Discover the speakers of the conference
Azkarate Zabalo Oskar
General Manager BASKEGUR
Woodworking industries endorse the green growth for a climate positive economy and society in Europe
Woodworking industries endorse the green growth for a climate positive economy and society in Europe
Organiser: Homo Silvestris Europae
Azkarate Zabalo Oskar
Agricultural engineer from the Public University of Navarre. With more than 25 years experience in the timber sector, he has worked as Commercial Director of Holtza, Lana, Elur. Member of organization and certification committees in entities such as PEFC Spain, AITIM, Tecnalia Certification, Egurtek, Basotek.He is responsible for PEFC Euskadi. Teacher in the Master of Architecture of the UPV.
Bagusinskas Giedrius
Cluster coordinator SMART FOOD cluster
Photonics and AgriFood: the synergy through cross-ecosystem collaboration
Photonics and AgriFood: the synergy through cross-ecosystem collaboration
Agri-food sector is identified as one of the 14 industrial ecosystems spanning across the EU, so cross-sectorial R&D collaboration and innovations are essential to ensure the ecosystem’s future sustainability, accelerate green and digital transition. On the other hand, photonics is a key enabling technology that plays an important role in building more circular EU economy, a climate-neutral and digital single market. Adapting light technologies to the Agri-food sector will enable new tools for twin transition. During this session we will discuss cross-sectorial collaboration towards twin transition, what kind of support schemes for demo projects already exists, what success stories do we already have, and what the future holds.
Organiser: AgriFood Lithuania DIH /LITEK
Bagusinskas Giedrius
Giedrius Bagušinskas has more than 10 years of experience in export promotion, organising participations in exhibitions, business missions, representing member’s interests in different export promotion and knowledge transfer projects. Experience as a project manager in implementation of seven EU founded projects.
Baker Jennifer
Moderator
Start of Day 1
Start of Day 1
Day 1 wrap-up – bridge to Day 2
Day 1 wrap-up – bridge to Day 2
Start of Day 2
Start of Day 2
Start of Day 4
Start of Day 4
Day 4 wrap-up and closing the event
Day 4 wrap-up and closing the event
Start of Day 3
Start of Day 3
Implementing the resilient transition: Views from the Member States and regions
Implementing the resilient transition: Views from the Member States and regions
How is Europe addressing the twin (green and digital) transition of its economy and industries at national and regional level?
The keynote speakers will provide their views from the national and regional levels on how to address it in a resilient manner.
Introduction of the Special Youth Programme
Introduction of the Special Youth Programme
Day 3 wrap-up – bridge to Day 4
Day 3 wrap-up – bridge to Day 4
Spotlight session on The EU Pact for Skills: towards the up and re-skilling of the European workforce
Introduction by Nicolas Schmit, European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights
Baker Jennifer
A journalist in print, radio and television for 20 years and one of the top influencers in the EU bubble, Jennifer was awarded #1 Tech Influencer 2019 by ZN, listed by Politico as one of the Top 20 Women Shaping Brussels 2017, and named by Onalytica as one of the world's Top 100 Influencers on Data Security 2016. She regularly features as an EU expert on BBC radio, Euronews, SkyNews and Euractiv.
Baljeu Jeannette
Regional Minister Provincie Zuid-Holland
Session organised by the European Committee of the Regions - EU regions towards a climate-neutral industry: transition challenges
The session will focus on the place-based dimension of the EU industrial policy, providing a chance to present some key implementation challenges of industrial transitions at local and regional level. Invited speakers will reflect on the modalities to connect industrial ecosystems and regional innovation ecosystems, through instruments such as smart specialisation (S3), Digital Innovation Hubs (DIHs) and digitalisation as a key enabler of green industrial transitions in EU regions.
Baljeu Jeannette
Jeannette Baljeu is Regional Minister of the Dutch province of Zuid-Holland. Her portfolio includes Finance, European & International Affairs, Transition of the industrial sector and water management.
Baptista Aurora
Chief Executive Officer BEEVC-Electronic Systems,
Industrial clusters contributions to the EU transition pathways
Industrial clusters contributions to the EU transition pathways
Organiser: European Clusters Alliance
Baptista Aurora
Msc in Management, former partner at Arthur Andersen and Deloitte. Member of the Supervisory Board of ISCTE University. Partner/CEO of BEEVERYCREATIVE, that develops 3D Printers for it's commercial portfolio and special high innovation projects, such as for space, living cells, hard metals or new materials from upcycling waste of other industries. Member of the Portuguese Chairmanship of Eureka.
Barkman Henric
Founder Swinga Cooperative
Proximity & Social Economy ecosystem
Proximity & Social Economy ecosystem
The digital and green transitions open unprecedented opportunities for Europe, yet they also bring certain challenges. Inequalities across Europe caused by globalisation, technological change, previous economic crisis or current COVID-19 pandemic are hampering sustainable growth and can lead to social conflict, reduced participation in society, increased social exclusion, potentially undermining the future of our youth. Joint forces of industry and civil society can provide solutions to those societal challenges beyond the creation of jobs and growth and become a resilient provider of prosperity, by making production respect the boundaries of our planet and placing the wellbeing and participation of the industry worker at the centre of the production process. At the same time, the industrial transformation should serve to create new relationship with a wide set of stakeholders at the local level and in our “proximity economies”. At this level, citizens engagement models can cross-fertilise with business models. Those belong to the heart of social economy. Those business models are very attractive for young entrepreneurs, but also for young citizens to engage in a business process, such as for example a cooperative society or a volunteer association amongst other forms. Bringing those actors together with public authorities in a “local proximity and social economy ecosystem” is therefore a promising avenue for new or reinforced public private partnerships.
Moderator:
- Diana Dovgan
Speakers:
- Mohammed Ridouani
- Francesca Montalti
- Anna Athanasopoulou
- Henrik Barkman
- Maryline Filippi
Barkman Henric
Henric Barkman is one of the founders of the Swedish platform cooperative and sharing economy app Swinga. The app lets neighbours borrow items from each other and is now expanding to also promote renting from local SME:s. He is a sustainable consumption expert with experiences from academia as well as the private, public and civil society sectors. He has received several awards for his work.
Bart Menno
Senior Public Affairs Manager The Adecco Group
Preparing the workforce for the future of manufacturing
Preparing the workforce for the future of manufacturing
Organiser: CECIMO - European Association of the Machine Tool Industries and related Manufacturing Technologies
Bart Menno
Menno Bart is a labour market expert, working as Senior Public Affairs Manager at the Adecco Group. As such, he is responsible for managing the Group’s relationship with global and European policy makers, and for representing the Group in institutional settings.
Bartels Astrid
Head of Unit European Commission (Moderator)
Financing the green and digital transition
Financing the green and digital transition
Bartels Astrid
Astrid Bartels is the Head of Unit for Access to Finance at the European Commission (DG GROW). Before joining the Commission, she worked as a consultant for Bain & Company and a corporate client relationship manager with Deutsche Bank. She holds a Vordiplom in economics from the University of Hagen and an MBA from UNC, Kenan Flager Business School, USA.
Barysas Martynas
Director of Internal Market department BusinessEurope
What can the Single Market do for Europe's recovery?
What can the Single Market do for Europe's recovery?
Barysas Martynas
Martynas coordinates BusinessEurope’s positions on the free movement of goods and services, transport, the digital economy, better regulation since 2018. Before, he worked at the IMCO Committee Secretariat, at the Council as special attaché for the Internal Market at the Lithuanian Permanent Representation to the EU and he chaired the Council’s working group on competitiveness and growth in 2013.
Bathel Anne Kjær
Founder of ReDI school and European Young Leader Under 40
After our interconnected past: reflections on social inequality, the role of youth activism in promoting social inclusion, and the steps that need to be taken by EU industry and institutions to speed up positive change
This session aims to deliver a diverse, intersectional analysis of inequity and discrimination, draw attention to the changes that industry and public administration on all levels (EU, national, regional, and local) must go through in order to knock down social barriers, and highlight the benefits that EU industry can reap from inclusion and diversity.