23 April 2015, 17:00
Autoworld, Cinquantenaire Park, Brussels
POLITICO's invitation-only
launch event will be a remarkable evening of interactive panel debates and interviews on the state of the Union with leading policy makers, global thinkers and visionaries.
Marietje Schaake will speak in the panel
Putting Europe on the Digital Map, together with Andrus Ansip, Vice-President of the European Commission, and Frédéric Mazzella, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of BlaBlaCar.
Agenda
Welcome remarks
- Ralph Büchi, President International, AXEL SPRINGER
- John Harris, Editor-in-Chief, POLITICO
- Matthew Kaminski, Executive Editor, European edition, POLITICO
Panel: European Growing Pains
- Moderator : Pierre Briançon, Senior Correspondent, POLITICO
- Margrethe Vestager, European Commissioner for Competition
- Guy Verhofstadt, Member of the European Parliament, Leader of the ALDE Group
- Carl Bildt, Former Prime Minister and Former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden
Panel: Putting Europe on the Digital Map
- Moderator : Ryan Heath, Senior EU Correspondent, POLITICO
- Andrus Ansip, European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Single Market
- Marietje Schaake, Member of the European Parliament
- Frédéric Mazzella, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, BlaBlaCar
Interview: How to Deal with a Resurgent Russia
- Moderator : Matthew Kaminski, Executive Editor, POLITICO
- Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary-General, NATO
Discussion: Insights into US Politics
- Mike Allen, Chief White House Correspondent, POLITICO
- John Harris, Editor-in-Chief, POLITICO
Interview: The Role of the European Parliament
- Moderator : Florian Eder, Managing Editor, Policy, POLITICO
- Moderator : Carrie Budoff Brown, Associate Editor, Senior Policy Correspondent, POLITICO
- Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament
Closing remarks and cocktail reception
