Plenary

Day 2 – Friday 22 June 2012: "Driving Digital growth by innovation and user empowerment"


Day 2: Friday 22 June 2012

Plenary: Driving Digital growth by innovation and user empowerment (streamed LIVE)
7.45 - 9.00 Registration and networking breakfast
9.00 - 9.30 Opening 
Alexander Alvaro, Vice-President of the European Parliament
Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission
Amalia Sartori, Chair of Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, European Parliament
9.30 - 10.00 Feedback on the workshops from Day 1 on Converged Media platforms, Broadband and eCommerce and related online discussions
10.00 - 11.00 Panel discussion: Creating growth and jobs with the digital single market: the way forward
Panellists:
1. Adriana Ticau, Member of the European Parliament
2. Harry van Dorenmalen, Chairman IBM Europe
3. Ben Verwaayen, CEO of Alcatel-Lucent
4. Giuseppe Zocco, Co-founder of Index Ventures
5. Stefano Parisi, President of Confindustria Digitale, BUSINESSEUROPE
11.00 - 11.15 Europeana awards to be given by Adriana Ticau, Member of the European Parliament
11.15 - 11.45 Feedback on three workshops from Day 1 on Cloud Computing, Entrepreneurship & Innovation and Security and related online discussions
11.45 - 12.45 Panel discussion: Delivering Internet-based innovation as a way out of the crisis: the role of Horizon 2020
Panellists:
1. Isabel Aguilera Navarro, President of TwinDocs
2. Eze Vidra, Head of Campus London - Google
3. Yossi Vardi, Early stage internet investor
4. Konstantinos Papamiltiadis, Taptu VP Product & Engineering
5. Markku Markkula, Member of the Committee of the Regions
12.45 - 13.00 Web-entrepreneurs awards to be given by Markku Markkula, Member of the Committee of the Regions
13.00 - 14.30 Lunch break in the Yehudi Menuhin' space in the European Parliament:
14.30 - 14.45 Opening: Key note speaker: Juliana Rotich, Executive Director of Ushahidi
14.45 - 15.15 Feedback on workshops from Day 1 on Data and Social Media and related online discussions plus reporting on online discussions on Jobs and Skills
15.15 - 16.15 Panel discussion: Everybody online and empowered: the impact of online activism and the global netizens.
Panellists:
1. Anna Maria Darmanin, Vice-President of the European Economic and Social Committee
2. Marietje Schaake, Member of the European Parliament
3. Monique Goyens, Director General BEUC
4. Gyula Vamosi, Roma leader, founder of Kaskosan.com and Young Advisor to Neelie Kroes
5. Paul-Andre Baran, Director Biblionet and Digital Champion for Romania
6. Luciano Floridi, University of Hertfordshire and University of Oxford
16:15 - 16:30 eInclusion awards to be given by Anna-Maria Darmanin, Vice-President of the European Economic and Social Committee
16.30 - 16.45 Closing Robert Madelin, Director General DG Information Society and Media

Also download the Plenary concept explained ( pdf 23 kB), Venue map ( pdf 662 kB)


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