Schedule
Four events across two days in Brussels. Join all of them, or just the one closest to your work.
DAY 1, pt.1 | Comet Louise | 9:00 - 14:00
Hosted by:
| 8:00 | Coffee and registration | |
| 9:00 - 9:15 | Opening keynotes | Kosta Juri, IED Laszlo Andor, FEPS |
| 9:15 - 10:30 | Panel: EO: Bridging Competitiveness and Shared Prosperity | Linda van Goor, Moderator Lisa Herzog, University of Groningen Martin Stucki, ex-Transitec Consulting Engineers Christian Damholt, Danish Trade Union Confederation |
| 10:40 - 11:55 | Panel: The State of Employee Ownership in the European Union | Luca Pastorelli, Moderator Jone Nolte, ASLE Nikolett Szolnoki, CECOP David Ellerman, IED Melike N. Kaplan, Tænketanken Demokratisk Erhverv |
| 12:00 - 14:00 | Networking lunch | |
| 12:45 - 13:45 | Presentation of case studies on Spain and France | Rachel Bachmann, IED Klara Žerak, IED |
Fringe event organized by FEPS with the financial with the financial support of the European Parliament. It does not represent the views of the European Parliament.
Day 1, pt.2 | Comet Louise | 14:00 - 17:00
Hosted by:
| 14:00 - 14:20 | Opening keynotes | Ruth Paserman, DG EMPL, European Commission |
| 14:20 - 15:35 | Panel: Employee Ownership for Business Succession | Rachel Bachmann, Moderator Björn Wettengl, Cologne Intelligence Carl Pitchford, ESPAS ESTICE ICM, Lille Karen Maguire, Employee Ownership Ireland |
| 15:50 - 16:00 | Presentation of ESF+ Study on Workers Buyout | Bruno Robino, European Investment Bank |
| 16:00 – 17:15 | Panel: Financing Employee Ownership | Andy Farquharson, A Better Monday Bruno Robino, European Investment Bank Ruth Paserman, DG EMPL, European Commission Valentina Patetta, FEBEA |
Day 1 / Evening networking | Comet Louise | 17:00 - 19:00
Hosted by:
Day 2 | Comet Louise | 8:30 - 11:00
| 8:30 - 9:00 | Coffee and registration | |
| 9:00 - 9.05 | Welcoming remarks and objective-setting | Ola Rymaszewska, Project Officer, European Liberal Forum, ELF Sebastjan Pikl, Managing director, Novum Institute Kosta Juri, Director, Institute for Economic Democracy, IED |
| 9:05 - 9.20 | Keynote address | Marie-Hélène Pradines, Head of Unit for SMEs within DG GROW |
| 9:20 - 9.40 | Presentation of Danish and Slovenian EO laws | Tilen Božič, IED Melike Kaplan, Tænketanken Demokratisk Erhverv |
| 9:40 - 10.30 | Roundtable: Towards a European Employee Ownership Framework | Sebastjan Pikl, Moderator Rachel Bachmann, Head of Strategic Initiatives, Institute for economic Democracy (IED) Martin Stucki, Former CEO of Transitec and Honorary Professor, hon. prof. Heriot-Watt University; employee-ownership practitioner Leire Mugerza, President of the MONDRAGON Congress |
Strengthening the EU Single Market Through Sustainable Business Ownership (By invitation only; Presentation in the European Parliament)
Day 2 | European Parliament | 11:00 - 12:30
Venue: European Parliament; 60 rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60, B-1047 – Bruxelles
Accreditation in front of Station Europe
Accreditation in front of Station Europe
| Welcome address | Brigitte van den Berg, MEP, Renew Europe Group and ELF, Board Member |
| Keynote speech | João Cotrim de Figueiredo, MEP, Renew Europe Group and host |
| Strengthening the EU Single Market Through Sustainable Business Ownership | |