Brussels, 12/01/2006 (Agence Europe) - The following colloquia, seminars and other European events will take place during the month of January:
Working lunch with Jonathan Faull, Director General at DG Freedom, Justice and Security at the European Commission. 17 January, British Chamber of Commerce in Belgium. (Reservations: http://www.britcham.be/EventDirect.asp?EventID=431
Atelier RES-e Regions on the theme of Boosting green electricity in 11 European regions. 24 January in Brussels with the participation of Beatriz Yordi Aguirre from the European Commission, among others. (Information: fedarene@fedarene.org).
How do economic and social players take part in the emergence and development of a European awareness? 25 January in Paris. Colloquy organised by Europe et Société with the participation of Jacques Delors, former European Commission President, who will close the work); as well as Jérôme Vignon and Jackie Morin, from DG Employment at the European Commission; former ETUC General Secretary Emilio Gabaglio; Anne-Marie Sigmund, President of the European Economic and Social Committee; and EESC Secretary General, Patrick Venturini, as well as MEP Jan Kulakowski. (Reservations: Europe et Société, 29 rue Cardinet, 75017 Paris. europeetsociete@wanadoo.fr).
The 4th Annual European Financial Services Conference - Europe's capital markets in the global marketplace. 31 January, in Brussels. A conference organised by Assonime, Houston Consulting Europe and Merril Lynch, in collaboration with the European Commission, with the participation, among others, of Commissioner Charlie McCreevy, Roel C. Campos from the US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), Massimo Capuano, President of the similar European organisation, and the chair of the European Parliament committee on economic and monetary affairs, Pervenche Berès. (Reservations: Roberto@bonometti.freeserve.co.uk or Tel.: 00 44 7770 211 955).
Herbal (medicinal) products and food supplements - a European market in development. 31 January and 1 February in Brussels. Conference organised by AESGP chaired by Hans Van Zoonen, with the participation of MEPs Jules Maaten, Dagmar Roth-Behrendt, Maria del Pilar Asyuso Gonzalez, Renate Sommer and John Bowis, as well as Vittorio Silano, Chair of the Scientific Committee of the European Food Safety Authority; Konstantin Keller of the European Agency on Medicines; and Paola Testori Coggi, Director for food safety at the European Commission. (Reservations: AESGP, 7 avenue de Tervuren, Brussels 1040. Tel.: 02 735 5130. Fax: 02 735 5222. E-mail: s.azzoug@aesgp.be).