1. Speeches 

• José Manuel BARROSO, President of the European Commission
• Vladimír ŠPIDLA, Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
• François BILTGEN, Minister for Employment and Social Affairs, Luxemburg
• Ben PAGE, Ipsos MORI Social Research Institute

2. Working groups discussions

  Working group 1: New policy responses to changing challenges

• Bea CANTILLON, Director of the Centre for Social Policy, University of Antwerp
  Moving towards a better understanding and measuring of well-being and social progress
  
• Conclusions

  Working group 2: A changing configuration of roles and responsibilities

• Helen JOHNSTON, Senior Social Policy Analyst, National Economic and Social Council, Ireland
  Social pacts: new form of governance to deal with changing roles and responsibilities. The Irish example
• Conclusions

  Working group 3: The role of the EU in delivering opportunities, access and solidarity

• Jonathan ZEITLIN, Director of the Centre for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE); Co-Director, European Union Centre, United States
  How to improve social policy coordination in the EU
  
• Catherine BARNARD, Trinity College, Cambridge, United Kingdom
  New forms of regulation
  
• Conclusions
  

3. Background papers (all the documents that are now under Library - under this category)

• Working group no 1 – New policy responses to changing challenges
• Working group no 2 – A new configuration of roles and responsibilities of actors
• Working group no 3 – The role of the European Union
• BEPA Consultation Paper
• Communication on Opportunities, Access and Solidarity: towards a new social vision for 21st century (November 2007)
• Communication on the Social Agenda (2005-2010)
• Commission Staff Draft Working Paper "Report on the public consultation on Europe's social reality and on a new social vision for 21st century Europe"