From the Lisbon Agenda to the future of the European Standardization System
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Programme
09:30
Introduction
Mr Francis E. Farrugia, Chairman Malta Standards Authority
09:40
Welcome address
The Hon Dr Lawrence Gonzi, Prime Minister of Malta
09:50
Opening address
Mr Juan Carlos López Agüí, CEN President
Scene setters
10:05
Keynote address I - The Lisbon agenda: its assessment in terms of standardization
Mr Diego Canga Fano, Deputy Head of Cabinet of Commissioner Antonio Tajani
10:25
Keynote address II - The Standardization package: the hearing in the parliament
Mr Edvard Kožušník, Member of the European Parliament and Rapporteur of the standardization Package
10:45
Questions & answers
10:55
Coffee, tea and refreshments
Response of standardization to the Lisbon strategy
11:20
Introduction by the moderator
Ms Vanessa Macdonald
11:30
How has Standardization supported the Lisbon agenda in the past 10 years
Mr Ernst-Peter Ziethen, Vice-President Technical CEN
11:50
Panel discussion I - Standardization response to the Lisbon strategy
Panellists:
- National standardization: Mr Olivier Peyrat, Director General AFNOR
- Industry: Dr Gildas Guillevic, Vice-President Technology Monitoring and Products Standardization Lafarge Services Group and CEPMC - Council of European Producers of Materials for Construction
- Trade association: Mr Doede Bakker, Chairman of ORGALIME, Working Group Standardization Policy
- Policy analyst: Mr James Stroyan, Senior Consultant Technopolis Group
- European standardization: Mr Carlo Masetti, Vice-President Policy CENELEC
13:00
Lunch
14:30
Introduction by the moderator
Ms Vanessa Macdonald
Benefits of standards
14:35
Microeceonomic impact of standardization work in the engineering industry
Mr Markus Reigl, Head Standardisation Corporate, Siemens AG
14:55
Case study: eInvoicing - How standardization work contributes to the simplification and improvement of the administrative and regulatory framework for enterprises in e-business
Mr Anders Grangard, Director eCom Business Unit at GS1
15:15
Case study: Standards and diversity in reducing the cost of the Computing Desktop
Mr Matthew Gatt, CEO Malta Information Technology Agency - MITA
15:40
Coffee, tea and refreshments
The future and challenges for European standardization
16:10
Position paper standardization community
Mrs Elena Santiago Cid, Director General CEN-CENELEC
16:20
Panel discussion II - European Standardization System in the next decade
Panellists:
- Globalization: Mr Ivar Jachwitz, CEN-CENELEC-ETSI External Relations Committee
Mr Markus Reigl, Head of Standardization Corporate Siemens AG
- Societal needs: Mrs Benedicte Federspiel, Chief Counsel, Danish Consumer Council
- Convergence of technologies and energy efficiency: Mr John Ketchell, Director Innovation, CEN-CENELEC
Mr Claude Breining, Senior Vice-President Standardization and European Affairs at Schneider Electric
- Efficiency of the Standardization System: Mr Mike Low, Director British Standards Institution (BSI)
- SMEs: Ms Joanna Drake, Director Promotion of SMEs' competitiveness, EC DG Enterprise & Industry
17:20
Closing remarks
Mr David Dossett, CENELEC President
17:30
End of the 6th CEN-CENELEC Annual Meeting