SAVE THE DATE! Mr Wilfried Martens, President of the Centre for European Studies and of the European People’s Party, and the former Prime Minister of Belgium and Mr Jyrki Katainen, Prime Minister of Finland kindly invite you to The 4th Annual Economic Ideas Forum From Reform to Growth: A Roadmap for Europe 6th-7th June, 2013, Säätytalo, Helsinki, Finland Topics include: EU in the Global Economy: New Competitors, New Opportunities Energy Security and Green Economy: Fuelling Sustainability A Working Future: Targeting Europe’s Jobless Generation Going for Growth: A New European Competitiveness Banking Sector, Finance and Regulation: A Strong Pillar for the Real Economy The Future of the Welfare State: from Big State to Big Society? Future Steps in the Strengthening of the EU We are delighted to announce the following confirmed speakers: ENDA KENNY, Taoiseach of Ireland VALDIS DOMBROVSKIS, Prime Minister of Latvia OLLI REHN, Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Economic and Monetary affairs and the Euro MICHEL BARNIER, European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services JOHANNES HAHN, European Commissioner for Regional Policy YVES LETERME, Deputy Secretary General of the OECD, former Prime Minister of Belgium JARI KOSKINEN, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland ALEXANDER STUBB, Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade of Finland LUCINDA CREIGHTON, Irish Minister of European Affairs VITOR GASPAR, State Minister, Minister of Finance of Portugal ERKKI LIIKANEN, Governor of the Bank of Finland The Economic Ideas Forum is an annual high-level conference that brings together economic experts, EU heads of state and government, European Commissioners, ministers, business leaders and other influential stakeholders from around the world. The Forums provide an opportunity to consider innovative ideas and propose solutions to the economic challenges facing the EU economy. Every year, over 250 participants attend the conference; previous Forums have been successfully held in Madrid (2010), London (2011) and Dublin (2012). The programme and online registration for this event will follow shortly. In the meantime, should you have any inquiries regarding this event, please contact José Luis Fontalba, CES Head of Communications at 32 2 300 80 16 or at [email protected] Follow us on twitter at @thinkingeurope #EIF13 unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences .