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Draft programme: 13.00-14.00 Registration and networking lunch 14.00-14.30 Welcome and Business Ambition 2030 •Markus J. Beyrer, Director General, BusinessEurope The single market in a rapidly changing global environment •Jyrki Katainen, Vice-President, European Commission 14.30-15.20 Panel 1 - Tough talk on market opening and integration A barrier-free, fair and future-proof single market, and how to make rules so that market integration brings benefits to all Moderated by: Olivier Joris, FEB-VBO (Belgium) •Member State representative (tbc) •Esther Lynch, Confederal Secretary, ETUC •anne Känkänen, Chairman of EU Council Competitiveness & Growth High-Level Group, Finland •Paul Coebergh van den Braak, Chair of BusinessEurope's Free Movement of Goods Working Group; Philips •Milena Jaburkova, Vice President, Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic; IBM 15.20-15.30 Keynote speech •Stefaan de Rynck, Article 50 Task Force for the Preparation and conduct of the Negotiations with the UK, European Commission
15.30-15.50 Coffee break
15.50-16.20 Political debate with MEPs - "Five freedoms to nourish" (tbc) 16.20-17.10 Panel 2 - Tough talk on implementation, enforcement and benchmarking Ambition of taking it seriously to create an enforceable level playing field, and how to make implementation and enforcement more effective, transparent and uniform Moderated by: Matteo Borsani, Confindustria (Italy) •John Watson, Director for Single Market and Connectivity, Secretariat-General, European Commission •Johannes Kleis, Director, BEUC •Ignacio Mezquita, Counsellor for Economic and Financial Policy, Permanent Representation of Spain to the European Union •Taneli Lahti, Director, EU and trade policy, Confederation of Finnish Industries •Torsten Albig, Vice President & Head of Brussels Corporate Representation, Deutsche Post DHL Group 17.10-17.30 Closing remarks •Cosmina Miu, Minister Plenipotentiary, Head of section Competitiveness, Permanent Representation of Romania to the European Union 17.30-18.30 Networking reception
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