European Economic and Social Committee
Consultative Commission on Industrial Change (CCMI)
PROGRAMME
The impact of digitalization on businesses and society, a challenge for policymakers
25 March 2015 – 9.00 a.m.-13.00 p.m.
EESC, Jacques Delors Building, 99 rue Belliard, meeting room JDE62
Brussels
Interpretation: from EN/FR/DE/ES into EN/FR/DE/ES
09.00 a.m.
Registration
09.20 a.m.
Welcome by Mr Trias Pinto, CCMI President
First part moderated by Mr Trias Pinto: The impact on business and society
09.30 a.m.
Mr.
McKinsey Global Institute
Disruptive technologies: what they are and for which impact
09.45 a.m.
Mr Denayer
Sirris research center
Case study: Additive manufacturing
10.00 a.m.
Mr Jäger
Fraunhofer Austria Research GmbH
The future of employment
10:15 a.m.
Coffee break
10:30 a.m.
Questions and Debate
Second part moderated by Mr van Iersel: The answers by public authorities
11:05 a.m.
Mr Zuleeg
European Policy Center
The digital economy: recommendations to public authorities
11:20 a.m.
Mr Rouhana
European Commission – DG Connect
European initiative for digitising industry
11:35 a.m.
Mr Landheer
Dutch ministry of economic affairs
Smart Industry: the answer of the Dutch government
11:50 a.m.
Mr Tammik
Permanent Representation of Estonia to the EU
The Estonian e-government project
12.05 a.m.
Questions and Debate
12.50 p.m.
Conclusions by
Mr. van Iersel, EESC - CCMI
Lessons learnt from the conference – Input for the EESC/CCMI future work
13.00 p.m.
End
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After a conference on the Fourth industrial revolution, evidencing the Internet of Things and the
Internet of Services that will connect intelligent products, digital services, and customers to the new
innovative ‘products’ of the future, it is time to enlarge our vision to all digital technologies but also
on their impact on business and the society at large, without forgetting to highlight the necessary
political measures to be put in place by the public authorities.
Personalia
McKinsey Global Institute
MGI’s mission is to help leaders in the commercial, public, and social sectors develop a deeper
understanding of the evolution of the global economy and to provide a fact base that contributes to
decision making on critical management and policy issues.
Benjamin Denayer
For 12 years now, Benjamin has been active in the field of 3D printing. What started as hands-on
advising on machines evolved gradually to being a full-time position as an advisor on 3D printing for
Flemish companies. Today Benjamin is actively setting up roadmaps on 3D printing technologies and
translate them into concrete research projects between the industry and research centra.
Andreas Jäger
Ing., MSc., MBA, is researcher at Fraunhofer Austria Research and the Vienna University of
Technology. He is in charge of the further development and operation of the “TU Vienna Learning &
Innovation Factory for Integrative Production Education” where he holds trainings and lectures for
students of the university and for employees from industry. Mr. Jaeger manages a log-term project
focusing on the diagnostic and improvement-oriented evaluation of SMEs to initiate and accompany
production optimization and innovation projects. Furthermore he contributes in an applied research
project related to the human’s role in smart factories. In this context, his fields of research are new
paradigm in production and operations management as well as related impacts on education in
engineering.
Fabian Zuleeg
Since October 2013, Fabian Zuleeg is Chief Executive with overall responsibility, including providing
strategic direction, managing its staff and resources and representing the EPC. He remains Chief
Economist at the same time (a post he has held since January 2010), in charge of the Europe’s
Political Economy Programme. Fabian holds a PhD on the political economy of EU accession from
Edinburgh University. Before coming to the EPC he has worked as an economic analysts in academia,
the public and the private sector.
His research focuses on the economic and Euro crises, in particular how European policy and
economic governance can address Europe’s dual growth crisis: a low aggregate growth rate and
growth divergence, increasing disparities between countries. He also has a long standing interest in the
political economy of European integration, the UK-EU relationship, the Single Market, European
labour markets and the EU budget. He works closely with decision makers in the European
institutions, the EPC members and partners and the wider Brussels stakeholder community. Fabian
regularly comments on current political and economic issues in the EU in the media. He also chairs
and contributes to a wide range of debates, conferences and seminars and has researched and
published widely on European economic and social policies.
Khalil Rouhana
Khalil Rouhana is the director for "Components & Systems" in DG CONNECT (Communications
Networks, Content & Technology). The mission of the Directorate is to support research and
innovation and ensure industrial and business development in micro and nano electronics, photonics,
robotics, embedded and complex systems and advanced computing. The Directorate is also DG
CONNECT lead for Horizon 2020/LEIT, notably coordination of key enabling technologies (KET) in
ICT .
Guido Landheer
Guido Landheer is director of the Division Topsectors and Industry Policy of the Ministry of
Economic Affairs. Current responsibilities consists of a broad range of topics like the national
industry policy including the realisation of the new topsector-approach and the offset policy in the
defence sector. In his job he is involved with specific national industry dossiers like Nedcar,
MSD/Organon or Joint Strike Fighter. Furthermore he is responsible for the new smart industry policy
of the Ministry.
Silver Tammik
Silver Tammik (35) is a Counsellor at the Permanent Representation of Estonia to the EU. He has
been responsible for the telecommunication and information society issues and has represented
Estonia in these matters for more than 8 years. Before moving to Brussels he was responsible for
strategic planning in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications. He has also been
involved in programming of EU funds and developing national information society policy.