European Steel Day 2019

Transitioning to the future of EU industry 

Draft programme

Moderation by Jacki Davis

13:45 – Press conference 

Journalists only

• Geert Van Poelvoorde, President, EUROFER
• Roeland Baan, President and CEO, Outokumpu Oyj
• Mario Caldonazzo, CEO, Arvedi; Vice-President, Federacciai
• Heinz Jörg Fuhrmann, CEO, Salzgitter AG
• Axel Eggert, Director General, EUROFER

14:15 – Opening of European Steel Day 2019 to the public

• Welcome coffee

14:45 – Call to order

• Jacki Davis, Moderator

14:50  – Welcome address

• Geert Van Poelvoorde, President of EUROFER (confirmed)

15:05 – Industry, research and the transition to the future of EU industry 

• Patrick Child, Deputy Director General, DG Research and Innovation (confirmed)

15:15 – Stakeholders’ roundtable

The state of EU industry: transition in an era of geopolitical, economic and environmental challenges

• Roeland Baan, President and CEO, Outokumpu Oyj (confirmed)
• Markus Beyrer, Director General, BusinessEurope (confirmed)
• Doug Godden, Lead Economist, Oxford Economics (confirmed) 
• Maria Spyraki MEP, EPP (confirmed)
• Luc Triangle, General Secretary, IndustriAll European Trade Union (confirmed)

16:15 – Laser light show

European steel: the future

16:20 – Policy roundtable

Trade policy in a renewed EU industrial strategy

• Christopher Beauman, Senior Adviser, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (confirmed)
• Mario Caldonazzo, CEO, Arvedi; Vice-President, Federacciai (confirmed)
• Jonathan Holslag, Professor of International Politics, Free University of Brussels (confirmed)
• Miapetra Kumpula-Natri MEP, S&D (confirmed)
• Massimiliano Salini MEP, EPP (confirmed)

17:20 – Round-up and closing by moderator

End of conference

17:20 – European Steel Day 2019 cocktail reception

20:00 – End of European Steel Day 2019