Brussels, 01/02/2008 (Agence Europe) - Here are the main workshops, conferences and seminars on issues related to European integration to be held in February 2008:
Intérêt européen: stratégie de compétitivité de l'UE - Paris, Monday 4 February. Seminar organised by Confrontations Europe. Speaker: Lionel Fontagné of the Ecole d'économie in Paris. Contact: confrontations@wanadoo.fr
Les défis du transport et des infrastructures en Europe en 2008 - Brussels, Tuesday 5 February from 1.00pm to 2.20pm. Event organised by the Ifri. Speaker: Jacques Barrot, Vice-President of the European Commission and Transport Commissioner. Contact: Adélaïde Boodts - boodts@ifri.org
Book launch, “Why Women Mean Business” - Understanding the emergence of our next economic revolution - Brussels, Tuesday 5 February at 6.00pm. Event organised by The Centre. Speakers: Nikolaus van der Paus, Director General, DG Employment and Social Affairs of the European Commission, and Bob Ulrich, Vice-President of Cisco Systems. By invitation only. Contact: meet@thecentre.eu
Integration of Retail Banking in Europe: New Technologies - New Opportunities? - Conference organised by the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS). Brussels, Thursday 7 February from 12.30pm to 5.00pm. Speakers: Ann Börestam, Senior Expert, Payment Systems and Market Infrastructure, European Central Bank; Dr. Tommi Laukkanen, Department of Business and Management, University of Kuopio, Finland; Dr. Thomas Meyer, Economist, Deutsche Bank Research, eResearch; Guido Mangiagalli, Head of New Channels, Department of Innovation and Acceptance, Visa Europe. Contact Isabelle Tenaerts - isabelle.tenaerts@ceps.eu Registration: http: //http://www.ecri.be/new/system/files/Registration_Form_7_February_2008_0.rtf
Problèmes de santé publique et nutrition en Europe: diagnostic et politiques publiques - Brussels, Friday 8 February. Confrontations Europe Working Group “Alimentations et Santé publique”. With François Decaillet, WHO Regional Office for Europe to the EU. Contact Marie-Ange Schilling - maschilling@confrontations.org
Assessing the cyber security threat - Brussels, Monday 11 February from 12 noon to 4.00pm. Event organised by Security and Defence Agenda (SDA). Speaker: Jaak Aaviksoo, Estonian Minister of Defence. Contact: sdaassistant2@securitydefenceagenda.org Programme and registration at: http: //http://www.securitydefenceagenda.org/Portals/7/Documents /Agenda_RegForm_Cyber.pdf
The Future of European Criminal Justice Under the Lisbon Treaty - Trier, 11-12 February. Conference organised by the Academy of European Law (ERA). Programme: http: //http://www.era.int/web/en/resources/5_1796_5766_file_en.9040.pdf Registration: https: //www2.era.int/cgi-bin/shop2/new_shop.cgi
Balkans in the EU Task Force meeting - Event organised by the European Policy Centre (EPC). Brussels, Tuesday 12 February from 11.30am to 3.30pm Contact: Thomas Vanhauwaert - t.vanhauwaert@epc.eu
Policy Dialogue - Minorities in an ever wider European Union - Brussels, Tuesday 12 February. Event organised by the EPC. Speakers include: Alan Phillips, Head of the Council of Europe Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, Csaba Tabadji MEP Contact: Valérie Gilles - n.news@epc.eu
L'immigration: une chance pour l'Europe? - Paris, Wednesday 13 February, from 8.45am to 11.00am. Seminar organised by the Ifri with Patrick Gaubert MEP, Deputy Chairrman of the Human Rights Sub-committee, Joaquin Arango, Professor of Sociology, Université Complutense, Madrid, and Christophe Bertossi, Head of Ifri “Migrations, identités, et citoyenneté” programme. Contact: Céline Bochet - bochet@ifri.org
Balkan Europe Forum meeting - Brussels, Wednesday 13 February from 4.00pm to 7.30pm. Forum organised by the EPC. Contact: Thomas Vanhauwaert - t.vanhauwaert@epc.eu
Vers une nouvelle approche de la politique des déchets dans l'UE - Paris, 14-15 February. Conference organised by the ERA. Programme and registration: http: //http://www.era.int/web/fr/html/nodes_main/4_2127_474/conferences_0000_Date/5_1796_3186.htm
Economic Policy Forum meeting - Brussels, Friday 15 February from 9.30am to 12.00 noon. Forum organised by the EPC. Contact: Annalena Seyffart - a.seyffart@epc.eu.
EU policy on company taxation - Brussels, 15 February from 12.30pm to 2.30pm. “Corporate lunch” organised by the EPC. Speaker: Robert Verrue, Directeur General Taxation and Customs at the European Commission. Contact: Stéphanie Danis - s.danis@epc.eu
EU Neighbourhood Forum Roundtable meeting - Brussels, Friday 15 February from 4.00pm to 6.00pm. Round table meeting organised by the EPC. Contact: Amanda Akçakoca - a.akcakoca@epc.eu
L'élargissement de l'espace Schengen - Brussels, Tuesday 19 February from 1.00pm to 2.30pm. Lunchtime debate organised by the Ifri and introduced by Jonathan Faull, Director General of DG Justice, Freedom and Security, European Commission. Contact: Adelaïde Boodts - boodts@ifri.org Registration: http: //http://www.ifri.org/files/MA_EURIFRI_REGISTRATIONFAULL.pdf
EU-Africa Forum meeting - Brussels, Tuesday 19 February from 10.30am to 12.30pm. Forum organised by the EPC. Contact: John Kotsopoulos - j.kotsopoulos@epc.eu
“C'est l'Europe que je préfère” - De la préférence communautaire à l'intérêt européen - Paris, Tuesday 19 February from 7.00pm to 9.00pm. Event organised by Confrontations Europe and the MEDEF. Contact: confrontations@wanadoo.fr
Litigating Community Law - Trier, 20-22 February. Seminar organised by the ERA. Programme and registration: http: //http://www.era.int/web/fr/html/nodes_main/4_2127_474/ conferences_0000_Date/5_1796_5540.htm
6th European Business Summit - Greening the Economy. New energy for business - Brussels, Thursday 21 and Friday 22 February. Conference organised by BusinessEurope and the Fédération des Entreprises de Belgique. Speakers: José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, Peter Mandelson, European Trade Commissioner and Stavros Dimas, European Environment Commissioner. Programme available at: http: //http://www.ebsummit.eu/index.html?page=1&lang=en& . Contact: info@ebsummit.eu
Development Policy Forum: Does the Treaty of Lisbon promise a new era for EU development aid? - Brussels, Tuesday 26 February from 12.00 noon to 4.00pm. Forum organised by Friends of Europe. Speakers: Gareth Thomas MP, Under Secretary of State in the Department for International Development, Simon Stocker, Director of Eurostep, a network of European autonomous development NGOs. Contact: ringaile.trakymaite@friendsofeurope.org
Europe's ageing population: Healthy and Working, or a Burden on Society? - Brussels, Tuesday 26 February from 12.30pm to 2.30pm. Event organised by the Centre for the New Europe. Speaker: Gisela Kobelt, Founder and President of European Health Economics SAS. Contact: events@cne.org
Changement climatique et normes environnementales: comment concevoir les politiques industrielles dans une perspective de développement durable? - Brussels, Tuesday 26 February. Seminar organised by Confrontations Europe. Speaker: Nicolas Thery, European Commission Principal Legal Adviser. Contact: Ursula Sérafin - userafin@confrontations.org
Perspectives d'élargissements de l'Union européenne - Brussels, Tuesday 26 February from 1.00pm to 2.30pm. Lunchtime debate organised by the Ifri, and introduced in English by Olli Rehn, European Enlargement Commissioner. Registration: http: //http://www.ifri.org/files/MA_EURIFRI_REGISTRATIONREHN.pdf
4th Brussels Climate Change Conference - Brussels, Tuesday 26 and Wednesday 27 February. Conference organised by the CEPS and Epsilon. Speakers: Pierre Schellekens, Deputy Head of the cabinet of Stavros Dimas, European Environment Commissioner; Tom Barrett, Director General, European Investment Bank; Anders Wijkman MEP; Howard Chase, Director European Government Affairs for BP; Andrew Warren, EuroACE. Programme available at: http: //http://www.climate-policy.eu/ Contact: James Wilmott - jwilmott@epsilonevents.com
The Changing Media and Communications Environment - Brussels, Wednesday 27 February from 6.00pm to 8.00pm. Event organised by the Institute for European Studies. Speakers: Viviane Reding, European Information Society and Media Commissioner; Timo Ruikka, Adviser, Nokia; Ioannis Maghiros, Principal Scientific Adviser, Information Society Unit, IPTS. Contact: ies@vub.ac.be
Europe's water - Brussels, Monday 28 February from 9.00am to5.00pm. Conference organised by European Voice. Speakers: Stavros Dimas, European Environment Commissioner, Anne Laperrouze and Johannes Blokland, MEPs, Beate Werner of the European Environment Agency and Joël Decaillon, European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC). Registration at: http: //http://www.europeanvoice.com/ev/form.asp?id=53 (O.L.)