Programme
Wednesday, 5 March 2025
1:40 PM - 1:50 PM
1:50 PM - 2:10 PM
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM
3:30 PM - 4:50 PM
Investing in people and modern labour markets
Celeste Drake, Deputy Director-General, International Labour Organization
Cillian Nolan, Executive Director, Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) Europe
Dominique Hermans, Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer, Randstad
Patrick Benammar, Learning and Development Vice-President, Renault Group
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4:50 PM - 5:15 PM
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Thursday, 6 March 2025
9:05 AM - 9:30 AM
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Can Europe be both competitive and inclusive?
Shaping the next Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan
Julia Olofsson, Director Human Rights & Social Impact, Ingka Group
Irene Wennemo, Director General, Swedish National Mediation Office
Riikka Åstrand, Deputy Mayor, City of Vantaa of Urban Culture and Wellbeing
Eric Thode, Senior Advisor Labour Markets and Employment, Bertelsmann Stiftung
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9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Developing hidden talents
How work integration social enterprises (WISEs) support people from disadvantaged groups in developing their skills
Ruth Paserman, Director for Funds, Programming and Implementation, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
Patrizia Bussi, Director, ENSIE, European Network of Social Integration Enterprises
Krista Krieviņa, Deputy head, Association “Cerību spārni”, social enterprise "Visi Var"
Lieven Bossuyt, Head of Lichtwerk (the organisation provides digital technology to assist and train workers)
Gaëtan Herinckx, Partner & Investment Director, Phitrust
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9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Train, Grow, Succeed
Boosting adult learning through Individual Learning Accounts
Manuela Geleng, Director for Jobs and Skills, DG EMPL
Cécile Bertrand, Head of the PCF division, DGEFP
Jeļena Muhina, Senior Expert (adult education policy), The Ministry of Education and Science, Latvia
Tatjana Babrauskiene, Member, EESC
Andrew Aquilina, COO, Malta Chamber of SMEs
Willem De Klerck, Senior policy advisor, Flemish department for Work, Economy, Science, Innovation and Social Economy
Johnny Sung, Professor and Honorary Fellow, Centre for Skills, Knowledge, and Organisational Performance, University of Oxford
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11:15 AM - 12:45 PM
Skill needs for future jobs and the digital, green and demographic transitions – new evidence
Matthias Weitzel, Team Leader, European Commission - Joint Research Centre
Nora Wukovits-Votzi, Economic Analyst, European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
Andrea Garnero, Labour economist, Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs of the OECD
Mikkel Barslund, Research Manager, HIVA KU-LEUVEN
Konstantinos Pouliakas, Expert on Skills and Labour Markets, Cedefop
Michael Stemmer, Economist, European Investment Bank
Elva Bova, Head of Unit, European Commission
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11:15 AM - 12:45 PM
Social Climate Fund
Ensuring no one is left behind in the green transition
Ruth Paserman, Director for Funds, Programming and Implementation, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
Beatriz Yordi, Director, Carbon markets and Clean Mobility, DG CLIMA
Pedro Homem de Gouveia, Senior Policy Advisor, POLIS Network
Juliana Santos Wahlgren, Director, EAPN - European Anti-Poverty Network
Studio
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11:15 AM - 12:45 PM
Digital tools helping you to move within the EU
Cosmin Boiangiu, Executive Director, European Labour Authority
David Pascal DION, Acting Director for Labour Mobility and International Affairs (DG EMPL), European Commission
ALESSIA VETERE, EURES Adviser & CBP Coordinator, Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia
Sacha Garben, Professor of EU law, College of Europe
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2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Bridging the Skills Gaps: Success stories from the ESF and Social Innovation programmes
Success stories from the ESF and on Social Innovation
Ruth Paserman, Director for Funds, Programming and Implementation, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
Austė Vaznonytė, Policy analyst, Applica
Aļona Tutova, The Ministry of Welfare, Latvia
Lien Warmenbol, Founder and Director, #SheDIDIT, Belgium
Belén Sánchez-Rubio, Director International Department, Deputy Direction for Advocacy, Fundación Secretariado Gitano
Federico Lucidi, Head of Unit, European Commission, DG EMPL
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2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
The changing roads to retirement
Financial skills, awareness and flexibility
Katarina Ivankovic Knezevic, Director for Social Rights and Inclusion, The European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
Slavina Spasova, Director, OSE (European Social Observatory)
Yves Stevens, Professor, KU Leuven
Claudia Wegner-Wahnschaffe, Head of International, Chairperson of Board of Directors, VBL, ETS Association
Lina Salanauskaite, Researcher, European Institute for Gender Equality
Hans Dubois, Senior Research Manager, Social Policies Unit, Eurofound
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2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Thriving together: building robust labour markets with fair wages and work for all ages
Highlights from the 2024 Labour Market and Wage Developments in Europe report
Barbara Kauffmann, Director, European Commission
Wolfgang Modery, Head of Division, European Central Bank
Andrew WATT, General Director ETUI, ETUI
Maxime Cerutti, Director, Social Affairs Department, BusinessEurope
Ilze Zvidrina, Deputy Director of the Labour Market Policy Department, Ministry of Welfare Latvia
Maria Jepsen, Deputy Director, Eurofound
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