Programme
09:00 – 09:30 Registration of participants
Official Welcome and Opening Plenary
09:30 – 09:40 Mr. Carlo Thelen, Director General, Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce
09:40 – 09:50 H.E. Eduardo José A. DE VEGA, Ambassador of the Philippines on behalf of the ASEAN Brussels Committee Embassy of the Philippines
09:50 – 09:55 Ms. Sylvie LUCAS, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of Luxembourg
09:55 – 10:10 H.E. M. Marc HANSEN, Minister Delegate for Digitalisation of Luxembourg
10:10 – 10:15 Family photo
10:15 – 10:30 Coffee break
First Session: Luxembourg – ASEAN business opportunities (Venue Room C1)
10:30 – 11:30 Discovering ASEAN: Business Opportunities in the 10 ASEAN Countries
ASEAN Ambassadors will give an overview on business opportunities and innovation in each country. Moderation by Ms. Shada ISLAM, Director of Europe & Geopolitics, Friends of Europe
11:30 – 11:40 Luxembourg’s Business Partnership Facility presented by Mr. Manuel TONNAR, Director for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs
11:40 – 12:45 “Business clinics” – direct exchanges between the private sector and the 10 ASEAN country representatives, in the presence of Mr. Jean-Paul SENNINGER, Ambassador of Luxembourg to ASEAN
12:45 – 14:15 Buffet lunch for all participants (Venue: Lobby)
Second Session: Trade, Cooperation, Sustainable Finance (Venue: Room C1)
14:15 – 14:45 State of play of EU-ASEAN Free Trade Agreements by Filip Dereadt, Deputy Head of Unit of DG Trade of the European Commission, South and South East Asia: Focus on EU-Singapore and EU-Vietnam FTA’s, followed by a Q&A session
14:45 – 15:45 Panel discussion on Green Growth in ASEAN and Sustainable Finance.
Panel discussion on Green Growth and Sustainable Finance in ASEAN
Panelists: Ms. Julie BECKER, deputy CEO, Luxembourg Green Exchange, Mr. Robert JARVIS, Adviser – Sustainable Finance, Luxembourg for Finance, Mrs. Corinne MOLITOR, Partner, International Climate Finance Accelerator and Mr. Edvardas BUMSTEINAS, Head of Asia and Pacific Division, European Investment Bank. Moderated by Mr. Adam WARD, Global Green Growth Initiative.
15:45 – 16:10 People-to-People Connectivity: Overview of Academic and Research opportunities between Luxembourg and ASEAN (Ministry of Higher Education and Research)
16:10 – 17:00 Cocktail and networking opportunities