Speakers

The speakers will share their knowledge and experience and offer high-level and varied expertise.

Welcome address

Klaus-Heiner Lehne, President, European Court of Auditors

Antonio Tajani, President of the European Parliament

Keynote speech

Valdis Dombrovskis, Vice-President for the Euro and Social Dialogue, European Commission

Speeches: "Youth Guarantee and Youth Employment Iniative - Assessment of progress made"

Iliana Ivanova, Member of the European Court of Auditors, Dean of Chamber II

Marianne Thyssen, Member of the European Commission for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility

Panel discussion: "Youth employment - The way forward for the policy makers"

Moderator: Mark Rogerson, Spokesperson of the European Court of Auditors

Fons Leroy, President of the European Network of Public Employment Services

Tom Bevers, Chairman of the Employment Committee of the European Union (EMCO)

Michel Servoz, Director-General of DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission

Derek Vaughan, MEP, Vice-Chair of the European Parliament's Budgetary Control Committee

Romana Tomc, MEP, Member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs 

Panel discussion: "Youth employment - The way forward for the labour market"

Moderator: Martina Dlabajová, MEP, Vice-Chair CONT Committee on Budgetary Control and Member of Committee on Employment and Social Affairs 

Massimiliano Mascherini, Senior Research Manager, Social Policies, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions

Carina Autengruber, Vice-President of the European Youth Forum (YFJ)

Liliane Volozinskis, Director for Social Affairs and Training Policy, European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (UEAPME)

Maxime Cerutti, Director, Social Affairs Department, Businesseurope

Thiébaut Weber, ETUC Confederal Secretary

Closing remarks

Evarist Bartolo, Minister for Education and Employment, Malta

Iliana Ivanova, Member of the European Court of Auditors, Dean of Chamber II