Programme

European Commission Berlaymont, 5th floor open space, Rue de la Loi 200, Brussels

European Parliament Altiero Spinelli Building, Rue Wiertz 60 Brussels

Thursday12 November 201511h00-18h00

Friday13 November 201509h00-13h30

AN INTER-INSTITUTIONAL EU PROJECT

The Economic and Technological Revolution

Global Trends 2030

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The European Strategy and Policy Analysis System (ESPAS) provides a framework for cooperation and consultation at administrative level, on a voluntary basis, between the European Parliament, the European Commission, the Council of the European Union, and the European External Action Service, with the Committee of the Regions and the European Economic and Social Committee as observers, to work together on medium- and long-term trends facing or relating to the European Union.

The newly published report Global Trends to 2030: Can the EU meet the Challenges Ahead? is the inspiration for a revamped cycle of ESPAS events that will explore in-depth the three ‘global revolutions’ identified by the study.

The 2015 ESPAS Annual Conference focusses on ‘The Global Economic and Technological Revolution,’ and explores the challenges and opportunities that the digital revolution will bring to our economies and societies in the next 15 years.

The first day, hosted at the European Commission, addresses the Future Economy and Government: how will digital technologies transform work and businesses, government and education? What is the nature of value-creation and well-being in the digital age, and how to create the right conditions to maximise them? What will be tomorrow’s drivers of productivity, innovation and growth?

The second day, at the European Parliament, centres on the Future of Science, Society and Geopolitics: How will societies adjust facing such varied challenges as climate change and a new global middle class? How will scientific breakthroughs change our daily lives and define who we are as human beings and societies? How robust will the transatlantic partnership be in dealing with an ever stronger China?

‘The Global Economic and Technological Revolution’ will be the launchpad for a series of future-focussed debates, which will continue in 2016 and 2017 with the ‘social and democratic’ and ‘geopolitical’ revolutions.

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Registration and Welcome Coffee

Setting the SceneThe Global Economic and Digital Revolution: Perspectives for Europe Welcoming Remarks from ESPAS Chair

• Ann Mettler, Head, European Political Strategy Centre (EPSC) and Chair, European Strategy and Policy Analysis System (ESPAS)

Opening Keynote Statements

• Kristalina Georgieva, Vice-President of the European Commission

• Ramón Luis Valcárcel Siso, Vice-President of the European Parliament, former President of the Committee of the Regions (CoR)

• Roberto Viola, Director General, Directorate-General Communications Networks, Content & Technology, European Commission

Special Address

• Don Tapscott, Author of The Digital Economy and Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything

10h30 >11h00

11h00 >12h15

Programme

Global Trends 2030: Economy and GovernmentBerlaymont open space, 5th floor

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15h15 >15h45

A Look Back – and ForwardGlobal Trends 2030:The Challenges and Opportunities AheadThis session is informed by the ESPAS Report Global Trends to 2030: Can the EU meet the challenges ahead?

Introductory Remarks

• James Elles, Chairman, Transatlantic Policy Network Honorary President, European Strategy and Policy Analysis System (ESPAS)

Special Guests• Jacobus (Jakkie) Cilliers, Executive Director and Head of the African Futures and

Innovation Section, Institute for Security Studies, South Africa• Elizabeth Collett, Director, Migration Policy Institute Europe• Gilles de Kerchove, EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator• Andrew Wyckoff, Director for Science, Technology and Innovation, OECD

Moderator: Ann Mettler, Head, European Political Strategy Centre (EPSC) and Chair, European Strategy and Policy Analysis System (ESPAS)

Networking Lunch

Societal Trends in FocusThe Future of Work, Government and Education:Re-Thinking the World as We Know it Special Guests• Enrico Giovannini, Professor of Economic Statistics, University of Roma

"Tor Vergata", and Visiting Fellow, European Political Strategy Centre (EPSC)• Geoff Mulgan, Chief Executive, Nesta• Noah Raford, Advisor on Futures, Foresight and Innovation,

Office of Prime Minister, United Arab Emirates

In conversation with: Ann Mettler, Head, European Political Strategy Centre (EPSC) and Chair, European Strategy and Policy Analysis System (ESPAS)

Coffee Break

14h00 >15h15

13h15 >14h00

12h15 >13h15

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15h45 >17h00

Tomorrow’s Corporation in Focus The Future of Business and Corporations:Value Creation in the Digital Age Keynote Address• Risto Siilasmaa, Chairman, Nokia

Special Guests

• Christian Bason, Chief Executive, Danish Design Centre• Andreas Creten, Co-Founder and CEO, madewithlove• Mark Spelman, Future of the Internet Initiative, World Economic Forum

Moderator: Kristel Van der Elst, Co-founder and CEO, The Global Foresight Group

Visions for the Future Europe 2030:The Digital Revolution and Beyond Introductory Remarks

• Alexander De Croo, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Development Cooperation, Digital Agenda, Post and Telecom, Belgium

Special Guests

• Kaja Kallas, Member of the European Parliament • Alessia Mosca, Member of the European Parliament • Eva Paunova, Member of the European Parliament

In conversation with: Paweł Świeboda, Deputy Head, European Political Strategy Centre (EPSC)

Mind Mapping Conclusions by: Nick Payne, Consultant in Graphical Harvesting

Reception

17h00 >18h00

18h00 >19h00

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Welcome and opening• Paul Rübig, MEP, Chairman of STOA Pannel,

European Parliament

Science in Focus Future Science: The World in 2030Chair: Mady Delvaux-Stehres, MEP, Member of STOA Panel, European Parliament

• Professor Jean-Jacques Cassiman, Centre for Human Genetics, Leuven University

• Dr Geneviève Ferone, Author of Bienvenue en Transhumanie

• Dr Ana Noronha, Executive Director of Ciência Viva, Portugal

• Dr Sabine Hauert, Swarm Engineer, Bristol Robotics Laboratory, University of Bristol

Society in FocusFuture Society: The World in 2030Chair: Markku Markkula, President, EU Committee of the Regions (CoR) and former Member of the Finnish Parliament

• Dr Hans Bruyninckx, Executive Director, European Environment Agency

• Dr Franck Debié, EP 2025 Team Leader, Cabinet of the Secretary-General, European Parliament

• Dr Svitlana Kobzar, Co-author, RAND report on global societal trends for ESPAS, Head of International Affairs Department, Vesalius College, Brussels

• Dr Cécile Wendling, Foresight Director, AXA Group

Coffee Break

09h00 >09h15

09h15 >10h30

10h30 >11h45

11h45 >12h00

Programme

Global Trends 2030: Future Society, Science and GeopoliticsLibrary Reading Room, European Parliament(Fifth floor, Spinelli Building: ASP 05D)

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13h30>14h30

13h15 >13h30

Geopolitics in FocusFuture Geopolitics: The World in 2030Chair: Maciej Popowski, Senior Polish Diplomat at the European External Action Service; Former EEAS Deputy Secretary General

• Sir Robert Cooper, Senior Fellow of the Dahrendorf Forum, working with the OSCE Panel of Eminent Persons on European Security; Former Director General, Council of EU

• Dr Jonathan Holslag, Professor of International Politics, Free University Brussels

• Dr Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer, Senior Transatlantic Fellow and Director of the Paris Office, German Marshall Fund

Concluding remarks• Ann Mettler, Head, European Political Strategy Centre (EPSC)

and Chair, European Strategy and Policy Analysis System (ESPAS)

• Geneviève Tuts, Director, Interinstitutional Relations, Council of the EU

• Klaus Welle, Secretary-General, European Parliament

Sandwich lunch

12h00 >13h15