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  • Closing the Funding Gap: Competition at the heart of the single market
    Thursday, 17 October, 2013 - 09:00 - 16:30
    
    • Joaquín Almunia, Commissioner for Competition and Vice-President, European Commission
    • Thomas Westphal, Director General for European Affairs, German Ministry of Finance
    • David Evans, Executive Director, Jevons Institute for Competition Law and Economics, University College London, and Chairman, Global Economics
    • Andrea Beltratti, Professor, Bocconi University, and Chairman of the Board of Eurizon Capital
    • Julian Callow, Chief International Economist, Barclays
  • A shift in perspective for a world in transition - Launch event of the Shell ‘New Lens’
    Wednesday, 10 July, 2013 - 17:30 - 21:00
    
    • Philip Lowe, Director-General for Energy, European Commission
    • Peter Liese, MEP, Environment Committee
    • Žygimantas Vaičiūnas, Adviser to the Minister of Energy, Lithuania
    • Jason Anderson, World Wildlife Fund
  • Austerity: European democracies with the back against the wall?
    Wednesday, 10 July, 2013 - 13:15 - 14:30
    
    • Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, former Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank and author of the book
  • The Priorities of the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the EU
    Monday, 8 July, 2013 - 13:15 - 14:30
    
    • H.E. Raimundas Karoblis, Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the EU
  • How to align incentives for GHG emissions reductions across the EU, member states and local governments?
    Tuesday, 2 July, 2013 - 13:00 - 17:00
    
    • Maciej Szymanski, Policy Officer, DG Enterprise, European Commission
    • Greg Archer, Programme Manager - Clean Vehicles, Transport and Environment
    • Sandro Santamato, Head of Unit, European Commission - DG MOVE
    • Ian Hodgson, Policy Officer, European Commission - DG CLIMA
    • Liz Halsted, Policy Manager, Transport for London
  • Upgrading CSDP: pooling and sharing of military capabilities
    Monday, 1 July, 2013 - 13:15 - 14:30
    
    • Jan Jires, Deputy Director, Defence Policy and Strategy Division, Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic
    • Falk Tettweiler, Security and Defence Policy Department (CSDP), German Ministry of Defence
    • Valerio Briani, Research Associate, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) and Finmeccanica
  • Copyright in the EU Digital Single Market
    Friday, 28 June, 2013 - 13:00 - 14:30
    
    • Giuseppe Mazziotti, Research Fellow, Co-Manager CEPS Digital Forum
    • Marco Giorello, Deputy Head of Unit, Copyright, DG Markt, European Commission
    • Lorena Boix Alonso, Head of Unit, Converging Media and Content, DG Connect, European Commission
  • Financial indices and benchmark settings: the road ahead for Europe
    Thursday, 27 June, 2013 - 10:00 - 13:15
    
    • Steffen Kern, Head of Economics and Financial Stability, European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
    • Jeremy Penn, Chairman of the Baltic Exchange
    • Sophia Dancygier, Managing Director, Markit
    • Alex Claringbull, Managing Director, Blackrock
    • John Ewan, Head of Fixings Business Development, Thomson Reuters
    • Richard Stevens, Executive Director for International Research and Product Development, CME Group
    • Elizabeth Murphy, Regulatory Counsel, Platts
    • James Smethurst, Partner, Freshfields
    • Kay Swinburn, Member of the European Parliament
    • Other speakers to be announced
  • The EP in a multi-level governance EU - Ways to reduce the democratic deficit
    Wednesday, 26 June, 2013 - 13:15 - 14:30
    
    • Klaus Welle, Secretary General, European Parliament
  • What system of standards for vehicles and fuels in the future?
    Monday, 24 June, 2013 - 13:00 - 17:00
    
    • Ian Hodgson, Policy Officer, European Commission - DG CLIMA
    • Ken Rose, Science Executive, CONCAWE
    • Jos Dings, Director, Transport and Environment
  • Youth Unemployment: Fighting it the German way?
    Friday, 21 June, 2013 - 14:30 - 16:00
    
    • László Andor, Member of the European Commission with responsibility for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
    • Werner Eichhorst, Institute for the Study of Labour, IZA
    • Marcel Jansen, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
    • Emanuele Baldacci, Istat
  • Global Food Security and the Role of Innovation Systems
    Wednesday, 19 June, 2013 - 12:30 - 14:30
    
    • Jonathan Brooks, Senior Economist, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, OECD
    • Catherine Moreddu, Senior Economist, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, OECD
  • Strategies for the transition to electric mobility
    Thursday, 13 June, 2013 - 13:00 - 17:00
    
    • Arie Bleijenberg, Business Line Manager TNO and Chairman of the CEPS Task Force on Transport and Climate Change
    • Wolfgang Schade, Coordinator of Business Unit Transportation Systems, Fraunhofer ISI
    • Jose Fernandez Garcia, Policy Officer, DG Move - European Commission, Clean Transport &
    • Sustainable Urban Mobility Unit
    • Richard Aumayer, Senior Consultant, Bosch GmbH
    • Vincent Panetier, Advanced Vehicles Project Manager, Ministry of the Environment, France
    • Gilles Bernard, Director of Development, ERDF
    • Jos Dings, Director, Transport and Environment
    • Espen Skistad, Senior Procurement Manager, City of Oslo
    • Jean-Christophe Beziat, Public Affairs Director - Innovation and Electric Vehicle, Renault
    • Natalie Evans, Project Officer, ICLEI
  • How much is enough - balancing competition and innovation to achieve the Digital Single market
    Thursday, 6 June, 2013 - 09:30 - 13:00
    
    • Philippe Aghion, Robert C. Waggoner Professor of Economics, Harvard University
    • Pierre Larouche, TILEC, University of Tilburg
    • Marc Lebourges, France Télécom Orange
    • Jean-Paul Simon, IPTS-JRC
    • Alexandre de Streel, University of Namur (tbc)
    • Bruno Soria, Telefonica
    • Robert W. Hahn, University of Oxford
    • Megan Richards, DG Connect, European Commission
  • Economic Growth: The supply side and the demand side
    Wednesday, 5 June, 2013 - 18:30 - 19:30
    
    • Gianni Pittella, MEP and first Vice-President of the European Parliament
    • Diogo Feio, MEP and Member of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee
    • Peter Simon, MEP and Member of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee
    • Daniel Gros, Director, CEPS
    • Stefano Micossi, Director General, Assonime and Member of the CEPS Board
  • Smart Cities Annual Conference 2013
    Wednesday, 5 June, 2013 - 14:00 - Thursday, 6 June, 2013 - 18:00
    
    • Gábor Bagdy, Deputy Mayor of Budapest
    • Marie Donnelly, Director Renewables, Research and Innovation, Energy Efficiency, DG Energy, European Commission
    • Jorge Nuñez Ferrer, Associate Fellow, CEPS
    • Fred van Beunigen, Corporate Director of Innovation, Akzonobel
    • See programme for full list of speakers
  • EU Impact Assessment at ten: A stocktaking conference
    Wednesday, 5 June, 2013 - 09:30 - 15:30
    
    • Mark Thatcher, London School of Economics
    • Colin Provost, University College London
    • Christina Boswell, University of Edinburgh
    • Christiane Arndt, OECD
    • Andrea Renda, Research Fellow, CEPS
    • Lorna Schrefler, Research Fellow, CEPS
    • Claire Dunlop, University of Exeter, Alreg project
    • Riccardo Maggi, Secretariat General, European Commission
    • Robert Hahn, University of Oxford
    • Marta Tavares de Almeida, New University of Lisbon
    • Alberto Alemanno, HEC Paris &
    • Georgetown Law School
    • Sajjad Karim, MEP (tbc)
  • The EMIR Implementation Jigsaw: Progress Assessment
    Monday, 3 June, 2013 - 13:00 - 15:00
    
    • Patrick Pearson, Head of Unit, Financial Markets Infrastructure, European Commission
    • Ido de Geus, Head of Treasury, PGGM
    • Andrew Douglas, Head of European Government Relations, DTCC
    • Joséphine de Chazournes, Senior Analyst, Securities and Investments, CELENT
    • Eric Kolodner, Managing Director, Tradeweb
    • Diego Valiante, ECMI Head of Research and Research Fellow, CEPS [moderator]
  • EU-Japan Relations and the Prospects for a Free Trade Agreement
    Thursday, 30 May, 2013 - 13:15 - 15:00
    
    • Kojiro Shiojiri, Ambassador of Japan to the EU
    • David O’ Sullivan, Chief Operating Officer, European External Action Service
    • Takayuki Sumita, Executive Director, Japan Machinery Center for Trade and Investment
    • Moreno Bertoldi, DG ECFIN, European Commission
    • Jörn Keck, former Ambassador of the EU to Japan
  • Asset Management Policy Five Years On: Which Balance and Prospects?
    Wednesday, 29 May, 2013 - 13:00 - 15:00
    
    • Tilman Lueder, Head of Unit, Asset Management, European Commission
    • Neil Sweeney, Global Head of Compliance, Aberdeen Asset Management
    • Simon Gleeson, Partner, Financial Markets Practice, Clifford Chance - London
    • Thierry Blondeau, Regulatory Leader, Asset Management, PwC - Luxembourg
    • Liam Butler, Head of Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services, Europe