El evento tendrá lugar en el Pavelló d’Administració del Recinte Modernista de Sant Pau (Sant Antoni Maria Claret 167) y será en catalán, castellano e inglés.
Progamme
13th March 2014
09h00
Registration
09h30
Opening
Jordi Baiget
Chairman of Santa Creu and Sant Pau Foundation
Normunds Popens
Deputy Director-General of the Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy - European Commission
José María Piñero
Director-General of European Funds - Spanish Ministry of Finance and Public Administration
Felip Puig
Catalan Minister for Business and Labour - Generalitat de Catalunya
Film Projection: Cohesion policy in Spain (5min)
10h45
Coffee Break
11h00
Keynote Speeches - The Role of the SMEs: Opportunities and Challenges
Patrizio Bianchi
Emilia-Romagna Minister of Education, Training and Research
Juan Tugores
Professor of Economics - University of Barcelona
Hugh Morgan-William
Former Chair BUSINESSEUROPE's Entrepreneurship & SME Committee
13h00
Lunch
14h30
Debate: Policies in Support of SMEs and Entrepreneurship
Moderator: Jordi Torrebadella
Deputy Head of Unit Spain - Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy - European Commission
Gilles Gantelet
Head of Unit of Strategic Policy Unit - Directorate General for Enterprise and Industry - European Commission
Antonio Fernández
Deputy Director-General of “Support SMEs” of General Secretariat of Industry and SMEs - Spanish Ministry for Industry, Energy and Tourism
Pere Torres
Secretary for Business and Competitiveness. Ministry for Business and Labour - Generalitat de Catalunya
Elena Del Rey
Head of Fundraising - BCN Activa
Manel Sarasa
President of Wineissocial SL
Jose Luis García
President of Light Environment Control SL
17h30
End of the session and Visit to ‘Sant Pau Art Nouveau Site’
14th March 2014
09h30
Debate: Access To Finance
Moderator: Andrea mairate
Head of Unit Spain - Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy - European Commission
Marco Marrone
Head of Southern and Western Europe Division - European Investment Fund (EIF)
Jorge Ramírez
General Manager of European Microfinance Network (EMN)
Javier Ponce
Director of the Economic and Financial Affairs Directorate atthe Centre for Industrial Technological Development (CDTI)
Josep-Ramon sanromà
Managing Director of the Catalan Institute of Finance (ICF)
10h45
Coffee Break
11h00
Marcos Aubeso
Investment Analyst at Caixa Capital Risc
Albert Colomer
Director of the Business Angels Network of Catalonia (BANC)
Paolo Zaggia
Head of Europe Department at Finlombarda SpA (Finanziaria per lo Sviluppo della Lombardia)
12h45
Closing Remarks
Andrea Mairate
Head of Unit Spain - Regional and Urban Policy Directorate General - European Commission
