5G Citizens

08.00am - 09.30am

Accreditation

(Main lobby, Rue Belliard 101 CoR)

09.30am - 10.00am

Welcome Coffee

(Foyer 5)

10.00am - 12.15pm

‘You my Dear Customer, 5 Continents’ – The Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan (Sustainable Businesses)

Opening Statements by our

Keynote Speaker Mr. Arnaldo Abruzzini, CEO of EuroChambres

Moderator.- Mr. Alberto Carvalho, AJEPC & SinoPLPE China and Portuguese Speaking Countries

Speakers, Presidents of Young Entrepreneurs:

Africa.- Mrs. Innocentia Motau, President Entrepreneurs Africa
Europe.- Mr. Andrea Gelfi, President at JEUNE - Young Entrepreneurs Europe
Asia.- Mr. Michael Lee, Secretary General World Alliance - Young Entrepreneurs Asia
Australia.- Mr. Archie Ravishankar, UN Youth Ambassador Australia-India - Young Entrepreneur Australia
Mr. Jean Van Wetter, General Director at Handicap International, Humanity & Inclusion - Business Case

Mr. Christophe Leclercq, Founder of EURACTIV & Associate Professor ULB, Institut d'Etudes Européennes (Speaker and Keynote Conclusions Speech)

Mr. Jorge Eduardo Rios, United Nations: 'Sustainable Businesses Preserve Wildlife'

Mr. Rios is Chief of the Global Programme for Combating Wildlife and Forest Crime and Chief of Sustainable Livelihoods at the UNODC

After the Session, JEUNE (Young Entrepreneurs of the European Union), will hold its General Assembly and Steering Committee from 12.15 to 13.15pm at room JDE51

CoR Rue Belliard 101

EU Best Practices

10.00am - 12.15pm

‘Collaborative Economy’ – Shared Accommodation and Transport

Opening Statement by Mr. Jeroen Merchiers as Managing Director of Airbnb for Europe, Middle East and Africa and video statement by Mr. Brian Chesky, Co-Founder and CEO of Airbnb

Moderator- Mr. Dumitru Fornea, Member and Rapporteur of European Economic and Social Committtee EESC and Mr. Richard Tuffs, Director of ERRIN 2010-17 (Regional Governments all over Europe)

Speakers:

Keynote Speaker: Mr. Vincent Rosso, Co-Founder and former Director General of Blablacar Spain
Mr. Archie Ravishankar, Founder and CEO of Cogni-Now, successful Digital FinTech Startup (Shared Economy)
Mr. Jeroen Merchiers, CEO of Airbnb for Europe, Middle East and Africa
Mrs. Ngwako Ramohlale, CEO of Nunnovation Africa - Collaborative Construction and Social Inclusion
Mr. Jean Luc Habimana, Blogger for Faces2Hearts in Africa - How the EU Implements Sustainable Projects in Africa, the cradle of Sharing Economy

Closing Speech by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)

CoR Rue Belliard 101

EU Best Practices

11.30pm - 13.30pm

#5GcitizensWatify Matchmaking Brokerage: DIGITISATION & EU Projects

12.15pm - 13.15pm

Sandwich Time

Atrium 5

13.15pm - 15.30pm

‘We, the Peoples of the World’ – Initiatives Implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals in their Countries

Opening Statement by Mr. Jean-Luc Lemahieu, Director of Policy Analysis & Public Affairs at the United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime (UNODC)

Moderator.- Mrs. Innocentia Motau, President of Young Entrepreneurs Africa

Speakers, together with the UNODC representative:

Mr. Giovanni Mastrogiacomo, DG DEVCO (European Commission) - EuropeAid; SDGs, Policy and Coherence, replacing Mr. Stefano Manservisi, Director-General of DG DEVCO
Mr. Anthony Gooch, Director of Public Affairs and Communications at the OECD
Mr. Sergio Jaramillo, Ambassador of Colombia to the European Union
Mr. H. E. Mr. Rodney Perera, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the European Union
Mrs. Luminiţa Teodora Odobescu, Permanent Representative of Romania to the European Union
Mr. Yousef Bataineh, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Jordan to the European Union
Mr. Everton Vieira Vargas, Ambassador of Brazil to the European Union
Professor Mr. Jeffey Owens, Leader of the award-winning initiative on the UN SDGs called: 'Multi-stakeholder Initiative on Tax and Good Governance in Africa'

Closing Keynote Speaker: Mr. Joaquin Boston, President of Entreps & 5Gcitizens "SDGs, Innovation, Citizens and Good Governance together, the only feasible future"

The UN, the OECD, DG DEVCO from the European Commission and a number of Diplomats will address current projects implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) worldwide.

The moderator will give the floor to each speaker to introduce their policies and success stories, showing their organisations' commitment to Sustainable Development.

After that, 5 Ambassadors will briefly share some real examples of projects implementing the UN SDGs.

A final Q&A session will allow the audience to interact with the panelists.

Outside the room there will be a TV set for 101 nationalities to tell short stories about the SDGs in their countries.

CoR Rue Belliard 101

EU Best Practices

13.15pm - 15.30pm

‘Climate Change in a Stormy Global Environment’ – Responsible Production and Consumption

Opening by Professor Mr. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, United Nations-IP Climate Change Vice-Chair for AR5 (2008-2015) and Mr. José Inácio Faria, MEP, Rapporteur on Climate Action - European Parliament

Moderator: Mrs. Pascaline Gaborit, Director of Pilot4DEV Sustainable Devlopment Goals

Speakers:

Mrs. Evelyne Huytebroeck, former Minister of Environment, Energy, Youth and Social Affairs of Belgium
Mr. Emmanuel Katrakis, Secretary-Gral of EURIC
Mr. Björn Stockhausen, Seas at Risks
Ms Meera Ghani, Policy Coordinator, ECOLISE
Dr. Mrs, Marthe Djuikom, Environmental Investor in Africa and Founder of FERDEDSI
Mr. Juha Ala-Mursula, Head of the 6Aika Managing Group and Executive Director at BusinessOulu
Mr. Ariel Contreras, Blogger for Faces2Hearts in Latin America - How the EU Implements Sustainable Projects in Latin America, a Virgin Continent?

CoR Rue Belliard 101

EU Best Practices

13.15pm - 15.30pm

‘Updated Women’- Inclusive Quality Education and Life-long Learning for All

Opening statement by Mrs. Lowri Evans, Director-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (European Commission)

Moderator: Mr. Stefaan Hermans, Director of Policy Strategy and Evaluation at DG Education EAC (European Commission), assisted by Mrs. Alexandrina Robu, President of Women Young Entrepreneurs Europe

Speakers supporting Quality Education and Freedom as drivers to Inclusive Employment

Mrs. Jolly Kamuntu Ntabunge, Women Activist in Africa
18-year-old Mrs. Sofia Rodriguez, Executive Board of the European Youth Parliament – Youth MEP
Mrs. Madi Sharma, Women Leader in Europe and India - Serial Entrepreneur
Mrs. Maria Baracsi, Head of International Cooperation at IFKA Hungary Gov (Development Industry)
Mrs. Iratxe García Pérez, MEP S&D Group -invited-
Mrs. Cristina Atienza, Head of Employment and Career at UNIR On-line University
Mrs. Lauren Chan, Blogger for Faces2Hearts in Asia - How the EU Implements Sustainable Projects in Asia, a Women-Led continent
Mrs. Ellie Tomassi, Blogger for Faces2Hearts in Africa- How the EU Implements Sustainable Projects in Africa, Violence against Women

Closing Speech by Ms. Alexandra Kirgios, Coordinator at ONE Campaign against Extreme Poverty in Belgium

Video by Assistant Porfessor Mrs. Roja Fazaeli, Trinity College Dublin (Islam and Women)

CoR Rue Belliard 101

EU Best Practices

15.30pm - 15.45pm

Coffee Break

(Foyer 5)

15.45pm - 17.30pm

‘DSM: Achievements and Goals’ – Engaging the EU Citizens by Promoting 5G to Develop Industrial Digitisation, eGovernment, Roaming and Blockchain

Opening Statement by Mrs. Mariya Gabriel, EU Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society (European Commission) and by Mrs. Lara Comi, Member of the European Parliament - MEP (video-statement by the Presidency of Nokia)

Interviewing on how the Digital Single Market impacts the EU and worldwide citizens:

Keynote speaker and Moderator.- Mr. Joaquin Boston, President of the International Board of Business Owners and Entrepreneurs (Entreps) - Cum Laude Researcher on Leadership and Success

Speakers:

Mr. Peter Stuckmann, Head of Unit of Future Connectivity Systems replacing Mr. Roberto Viola, Director-General for Communications, Networks, Content and Technology (DG Connect - European Commission) -invited-
Mr. Marc Vancoppenolle, Director of Global Government Relations at Nokia
Mr. Ilmari Lastikka, Vice-President of International Affairs at VTT Technology

Business cases:

Mr. Ramón Rguez ‘Monchi’, DG of Sports at AS Roma (ex-Sevilla FC) Using Big Data for Global Talent Scouting
Mr. Jeroen Merchiers, CEO of Airbnb for Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Start-up born under the umbrella of the EU Digital Single Market: Mr. Georgi Stoyanov, CEO and co-Founder of VR Express, associated to iGreet/ScanAR Augmented Reality

CoR Rue Belliard 101

EU Best Practices

15.45pm - 17.30pm

‘Is the EU Forever? - Pan-European Leaders for All?’ – Drawing the Personality Portrait of the Perfect Leader

Opening Statement by Mr. Henri Malosse, former President of the EESC – European Economic and Social Committee, and the Leader of Ciudadanos Catalonia

Moderator Mr. Jovin Hurry, NELIS Board of Directors (Next Leaders' Initiative for Sustainability)

Speakers:

Mr. Florin Jianu, 3-time Minister of Romania
Mrs. Taina Tukianen, Professor and Senior Advisor to Mr. Markku Markkula, First Vice-President (former President) of the CoR
Mr. Anthony Zacharzewski, President at “Democratic Society”
Mrs. Lora Borissova, Head of Cabinet of Commissioner Mrs. Mariya Gabriel (European Commission)
Mrs. Ellie Tomassi, Blogger for Faces2Hearts in Africa- How the EU Implements Sustainable Projects in Africa, Democracy in Africa vs in Europe

Closing Statement by Mr. José Ignacio Ceniceros, President of La Rioja Region and the Commission SEDEC EU CoR Committee of the Regions

CoR Rue Belliard 101

EU Best Practices

17.30pm - 18.30pm

Coffee Break

(Foyer 5)

18.30pm - 21.30pm

Cocktail Ceremony - 4th edition of the ‘Addis Ababa’ Global Entreps Awards 2018

The 124-member international Jury gives 30 worldwide awards to outstanding citizens, authorities, initiatives, companies and institutions promoting Digitisation, the UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030, and other major topics

During the gala the guests will have the chance to enjoy Spanish wines (red and verdejo) and food such as gazpacho, carne asada and Ibericos

Official Opening by the President of the most representative EU Institution and Mr. Joaquin Boston, President of Entreps

Tackling Disinformation in the EU - 'Digital Anti´Fake News': Mrs. Mariya Gabriel, EU Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society - Awards 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
Video Statement by Mr. Markku Markkula, First Vice-President (President 2015-2017) of the EU CoR - Awards 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10
Statement by Mr. Yousef Bataineh, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Jordan to the European Union - Awards 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15
Statement by Ms. Natali Sabanadze, Ambassador of Georgia to the European Union - Awards 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20
Statement by Mr. Sergio Jaramillo, Ambassador of Colombia to the European Union - Achiever of Peace with the FARCs in Colombia
Awards and statements by the United Nations
Speech by Mr. Anthony Gooch, Director of Public Affairs and Communications at the OECD

Closing by the Mrs. Maya Dobreva, Ambassador of Bulgaria to the Kingdom of Belgium, on behalf of Mrs. Lilyana Pavlova, Minister for the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU, 2018

Confirmed Director-Generals: