Media Invitation: EPP Group Industry Days

Journalists are invited to attend the EPP Group Industry Days which will delve into the green and digital transition of Europe's industry. The planned European Green Deal is one of the largest and most dramatic market interventions in the history of the European Union. In parallel, industry is going through an intense digitalisation. To maintain European competitiveness, we need to help our industry to make these major transformations. What our industry needs differs greatly between different sectors. The needs of the chemical industry are very different from the needs of the fashion industry. Policy-makers should have a detailed understanding of all these needs. This is even more important now that Russia's war has disrupted our economy and energy supply.

The event will be hosted by Christian Ehler MEP, the EPP Group Spokesman on Industry, Energy and Research, Maria Graça da Carvalho MEP, Deputy Spokeswoman on Industry, Energy and Research, and Tom Berendsen, the Parliament's lead MEP on Europe's Industry Startegy. The event will be opened by EPP Group Chairman Manfred Weber MEP.

The speakers include:

Rada Rodriguez, CEO of Signify GmbH and President of Orgalim
Véronique Willems, Secretary-General SMEunited
Axel Eggert, Director General, The European Steel Association (EUROFER)
Gunther Kegel, CEO Pepperl + Fuchs
Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, CEO, Hydrogen Europe
Niklas Nillroth, CECE VP and VP for Sustainability at Volvo Construction Equipment
Lars Reger, CTO of NXP (and CEO of NXP Germany)
Valentina Daiber. Chief Officer Legal & Corporate Affairs, Telefónica S.A.
Florian Drücke, Chairman of the German Federal Association of the Music Industry
Ezgi Barcenas, Chief Sustainability Officer, AB-Inbev
Christel Delberghe, Director General, EuroCommerce
Andreja Vukojević, Director of the Tourism Sector, Croatian Chamber of Commerce
Yiannis Retsos, President of the Greek Tourism Confederation

The event will take place today, Monday 25 April from 15:00 till 16:45 CET and tomorrow Tuesday 26 April from 10:00 till 11:15 CET in the European Parliament and will be streamed via this link.