Launch event of Politico Europe, Brussel

23 April 2015, 17:00

Autoworld, Cinquantenaire Park, Brussels

POLITICO‘s invitation-only launch event will be a remarkable evening of interactive panel debates and interviews on the state of the Union with leading policy makers, global thinkers and visionaries.

Marietje Schaake will speak in the panel Putting Europe on the Digital Map, together with Andrus Ansip, Vice-President of the European Commission, and Frédéric Mazzella, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of BlaBlaCar.

Agenda

Welcome remarks

Ralph Büchi, President International, AXEL SPRINGER

John Harris, Editor-in-Chief, POLITICO

Matthew Kaminski, Executive Editor, European edition, POLITICO

Panel: European Growing Pains

Moderator : Pierre Briançon, Senior Correspondent, POLITICO

Margrethe Vestager, European Commissioner for Competition

Guy Verhofstadt, Member of the European Parliament, Leader of the ALDE Group

Carl Bildt, Former Prime Minister and Former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden

Panel: Putting Europe on the Digital Map

Moderator : Ryan Heath, Senior EU Correspondent, POLITICO

Andrus Ansip, European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Single Market

Marietje Schaake, Member of the European Parliament

Frédéric Mazzella, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, BlaBlaCar

Interview: How to Deal with a Resurgent Russia

Moderator : Matthew Kaminski, Executive Editor, POLITICO

Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary-General, NATO

Discussion: Insights into US Politics

Mike Allen, Chief White House Correspondent, POLITICO

John Harris, Editor-in-Chief, POLITICO

Interview: The Role of the European Parliament

Moderator : Florian Eder, Managing Editor, Policy, POLITICO

Moderator : Carrie Budoff Brown, Associate Editor, Senior Policy Correspondent, POLITICO

Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament

Closing remarks and cocktail reception