Seventh EU-U.S. Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Best Practices Workshop in the Framework of the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC)
Thursday 2 and Friday 3 June 2016
Ministry of Foreign Affair
Islandi väljak 1, Tallinn, Estonia
AGENDA
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Day 1 – Thursday 2nd June 2016 |
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8:30 a.m. |
Registration |
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9:00 - 10:00 |
Opening Plenary Remarks |
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Signe RATSO, European Commission, DG TRADE, Director |
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Kristin SCHREIBER, European Commission, DG GROW, Director |
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Maria CONTRERAS-SWEET, Member of the President’s Cabinet and Administrator of the US Small Business Administration |
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Liisa OVIIR, Minister for Entrepreneurship, Estonian Government |
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10:00 – 10:20 |
Coffee Break |
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10:20 - 13:00 |
Support for SMEs and Start-ups in the transatlantic space - discussion on EU and US best practice policies |
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Moderator: Giacomo MATTINÓ, European Commission, DG GROW, Head of Unit |
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Kristin SCHREIBER - Key note speech on Commission's actions supporting European start-ups within the EU Single Market and beyond |
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Susan WILSON, US Department of Commerce - IPR SME Cooperation in the framework of the Transatlantic Intellectual Property Rights Working Group (TIPRWG) |
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Lori COOPER, US Department of Commerce - Transatlantic Cooperation in Incubators, Accelerators and Startups (TCIAS) |
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Viljar LUBI, Deputy Secretary General for Economic Development, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Estonia - Estonia experience in supporting startups, practical examples |
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Mark WALSH, Associate Administrator for Investment & Innovation, US Small Business Administration |
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Cary INGRAM, Senior International Trade Specialist, Global IGNITION: Startup Export Accelerator, US Department of Commerce |
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Rosalyn STEWARD, Assistant Chief Counsel for the Office of Advocacy, US Small Business Administration |
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Laszlo HORVATH, President, Active Media, Industry Trade Advisory Committee for Small and Minority Business, US |
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Discussion and Q&A |
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13:00 - 14:00 |
Lunch break (no host) |
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14:00 – 15:45 |
Improving access to alternative sources of finance |
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Moderator: Eileen Sánchez, Associate Administrator, Office of International Trade, US Small Business Administration |
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Financial instruments for Venture Capital |
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Mark WALSH, Associate Administrator for Investment and Innovation, US Small Business Administration |
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Armando MELONE, European Commission, DG GROW |
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Mikk VAINIK, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Estonia |
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Latest developments on crowdfunding |
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Mark WALSH, Associate Administrator for Investment and Innovation, US Small Business Administration |
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Merit LIND, Head of the Law Firm Deloitte Legal, Head of Crowdfunding Area in FinanceEstonia, Estonia |
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Jouko AHVENAINEN, Co-founder & Chairman, Grow VC Group, UK |
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Tero WECKROTH, Invesdor, representing ECN (European Crowdfunding Network), Finland |
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Aki KALLIO, Ministry of Finance, Finland |
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Discussion and Q&A |
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15:45 - 16:00 |
Coffee Break |
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16:00-17:30 |
EU and US Clusters: Opportunities and Resources for Collaboration |
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Moderator: Sven C. OEHME, President and CEO, European-American Business Organization Inc., New York, US |
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SME Access to Global Markets through Clusters |
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Chris JAMES, Associate Administrator, Field Operations, US Small Business Administration |
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Richard GRANA, Industry Trade Advisory Committee for Small and Minority Business, Impex, Kentucky, US |
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EU and US Cluster Priorities and Tools to bolster Transatlantic Cooperation |
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Michel CATINAT, European Commission, DG GROW, Head of Unit – via video link |
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Tom GUEVARA, US Department of Commerce – via video link |
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Cross-border Collaboration in the Health Information Technology Sector |
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Frank CUNNINGHAM, European Commission, DG CONNECT |
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Matt HEIN, US Department of Commerce – via video link |
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Külle TÄRNOV, Estonian Connected Health Cluster, Estonia |
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Rich BENDIS, BioHealth Innovation, US – via video link |
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Discussion and Q&A |
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Day 2 – Friday 3rd June 2016 |
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9:00 - 11:15 |
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and SMEs |
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Moderator: Signe RATSO, European Commission, DG TRADE, Director |
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Väino REINART, Undersecretary, Economic and Development Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Estonia, Estonian Member of the EU Trade Policy Committee |
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TTIP negotiations: benefits for SMEs – update from negotiators |
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Luca DE CARLI, DG TRADE, EU lead SME negotiator |
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Christina SEVILLA, Deputy Assistant USTR for Small Business, US lead SME negotiator |
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Dominic BOUCSEIN, Eurochambres, Belgium |
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Carl PUCCI, Datel AS, Ovela, Estonia |
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Brooke FISHBACK, Industry Trade Advisory Committee for Small and Minority Business, Health Enterprises, US |
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Discussion and Q&A |
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11:15 - 11:30 |
Coffee Break |
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11:30 - 12:45 |
EU – US cooperation agreement on SME cooperation |
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Moderator: Jean-Marie AVEZOU, European Commission, DG GROW |
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Giacomo MATTINÓ, European Commission, DG GROW, Head of Unit |
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Lori COOPER, US Department of Commerce |
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Sven C. OEHME, President and CEO, European-American Business Organization Inc., New York, US, member of Enterprise Europe Network |
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Discussion and Q&A |
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12:45 – 13:30 |
Conclusion of the Workshop |
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Christina SEVILLA, Deputy Assistant USTR for Small Business |
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Lori COOPER, US Department of Commerce |
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Kristin SCHREIBER, European Commission, DG GROW, Director |
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Signe RATSO, European Commission, DG TRADE, Director |
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