BRUSSELS ROUND TABLE

EU INDUSTRY AND MONETARY POLICY

The role of the EIB

12November 2015, 09:30 – 16:30

Meeting RoomJDE 63, Rue Belliard 101, 1000 Brussels, Belgium

DRAFT AGENDA

09.30 – 10.00 / OPENING
Georges Dassis, EESC President
Patrizio Pesci, Co-President of the Consultative commission on Industrial Changes (CCMI)
Ramón Tremosa, Member of the European Parliament. ECON
10.00 – 10.20 / European Industry and Monetary Policy - THE EESC PROJECT
CarlosTrías Pinto,President of the EESC Project Steering Group
10.20 – 11.20 / HOW TO IMPROVE THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE EUROSYSTEM AND THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK
·  The role of the ECB
Benjamin Sahel, Head of Division Market Operations Analysis (ECB)
·  The role of the EIB
Guido Bichisao, Director of Institutional Strategy (EIB)
·  Moderator: Veselin Mitov,EESC Member
11.20 – 11.40 / COFFEE BREAK
11.40 – 12.00 / POLICY AND TECHNICAL ISSUES
·  Adrian Zelaia, EESC Project Head
12.00 – 13.00 / STAKEHOLDERS POINT OF VIEW
·  James Watson, Director of Economics Department (BUSINESS EUROPE)
·  Arnaldo Abruzzini, General Secretary (EUROCHAMBRES)
·  Guido Nelissen, General Secretary (INDUSTRIALL)
·  Victor Meseguer, Head of Mission (SOCIAL ECONOMY EUROPE)
·  Moderator: Joost Van Iersel, President of the Section for Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion (EESC)
13.00 – 14.30 / LUNCH BREAK
14.30 – 15.45 / POINT OF VIEW OF EXPERTS
·  Francisco Mochón, Chair Professor of Macroeconomics.(UNED)
·  Nils Zimmermann, (Deutsche WELLE)
·  Andrew Watt, (HANS BÖCKLER STIFTUNG)
·  Moderator: Mindaugas Maciulevicius, EESC Member
15.45 – 16.00 / COFFEE BREAK
16.00 – 16.20 / THE VIEWS OF THE EESC ON IMPROVING FINANCIAL CONDITIONS IN THE ECONOMY
·  Joost Van Iersel, President of the Section for Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion (EESC)
16.20 – 16.30 / CONCLUSIONS
·  Carlos Trías Pinto, President of the EESC Project Steering Group
·  Ramón Tremosa, Member of the European Parliament (ECON)

Interpretation will be available from and into: ENGLISH, SPANISH, FRENCH