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IAMCP European Leadership Summit 2012

Address: Renaissance Hotel, Rue du Parnasse 19, 1050 Brussels (Map)
Event date: 27 March 2012
Tags: cloud computing, Economic Growth, IAMCP, small businesses

General theme: Innovative SMEs: the key to economic regeneration in Europe
Time & Date: 09:15 – 13:00, Tuesday 27th March 2012
Venue: Renaissance Hotel, Rue du Parnasse 19, 1050 Brussels
Innovative SMEs have a particular role to play in generating innovation and growth, by enabling new transformative technologies to reenergize productivity, efficiency and competitiveness for both industry and the public sector. Innovative businesses are already driving growth in Europe, as the ICT sector represents about 25% of GDP growth in the EU, but SMEs still struggle to reap the full benefits of the single market, hampered by heavy bureaucratic burdens and insufficient harmonization, limiting cross-border business.

The International Association of Microsoft Channel Partners (IAMCP) represents 5,000 small to medium-sized high growth technology companies, over 1,500 of which are based in the EU. The IAMCP policy sessions will enable IAMCP representatives to engage with EU policy makers and discuss how they aim to strengthen local economies, encourage job creation, promote a safe and secure online ecosystem, and encourage the use of technology to address pressing societal challenges.

For more information, feel free to contact us at info@iamcpsummit.com. Also, follow the discussion on Twitter using #IAMCPsummit.


Agenda for the day

1) Opening keynote address:
• Per Werngren, President, IAMCP EMEA
• Francoise Le Bail, Director General, DG Justice

2) Policy Debate 1: The role of SMEs in addressing the gaps in the digital single market: challenges and opportunities

Speakers
• Jose Maria Moreno, President, IAMCP Spain
• Marc Crauwels, President, IAMCP Belgium
• Nadezhda Neynsky MEP, President, SME Union
• Pablo Arias Echeverria, MEP

Moderator
• Peter Jungen, SME Union

3) Policy Debate 2: From local players to global performers: the economic impact of new technologies on SMEs

Speakers
• Justin Pirie, Cloud Strategist, Mimecast
• Kelvin Kirby, President, IAMCP International
• Michel Catinat, Head of Unit ICT for Competitiveness, DG Enterprise

Moderator
• John Higgins, DigitalEurope

4) Closing speeches
• Daniel Calleja-Crespo, Director-General, DG Enterprise
• Jean-Philippe Courtois, President, Microsoft International


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