NEW APPOINTMENTS AT EU LEVEL

02 October 2013

1. Declan Kelleher (Ireland) is the new Ambassador at the Permanent Representation of Ireland to the EU
2. Laszlo Baranyay (Hungary) has taken office as Vice-President and Member of the Management Committee of the European Investment Bank (EIB)
3. Magdalena Garczynska (Poland) has been appointed as the new Recycling Director at the European Aluminium Association (EAA)
4. David Patton (United Kingdom) has been elected as President of the European Association of Communications Agencies (EACA) for the nex two years.
5. Jean-Paul Forceville (France) from Group La Poste has been re-appointed as Chairman of the Management Board at PostEurop
6. Dr. Fabian Zuleeg (Germany) has been named new Chief Executive of the European Policy Centre (EPC). Previously he was EPC's Chief Economist
7. Anita Schläpfer (Switzerland) has taken the office of President of the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA).
8. Kathryn Sheridan (United Kingdom), CEO of Sustainability Consulted has been appointed as Ambasador for Environmental Charity 1% for the Planet.

European Agenda

• 07 October: EU-US Trade Talks: Civil Society's Fears and Expectations; BEUC (European Consummers' Bureau), International Press Center, Residence Palace.
• 10 October: Making Sense of the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC); ACA/EUA, Federation of Enterprises in Belgium.
• 16 October: Sustainable Management of Natural Resources; STOA (Science and Technology Options Assessment) Workshop, European Parliament.
• 16 October: European Energy Infrastructure; OED, Renaissance Brussels Hotel
• 16-17 October: Towards a Competitive Industrial Production for Europe; CECA-CEMA Summit, European Parliament.
• 17 October: Conference of the Revision of Passenger Rights; The European Aviation Club & IIASL, Hotel Bristol Stéphanie
• 17 October: Closing the Funding Gap: Competition at the Heart of the Single Market, CEPS, National Bank of Belgium