Global Enabling Sustainability Initiative

GeSI is about creating a sustainable world through responsible, ICT-enabled transformation.

In collaboration with members from major ICT companies and organisations around the globe, the Global Enabling Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) is a leading source of impartial information, resources and best practices for achieving integrated social and environmental sustainability through ICT-enabled transformation.

In a rapidly growing information society, technology presents both challenges and opportunities. GeSI facilitates real world solutions to real world issues both within the ICT industry and the greater sustainability community. We contribute to a sustainable future, communicate the industry’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts, and increasingly drive the sustainability agenda from an environmental and social perspective.

GeSI is committed to sustainability actions and outcomes. Our members and partners use their collective knowledge and experience to identify opportunities and develop solutions for improving energy and resource efficiency, reducing carbon emissions and footprints, ensuring sustainable practices in the ICT supply chain through the promotion of social and environmental standards, encouraging access to sustainable ICT technologies, and supporting ICT-enabled transformation across all industries and sectors around the globe.

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Green digital skills for sustainable value chains: Bridging the sustainability skills gap

GeSI is happy to invite you to the EU Green Week Partner Event titled Green Digital Skills for Sustainable Value Chains: Bridging the Sustainability Skills Gap holding debates around green upskilling, policy innovations and accompanying industry solutions in the digital industry.

Agenda

June 8, 2023

MEP Salon at the European Parliament

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Accreditation
8:45 AM - 8:50 AM
Welcome Remarks
Luis Neves (CEO of GeSI)
8:50 AM - 9:00 AM
Industry Policy Keynote Speech by MEP Dino Giarrusso
Dino Giarrusso (Member of the European Parliament (NI, Italy))
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM
Industry Keynote Speech by Huawei Europe
Selina Wen (Vice President Public Affairs and Communications for Europe at Huawei Europe)
9:10 AM - 10:10 AM
Green Policies fit for Industrial Success: Ready to Race the Net-Zero?
Ilias Iakovidis (Adviser, Digital aspects of green transition; Societal Challenges at Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology, European Commission)
Gilda Amorosi (Senior Program Manager, Energy & Sustainability at Microsoft)
David Keating (Independent Journalist)
Bertrand Deprez (Vice President EU Government Affairs at Schneider Electric)
10:10 AM - 10:20 AM
European Year of Skills Keynote Speech by MEP João ALBUQUERQUE
Joao Albuquerque (Member of the European Parliament (S&D, Portugal))
10:20 AM - 10:30 AM
Closing Remarks
Luis Neves (CEO of GeSI)

Palais De Charles De Lorraine

10:30 AM - 11:20 AM
Arrival and Registration
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM
Welcome Remarks
Luis Neves (CEO of GeSI)
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM
Opening Keynote
Isabel Yglesias (Head of European Affairs and permanent delegate to the EU of CEOE)
11:40 AM - 12:40 PM
Global Industrial Collaboration for Sustainable Value Chains
Michael Kuhndt (Executive Director of Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP))
Christophe Yvetot (Representative to the European Union at United Nations Industrial Development Organization)
Giorgia Epicoco (Senior EU Public Affairs Manager at Huawei)
Sevim Aktas (Policy Officer, Carbon Removal Technologies, Carbon Farming, Carbon Removal Certification at Directorate-General for Climate Action, European Commission)
Paula Byrne (Corporate Sustainability and EU Public affairs professional at Mindcollective)
12:40 PM - 2:00 PM
Networking lunch
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Are Industrial Value Chains ready for Climate Action?
Alessandro Gropelli (Deputy Director General of ETNO - European Telecom Association)
Cao Hui (Head of Policy and Strategy at Huawei Europe)
Diane Mievis (Head of EU Telecoms and Sustainability at Cisco)
Antoine Larpin (Director of EU Policy at VMware)
Georg Houben (Policy Officer at Directorate General for Energy (DG ENER), European Commission)
3:00 PM - 3:20 PM
ICT4Green Talk: Green Business before Green Skill
Jean Manuel Canet (Senior Manager at Orange Consulting at Orange)
3:20 PM - 3:40 PM
Coffee Break
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM
TEDx-style Talk: Green Digital Skills for Green Business
Phoebe Koundouri (Co-Chair UN SDSN Europe)
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Industry action for the European Year of Skills: Guess the skills and talent that will fast-track the European digital and green economy
Marianna De luca (Industrial Relations at ENEL Italia)
Frank Siebern-Thomas (Head of Unit of the “Fair Green and Digital Transitions, Research” unit in the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion)
Helene Chraye (Head of Clean Energy Transition Unit, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, European Commission)
Saifur Rahman (President & CEO of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Giorgia Epicoco (Senior EU Public Affairs Manager at Huawei)
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Networking Apero

Speakers

Dino Giarrusso (Member of the European Parliament (NI, Italy))

Dino Giarrusso

Member of the European Parliament (NI, Italy)

Joao Albuquerque (Member of the European Parliament (S&D, Portugal))

Joao Albuquerque

Member of the European Parliament (S&D, Portugal)

Luis Neves (CEO of GeSI)

Luis Neves

CEO of GeSI

Selina Wen (Vice President Public Affairs and Communications for Europe at Huawei Europe)

Selina Wen

Vice President Public Affairs and Communications for Europe at Huawei Europe

Isabel Yglesias (Head of European Affairs and permanent delegate to the EU of CEOE)

Isabel Yglesias

Head of European Affairs and permanent delegate to the EU of CEOE

Ilias Iakovidis (Adviser, Digital aspects of green transition; Societal Challenges at Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology, European Commission)

Ilias Iakovidis

Adviser, Digital aspects of green transition; Societal Challenges at Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology, European Commission

Gilda Amorosi (Senior Program Manager, Energy & Sustainability at Microsoft)

Gilda Amorosi

Senior Program Manager, Energy & Sustainability at Microsoft

David Keating (Independent Journalist)

David Keating

Independent Journalist

Alessandro Gropelli (Deputy Director General of ETNO - European Telecom Association)

Alessandro Gropelli

Deputy Director General of ETNO - European Telecom Association

Michael Kuhndt (Executive Director of Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP))

Michael Kuhndt

Executive Director of Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP)

Cao Hui (Head of Policy and Strategy at Huawei Europe)

Cao Hui

Head of Policy and Strategy at Huawei Europe

Bertrand Deprez (Vice President EU Government Affairs at Schneider Electric)

Bertrand Deprez

Vice President EU Government Affairs at Schneider Electric

Diane Mievis (Head of EU Telecoms and Sustainability at Cisco)

Diane Mievis

Head of EU Telecoms and Sustainability at Cisco

Frank Siebern-Thomas (Head of Unit of the “Fair Green and Digital Transitions, Research” unit in the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion)

Frank Siebern-Thomas

Head of Unit of the “Fair Green and Digital Transitions, Research” unit in the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion

Antoine Larpin (Director of EU Policy at VMware)

Antoine Larpin

Director of EU Policy at VMware

Helene Chraye (Head of Clean Energy Transition Unit, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, European Commission)

Helene Chraye

Head of Clean Energy Transition Unit, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, European Commission

Saifur Rahman (President & CEO of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)

Saifur Rahman

President & CEO of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Phoebe Koundouri (Co-Chair UN SDSN Europe)

Phoebe Koundouri

Co-Chair UN SDSN Europe

Christophe Yvetot (Representative to the European Union at United Nations Industrial Development Organization)

Christophe Yvetot

Representative to the European Union at United Nations Industrial Development Organization

Paula Byrne (Corporate Sustainability and EU Public affairs professional at Mindcollective)

Paula Byrne

Corporate Sustainability and EU Public affairs professional at Mindcollective

Giorgia Epicoco (Senior EU Public Affairs Manager at Huawei)

Giorgia Epicoco

Senior EU Public Affairs Manager at Huawei

Sevim Aktas (Policy Officer, Carbon Removal Technologies, Carbon Farming, Carbon Removal Certification at Directorate-General for Climate Action, European Commission)

Sevim Aktas

Policy Officer, Carbon Removal Technologies, Carbon Farming, Carbon Removal Certification at Directorate-General for Climate Action, European Commission

Jean Manuel Canet (Senior Manager at Orange Consulting at Orange)

Jean Manuel Canet

Senior Manager at Orange Consulting at Orange

Georg Houben (Policy Officer at Directorate General for Energy (DG ENER), European Commission)

Georg Houben

Policy Officer at Directorate General for Energy (DG ENER), European Commission

Marianna De luca (Industrial Relations at ENEL Italia)

Marianna De luca

Industrial Relations at ENEL Italia

Event Venue

Morning Session at the MEP Salon at European Parliament

Afternoon session at Palace of Charles de Lorraine

European Parliament

Rue Wiertz 60, 1047 Bruxelles, Belgium

Palace of Charles de Lorraine

Rue du Musée 1, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium

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