Ponentes

Monday, 31st May 2010

Montserrat Domínguez, Moderator
Miguel Sebastián, Minister of Industry, Tourism and Trade, Spain
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Teresa Santero, General Secretary of Industry, Spain
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Antonio Tajani, European Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship
Françoise Le Bail, European Commission SME Envoy and Deputy Director General for Enterprise and Industry
Antoni Soy, Deputy Minister for Industry and Enterprise, Government of Catalonia, Spain
Alessandro Barberis, President of EUROCHAMBRES (The Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Georg Toifl, President of UEAPME (European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises)

Workshop A: Promoting the entrepreneurial spirit

Joanna Drake, Director for Promotion of SMEs' competitiveness, DG Enterprise & European Commission
Workshop B: Improving the business environment

Antonio Fernández Ecker, Deputy Director for Business Development, Directorate General for SME Policy (DGPYME), Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade, Spain
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Workshop C: Investing in skills

Luc Hendrickx, Director of Enterprise Policy and External Relations, UEAPME
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Workshop D: Supporting the internationalisation of business: taking advantage of the Single Market

Mechthild Wörsdörfer, Head of Unit for SME policy development, DG Enterprise and Industry, European Commission
Workshop E: Responsible and inclusive entrepreneurship & green economy
Workshop F: Supporting the internationalisation of business: taking advantage of third markets

Enrique Verdeguer Puig, General Director for Information and Investment, Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade (ICEX), Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade, Spain
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Tuesday, 1 June 2010

Workshop G: Access to finance & helping SMEs face the crisis

Enrique Blanco Beneit, Deputy Director of Innovation, Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO), Ministry of Economy and Finance, Spain
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Petri Laine, Veraventure Ltd, Finland: Finnish programme for early-stage VC-funding
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Workshop H: Encouraging innovation & eco-innovation

Moderator: tbc, Directorate for Innovation, DG Enterprise and Industry, European Commission
Closing Plenary: "A successful exit from the crisis"

Françoise Le Bail, European Commission SME Envoy and Deputy Director General for Enterprise and Industry
Hugh Morgan-Williams, Chair, Entrepreneurship and SME Committee, BusinessEurope
Estela Gallego, General Director SME Policy, Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade, Spain
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