Transatlantic Week

Mark your calendars for Transatlantic Week 2022

With 2022 fast approaching, now is the time to mark your calendars for Transatlantic Week 2022. Join us on Thursday, 24 March as leaders from both sides of the Atlantic discuss all things transatlantic. Stay tuned for more information and check out last year's details below.

Questions? Contact us at events@amchameu.eu.

Global leadership: A transatlantic opportunity

Wednesday, 24 March to Friday, 26 March 2021

Join us for a discussion on the prospects for ‘Global leadership: A transatlantic opportunity’ at the annual AmCham EU Transatlantic Conference.

The advent of the Biden administration presents the chance to reset the transatlantic relationship and focus not on what divides us, but what unites us. EU-US leadership is needed to rebuild a world economy devastated by the impact of COVID-19 and to ensure future healthy, connected and sustainable societies.

Over three days, high-level European and American decision makers alongside business and academic thought leaders will discuss how the EU and the US can collaborate on trade, climate change and digital economy issues.

Day 1:

Catch up with the main highlights from Day 1 and download The Transatlantic Economy 2021, the annual survey of transatlantic jobs, trade and investment.

Day 2:

Get up to speed with the main highlights from Day 2 and take a look at our recommendations for EU-US cooperation in emerging areas, including sustainability.

Day 3:

Dive into the main highlights from Day 3 and visit Thriving Together, an online platform that showcases the deep ties that bind Europe and the United States.

Wednesday, 24 March

Transatlantic trade & Foreign Affairs

14.00 Opening of the virtual conference room

14.30 Welcome remarks

14.45 Opening keynote address by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen

14.55 Break

15.10 Presentation of the Transatlantic Economy Report 2021
In partnership with the US Chamber of Commerce

Daniel Hamilton, Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation Distinguished Fellow and Director, Global Europe, Woodrow Wilson Center
Joseph Quinlan, Senior Fellow, Transatlantic Leadership Network
Marjorie Chorlins, Senior Vice-President for European Affairs, US Chamber of Commerce
Moderation: Thibaut L’Ortye, Associate Director for Public Affairs, AmCham EU

16.15 Break

16.30 Panel: Global leadership: A reset of international dynamics?

Denise Rutherford, Senior Vice-President for Corporate Affairs, 3M
Selina Jackson, Senior Vice-President, Global Government Relations and Public Policy, P&G
Radosław Sikorski, MEP (EPP, PL), European Parliament
H.E. Tom Hanney, Ambassador of Ireland to the EU
Moderation: Jack Ewing, European Economics Correspondent, New York Times

17.15 Closing remarks

Thursday, 25 March

Sustainability & Climate change

13.55 Opening of the virtual conference room

14.00 Welcome remarks

14.10 Opening keynote address by Kadri Simson, Commissioner for Energy

14.20 A conversation on clean technology

Kadri Simson, Commissioner for Energy
Mark Widmar, CEO, First Solar
Ilham Kadri, CEO, Solvay
Moderation: Sasha Vakulina, Business Editor, Euronews

14.55 Break

15.00 Panel: The business case for circular economy

Guillaume Alvarez, Senior Vice-President EMEA, Steelcase
Jacques Playe, Global Head of Packaging and Product Development, L’Oréal
Moderation: Emma Watkins, Senior Policy Analyst, Institute for European Environmental Policy

15.35 Break

15.45 Panel: Climate diplomacy: The role of international cooperation ahead of COP26?

H.E. Marc Vanheukelen, 'Hors Classe' Adviser and Ambassador at Large for Climate Diplomacy, EEAS
H.E. Maria O’Brien, Ambassador of The Bahamas to the EU
David Livingston, Senior Adviser on Climate, US Department of State
Moderation: Simone Tagliapietra, Research Fellow, Bruegel

16.30 Closing remarks

Friday, 26 March

Digital transatlantic economy

 13.00 Opening of the virtual conference room

13.15 Welcome remarks

13.20 A conversation on EU-US data flows

Bruno Gencarelli, Deputy to the Director for Fundamental Rights and Rule of Law & Head of Unit for International Data Flows and Protection, DG JUST
Christopher Hoff, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Services, US Department of Commerce
Moderation: Marta Cantero Gamito, Associate Professor of IT Law, University of Tartu

14.05 Opening keynote by Didier Reynders, Commissioner for Justice

14.15 Break

15.00 Fireside chat: Keeping the gate open: sharing a transatlantic digital future

Kim Jørgensen, Head of Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager
Martin Jetter, Chairman Europe, IBM
Kristine Braden, Head of Europe & CEO of Citigroup Global Markets Europe AG, Citi
Moderation: Sasha Vakulina, Business Editor, Euronews