29/10/2019

DRAFT AGENDA – PUBLIC SERVICES SUMMIT 2019 (Invited speakers are indicated)

Interpretation: EN – FR – DE Moderation: Katrina Sichel

09.00-09.30: REGISTRATION AND WELCOME

09.30-10.00: OPENING – WELCOME ADDRESSES • Rainer PLASSMANN, President, CEEP • Karl-Heinz LAMBERTZ, President, European Committee of the Regions • Luca JAHIER, President, European Economic and Social Committee

10.00-11.00: A FAIR, COMPETITIVE AND SUSTAINABLE SOCIAL PARTNERSHIP Keynote opening by Nicolas SCHMIT, for Jobs Panel discussion with: • Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ (SK, ECR), chair of EMPL, • Luca VISENTINI, General Secretary, European Trade Union Confederation • Milena ANGELOVA, Vice-president, CEEP

11.00-11.30: Coffee break

11.30-12.30: PUBLIC SERVICES AND SGI FOR A GREEN DEAL Keynote opening by Frans TIMMERMANS, Executive Vice-President for a European Green Deal Panel discussion with: • Tomislav ĆORIĆ, Minister of the Environmental Protection and Energy, Croatia • Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN (RO, EPP), chair of ITRE, European Parliament • Filippo BRANDOLINI, Vice-president, CEEP

12.30-14.00: Lunch break

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14.00-15.00: PUBLIC SERVICES, SGIs AND THE EU INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY Keynote opening by Valdis DOMBROVSKIS, European Commission Executive VP for an Economy that Works for the People Panel discussion with: • Darko HORVAT, Minister of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts, Croatia • (IT, S&D), chair of the intergroup on Public Services and SGIs, European Parliament • Jean-Bernard LÉVY, CEO, EDF

15.00-15.15: Coffee break

15.15-15.30: Keynote II – Mr David Sassoli, President of the European Parliament

15.30-16.30: THE STATE OF DEMOCRACY IN EUROPE Panel discussion with: • Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR (ES, S&D), chair of LIBE, European Parliament • Petros FASSOULAS, General Secretary, European Movement International • Tom BEATTIE, Vice-President, CEEP

16.30-17.00: CONCLUSIONS by Valeria Ronzitti, General Secretary, CEEP