Event Highlights

EVENT HIGHLIGHTS | Sustainable City Solutions: a central pillar for the next phase of the EU energy transition?

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On the 20^th of June, PubAffairs Bruxelles hosted a debate on sustainable city solutions as a central pillar for the next phase of the EU energy transition. Mr Dimitrios Sofianopoulos, New Energy Technologies, Innovation and Clean Coal, European Commission, DG ENERG, Ms Dorthe Nielsen, Policy Director, Eurocities, Mr Adrian Joyce, Secretary General, European Alliance of Companies for Energy Efficiency in Buildings (EuroACE) and Mr Marco Marijewycz, Technology Policy & Modelling, E.ON were all present as speakers. The debate was moderated by Hughes Belin, freelance journalist.

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EVENT HIGHLIGHTS | Payments security: do the EBA RTS on strong customer authentication create an open and secure market for retail payments in Europe?

Posted on July 7, 2017

On the 31st of May, PubAffairs Bruxelles hosted a debate on the recently published EBA Regulatory Technical Standards on Strong Customer Authentication and their ability to provide an open and secure market for retail payments. Ms Silvia Kersemakers, Policy Officer, Retail Financial Services and Payments, European Commission, Ms Pascal-Marie Brien, Senior Policy Advisor, European Banking Federation, Mr Matthias Hönisch, Head of card Business, National Federation of Cooperative Banks and Ms Emma Mohan-Satta, Fraud Prevention Consultant, Kaspersky Fraud Prevention, spoke at the event. Mr Pascal König, Policy Advisor, E-Commerce Europe provided a closing statement. The debate was moderated by John Rega, Chief Correspondent at Mlex.

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EVENT HIGHLIGHTS | The “two-speed Europe” project and the Brexit negotiations: a combined unity test?

Posted on June 12, 2017

On the 26th of April, PubAffairs Bruxelles hosted a debate on the “two-speed Europe” project and the Brexit negotiations: a combined unity test?” with Ms Danuta Maria Hubner MEP (EPP/PL) and Mr Michael Theurer MEP (ALDE/DE). The event was moderated by Graham Bishop, a leading expert in EU and UK Economic, Financial and Government Affairs.

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EVENT HIGHLIGHTS | Debate | ETS and renewables: a win-win strategy?

Posted on April 11, 2017

On the 21st of March, PubAffairs Bruxelles hosted a debate on the link between the European emission trading system (ETS) and renewables with Mr Florent Le Strat, Researcher and Expert, Climate policy R&D, EDF, Mr Peter Zapfel, Head of Unit, ETS Policy Development and Auctioning, European Commission, Mr Ruud Kempener, Policy Officer, Renewables and CCS Policy Unit, European Commission, Mr Michel Matheu, Head of EU strategy, EDF and Mr Daniel Fraile, Senior Analyst, Wind Europe. The event was moderated by Hughes Belin, freelance journalist.

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EVENT HIGHLIGHTS | Debate | What could be the features of the Pan-European Personal Pensions initiative (PEPP)?

Posted on March 30, 2017

On the 8th of March, PubAffairs Bruxelles hosted a debate on what could be the features of the Pan-European Personal Pensions (PEPPs) initiative with Ms Sultana Sandrell, Trade, Economic and Financial Affairs Unit, Maltese Presidency of the Council of the EU, Mr Philippe Setbon, Member of the AFG Strategic Committee, Ms Nathalie Berger, Head of Unit, Insurance and Pension, European Commission, Mr Heinz K. Becker, MEP (EPP/AU), Mr Bernard Delbecque, Senior Director, Economics & Research, EFAMA and Mr Guillaume Prache, Managing Director, Better Finance. The event was moderated by Mr Pierre Bollon, Chief executive of AFG.

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EVENT HIGHLIGHTS | Debate | Will the year 2017 be a defining moment for the EU?

Posted on March 24, 2017

On the 28th of February, PubAffairs Bruxelles hosted the debate ‘Will the year 2017 be a defining moment for the EU’ with Mr Reinhard Butikofer, MEP (Greens/DE), Mr Pawel Swieboda, Deputy Head of the European Political Strategy Centre (EPSC), Mr Roland Freudenstein, Policy Director of the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies. The event was moderated by Chris Burns, longtime journalist and moderator.

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EVENT HIGHLIGHTS | Debate | Sustainable mobility, energy and innovation: paths towards a low-emission transport system

Posted on January 31, 2017

On Wednesday the 7th of December, PubAffairs Bruxelles hosted a debate on Sustainable Mobility, Energy and Innovation with Mr Nikolaus von Peter, Member of the Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc, Ms Henna Virkkunen MEP (EPP/Finland), Ms Valentina Infante, Head of small scale LNG businesses, Edison, Mr Clément Chandon, Responsible for Gas Business Development, Iveco and Mr Antoine Aslanides, Advisor on Innovation at EDF EU Affairs Department. The event was moderated by Hughes Belin, freelance journalist.

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EVENT HIGHLIGHTS | Debate | Digitising the European industry: Cybersecurity challenges

Posted on November 30, 2016

On Tuesday, 25th of October, PubAffairs Bruxelles hosted a debate on the cybersecurity challenges of digitising the European industry, with Mr Pierre Chastanet, Deputy Head of Cybersecurity & Digital Privacy Unit, DG CONNECT, Mr Robert Dehm, Information Society and Telecommunications Attaché, Permanent Representation of Germany to the EU, Mr Pascal Rogard, Telecommunications and Information Society Attaché, Permanent Representation of France to the EU, Mr Bart de Wijs, Head of Cybersecurity, ABB Power Grids division, and Mr Andrey Suvorov, Head of Critical Infrastructure Protection Business Development, Kaspersky Lab. The event was moderated by Per Stromback, Editor at Netopia.eu

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EVENT HIGHLIGHTS | Debate | Which role for IPR and brand protection in promoting EU growth?

Posted on November 30, 2016

On Tuesday 18 October 2016, PubAffairs Bruxelles hosted a debate on the role of IPR and brand protection in promoting EU growth with Mr Jean Luc Gal, European Commission, Intellectual Property and Fight Against Counterfeiting, DG GROW, Mr Gaetano De Salvo, Permanent Representation of Italy to the EU, Internal Market and IPR, Mr Paul Skehan, Director General, Spirits Europe and Mr Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Economics, Institute of Economic Affairs (IAE). The debate was moderated by Matthew Newman, Senior correspondent at MLex.

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EVENT HIGHLIGHTS | Debate | A lose-lose game? The ‘Brexit effect’ in the UK and the EU

Posted on October 20, 2016

On Wednesday the 28th of September , PubAffairs Bruxelles hosted a debate on the effects of Brexit on the UK and the EU, with Ms Julie Girling MEP (ECR, UK), Mr Frank Engel MEP (EPP, LU) and Mr Seb Dance (S&D, UK). The event was moderated by Graham Bishop, Leading Expert in EU and UK Economic, Financial and Government Affairs.

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