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A big thank you to all participants of the high-level debate on the Reindustrialisation of Europe, hosted by Forum Europe in partnership with RAND Europe on the 23 June 2015.

This conference analysed the interplay between Europe’s digital and industrial policies and how Europe can re-energise its industrial and manufacturing sectors to ensure their global competitiveness, create jobs and contribute to economic growth.

Post conference materials

A link to Commissioner Elzbieta Bienkowska's speech can be found here.

A selection of photos from the day is now available to view here.

Speakers include

Jyrki Katainen

Vice-President for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness

European Commission

Elżbieta Bieńkowska

European Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship, SMEs & Space

Dalia Marin

Chair of International Economics

University of Munich

Heinz Haller

President Europe, Middle East, Africa and India

The Dow Chemical Company

Sanqi Li

CTO, Products and Solutions

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd

Beata Stelmach

CEO

GE Poland and Baltics and Member of the High Level Group of Industrial Innovation for Competitiveness (i24c)

Tomislav Radoš

Assistant Minister

Ministry of Economy, Croatia

Mikko Kosonen

President

SITRA and Member of the High Level Group of Industrial Innovation for Competitiveness (i24c)

Eliana Garces Tolon

Deputy Chief Economist, DG GROW

European Commission

Matthias Machnig

State Secretary

Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy

More Information

A key goal of the Europe2020 strategy has been to increase the contribution made by manufacturing to European GDP from 16% to 20% by 2020. The reindustrialisation of the European economy, if it is to be a globally competitive reality, faces many challenges. These include mega trends such as access to raw materials, climate change and energy prices, to more comparatively localised issues such as EU competition, industrial and tax policies, skills, education and employment matters.

Eighteen months on from the European Commission’s communication “For a European Industrial Renaissance”, and with the Europe2020 strategy mid-term review public consultation results now in the public domain, this Forum Europe - RAND Europe joint conference initiative assessed Europe’s industrial policy, key outcomes from the public consultation, future priorities for policymakers, the role of industry, both hi-tech and otherwise, the future of R&D and investment, and the outlook for skills, jobs and growth in Europe. What is Europe to do to avoid the so-called jobless recovery and ensure the future competitiveness of Europe’s industrial and manufacturing base?

To view the conference programme please click here.

Interested in becoming involved in next year's conference? We have a number of sponsorship and visibility opportunities available, with a host of benefits to suit all budgets. 

For additional information, you can download the sponsorship brochure for the 2015 event here, or contact Rose Maloney at rose.maloney@forum-europe.com / +44 (0) 2920 783 070.