malmström with representative of the Japanese Government, Ambassador Kazuo Kodama

Jennifer Baker, EU Policy and Tech Reporter Maria Tadeo - Bloomberg Reporter

5 VISIT WWW.EBSUMMIT.Eu / @ebsummiteurope Vagit Alekperov, President and CEO, Lukoil Philip Hammond, Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Takehiko Matsuo - Director General for Trade Policy Vytenis Andriukaitis, Former Commissioner Anthony Gardner, Former Ambassador to the EU, United States at The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan for Health & Food Safety, European Commission of America Jean Eric Paquet, Director General for Research Monique Goyens, Director General, BEUC Jean Stéphenne, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, CureVac and Innovation, European Commission Ann Cairns, President of International Markets, Daniel Gros, Director, Centre for European Policy Studies Guo Ping, Rotating Chairman, Huawei MasterCard H.E. Abdullah Gül, Former President, Turkey Yasukazu Irino, Executive VP, Japan External Trade , Member, Heinz Haller, Executive Vice-President and President Organization (JETRO) Natarajan Chandrasekaran, CEO, Tata Consultancy Services of Europe, DOW Chemical Janis Emmanouilidis, Director, European Policy Centre Xie Zhenhua, Special Advisor for Climate Change Affairs (MEE), Jan Hommen, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Ahold Delhaize Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft For 20 years, we have gathered many China Jeff Immelt, Former CEO, General Electric distinguished personalities among which: , Former Belgian Prime Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister of India TMs King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of the Belgians Jean-Bernard Lévy, CEO, EDF Victor Harison, Commissioner for Economic Affairs, African Union , President, European Commission Casper Klynke, VP for European Governments Affairs, Microsoft Pierre Moscovici, Former Commissioner for Economic , President, Elzbieta Bienkowska, Former Commissioner and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs, for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship & SMEs, European Commission , Executive Vice-President, European Commission European Commission Cecilia Malmström, Former Commissioner for Trade, Daniel Brutto, Director, Sysco and ITW , Executive Vice-President, European Commission European Commission Reinhard Bütikofer, Member, European Parliament Aurélien Agbénonci, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Benin , Executive Vice-President, Miguel Arias Cañete, Former EU Climate Action H.E. Mr Kazuo Kodama , Ambassador of the Mission European Commission and Energy Commissioner, European Commission of Japan to the , Commissioner for Justice, Jean-Louis Chaussade, Chairman of the Board Jyrki Katainen, Former Vice-President for Jobs, European Commission of directors, SUEZ Growth, Investment and Competitiveness, , Commissioner for Energy, H.E. Vladimir A. Chizhov, Ambassador, Permanent European Commission European Commision Representative of the Russian Federation to the EU Federica Mogherini, Former High Representative Virginijus Sinkevicius, Commissioner for Environment, Oceans Leung Chun-Ying, Chief Executive, Hong Kong of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy DO YOU WANT TO PARTNER and Vice-President of the European Commission and Fisheries, European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, President, European Commission WITH EBS 2021? , Commissioner for Trade, Jim Cowles, CEO EMEA, Citigroup Baron Frans Van Daele, Minister of State and former chief European Commission of the Royal private cabinet of King Bernd Montag, CEO, Siemens Healthineers Margarítis Schinas, Vice-President for Promoting Charles-Francois Gaudefroy, Global R&D For partnership opportunities, contact: our European Way of Life, European Commission , Prime Minister of Belgium, Belgian Vice-President, Regulatory Affairs, Unilever Government Andreas Schierenbeck, CEO, Uniper Boyan Slat - CEO, the Ocean Cleanup Jo Deblaere, COO, Accenture Raquel Riff, Partnership & Marketing Manager Donald Tusk, President, European People’s Party Saori Dubourg, Member of the Board of Executive Directors, BASF SE Nils Aldag, CEO, Sunfire [email protected] / +32 (0) 2 645 3 486 Ilham Kadri, CEO, Solvay Cathy Kearney, Vice-President of European Operations, Apple Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Chairman, the Dutch Safety Board Carlo d’Asaro Biondo, President EMEA Partnership, Google Thomas Leysen, Chairman, KBC Group Carlos des Dorides, Executive Director, GSA Sebnem Sahin, Communications Assistant Carlos Brito, CEO, AB InBev Pascal Belmin, Head of EU Afairs, Airbus Antonio Tajani, Former President, European Parliament Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister [email protected] / +32 (0) 2 645 3 488 of Intergovernmental Affairs, Canada

Under the High Patronage Under the Patronage of Mrs Sophie Wilmès, of His Majesty the King Under the Patronage of Mrs Ursula von der Leyen, Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs of the Belgians President of the European Commission and Foreign Trade