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ALTER-EU Annual Assembly

  • ALTER-EU ANNUAL ASSEMBLY

    share, strategise and mobilise!

    Curb corporate influence and reclaim democracy!

    Dates: 13-14 October, 2011

    Venue: conference room, Mundo-B,

    26, rue d'Edimbourg, Brussels

     

  • Thursday 13 October

    9h30 Doors open for registration and coffee

  • 10h00 Panel 1: Grassroots resistance to corporate influence.

    · Annabel Park – Coffee Party movement (US experience)

    · Javier Toret Medina – DRY / Indignados movement (to be confirmed)

    · UK Uncut (to be confirmed)

    · Tomasso Fattori (Italian referendum campaigner)

    Moderator: Olivier Hoedeman

  • 12h30 Lunch

  • 14h00 Keynote: The growth of corporate power in Europe.

    · Susan George – Transnational Institute

    14h45 Discussion

  • 15h30 Panel 2: How ALTER-EU challenges corporate influence in the EU.

    · Revolving doors (agencies, EP, EC) – Vicky Cann (Corporate Europe Observatory)

    · Lobby secrecy – ALTER-EU campaigner – Natacha Cingotti (Friends of the Earth Europe)

    · Expert groups – Yiorgos Vassalos (Corporate Europe Observatory)

    Moderator: William Dinan

  • 17h00 ALTER-EU: Presentation of the ALTER-EU workplan for 2012.

  • 18h00 Lobbytour / Street action

    (Screening in Mundo-B as wet weather alternative)

  • 20h00 Group dinner

  • Friday 14 October

  • 10h00 Keynote: What can we learn from lobbying regulation in US?

    · Craig Holman – Public Citizen Congress Watch

    10h45 Discussion

  • 11h30 ALTER-EU: Presentation of new steering committee groups.

    12h30 Lunch

  • 13h30 Workshops on corporate influence – short introductions by organisers in plenary.

  • · Inside the Coffee party movement – Annabel Park

    · Climate change – FoEE

    · Big pharma – Health Action International

    · Peace initiatives – Vredesactie

    · Finance reform – CEO / SOMO

    · Agri-business – to be confirmed

    · Thinktanks: corporations in disguise – Dieter Plehwe (to be confirmed)

  • 15h30 Panel 3: Linking European and national campaigns on lobbying.

    · The 'lex Strasser' and other Austrian developments – Hubert Sickinger

    (University of Vienna)

    · Public service unions for lobby transparency – Jan Willem Goudriaan

    (European Federation of Public Service Unions)

    · Bringing lobby transparency and ethics regulation to Germany – Timo Lange (LobbyControl)

    · British lobby transparency campaigning and the ALT coaltion – Tamasin Cave (Spinwatch)

    Moderator: Jorgo Riss

  • 17h00 Close