March 26: “Opportunity 2020 – The case for a sustainable plan in Luxembourg”

The British Chamber of Commerce for Luxembourg will host an Evening Business Forum entitled “Opportunity 2020 – The case for a sustainable plan in Luxembourg”.

Opportunity 2020 – The Case for a Sustainable Plan comes at a crucial time for Luxembourg.  On December 2 2013, the new government published its coalition programme, setting out a number of objectives for the ICT industry in particular, including continued progress to make Luxembourg a “hub for Big Data and a centre for services around electronic payments”. 

The EU has also placed high targets on its Member States to help it achieve its ten year growth strategy with the 2020 Digital Agenda, one of the key flagship initiatives of the Europe 2020 plan.  Fulfilling both plans will require a tremendous amount of work on an ongoing basis.

The British Chamber of Commerce will address the economic future under the topic Opportunity 2020 – The Case for a Sustainable Plan for Luxembourg.  This event will look at Luxembourg’s development from many different perspectives and will be highly interactive, including short video presentations, individual roundtable discussions, excellent speakers, and a panel discussion generated by audience input. 

Keynote speakers:

• Joanna Denton, Director, PwC Luxembourg. Welcome and moderator.

• Gary Kneip, CEO, Data4 Luxembourg. A Step Ahead or Leading from Behind?  Views on what Luxembourg needs to do to ensure continued growth, and how this fits in with the Digital 2020 plan.  What is the role of the government in developing the sector?
• Claude Lüscher, Managing Partner, Join Wireless. Start Me Up – starting up in Luxembourg in order to serve the European markets.   Why did you choose to start the business in Luxembourg? What are the particular advantages of doing so in Luxembourg?

• Nico Binsfeld, Chairman, Fédération des Intégrateurs.  Numbers Don’t Lie, or Do They? – what do the economic statistics really say about Luxembourg?
• Darren Robinson, Managing Director, Badenoch & Clark. Taking My Talents to Luxembourg – can Luxembourg attract the right talent?
• Daniel Schneider, Partner, TENZING partners.  Show Them the Money – how to fund the transition from start-ups to successful companies
• Christophe Loly, Partner, PwC.  352 Will Regulate – cutting the red tape and regulations to allow companies to succeed
• Q & A Session

This event takes place on Wednesday March 26, 2014 from 6pm at PwC, 400 rte d'Esch, L-1014, Luxembourg.

Participation costs 30 euros to sustaining members, 35 euros for individual and business members and 50 euros for non-members.

Participants must

register in advance

to attend this event.

Find out more by visiting opportunity2020.bcc.lu