Europe needs a skilled workforce to meet present and future challenges, in particular the green and digital transformation. In the context of the “European Year of Skills”, the European Commission Representation in Germany is inviting you to a half-day conference entitled
“Winning the race for talent”
on 30 June 2023, 9 am – 1 pm,
European House, Unter den Linden 78, 10117 Berlin (next to the Brandenburg Gate)
Decision-makers, experts and entrepreneurs will meet to discuss on two panels and two workshops about the state of play and what needs to be done to make Europe more attractive to highly qualified workers and entrepreneurs.
Please register here by 29 June, 12 noon.
You can also watch the conference online. Registered participants will receive a link.
Translation in German will be provided.
09:00 - 09:30: Registration & Breakfast
Welcome by Jörg Wojahn, Representative of the EU Commission in Germany
& MEP Damian Boeselager
09:40 - 10:30 Working Panel 1: What’s the issue, really?
Impulse 1: Thomas Liebig OECD
Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President, European Commission
José Luis Escrivá Belmonte, Spanish Minister for Inclusion, Social Security, Migration
Judith Dada, General Partner La Familia VC
David Kipp, Research Fellow SWP
Moderator: Astrid Ziebarth, German Marshall Fund
10:30 - 11:20 Working Panel 2: What is Europe doing to be more attractive?
Impulse 2: Cemalettin Öser, managing director of Mosaik e.V.
Gunilla Fincke, Director-General, Ministry of Employment and Social Affairs
Bettina Offer, Founding Partner at Offer & Mastmann
Arne Franke, BDA Director European Affairs
Salma Bakouk, CEO & co-founder Sifflet
Johannes Reck, CEO and co-founder at GetYourGuide
Moderator: Alexander Thamm
11:20 - 11:40 Coffee break
11:40 - 12:20 Standing workshops: What else could we do?
Workshop 1 | Start-up meets administration:
Hannah Asmussen, Localyze
Engelhardt Mazanke, Director Berlin Immigration Office
Michael van Cammel, Federal Labour Agency
Workshop 2 | Start-up meets social partners
Johann Harnoss, BCG
Daniel Abbou, President of the European AI Forum
Vera Egenberger, DGB board
12:30 - 12:50 Return to big room and moderated presentation of the result including Q&A on commitments by all sides
12:50 - 13:00 Closing Remarks
