Seminar: Creativity and business

How to get education, communities, businesses to interact about innovation?

Time: Monday 27 May 2013, Time 09.45 to 15.00

Location: CODE Bergen Art Museum,
Permanenten West Norway Museum of Decorative Art, Nordahl Bruns gate 9 (map)

Education that fosters creativity. Education in collaboration with local businesses. Education as a driver of innovation and entrepreneurship in our region. Sounds like a utopia?

DRAFT PROGRAMME
14:00 Registration: European Parliament Brussels, ASP Building, Entrance Esplanade, Place Luxembourg,

14:30 Welcome by Ms Silvana Koch-Mehrin, MEP ALDE INTA

14:40 Keynote Speech by Karel de Gucht (tbc)
European Commissioner for International Trade

15:00 Panel Discussion
Mr Karel de Gucht (tbc)
European Commissioner for International Trade

The Spring Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the European Union is scheduled for May 22. The President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy has dedicated the Summit to energy policy and competitiveness. This choice is fully understandable in light of Eurostat data, which show an EU-wide increase in gas prices for the industrial consumers of 28,3 % and for private households by 23,1 % in the period between 2010 and 2012. The issue of energy prices is of crucial importance to the competitiveness of the economy as a whole.

ETCP launches its first International Conference on New Instruments of the new Cohesion Policy in Munich (Germany) from 28 to 30 October 2013.

1 - A unique occasion to cover all new instruments and reflect on the opportunities for innovation and simplification

2 - Focus on one of 3 instruments by choosing a specific working group

• Group 1: Simplified costs (including JAP)