Calendar of events

This is a provisional calendar and details of events and speakers are subject to confirmation to EPC members by e-mail.

These events are only open to EPC members, EU officials and the media, unless specified otherwise.

June 2013

Wednesday, 19 June 2013 - 15.00 to 17.00
Policy Dialogue
Food taxes in the EU: an effective means to economic and health ends?
Speaker(s): Despina Spanou, Director for Consumer Affairs, DG Health and Consumer Affairs, European Commission
Roberto Bertollini, Chief Scientist and WHO Representative to the European Union
Mella Frewen, Director General, FoodDrinkEurope
Fabian Zuleeg, EPC Chief Economist

Registration: Open for registration

Thursday, 20 June 2013 - 11.00 to 12.30
Turkish Insights Roundtable
Turkey-Armenia relations – Bilateral and regional perspectives and challenges
Speaker(s): Amanda Paul, Policy Analyst, European Policy Centre
Amanda Paul, Policy Analyst, European Policy Centre
Evgeni Kirilov, Member of the European Parliament
Cemal Usak, Vice-President, Journalists and Writers Foundation, Turkey
David Shahnazaryan, Director, Concord Center for Legal and Political Studies, Yerevan
Pierre Dybman, Desk Officer, European External Action Service
Marat Terterov, Director of the European Geopolitical Forum

Registration: By invitation only

Monday, 24 June 2013 - 14.30 to 16.00
CHES Policy Dialogue
Presidencies talking: EU Health Council Briefing
Speaker(s): Eugene Lennon, Health Counsellor, Permanent Representation of Ireland to the European Union
Martynas Pukas, Health Attaché, Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the European Union
Sandra Rumseviciute, Health Attaché, Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the European Union
Jolanta Karavackaite, Health Attaché, Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the European Union

Registration: Open for registration

Tuesday, 25 June 2013 - 16.00 to 17.30
Policy Dialogue
Money and politics – Cleaning up democracy in the Balkans
Speaker(s): Nemanja Nenadic, Programme Director, Transparency International Serbia
Tinatin Ninua, Regional Coordinator for South East Europe, Transparency International Secretariat
Fernando Casal Bertoa, Post-doctoral Fellow, Leiden University
Tanja Fajon Member of the European Parliament
Corina Stratulat, EPC Policy Analyst

Registration: Open for registration

Thursday, 27 June 2013 - 15.30 to 17.30
Policy Dialogue
Looking after 2020: creating a framework for climate and competitiveness
Speaker(s): Philip Lowe, Director General for Energy, European Commission
Markus J. Beyrer, Director General of BUSINESSEUROPE
Hendrik Bourgeois, Vice President European Affairs, General Electric
Wolfgang Weber, Vice President, BASF
David Baldock, Executive Director at the Institute for European Environmental Policy
Michael Klinkenberg, Policy Analyst at Eurocities
Fabian Zuleeg, EPC Chief Economist

Registration: Open for registration

Friday, 28 June 2013 - 08.00 to 08.30
Breakfast Policy Briefing
U.S.-EU relations - Stronger than ever or could we do better?
Speaker(s): Ambassador William E. Kennard, U.S. Mission to the EU

Registration: Registration closed

July 2013

Monday, 01 July 2013 - 15.30 to 17.00
Post-Summit Policy Briefing
Speaker(s): Janis A. Emmanouilidis, EPC Senior Policy Analyst
Nikos Chrysoloras, EU correspondent of Kathimerini (Greek newspaper)
Hans Martens, EPC Chief Executive
Registration: Open for registration

Thursday, 04 July 2013 - 17.30 to 18.30
Sixty Minute Briefing
The eurozone - Still in crisis?
Speaker(s): Peter Bofinger, Member of the German Council of Economic Experts

Registration: Not yet open for registration