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Lyon 2006 - Panellists

 EIN Summer University and European Ideas Fair
22 - 24 September 2005

 Policy Roundtable Panellists

  • Geographic Limits of the European Union


    •  Chairman: Françoise Grossetête MEP, Vice-President, EPP-ED Group
     Rapporteur: Staffan Jerneck, Director, CEPS, Brussels
     Lead speaker:Jacques Toubon MEP, former French Minister of Culture and Justice
     Comments by: Gunther Burghardt, former EU Ambassador to United States 
    Ivan Hodac, General Secretary, European Automobile Manufacturers Association 
    Ambassador Manfred Scheich, Austrian Institute for European Security Policy

    Report from Think-Tank Task Force 6 (Borders of EU):
     
    Angelos Themelis, Director of Studies, Constantinos Karamanlis Institute for Democracy.



  • Reform of Public Services



    •  Chairman: Andrew Lansley MP, Shadow Health Secretary, House of Commons
     Rapporteur: Peter Linton, Chairman, BKSH Burson-Marsteller
     Lead speaker:Professor Jean-Pierre Chamoux,Université Paris V
     Comments by: Zoltan Bara, Mécs László Foundation, Bratislava
    Gunnar Hökmark MEP, Chairman, Swedish delegation, EPP-ED Group
    Robert Manchin, Gallup Europe
      



  • The Digital Economy


    •  Chairman: Malcolm Harbour MEP, EPP-ED Group coordinator for Internal Market
     Rapporteur: Andreas Tegge, SAP
     Lead speaker:Olivier Baujard, Chief Technology Officer, Alcatel
     Comments by: Gabriella Cattaneo, Director, IDC Group
    Douglas Gregory, Vice-President, IBM Europe
    Rudolf Strohmeier, Chef of Cabinet to Commissioner Viviane Reding
      
    Report from Think-Tank Task Force 8(E-Society):
     
    Marton Gellen, Századvég Foundation, Budapest.


  • Terrorism and Security


    •  Chairman: Jaime Mayor Oreja MEP, Vice-President, EPP-ED Group;
                                                 former Spanish Interior Minister
     Rapporteur: Professor Anthony Glees, Brunel University
     Lead speaker:Hervé Mariton, UMP Député, Assemblée Nationale
     Comments by: Clemens Betzel, President, International Operations Europe, United Technologies
    John Feehery, Vice President, Motion Picture Association of America;
                               former Press Secretary to the Speaker of the House, Washington DC
      
    Report by EPP-ED Group Working Group 4 (Terrorism)
     
    Mihael Brejc MEP, EPP-ED Group



  • Economic, Monetary and Fiscal Policy


    •  Chairman: Joachim Bitterlich, Director, Veolia Environnement;
                                    former German Ambassador to NATO
     Rapporteur: Ross Walker, Senior Economist, Royal Bank of Scotland
     Lead speaker:Dr Daniel Gros, Director, CEPS, Brussels
     Comments by: Loïc Armand, Director General for External Affairs, L'Oréal
    Jaime García-Legaz, Director of Economic Affairs, FAES Foundation, Madrid
    Peter Jungen, Chairman, European Enterprise Institute; Co-Chairman, EPP party
                               working group on Economic and Social Policy
    Miroslav Ouzký MEP, Vice President, European Parliament.
      



  • Demographic Change and Immigration


    •  Chairman: Baudilio Tomé MP, Member of the Spanish Cortes
     Rapporteur: Professor Lothar Funk, Düsseldorf University
     Lead speaker:Professor Jacques Bichot, Université de Lyon
     Comments by: Michail Skaliotis, Head of Demographic and Migration Statistics, Eurostat
      
    Report from Think-Tank Task Force 1 (Immigration, Integration and Multiculturalism):
     
    Philippe Brongniart, Director, Fondation pour l'Innovation politique;
                                          former Director General, Groupe Suez

    Report from EPP-ED Group Working Group 1 (Demographic Change):
     
    Struan Stevenson MEP, Vice-President, EPP-ED Group



  • Foreign Policy Challenges: the Transatlantic Dimension


    •  Chairman: Jamie Shea, Chief Policy Adviser to NATO Secretary General
     Rapporteur: Roland Freudenstein, Director, Hanse-Office, Brussels
     Lead speaker:Hon C. Boyden Gray, US Ambassador to the European Union
     Comments by: Patrick Child, Chef de Cabinet to EU Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner
    Antonio Tajani MEP, Chairman, Italian delegation, EPP-ED Group
      
    Reports from Think-Tank Task Forces 3 (Security in Europe) and 5 (Middle/Near East):
     
    Alberto Carnero, Director for International Affairs, FAES Foundation, Madrid
    Franck Debié, Director General, Fondation pour l'Innovation politique, Paris.



  • Energy and Environment Policy


    •  Chairman: Professor Pascual Fernández, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid;
                                                      former Spanish Secretary of State for Environment
     Rapporteur: Francis Bouquillon, Director General, SERCE, Paris
     Lead speaker:Sir Chris Llewellyn-Smith, Director, UK Atomic Energy Authority, Culham;
                                                     former Provost, University College London (UCL)
     Comments by: Alistair Burt MP, House of Commons
    Patrick Oliva, Director, Michelin
    Ria Oomen-Ruijten MEP, EPP-ED Group Coordinator for Employment
    Fred Smith, President, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Washington DC
      



  • European Governance


    •  Chairman: Iñigo Mendez de Vigo MEP, EPP-ED Group coordinator on Constitutional Affairs
     Rapporteur: Dr Michael Wohlgemuth, Managing Research Associate, Walter Eucken Institute, Freiburg
     Lead speaker:Alain Lamassoure MEP, former French Minister for Europe;
                                                 National Secretary for Europe, UMP
     Comments by: Dr Larry Siedentop, Emeritus Fellow in Politics, Keble College, Oxford University
    Dr Frank Vibert, Director, European Policy Forum
      
    Report from Think-Tank Task Force 4 (European Governance and Democracy): 
     
    Dr Michael Wohlgemuth, Managing Research Associate,Walter Eucken Institute, Freiburg

    Report from EPP-ED Group Working Group 3 (Governance):
     
    György Schöpflin MEP, EPP-ED Group; former Professor, London School of Economics.



  • Job Creation in Europe


    •  Chairman: Dirk Hudig, former Secretary general, UNICE; Director, FIPRA
     Rapporteur: Richard Hume-Rothery, Director, European Study Group
     Lead speaker:Onno Ruding, Chairman, CEPS; former Finance Minister of the Netherlands
     Comments by: Martine Durand, Deputy Director, Employment and Social Affairs, OECD
    Professor     André Fourçans, ESSEC, Paris; Former MEP
    John Peet, Europe Editor, The Economist
      
    Report from Think-Tank Task Force 2 (European Social Models and Economic Reform):
     
    Christoph Kannengiesser, Deputy General Secretary, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung.



  • Globalisation


    •  Chairman: Karsten Hoppenstedt MEP, EPP-ED Group
     Rapporteur: Hanns Glatz, Delegate of the Board of Management, DaimlerChrysler
     Lead speaker:Jean-Martin Folz,Chairman, PSA Peugeot Citroën
     Comments by: Matthew Kaminski, Editorial page editor, Wall Street Journal Europe
    Christian Minelli, Director, International Affairs, Fondazione Magna Carta, Rome
    José Nunez-Cervera, President, CocaCola European Public Affairs
      
    Report from EPP-ED Group Working Group 2 (Globalisation):
     
    Othmar Karas MEP, Vice President, EPP-ED Group.



  • Sustainable Farming and Food Safety

    •  
     Chairman: Astrid Lulling MEP, Chairman, Luxembourg delegation, EPP-ED Group
     Rapporteur: Mark Howard, National Farmers Union, London
     Lead speaker:Professor Patrick Messerlin, Sciences-Po, Paris
     Comments by: Professor Francisco Cabrillo, Complutense University, Madrid
    Marton Gellen, Századvég Foundation, Budapest
    Inneke Herreman-Hodac, Secretary General, IMACE
    Herbert Oberhaensli, Head of International Relations, Nestlé