Speakers 2025

Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission

Former Prime Minister
Finland

Chief Executive Officer
LinkedIn

Member of the European Parliament, Chair of the Employment and Social Affairs Committee
European Parliament

Minister of Labour and Social Security
Greece

Deputy Director-General
International Labour Organization

Executive Director
Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) Europe

Head of Unit
European Commission, DG EMPL

Deputy Director of the Labour Market Policy Department
Ministry of Welfare Latvia

Head of Unit
European Commission

Senior Policy Advisor
POLIS Network

Senior Advisor Labour Markets and Employment
Bertelsmann Stiftung

Researcher
European Institute for Gender Equality

Director Human Rights & Social Impact
Ingka Group

Deputy Director-General
Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission

Head of the PCF division
DGEFP

Senior Expert (adult education policy)
The Ministry of Education and Science, Latvia

Member
EESC

COO
Malta Chamber of SMEs

Senior policy advisor
Flemish department for Work, Economy, Science, Innovation and Social Economy

Professor and Honorary Fellow, Centre for Skills, Knowledge, and Organisational Performance
University of Oxford

Director General
Swedish National Mediation Office

Deputy Mayor
City of Vantaa of Urban Culture and Wellbeing

Director for Funds, Programming and Implementation
DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion

Director
ENSIE, European Network of Social Integration Enterprises

Director
European Commission

Deputy head
Association “Cerību spārni”, social enterprise "Visi Var"

Head of Lichtwerk (the organisation provides digital technology to assist and train workers)

Partner & Investment Director
Phitrust

Executive Director
European Labour Authority

Acting Director for Labour Mobility and International Affairs (DG EMPL)
European Commission

EURES Adviser & CBP Coordinator
Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia

Professor of EU law
College of Europe

Director
Carbon markets and Clean Mobility, DG CLIMA

Director
EAPN - European Anti-Poverty Network

Team Leader
European Commission - Joint Research Centre

Labour economist
Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs of the OECD

Economic Analyst
European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion

Research Manager
HIVA KU-LEUVEN

Expert on Skills and Labour Markets
Cedefop

Economist
European Investment Bank

Policy analyst
Applica

The Ministry of Welfare, Latvia

Founder and Director
#SheDIDIT, Belgium

Director International Department, Deputy Direction for Advocacy
Fundación Secretariado Gitano

Head of Division
European Central Bank

General Director
ETUI

Deputy Director
Eurofound

Director
OSE (European Social Observatory)

Professor
KU Leuven

Journalist

Moderator

HoU A1 DG EMPL
EU Commission

Event moderator
Moderating.eu