February 1
Wednesday    

Social networking perils and how to avoid them?

Should businesses disclose more to manage their reputation upstream - rather than waiting til something horrible comes out?

This event is open to all employees of member companies

February 7
Tuesday    

EU Committee Business Lunch with Mr Roland Genson and Nathalie Pensaert - General Secretariat of the Council of the EU

Topic: Protecting Europe - the role of police and customs cooperation in the fight against serious and organised crime, as well as terrorism

Supported by the Business Security task force

This event is exclusively open to EU Committee members

February 10
Friday    

EU Committee Breakfast Briefing with Colette Maloney, Head of Unit, ICT for Sustainable Growth, DG INFSO

Topic: An overview of Green ICT policy and the calculation of the environmental footprint of ICT products, networks and services

Supported by the ICT task force

This event is exclusively open to EU Committee members

February 14
Tuesday    

EU Committee Breakfast Briefing with Thomas Heynisch - Acting Head of Unit, Food and Healthcare Industries, Biotechnology

Topic: 'Tajani' Initiative: Corporate responsibility for the Pharmaceutical Industry

Supported by the Business Security task force

This event is exclusively open to EU Committee members

February 16
Thursday    

Monthly Chamber Networking Drinks

John Houston, Senior Partner, KREAB Gavin Anderson, will give a 5 min "insight" on a topical issue. More details to follow.

This event is free to all members. As a one-off membership benefit, you may bring a guest for free.

February 17
Friday    

EU Committee Breakfast Briefing with Mr Ilkka Laitinen, Executive Director, Frontex

Supported by the Business Security task force

This event is exclusively open to EU Committee members

February 22
Wednesday    

Sustainability - Durban Climate Negotiations: What is the role of business in the absence of global leadership?

Hear first-hand from leaders in climate negotiations what really happened during the negotiations. Speakers: Peter Wittoeck – Belgian Delegation to EU on Multilaterial Climate Change Negotiations and Sam Van den Plas – Climate Policy Officer, WWF

February 28
Tuesday    

What happens if the Euro falls? An update on the Euro Crisis

Carsten Brzeski - Senior Economist ING - As Senior Economist in ING’s Economics Department, Carsten is mainly responsible for monitoring economic developments in
Germany and the Eurozone, including monetary policy of the ECB.

February 29
Wednesday    

Business lunch with Filip Dierckx, Chairman Febelfin

Topic: "Lessons learned from the Banking crisis in Belgium. What is the way forward with the Basel III Regulation."

March 6
Tuesday    

"Cloud - The Future is Bright ! " - A Guide to Cloud Computing with Richard Carty, Netshield

March 7
Wednesday    

EU Committee Breakfast Briefing with Judith Merkies MEP, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

Topic: Innovation for Citizens - More Value for Society

Supported by the Innovation task force

This event is exclusively open to EU Committee members

March 8
Thursday    

EU Committee Breakfast Briefing with Miek Van der Wee, Head of Unit of International Relations, DG Competition

Topic: International Relations Startegy of DG Competition

Supported by the Competition and Trade task force

March 9
Friday    

EU Committee Breakfast briefing with Nadia Calvino, Deputy Director-General, DG MARKT

Topic: TBD

Supported by the Financial Services

This event is exclusively open to EU Committee members

March 19
Monday    

Take the tax out of your marketing by Pascal Janssens from PwC

March 22
Thursday    

EU Committee Business Dinner with Philip Lowe, Director General, DG Energy

Complementary Business Dinner for EU Patron Members
Limited seating
To book your place please contact Uzma@britcham.be

EU Patron Members only

March 23
Friday    

EU Committee Business Lunch with Mr Pavel Misiga, Head of Unit, Sustainable Production & Consumption, DG ENVI

Topic: TBD

Supported by the Environment, Energy and Transport task force

This event is exclusively open to EU Committee members

March 28
Wednesday    

EU Committee Breakfast Briefing with Mr Syed Kamall, MEP, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

This event is supported by the Competition task force

This event is exclusively open to EU Committee members

April 19
Thursday    

Monthly Chamber Networking Drinks

Eileen Bonar, British Consul, British Consulate-General, will give a 5 minute speech on her role and that of her team.

This event is free to all members. As a one-off membership benefit, you may bring a guest for free.

April 20
Friday    

EU Committee Breakfast Briefing with David O'Sullivan - Chief Operating Officer, European External Action Service

Topic: Does Business have a Stake in Foreign Policy?

Supported by the Business Security task force

This event is exclusively open to EU Committee members

June 28
Thursday    

EU Committee Business Dinner with Jonathan Faull, Director General, DG Internal Market and Services

Complementary Business Dinner for EU Patron Members
Limited seating
To book your place please contact Uzma@britcham.be

EU Patron Members only