Agenda

Wednesday 21 November, 2018

Afternoon

16:00 – 16:30

Registration & welcome coffee

16:30 – 17:30

Panel 1: Open societies and protectionism


Introductory remarks by https://eu-ems.com/speakers.asp?event_id=4387&page_id=9857#s14986Petros Fassoulas, Secretary General, European Movement International.

Moderator: Paul Adamson , Chairman, Forum Europe

Corinna Horst , Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Jeremy Wates , Secretary General, European Environmental Bureau
Marco Cilento , Senior Advisor, European Trade Union Confederation
Carl Dolan , Director, Transparency International EU

17:30 – 18:00

Keynote Interview

Moderator: Paul Adamson , Chairman, Forum Europe

Alex Barker , Brussels Bureau Chief, Financial Times

18:00 – 19:00

Panel 2: World economy and protectionism


Introductory remarks by https://eu-ems.com/speakers.asp?event_id=4387&page_id=9857#s14988Christian Verschueren, Director General, EuroCommerce.

Moderator: Katrina Sichel , Communications Specialist,

Karl Brauner , Deputy Director General, WTO
Cora Jungbluth , Senior Expert International Trade and Investment, Bertelsmann Foundation
Olaf Koch , CEO, METRO AG

19:00 – 19:15

Closing remarks

Maria Heider , Director EU Affairs, METRO AG

19:15 – 20:15

Dinner (open buffet)