Rencontres écoonomiques d’Aix-en-Provence 2004

European Companies in the global competition

Does a company have a nationality ? Can a nationality be assigned to a European company ? What is its spatial reference ? What are the remaining barriers for European companies?

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Laurent Fabius and Mario Monti

Mario Monti and Francis Mer

Louis Gallois

PROGRAM

The concept of nationality applied to companies

 Does a company have a nationality ?
 Can a nationality be assigned to a European company ?
 What is its spatial reference ?
 What are the remaining barriers for European companies?

• Participants :
  Mario Monti (European commissionary), Josef Ackermann (Deutsche Bank).

• Coordination for le Cercle :
  Anne Perrot, with the participation of Patrick Artus, Jean-Michel Charpin, Christian Saint-Etienne (Cercle des économistes) and Hubert Gabrié (Université Paris-Dauphine).

• Host :
  Frédéric Lemaître (Le Monde).

The culture of the European company

 Is there an economic and entrepreneurial culture in European companies ? 
 Is there a national and sectorial European «genius» ?

• Participants :
  Edith Cresson,Ferruccio de Bortoli (RCS libri/Flammarion), Francis Mayer (Caisse des dépôts), François Roussely (EDF), Erik Orsenna (Académie française).

• Coordination for le Cercle :
  Bertrand Jacquillat, with the participation of Marc Guillaume (Cercle des économistes).

• Host :
  Dominique Rousset (France Culture).

Is there an educational preparation to a European culture of companies (LSE, Sciences-Po, Erasmus…) ?

 How does a company or an entrepreneur become European?

• Participants :
  Philippe Camus (EADS), Jean-Emmanuel Combes (PricewaterhouseCoopers), Dominique Desailly (Rise Conseil), Henri Proglio (Véolia).

• Coordination for le Cercle:
  Michel Didier, with the participation of Jean-Pierre Boisivon, Elie Cohen and Daniel Vitry (Cercle des économistes).

• Host :
  Serge Marti (Le Monde).

Competences, the «heart of trades» of European companies.

• Introduction :
  Christian de Boissieu (Président du Conseil Scientifique, Cercle des économistes), François Xavier Pietri (La Tribune)

 Foreign investments of European companies. Future delocations/relocations.

• Participants :
  Anne Lauvergeon (Areva), FrancisMer, Bertrand Collomb (Lafarge), Yves-Louis Darricarrère (Total).

• Coordination for le Cercle :
  Agnès Benassy,with the participation of Pierre Jacquet, Jean-Hervé Lorenzi, Charles-Albert Michalet and Jean Pisani-Ferry (Cercle des économistes).

• Host :
  Eric Le Boucher (Le Monde).

 Defining the European financial sphere

• Participants :
  Philippe Lagayette (JP Morgan), Charles Milhaud (CNCE), Christian Noyer (Banque de France), Michel Tilmant (ING), Rémy Weber (Lyonnaise de Banque).

• Coordination for le Cercle :
  Michel Aglietta, with the participation of Patrick Artus, Catherine Lubochinsky, Jean-Paul Pollin, Jacques Mistral (Cercle des économistes), André Cartapanis (CEFI, Université de la Méditerranée).

• Host :
  François-Xavier Pietri (La Tribune).

Rejuvenate old Europe

 Demography, employability, upgrading of skills, research, innovation.

• Participants :
  Thierry Breton (France Télécom), Jérôme Clément (Arte), Olivier Fleurot (Financial Times), Philippe Lemoine (Galeries Lafayette), Jean-François Théodore (Euronext).

• Coordination for le Cercle :
  Pierre Cahuc, with the participation of Pierre Dockès (Cercle des économistes).

• Host :
  Gérard Bonos (Radio Classique).

The assets and stakes of European infrastructures

• Participants :
  Jean-Paul Bailly (La Poste), Patrick Buffet (Suez), Louis Gallois (SNCF), Alain Lemaire (Caisse d’Epargne Provence-Alpes- Corse-Réunion), Stéphane Salord (Mairie d’Aix-en-Provence).

• Coordination pour le Cercle :
  Jean-Marie Chevalier, with the participation of Dominique Roux and Christian Stoffaës (Cercle des économistes).

• Round table led by François Lenglet (Enjeux- Les Echos).

Major projects for Europe and major projects in Europe

 Compagnies, the driving force of an European reflation.

• Participants :
  Laurent Fabius, Hubert Védrine, Léo Apotheker (SAP), Jacques-Henri David (Deutsche Bank), Jean-René Fourtou (Vivendi), Jean-Louis Gergorin (EADS).

• Coordination pour le Cercle :
  Patrick Artus.

• Round table led by Gabriel Milesi.

• Conclusion :
  Jean-Hervé Lorenzi (chairman of le Cercle des économistes)