WEDNESDAY 11 DECEMBER 2024 – 14:30/18:30
RESIDENCE PALACE, RUE DE LA LOI 155, BRUSSELS
The Sustainable Growth & Competitiveness Summit comes at a pivotal moment as the European Union embarks on a new policy cycle with a clear focus on balancing climate neutrality and economic competitiveness. The event aims to discuss and outline a Green Deal 2.0, where environmental responsibility and economic strength complement each other to support Europe’s global competitiveness and leadership.
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Programme
15:45 – 16:00 Welcome Remarks
Bernd Weber, CEO, EPICO Climate & Innovation
16:00 – 16:45 Panel Discussion 1 – The role of the market in reindustrialisation: deploying sustainable growth and boosting competitiveness
Moderator: Davide Panzeri, Europe Lead, ECCO Think Tank
Speakers:
Andrea Wechsler, MEP, Member of the ITRE Committee
Ralph Schmitt-Nilson (TBC), Head of Unit, Strategy and Regulation: Single Market and Industrial Policy, DG GROW
Sylvie Lemoine, Deputy Director General, CEFIC
17:00 – 17:15 Fire-side chat
Peter Liese, MEP
Bernd Weber, CEO, EPICO
17:15 – 17:30 Fire-side chat
Krzysztof Bolesta, Polish State Secretary for Climate and Environment
Marcin Korolec, Former Polish Minister of Environment
17:30 – 18:15 Panel Discussion 2 – Competition, energy security and resilience: navigating trade-offs while avoiding new dependencies
Moderator: Toni Timoner, Co-Founder and Vice President, OIKOS
Speakers:
Pilar del Castillo, MEP, Member of the ITRE Committee
Matthew Baldwin, Deputy Director General, DG ENER
Christoph von dem Bussche, CEO, Gascade
18:15 – 19:00 Panel Discussion 3 –The social and regional component of the EU’s new energy and climate policy
Moderator: Marcin Korolec, Founder and Director, Green Economy Institute, and Former Minister of Environment, Poland
Speakers:
Eszter Lakos, MEP, Member of the ITRE Committee
Frank Siebern-Thomas, Head of Unit, Fair Green and Digital Transitions, DG EMPL
Krzysztof Bolesta (TBC), State Secretary for Climate and Environment, Poland
Matteo Campidelli, R&D Manager, INNOVA Engineering
19:00 Networking Reception with food and refreshment
The Summit is organised by the Sustainable Growth Forum, coordinated by EPICO KlimaInnovation, which brings together leading think tanks from across Europe, including Oikos (Spain), ECCO (Italy), Green Economy Institute (Poland), Institute of European Right (Lithuania), Ecologie Responsable (France), and EPG – Energy Policy Group(Romania).
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