Agenda

12:00 - 13:30

Registration & Networking Lunch

13:30 - 13:40

Welcome

Daniela Cedola, Partner, Government & Public Services, EU Institutions, PwC Luxembourg

13:40 - 13:50

Opening address

Carlo Thelen, Director General, Chamber of Commerce

13:50 - 14:10

Welcome speech

Lex Delles, Minister of the Economy, SME, Energy and Tourism

14:10 - 14:40

Europe in a new age of empires

Guy Verhofstadt, Former Prime Minister of Belgium

14:40 - 15:00

Europe between protectionism and structural change

Jeromin Zettelmeyer, Director, Bruegel

15:00 - 15:20

Keynote speech

Luc Frieden, Luxembourg Prime Minister

15:20 - 16:00

Fireside chat

Moderated by François Mousel, Managing Partner, PwC Luxembourg and with:

16:00 - 16:30

Coffee Break

16:30 - 17:30

Securing tomorrow: Luxembourg’s role in defence & tech innovation

Moderated by Gaston Trauffler, Head of Industrial Policy, FEDIL and with:

Xavier Bettel, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade & for Cooperation
Anne Calteux, Head of the European Commission Representation in Luxembourg
Quentin Dupraz, General Partner, Ilavska Vuillermoz Capital
Rolf Strauch, Chief Economist and Management Board Member at the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF)
Frank Thomé, Board Member, LuxDefence and Member of the Executive Board, Ceratizit Group

17:30 - 17:45

Q&A & Conclusion

Daniela Cedola, Partner, Government & Public Services, EU Institutions, PwC Luxembourg

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