Round tables

- Monday 16 May 2011 Round Table 1

11:30-13:00 - Workers Pay for the Financial Crisis - the alternatives?

Speakers:

Philippe De Buck (Director General, BusinessEurope), Frank Bsirske (DGB / President, Ver.di), Jack O’Connor (President, ICTU), Susanna Camusso (General Secretary, CGIL), Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (President of the Party of European Socialists) (Moderator: Vivienne Radermacher – WDR TV, Germany).

- Tuesday 17 May 2011 Round table 2 - 3

11:35-13:00 - “Is the EU becoming more unequal and what is the effect of the Crisis”

Speakers:

László Andor (European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion), Gloria Mills (ETUC Women’s Committee), Thiébault Weber (CFDT), Cándido Mendez (General Secretary, UGT-E), Claude Rolin (General Secretary, CSC), Tania Matias (LCGB) (Moderator: Geoff Meade, Press Association)

15:40-17:00 - The single market – respect for labour rights and public services?

Speakers:

{Bogdan Iuliu Hossu (President, CARTEL ALFA), Roar Fläthen (President, LO-N), Annelie Buntenbach (Executive Board, DGB), Brendan Barber (General Secretary, TUC), Mario Monti (Bocconi University), Carola Fischbach-Pyttel (General Secretary, EPSU) (moderator: Jacki Davis, Brussels journalist).
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- Wednesday 18 May 2011 Round table 4 - 5

10:55-12:05 - What future? Europe’s industries, sustainable jobs, combating precarious work?

Speakers:

Piotr Duda (President, NSZZ Solidarnosc), Bernard Thibault (General Secretary, CGT), Philippe Lamberts (European Greens), Michael Vassiliadis (EMCEF), Anne Demelenne (General Secretary, FGTB), Marie-Louise Knuppert (International Relation Secretary, LO-D) (Moderator: Geoff Meade).

14:30-15:55 - Europe’s “Southern Neighbourhood” – ways forward?

Speakers:

Rahma Refaat (CTUWS, Egypt), Sharan Burrow (General Secretary, ITUC), Luigi Angeletti (General Secretary, UIL), Abdessalm Jerad (General Secretary, UGTT), Nada Al-Nashif (ILO Arab Region Director), (Moderator: Jacki Davis).

- Thursday 19 May 2011 Round Table 6

10:25-11:55 - Organising, campaigning, social networking

Speakers:

{Tomasz Jasinski (President, Youth Committee), François Chérèque (General Secretary, CFDT), Agnes Jongerius (President, FNV), Peter Fiedler (LIGA), Elsa Saboonchi (TCO) (Moderator: Geoff Meade).
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