The Week of Employee Financial Participation in the EU
MONDAY 17 October
Room JDE 62, Active languages: EN, DE, ES Passive languages : FR, PL
Session 1 – Political Panel / Briefing on Key Findings on Employee Financial Participation in the EU-27
(from 9.30 am to 1pm)
Guest speakers:
Steffan Nilsson (President of the EESC), László Andor (Commission for employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion) *, Jens Lowitzsch (European University Viadrina), Waldemar Pawlak (EU Presidency - Vice Prime Minister of Poland)*, Alexander Graf von Schwerin (EESC Group II), Madi Sharma ( EESC Group I), Prof. Milica Uvalic (University of Perugia), Prof. Iraj Hashi (Staffordshire University), Elmar Brok ( MEP, Chair of Delegation for relations with the U.S.), John D. Menke (President of the Menke Group, San Francisco).
Session 2 – EFP in SMEs: Enhancing Competitiveness and Innovation
(from 2.30 to 6pm)
Guest speakers:
José María Algora (President of Confesal), Miguel Ángel Cabra de Luna (EESC Group III), Fred Hackworth (ESOP Centre), Paul Maillard (FONDACT), Max Stelzer (voestalpine Arbeitnehmerprivatstiftung), Dr. Arkadiusz Radwan (Instytut Allerhand), Kevin O’Kelly (IAFP), Andrea Benassi (General Secretary of UEAPME), Marcel Grignard Vice Secretary General CFDT), Henri Malosse (EESC, President of Group).TUESDAY 18 October
Room JDE 62, Active languages: EN, FR, IT Passive languages: DE, ES
Session 3 – EFP in Services of General Economic Interest
(from 9.30 am to 12.15 am)
Guest Speakers:
Prof. Andrew Robinson (University of Leeds), Valeria Ronzitti (CEEP Director), William Coupar (Bayswater Institute), Pierre Ferracci (Secafi), Prof. Marco Caramelli (INSEEC Paris Business School), Ralf Resch, General Secretary of CEEP.
Session 4 – Sociedades Laborales: a modle for the EU?
(from 12.15 am to 1pm)
Guest Speakers:
Gianluca Pastorelli (President ofDiesis), Francesc Abab Rigla (chief executive of Confesal), Pascal Trideau (chief executive of CGSCOP)
Session 5 – A Piece of the Cake? EFP and Young EU Citizens
(from 2:30 to 6:00 pm)
Guest Speakers:
Philippe Adriaenssens (Young European Federalists), Luca Jahier (EESC, President of Group III), Thiébaut Wéber (Confederal Secretary for Youth CFDT), Maurizio Petriccioli (CISL), Dimitris Tsigos (President of the EU Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs), Julianne Bir (ETUC), Pervenche Berès (MEP, Chair of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs), Dario Fo (Nobel Prize Literature), Graziano Rinaldini (Gruppo Formula) , Patricia Kelso (President of the Kelso Institute), Bernd Hüttemann (General Secretary, Network European Movement).WEDNESDAY 19 October
Room WM3, Active languages: EN, DE, IT Passive languages: FR, PL
Session 6 – EFP for a better Corporate Governance: The Automotive Sector Case
(from 9.30 am to 1pm)
Guest Speakers:
Maurizio Petriccioli (Confederal Secretary, CISL), Marco Cilento (Sindnova), Bruno Vitali (National Secretary, FIM CISL) Antonio Tajani (Commissioner for Industry and Enterprises)*, Marco Bentivogli (FIM CISL), Bart Samyn (Deputy Secretary, EU Metalworkers’ Federation)* Roberto Gualtieri (MEP), Jean-François KONDRATIUK (PSA Peugeot), Alexandra Baum-Ceisig (Volkswagen).
Session 7 – EFP in Europe Tomorrow: The Building Block Approach and Mutual Recognition
(from 2.30 to 6pm)
Guest Speakers:
Heinz Zourek (Director General of DG Enterprise and Industry), Ria Oomen-Ruijten (MEP), Prof. Herwig Roggemann (Free University of Berlin), Carlo Parietti (President of Eurocadres), Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead (ILO), Stavroula Demetriades (Head of Unit, Dublin Foundation), Winfried Menrad (Rapporteur 2003 Report on Asset Formation), George Dassis (President of EESC Group II).
*to be confirmed
Venue: Economic and Social Committee of the European Union
Room JDE 62, Jacques Delors Building
Rue Belliard, 99
B-1040 Brussels
Room VM3, Van Maerlant Building,
Rue Van Maerlant 2, 1040 Bruxelles
