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2005 EuroConference Agenda
PROGRAMME
8.30 Registration and Coffee
8.55 Introduction - Robert Gelardi, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Kellen Company
SESSION 1
9.00 – 10.45 Implementing the Change Process
How can the Association Executive guide or lead the process of change? Which type of leadership is needed from corporate members and national associations? Which new models, and uses of resources, are emerging? How are new EU agendas, such as the Lisbon process, driving associational change?
Moderator:
- Alfons Westgeest, Managing Partner Kellen Europe
Speakers:
Ivan Hodac, Secretary General, European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA)
The New European Agenda For EU Business Associations (pdf)- Joris Pollet, Associate Director Corporate External Relations, Procter & Gamble Europe
- Ben Butters, Director, small business|europe
- Daniela Israelachwili, Director General, Confederation of the Food and Drink Industries of the EU (CIAA)
10.45-11.15 Break
SESSION 2
11.15 – 12.45 Associations in the Context of Enlargement
What have the new EU members States national associations brought to EU Business associations? How does a cooperation work out in practice? What are the success stories and pitfalls? How do business associations from aspirant member states engage the EU?
Moderator:
- Willy De Backer, Editor-in Chief, EurActiv
Speakers:
Michael Bartholomew, Director, the European Telecommunications Network Operators’ Association (ETNO)
THE NEW EUROPEAN AGENDA FOR EU BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS ASSOCIATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF ENLARGEMENT (pdf)Bahadir Kaleagasi, EU Representative of Turkish Industry and Business Association (TUSIAD) and to UNICE
TÜSIAD
Turkish Industry & Business Association (pdf)
EUROPEAN UNION AND TURKEY: MAIN DATA (pdf)
MAIN CONTRIBUTIONS OF TURKEY’S MEMBERSHIP
TO THE EU (pdf)- Dragica Martinovic, Head of Office, Croatian Chamber of Economy Brussels Representation
- Aurel Trandafir, Head of the European Office, Romanian National Union of County Councils
12.45 – 13.45 LUNCH BREAK
SESSION 3:
13.45 - 14.45: The Future of Consultation with, and Participation By, Interest Groups
New instruments in consultation have recently emerged. What implications do these have?
Moderator:
- Laurent Deramaix, Sales Manager I.R.I.S. Business Unit eCommunication
Speakers:
- Jens Nymand Christensen , Director, European Commission Secretariat General, Relations with Civil Society
- Daniela Obradovic, Lecturer in Law, University of Amsterdam: The European Association Statute: a more corporatist future?
Discussant:
- Justin Greenwood, Professor, Aberdeen Business School & College of Europe
14.45 - 15.00 BREAK
SESSION 4
15.00 - 16.30 Social Partnerships and competitiveness objectives; a “Partnership for change”
The European Union has recently called on Social Partners to engage in a “Partnership for Change”. Employer organisations and trade unions are asked to incorporate the Lisbon Agenda in their activities and work towards greater work force adaptability, investing in human capital and achieving higher participation in the labour market. How will the different social partners adapt to these requirements?
Moderator:
- Bruno Alves, Manager, Kellen Europe
Speakers:
- Elspeth Attwooll, Member of the European Parliament
- Bernhard Jansen, Director for adaptability, social dialogue and social rights, Directorate D, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, European Commission
- Bernadette Ségol, Regional Secretary, UNI-Europa
- Liliane Volozinskis, Social Affairs Director, UEAPME
SESSION 5
16.30 - 17.30: The contribution of Research to Associational Effectiveness
Moderator:
- Justin Greenwood, Aberdeen Business School
Speakers:
Elina Steinerte, Aberdeen Business School, The Role of Trust in EU Business Associations: preliminary research results
The role of trust in EU Business Interest Associations- preliminary research results (pdf)Alastair Tempest, Director General, Federation of European Direct & Interactive Marketing - FEDMA
New European Agenda for EU Business Associations
Session 5 – Effectiveness (pdf)Alfons Westgeest, Managing Partner Kellen Europe and Philip Springuel, Director of Public Affairs EurActiv.com, Kellen Europe/EurActiv.com - survey "Strategy and Governance"
EurActiv.com
Independent Media Portal on EU Affairs (pdf)
This event is brought to you by Kellen Europe:
together with Justin Greenwood, Aberdeen Business School:
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