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Europe 2020 agenda: a path or barrier to the Green New Deal?: A Greens/EFA conference

Public conference
European Parliament, Brussels - Room ASP 1G3

Wednesday 3 March 2010

Programme:

9.30 – 11.15 - Part 1:  How to ensure the EU leads on green technologies?

Focus: Leaders in Green technologies in Europe

Moderation: Greens/EFA MEP - Rebecca Harms
Introduction: Greens/EFA MEP - Claude Turmes

Speakers:

• Ditlev Engel - President and CEO, Vestas Wind Systems
• Giuliano Monizza - Group Vice President Power Products and Power System, ABB
• Harry Verhaar - Head of Strategic Sustainability Initiatives, Philips Lighting
• Philip Cooke - Director, Centre for Advanced Studies

11.15 - 13.00 - Part 2: What role for public and private investment in the Green New Deal?

Focus: Funds, Venture Capital, Banks, Semi-Public Investors

Moderation: Greens/EFA MEP - Philippe Lamberts
Introduction: Greens/EFA MEP - Pascal Canfin

Speakers:

• Eoin McLoughlin - Comhar Sustainable Development Council
• Blaise Desbordes - Director of Sustainable Development, Caisse de Dépôts
• Guido Agostinelli - Senior Associate,Good Energies AG

• Christophe De Winter - Executive Director - Project Finance BNP Paribas Fortis

15.00 - 17.00 - Part 3: Is growth (even if it's green) sustainable?

How much growth is possible, wishful and necessary in a green economy?
How can we measure the success of a green economy?

Introduction: Greens/EFA MEP - Caroline Lucas

• Moderation: Leigh Phillips - Reporter, EU Observer
• Bernd Meyer - Institute of Economic Structures Research
• Tim Jackson - Professor of Sustainable Development and Director of the Research group on Lifestyles, Values and Environment (RESOLVE).

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Registration is now closed. Please confirmation you participation to: jean-bernard.pierini@europarl.europa.eu

Participants should present themselves at the reception desk of the Altiero Spinelli (ASP) building no later than 9.00 a.m. on 3 March (60 Rue Wiertz, 1047 Brussels).