The path to our industrial future: Updating the new industrial strategy

On 7 June 2021 the European Economic and Social Committee is organising a half-day virtual hearing in the framework of its opinion on Updating the new industrial strategy for Europe.

The purpose of the hearing will be to contribute to the EESC opinion and to the debate on the policy priorities in terms of strategic autonomy and industrial transformation. The event will focus on topical questions such as industrial recovery from the pandemic crisis, Europe’s competitiveness on the global stage and the transition to a green and digital economy. It will also explore the need for reconstruction and transformation of European industry and it will concentrate on the role of civil society organisations in designing the future of European industry.

For further information, please contact the INT Section secretariat.

Program:

10:00 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.   Welcome

• Alain Coheur, INT Section President, EESC
• Kęstutis Kupšys, president of study group “Updating the new Industrial Strategy for Europe”, EESC

10:10 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.  Introduction

• Sandra Parthie, Rapporteur of the EESC opinion on “Updating the new Industrial Strategy for Europe”, EESC
• Dirk Bergrath, Co-rapporteur of the EESC opinion on “Updating the new Industrial Strategy for Europe”, EESC

10:20 a.m. – 10:35 a.m.  Presentation of the Commission communication

• Giulia Del Brenna, Deputy Director Strategy & economic analysis; Head of Unit Strategy and regulation: single market and industrial policy, DG GROW

10:35 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.  The Portuguese Presidency’s view

• Paulo Alexandre Ferreira, Head of the Internal Market and Industrial Policy Unit, Portuguese Permanent Representation to the European Union

10:50 a.m. – 12:10 a.m.  The Voice of Civil Society

• Eulalia Rubio, Senior Research Fellow, Jacques Delors Institute
• Alexandre Affre, Deputy Director General, Entrepreneurship an SMEs, BusinessEurope
• Luc Triangle, Secretary General, IndustriAll Europe
• Gerhard Huemer, Director Economic & Fiscal Policy, SMEunited
• Davide Sabbadin, Policy Officer for Climate and Circular Economy, European Environmental Bureau
• Isabelle Schömann, Confederal Secretary, ETUC
• Diana Dovgan, Secretary General, The European confederation of industrial and service cooperatives (CECOP)
• Ray Pinto, Director, Director for Digital Transformation, DIGITALEUROPE
• Oliver Roethig, Regional Secretary, UNI-Europa (tbc)

12:10 p.m. – 12:20 p.m.  The European Raw Materials Alliance

• Bernd Schäfer, CEO and Managing Director of the European Raw Materials Alliance, EIT RawMaterials GmbH

12:20 p.m.- 12:50 p.m.  Questions & Answers

12:50 a.m.- 1:00 p.m.  Closing remarks

• Sandra Parthie, Rapporteur of the EESC opinion on “Updating the new Industrial Strategy for Europe”, EESC
• Dirk Bergrath, Co-rapporteur of the EESC opinion on “Updating the new Industrial Strategy for Europe”, EESC