CECIMO BRUSSELS FORUM 2024
2 December, Sofitel Hotel
event programme
12.00 – 13.00
Registration and Networking lunch
13.00 – 13.10
Welcome remarks
Filip Geerts, CECIMO
13.10 – 13.30
Keynote speeches
Enrico Letta
President of the Jacques Delors Institute and former Prime Minister of Italy
Signe Ratso
Deputy Director-General and Member of the Management Board, DG RTD, European Commission
13.30 – 14.30
Panel I: How do we keep the EU Manufacturing sector competitive?
Amarillys Verhoven
Acting Director, Tourism, Textiles, Digital Transformation of Industry and Social Economy, DG GROW, European Commission
Maria Linkova-Nijs
Executive Head of Policy & Strategy, European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA)
Nathalie Errard
Head of European Affairs and NATO, Airbus
Thomas Schneider
Managing Director Development, TRUMPF
Andrew Lynch (moderator)
Chief Network Innovation Officer, Irish Manufacturing Research
14.30 – 15.00
Networking Coffee Break
15.00 – 16.00
Panel II: What will a factory look like in the future?
René Delbé
Worldwide Sustainability Community Lead Germany, Microsoft
Irene Bader
Member of the Board, Global Corporate Communication & Chief Marketing Officer. DMG MORI Co., Ltd
Stephane Perret
Head of CNC Sales Coordination, FANUC Europe
Christian Boelling
Managing Director, EIT Manufacturing Central gGmbH
Andrew Lynch (moderator)
Chief Network Innovation Officer, Irish Manufacturing Research
16.00 – 16.15
Keynote speech – Opening of the MTA Awards
Kerstin Jorna
Director-General, DG GROW, European Commission
16.15 – 17.00
Presentation by MTI Nominees & Voting
17.00 – 17.15
Closing remarks
19.30 – 22.30
Gala dinner, BELvue Museum
Yvan Verougstraete (keynote speech)
Vice-Chair of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, European Parliament
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