Brussels, 03/07/2001 (Agence Europe) - The 16th annual conference of the Kangaroo Group on the theme "Europe: a home market in the global market" will be opened on 17 September in Brussels by the President of the European Parliament Nicole Fontaine and by Karl von Wogau, President of the group, and will include session on trade, competition at the world level, financial services and the political dimension of world competition policy. Among the speakers will be European Commissioners Pascal Lamy (trade), Mario Monti (competition) and Chris Patten (external relations), the United States representative for trade negotiations, Robert Zoellick, the Ecofin President Didier Reynders, Axel Siedenberg from the Deutsche Bank and Qwerner G. Siefert, from the German stock exchange. (Information: Kangaroo Group, European Parliament, Rue Wiertz 60, Brussels 1047, Tel: 284 4438 or 284 4666 - Fax: 280 0784, E-mail: office@kangaroogroup.org, web site: http://www.kangaroogroup.org ).