The future of European Works Councils

Join us at our next EWC Conference which will be held on 11 December in Brussels. A day of updates, case-studies and in-person networking to find out what has been happening on the EWC front and what is around the corner.
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For this next edition, we have compiled a program on the basis of what you, EWC stakeholders, have told us is of the highest interest and importance to them at this moment.

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• 10:00 - Session 1 - The new EWC Directive
  
  The social partner debate
  Speaker: Isabelle Schömann, Deputy General Secretary, ETUC
  
  Business Europe
  Speaker: Nils Elofsson, Social Affairs Advisor
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• 11:00 - Session 2 - Content of the amendments to the new EWC Directive
  
  The expert debate
  Speakers:
  - Tanja Haak, Advisor on EU Works Councils and EU industrial relations
  - Frédéric Turlan, Expert in industrial relations in the EU and director of IR Share
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• 12:00 - Session 3 - How can you prepare for compliance with the new EWC Directive?
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  What impact does the revised EWC Directive have on your EWC agreement? What impact does the new Directive have on EWC agreements signed before 1996 (Article 13 or pre-Directive agreements)?
  Tanja Haak, Advisor on EU Works Councils and EU Industrial Relations
  
  The Business Case for Compliance: how can companies develop or adjust their EWC roadmap to create value for all stakeholders? How can the new EWC directive make EWCs more impactful?
  Speaker: Peter Van Den Steene
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• 14:00 - Case study - Unilever / The Magnum  Ice Cream Company
  Speakers:
  - Hermann Soggeberg, Chairman of the EWC at Unilever
  - Bastian Martin, Chairman of the EWC at The Magnum Ice Cream Company
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• 15:00 - What makes your EWC effective? What challenges do you face?
  
  Breakout session for employee groups
  Chaired by: Stephan Seiffert, Chairman Ardagh EWC, and Peter Van Den Steene
  
  Breakout session management group
  Chaired by Tanja Haak and Frédéric Turlan
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• 16:00 - Social Dialogue Matters - the strategic role in employer and employee branding, the green transition, AI implementation, etc.
  Speakers:
  - Stephan Seiffert
  - Peter Van Den Steene
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• 16:30 - Closing & Happy Hour