08:30 - 09:30

09:30 – 10:45

Workshop I - Towards a global carbon market? (download presentations)

Moderator: Frédéric Simon, Managing Editor, EurActiv.com

Dr. Jos Delbeke, Deputy Director General, DG Environment, European Commission

C. Boyden Gray, Special Envoy, European Union Affairs, USA

Seb Walhain, Director Environmental Markets, Fortis

Dr. Nick Campbell, Environmental Manager, Arkema, Chair, Climate Change Working Group, BUSINESSEUROPE

Jan Ernst de Groot, Managing Director, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

Per-Otto Wold, CEO, Point Carbon

09:30 – 10:45

Workshop II - International trade and climate change: compatible or competing? (download presentations)

Moderator: Dr. Adrian van den Hoven, Director, International Relations, BUSINESSEUROPE

David O’Sullivan, Director General, DG Trade, European Commission

Vittorio Prodi, Member, European Parliament

Jean-Pierre Clamadieu, CEO, Rhodia

Bernice Lee, Head, Energy, Environment and Development Programme, Chatham House

Dr. Graeme Sweeney, Member, Gleneagles Dialogue on Climate Change of WEF and WBCSD

Michel Wurth, Member, Group Management Board , ArcelorMittal

10:45-11:15

Coffee Break

11:15-12:30

Plenary Opening Session
Creating a climate for change

Moderator: Frank Brown, Dean, INSEAD

Rudi Thomaes, CEO, Federation of Enterprises in Belgium

Stavros Dimas, European Commissioner for Environment

James Leape, Director General, WWF

Dr. Bjørn Lomborg, Adjunct Professor, Copenhagen Business School

Mario Amano, Deputy Secretary General, OECD

Jean-Philippe Courtois, President, Microsoft International

12:30-13:45

Networking Lunch

Thursday, 21st February 2008 ENERGY

13:45-15:00

Workshop III - Renewables: can they deliver? (download presentations)

Moderator: Willy De Backer, Independent Journalist, 3E Intelligence

Zoran Stančič, Deputy Director General, DG Research, European Commission

Prof. Ralph Sims, Senior Analyst, IEA

Jørgen Mads Clausen, President and CEO, Danfoss, Chairman, Danish Energy Industries Federation

Ian Hudson, President, DuPont EMEA

Tom Vereijken, Manager, European Resource Efficiency Alliance

Prof. Dr. Eicke Weber, Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy

Dr. Gabriel Marquette, President, EUROGIA, EUREKA

Workshop IV - Green investments and incentives (download presentations)

Moderator: Gert Vanhees, Partner, Deloitte Belgium

Filip Dierckx, Chairman, Fortis Bank

Alice LeBlanc, Director, Office of Environment and Climate Change, AIG

Stéphane Bernard, CEO, Euroclear Belgium

Simon Brooks, Vice President, European Investment Bank

Raymond van Ermen, Executive Director, European Partners for the Environment

László Kovács, Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission

13:45-15:00

Workshop V - ICT: solution for a low carbon economy? (download presentations)

Moderator: Martin Porter, Managing Director, The Centre

Viviane Reding, Commissioner for Information Society and Media, European Commission

Tim Cowen, Commercial Director and Legal Counsel, BT Global Services

Francesco Serafini, Senior Vice President, Managing Director, HP EMEA

Dr. Craig Barrett, Chairman of the Board, Intel

Håkan Eriksson, Senior Vice President, CTO, Ericsson

Dennis Pamlin, Global Policy Adviser, WWF

15:15-16:00

Presidents' Debate

José Manuel Barroso, President, European Commission

Ernest-Antoine Seillière, President, BUSINESSEUROPE

16:00-16:15

Coffee Break

16:15-17:30

Workshop VI - Is the world ready for a nuclear renaissance?   
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Moderator: Giles Merritt, Editor, Europe’s World

Dr. Gerd Leipold, Executive Director, Greenpeace International

Jean-Pol Poncelet, Adviser to CEO, Areva Group

Juha Rantanen, CEO, Outokumpu

Dr. Roland Schenkel, Director General, Joint Research Centre

Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Professor of Climatology and Environmental Sciences at the Université Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve

16:15-17:30

Workshop VII - How to make EU energy markets function?
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Moderator: Borut Grgic, President, ISS Group

Jean-Arnold Vinois, Head of Unit, DG Energy and Transport, European Commission

Roberto Zangrandi, Director of European Affairs, Enel Holding

Alain Janssens, General Manager, Markets and Sales, Electrabel Suez

György Mosonyi, CEO, Member, Board of Directors, MOL Group

Herbert Willerth, Chairman of Energy Council, Borealis Group

Dr. Jérôme Guillet, Head of Energy, Dexia

Plenary Session
Is Europe's energy supply secure? (download presentations)

Moderator: Philippe de Buck, Secretary General, BUSINESSEUROPE

Andris Piebalgs, Commissioner for Energy, European Commission

Jeroen van der Veer, Chief Executive, Royal Dutch Shell

Alexander Shokhin, President, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

Dr. Alexander I. Medvedev, Deputy Chairman, Management Committee, Gazprom

Jozias van Aartsen, European Union Co-ordinator, Gas Route, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands

Reinhard Mitschek, Managing Director, Nabucco Gas Pipeline International

19:00-20:00

Networking Cocktail

Friday 22nd February, 2008 INNOVATION (go to Thursday)

09:00-10:15

Workshop VIII - Eco-Technologies: the next big thing? (download presentations)

Moderator: James Kanter, Journalist IHT

Gert-Jan Koopman, Director, Industrial Policy and Economic Reforms, European Commission

Dr. Catia Bastioli, CEO, Novamont

Tom Blades, CEO, CHOREN Industries

Dr. Jean-François Minster, Chief Technology Officer, Senior Vice President Scientific Development, Total

Christian Jourquin, Chairman Executive Committee, Solvay

Joan MacNaughton, Senior Vice President, Power and Environmental Policies, ALSTOM

Workshop IX - Sustainable consumption: what incentives? 
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Moderator:Christophe Leclercq, Publisher, EurActiv.com

Dr. Franz Fischler, Chairman, Board, RISE Foundation, Former European Commissioner for Agriculture

Jim Murray, Former Director, BEUC

Roland Vaxelaire, Quality Responsibility & Risk Management Director, Carrefour Group
 
Gianni Ciserani, President WE, Procter & Gamble

Erika Mink, Environment Director Europe, Tetra Pak Benelux

10:15-10:45

Workshop X - Education: managing Europe's talent pipeline to drive innovation

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Soumitra Dutta, Dean, External Relations, INSEAD

Ján Figel’, Commissioner for Education, European Commission

Dr. Craig Barrett, Chairman of the Board, Intel

Signhild Arnegård Hansen, President, Confederation of Swedish Enterprise

Prof. Dr. Jan-Eric Sundgren, Senior Vice-President, Volvo 

Prof. Dr. Frans van Vught, Member, Board, European University Association

Sergio Giacoletto, Executive Vice President, Oracle EMEA

Workshop XI - Transport: is Europe on the greenway? (download presentations)

Moderator: Tony Barber, Journalist, FT

Jacques Barrot, Vice-President, Commissioner for Transport, European Commission

Richard Brown, CEO, Eurostar 

Dr. Rainer Feurer, Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Planning, Environment, BMW Group

Malcolm Harbour, Member, European Parliament

Tom Knutzen, CEO, Danisco

Alan Rae, CEO, O2Diesel Corporation

12:15-13:30

Plenary Session
Greening the economy: how can Europe win the global competition?

Moderator: John Defterios, President, FBC Media and Host of CNN's Marketplace Middle East

Jeremy Rifkin, President, Foundation of Economic Trends, Author of 'The European Dream'

Andrej Vizjak, Minister of Economy,  Slovenia

Günther Verheugen, Vice President, Commissioner for  Enterprise and Industry, European Commission

Prof. Bjoern Bloching, Partner, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants

Bernard Wientjes, President of VNO-NCW, Vice President, BUSINESSEUROPE

Mark Spelman, Chairman, AmCham EU Executive Council and Global Head Strategy, Accenture

Networking Lunch