The European Single Market | Performing Between Regulation and Equal Competition | Preliminary Draft Programme
The European Single Market
Performing Between Regulation and Equal Competition
ECONOMIC OPERATORS AND MARKET SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITIES AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES
PRELIMINARY DRAFT PROGRAMME
NOVEMBER 23
RD
CONGRESS ON THE
/ 24TH, 2016 • LIEDERHALLE STUTTGART
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The European Single Market | Performing Between Regulation and Equal Competition | Preliminary Draft Programme
1. CONFERENCE DAY, NOVEMBER 23RD, 2016
09.00 a.m.
Entry & Registration
10.00 a.m.
Opening Plenary Session
Equal Competition in the European Single Market
Welcome Address via Video Message
Winfried Kretschmann MdL
Minister-President of the German Federal State of Baden-Württemberg
Matthias Machnig
State Secretary of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
Franz Untersteller MdL
Minister of the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector, German Federal State of Baden-Württemberg
11.15 a.m.
Coffee Break
11.45 a.m.
Plenary Session 2
Economic Operators and their Responsibilities
Amongst others
Dr. Harald Schwager
Member of the Board, BASF SE
Dr. Michael Prochaska
Member of the Board, STIHL AG
13.15 p.m.
Lunch Break
14.15 p.m.
3 Parallel Sessions
Session A: The Role of the Retail Market on Product Compliance
Amongst others
Dr. Jörg Binding
Project Director, EU Judges Training in Environmental Law,
GIZ – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Session B: Market Surveillance as a Guarantor for Equal Competition
Amongst others
Thomas Just
Head of Division, Ministry for Social Affairs and Integration,
German Federal State of Hesse
Phil Earl
Head of Single Market Product Safety, EU Single Market Team,
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Moderation
Josef Kreuzberger
Head of Department, State Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection
and the Energy Sector, German Federal State of Baden-Württembergg
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Session C: Free Movement of Goods in Practice
Amongst others
Mirko Kaiser
Chief Editor, Öko-Test-Magazin
Dr. Monika Sulzberger
Head of Division, Generalzolldirektion
Moderation
Boris Böhme
Head of Division, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
03.15 p.m.
Coffee Break
03.45 p.m.
Plenary Session 3
Focus on Energy Saving and Resource Efficiency
Amongst others
Gwenole Cozigou
Director, Industrial Transformation and Advanced Value Chains,
DG GROW, European Commission
Naemi Denz
Member of the Executive Management Board,
VDMA – Mechanical Engineering Industry Association
04.45 p.m.
Reception at the Invitation of the
Ministry of the Environment Baden-Württemberg
2. CONFERENCE DAY, NOVEMBER 24TH, 2016
09.00 a.m.
Panel Discussion
Amongst others
Prof. Gabriel Felbermayr, Ph.D.
Director, Ifo Center for International Economics, Ifo Institute
Prof. Dr. Edda Müller
Chairperson, Transparency International Germany
Klaus Müller
Chairman of the Board, Federation of German Consumer Organizations
Petra Pinzler
Editor Politics, DIE ZEIT
10.30 a.m.
Coffee Break
Chances and Risks of TTIP: Effects on the
European Single Market and Market Surveillance?
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11.00 a.m.
Plenary Session 4
Current State of Market Surveillance
Amongst others
Kerstin Jorna
Director for Single Market Policy, Regulation and Implementation,
DG GROW, European Commission
Stefan Pemp
Head of Division, State Ministry of Social Affairs, Health and Equality,
German Federal State of Lower Saxony; Chairman of the Committee
for Product Safety
Werner Scholz
Managing Director Large Domestic Electrical Appliances Division,
German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers’ Association
Joachim Geiß
Head of the German Delegation in the Working Group of
the European Council, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
01.00 a.m.
Lunch Snack & Get-together
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