Strasbourg Lunches 2015

12th Strasbourg Lunch, Wednesday 16 December 2015 at 13.15 hrs

“Refugees – is there a solution for Europe?”

Welcome by: Michael GAHLER MEP, President of the Kangaroo Group

11th Strasbourg Lunch, Wednesday 25 November 2015 at 13.15 hrs

“IMI 2- New challenges, new focus areas”

Speaker:

Pierre MEULIEN, Executive Director, Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI)

Statement:

Marian-Jean MARINESCU MEP, Vice-Chair Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)

10th Strasbourg Lunch, Wednesday 28 October 2015 at 13.15 hrs

“Protection of Know-How and Confidential Business Information: What does really cover the proposed Directive on Trade Secrets?”

Speakers:

Jean-Marie CAVADA MEP, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Legal Affairs

Andreas SCHWAB MEP, Member of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

Pauline BAUMGARTNER HARRIS, Senior IP Counsel, Firmenich, Geneva

9th Strasbourg Lunch, Wednesday, 7 October 2015 from 13:15 until 14:30 hrs

The Programme of the Plenary will be extraordinarily busy due to the speech of the King of Spain and the visit of Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande therefore our Lunch will take place without a speaker but we will have a discussion about the current topics

7th STRASBOURG LUNCH

8 July 2015 from 13:15 until 14:30 hrs

"Cooperatives - Entrepreneurial Pillarof Modern European Social Market Economy?

Speaker:

Klaus NIEDERLÄNDER, Director, Europe Region of International Co-operative Alliance

6th STRASBOURG LUNCH

Wednesday, 10 June 2015 from 13.00 until 14.30 hrs

"Projects of the Kangaroo Group during the next Semester"

5th STRASBOURG LUNCH

Wednesday, 20 May 2015 from 13.00 until 14.30 hrs

"Expactations from the Defence Summit?"

Speaker:

Bert VERSMESSEN, Advisor on CSDP at the European External Action Service

Statements:

Elmar BROK, MEP, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs

Ioan Mircea PASQU, MEP, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs

4th STRASBOURG LUNCH

Wednesday, 29 April 2015 from 13.00 until 14.30 hrs

"Lessons learned from the fight against Polio an Ebola - What can Europe do?"

Speakers:

Neven MIMICA, Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development

H.E. Ambassador John E. LANGE (Ret.), Senior Fellow, Global Health Diplomacy,

United Nations Foundation

Sarah CROWE, Senior Adviser, UNICEF - on behalf of the Global Polio Eradication

Initiative

3rd STRASBOURG LUNCH

Wednesday, 11 March 2015 at 12.00 hrs

"Protection of Know-how: Stimulus fon Innovation and Competitiveness? or Obstacle to general interest and worker mobility?"

Speakers:

Andreas SCHWAB, MEP, Member of the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection

Constance LE GRIP, MEP, Member of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs

Michèle RIVASI, MEP, Member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

Werner RUESS, EU Affairs Manager, Michelin

2nd STRASBOURG LUNCH

Wednesday, 11 February 2015 from 13:00 until 14.30 hrs

"Smart Energy for EU Crisis Management and Foreign Aid projects"

Speaker:

Michael KEINERT, CFO, Pfisterer Holding

1st STRASBOURG LUNCH

Wednesday, 14 January 2015 from 13:00 until 14.30 hrs

"Interconnecting Europe´s regions for sustainable growth"

Speaker:

Tor Eigil HODNE, Senior Vice President, Stattnett

“Interconnecting Europe's regions for sustainable growth”

By Tor Eigil Hodne, SVP European Affairs, Statnett, meeting with the Kangaroo Group – European Parliament, Strasbourg 14 January 2015

Statnett is a leading European interconnector company. We are the electricity system operator in Norway, and take a leading role in the market coupling in Europe. In addition, we are just about to make investment decision for the longest interconnectors in the world, linking Norwegian hydro to Germany (2018) and UK (2020). These major achievements towards a European Internal Energy Market depend on ...

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