Opening Speech
Charlie McCreevy, Commissioner for the Internal Market and
Services |
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Introductory remarks
Thierry Stoll, Acting Director General, DG Internal Market and
Services, European Commission |
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Part 1: "Can you hear me Brussels?"
Effective consultation: How can we reach out to all stakeholders in
the Single Market? |
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Chair: Jacqueline Minor (Director for Horizontal Policy
Development, DG Internal Market and Services)
- Hugues Thibaut (Test Achats)
- Andrew Cave (UK Federation of Small Businesses)
 
- Małgorzata Starczewska-Krzysztoszek (Polish Confederation of
Private Employers)
Ms Jacqueline Minor presented the main recommendations on
behalf of Ms Małgorzata Starczewska-Krzysztoszek who could not
participate in the event.
- Bernadette Ségol (UNI-Europa)
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Part 2: Do we have the right toolkit?
Alternatives to legislation: Shaping a successful, modern Single
Market Policy that tackles market barriers and inefficiencies |
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Chair: Irmfried Schwimann (Head of Unit for Financial
Services, DG Competition)
- Fabrice Demarigny (Secretary-General of CESR)
- Stephen Locke (UK Financial Services Consumer Panel)
- Benjamin Pacary (European Consumer Centre Luxembourg)
- Albert Scholten (Head of Financial Services Monitor, Dutch
Competition Authority)
- Klaus Naumann (former CEO of B&S Card Service)
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Part 3: Making what we have work better
Enforcement and problem-solving: How to ensure that citizens' and
firms' Single Market rights are upheld? |
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Chair: Claus-Dieter Ehlermann (WilmerHale)
- Paul Skehan (Deputy Secretary General of Eurochambres)
- Richard Rosengren (Kommerskollegium - National Board of Trade,
Sweden)
- Anne Spiritus-Dassesse (President of the Brussels Commercial
Court)
- Pavel Telička (Chair of the EPC's Better Regulation Task Force,
Partner in BXL Consulting)
- Charlotte Cederschiöld MEP (Vice-Chair of the Internal Market
and Consumer Protection Committee)
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Part 4: Who knows the Single Market – who likes the Single
Market?
Communication: What is needed to communicate effectively on the
Single Market? |
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Chair: John Wyles (Senior Partner in GPlus Europe)
- Paul Hofheinz (President of the Lisbon Council)
- Peter MacDonagh (former Senior Adviser to the Irish Prime
Minister, communication consultant)
- Hendrikus van Oostrum (Journalist, Financieel Dagblad)
- Edit Herczog MEP (Member of the Internal Market and Consumer
Protection Committee)
- Arlene McCarthy MEP (Chair of the Internal Market and Consumer
Protection Committee)
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Keynote Speech
Mario Monti, President of Bocconi University |
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Concluding remarks
Thierry Stoll, Acting Director General, DG Internal Market and
Services, European Commission
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