Wednesday 28 June
17.00 Welcome & Registration
17.30 Opening Session by Mr Martin SCHULZ
PES Group President
17.40 Key Speech by Mr Jacques DELORS
Former President of EC
Modern Cohesion Policy - A European "plus value"
18.00 Ph. D. Danuta HÜBNER
Commissioner of EC
New Community Strategic Priorities for Cohesion 2007-2013
18.15 Mrs Constanze KREHL
PES Coordinator for Regional Policy
Presentation of New Strategic Guidelines for Cohesion
18.30 Mr Poul Nyrup RASMUSSEN
PES Party President
Structural Funds for a European Social Model
18.45 Interventions of MEPs
Discussion / Questions with representatives of Regional Organisations
19:30 Reception - Espace Yehudi Menuhin, Paul-Henri-Spaak Building


Thursday 29 June
09.30New financial perspectives by
Ms Barbara DÜHRKOP-DÜHRKOP
PES Group Vice-President responsible for the "Budget and Cohesion"
Working Group
09.45 Interventions of MEPs
Discussion / Questions with representatives of Regional Organisations
10.45 Mr Vladimir ŠPIDLA
Commissioner of EC
New Social Fund
11.00 Sir Albert BORE
Vice President of the CoR
Chair of the Commission for Territorial Cohesion
The Challenges of the new Structural Fund
11.15 Mr Johannes ROSSBACHER
Austrian Presidency - European Council
11.30Mr Paavo PIRTTIMAKI
Finnish Presidency - European Council
11.45Mr Graham MEADOWS
Director General, DG REGIO, European Commission
12.00Conclusions by
Ms Constanze KREHL
PES Group Coordinator of the Committee on Regional Development


Parallel events: PRESS & Communication
Video (TV) broadcast: discussion with key-speakers (TV-studio)
Interview opportunities outside the meeting room
Video-recording of the event (languages : on demand)