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ALDE Seminar: The EU-Canada Trade Agreement - What's in it for Industry?

Date

27 Jun 2012 12:00

Address

European Parliament
  Brussels
Belgium

Event Type

L - Conference, forum

Section

Global Europe
Trade & Society

Event Location

Brussels

Event Description

ALDE Seminar
The EU-Canada Trade Agreement -
What's in it for Industry?
 
Wednesday 27 June 2012 14:00 to 16:00
European Parliament PHS 7C50
 
Draft Programme
13:30 Registration: European Parliament Brussels, ASP Building, Entrance
Esplanade, Place Luxembourg
14:00 Welcome & Setting the Scene by Silvana Koch-Mehrin, MEP
 
Panel 1 Institutional Perspectives on CETA
14:10 David Plunkett
Ambassador of Canada to the EU
14:20 Philipp Dupuis
Deputy Negotiator CETA, European Commission
14:30 Prof. Joseph Francois (tbc)
Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
14:40 Discussion
 
Panel 2 What economic benefits from liberalised EU-Canada Trade?
15:00 Jason Langrish
Executive Director, Canada-Europe Roundtable for Business
15:10 Arnaud Petit
Director Trade, COPA COGECA
15:20 Louis -Nicolas Fortin
Director, International IP and Trade
European Federation for Pharmaceutical Industries and Federations
15:30 Discussion
15:50 Closing remarks by George Lyon, MEP
 
Moderator Shirin Wheeler, BBC Host of 'The Record Europe
 

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