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EU - BR Business Summit Programme
Venue
International Trade Fair
Meeting Centre
Rua do Bojador,
Parque das Nações
1998-010 Lisboa - Portugal
Telefone: +351 218 921 500
   
::: Draft Programme :::
09h30 |
Registration
10h00 |
Welcome Remarks:
· Jorge Rocha de Matos, President, AIP-CE
· Francisco van Zeller, President, CIP
· João Gomes Esteves, Business Commissioner for the EU Portuguese Presidency
· Ernest-Antoine Seillière, President, BUSINESSEUROPE
· Armando Monteiro, President, CNI
Discussion topics:
- WTO
- EU/Brazil Strategic Partnership Agreement: impact on Mercosur and
  on EU/Mercosur negotiations
- Investment, Infrastructures and Public/Private Partnerships
- Competitiveness / Innovation
- Energy and Climate Change
12h00 |
Debate and approval of the recommendations to the Political Summit
12h30 |
Conclusion of the Round Table
12h45 |
Lunch with the following honored key speakers: Peter Mandelson
(European Commissioner for Trade), Benita Ferrero-Waldner
(European Commissioner for External Relations), Miguel Jorge
(Brazilian Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade),
Luís Amado (Portuguese Minister for External Relations) and
Manuel Pinho (Portuguese Minister for Economy and Innovation)
14h30 |
Meeting with Political Leaders:
· Presentation of the Round Table recommendations
· Signature of the Petrobras/Galp Energia agreement on the implementation of
  Biodisel production, comercial and distribution Projects
· Speeches of President's Lula da Silva, Barroso and Sócrates
· Questions and answers
16h00 |
Conclusion of the meeting with Political Leaders
16h10 |
Press Conference by the Presidents of BUSINESSEUROPE, CNI, AIP-CE,
CIP and the Business Commissioner for the EU Portuguese Presidency
16h40 |
  End
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