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Conference on the Green Paper on Pensions

European Commission

Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities

Conference on the Green Paper on Pensions

Brussels, Charlemagne Building

29 October 2010

8:15

Start of registration

9:00

Opening statement by Mr. László Andor (Commissioner for Employment,

Social Affairs and Inclusion – European Commission)

And Mr. Michel Daerden (Minister for Pensions – Belgium)

9:20

Keynote speech by Mr. Nicholas Barr (Professor – London School of

Economics)

10:00

Coffee break

10:30

Morning parallel panel sessions

1. How can Europe contribute to adequate and sustainable pensions

by promoting active and healthy ageing?

Panel members:

Mr. John Monks (Secretary General – European Trade Union

Confederation)

Mr. Willem Handels (Vice-Chairman of the European Pensions

Forum – Business Europe)

Ms. Anne Sophie Parent (Director – AGE)

Mr. Andreas Storm (State Secretary to the Federal Minister of

Labour and Social Affairs – Germany)

Chair:

Ms. Pervenche Berès (Chair of the Employment and Social Affairs

Committee – European Parliament)

2. How can Europe promote adequate and sustainable pensions and

sound public finances?

Panel members:

Mr. Henk Kamp, (Minister for Social Affairs and Employment –

Netherlands)

Mr. George Sabin Cutaş (rapporteur of the Green Paper in the

Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee – European Parliament)

Mr. Pedro Marques (State Secretary for Social Security – Portugal)

Ms. Anita Schwarz (Lead pension specialist – World Bank, Europe

and Central Asia)

Chair:

Mr. Olli Rehn (Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs –

European Commission)

October 2010

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European Commission

Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities

Conference on the Green Paper on Pensions

12:30

Lunch, Press Conference

14:00

Afternoon parallel panel sessions

3. How can pension systems be more European by removing

barriers for the mobility of workers and the development of pension

funds?

Panel members:

Mr. Eric Woerth (Minister of Labour, Solidarity and Civil Service –

France)

Ms. Ria Oomen-Ruijten (rapporteur of the Green Paper in the

Employment and Social Affairs Committee – European Parliament)

Ms. Monika Queisser (Head of the Social Policy Division – OECD)

Mr. Robin Blackburn (Professor – Essex University)

Chair:

Mr. László Andor (Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and

Inclusion – European Commission)

4. How can Europe promote pension safety and transparency?

Panel members:

Mr. Steven John Webb (Minister for Pensions – United Kingdom)

Mr. Gabriel Bernardino (Chairman – CEIOPS, Committee of

European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors)

Mr. Martin van Rijn (CEO – PGGM)

Mr. Michael Cichon (Director, Social Security Department – ILO)

Chair:

Mr. Jonathan Faull (Director General, Directorate General Internal

Market and Services – European Commission)

15:30

Coffee break

15:45

Closing statements

Mr. Olli Rehn (Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs –

European Commission)

Mr. Miklós Réthelyi (Minister for National Resources – Hungary)

Mr. László Andor (Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and

Inclusion – European Commission)

October 2010