Speaker presentations from 2009

A summary of the Employment Week presentations and debate has been prepared courtesy of the Generation Europe Foundation. To review the notes please click here.

Generation Europe Foundation were exhibitors at this year's event; if you would like see a video presentation of their experiences, please click here.

Opening plenary
Chair: Daniela Vincenti Mitchener, Managing Editor, Euractiv

Skills development and life-long learning:

Stavroula Demetriades, Head of Unit, Industrial Relations and Workplace Developments, Eurofound

Professor Andrea Cammelli, Director, Alma Laurea Italy
Wolfgang Müller, PES Working Group, Skills for New Jobs
Sharka Holler, Manager Resourcing Projects, Toyota Europe

Competitiveness and job creation:

Karin Ericsson, Swedish Public Employment Service, Arbetsformedlingen.se
Brian McCormick, Labour Economist, FAS – Irish Training & Labour Authority

Adapting to change and developing leaders for the future:

Peter Cheese, Global MD for the Talent & Organisation Performance Practice, Accenture
Rudi Delarue, Director, International Labour Office
Dame Mary Marsh, Director, The Clore Social Leadership Programme

Innovation and the green economy:

Richard Adams, UK Member of EESC
Richard French, Head of New Product Development, British Computer Society
Jean-Claude Banon, Group Executive Representative with the EU institutions, Veolia Environment Europe Services

Keynote plenary - Jobs: From crisis to growth and inclusion

Mark Fisher, Welfare to Work & Skills Director, Department of Work and Pensions UK
Robert Manchin, Chairman, Gallup

Examining the social cost of change

Dr Alexander Spermann, Director of Public Affairs & Randstad Akademie, Randstad

Lourdes Sugranyes, Head of Vocational Guidance, Barcelona Activa
Jenny Ross, Manager, Ingeus Centre for Policy Research
Zdenek Karasek, RPIC-ViP

Restructuring - the impact on the labour market

Jean–Francois Lebrun, Head of Restructuring, DG Employment, European Commission
John Hurley, Researcher, Employment & Competitiveness, Eurofound

Philippe Dole, National Delegate for France representing Pôle emploi

Plenary session - New skills for new jobs

Emmanuel Jahan, Air France/KLM Representative in Brussels
David Barnes, Vice President, Global Workforce Policy & VP Governmental Programs/Relazioni Instituzionali Italy, IBM Corporation
Professor Mike Campbell, Member of 'New Skills for New Jobs' Expert Group - Skills and Jobs: Identifying and Meeting Europe's Needs

Adapting to change: 

Leonardo Sforza, Head of Research & EU Affairs, Hewitt Associates
Kevin Green, CEO, Recruitment & Employment Confederation

Annica Fornäs, VP Human Resources, Quality & Operational Excellence, Saab Microwave Systems
Emmanuel Jahan, Air France/KLM Representative, Brussels
Dr Dai Griffiths, Reader in e-learning at the Institute for Educational Cybernetics, University of Bolton 

Education and changes in the labour market 

Tine Radinja, President, European Youth Forum
Professor Mike Campbell, Director of Research & Policy, UK Commission for Employment and Skills

Harald Mayer, Director, NaturTalent Stiftung
Robert Morrall, Director, Cementaprise