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SEMINAIRES, CONFERENCES
Agenda (28/02/06 – 01/03/0) Pension Fund Liability & LDI This event, organized by LuxembourgForFinance and held in London, is the definitive event for Plan Sponsors, Trustees and Fund Managers, designed to deliver the latest best practice guidance on pension scheme management & investment strategy. Location: Hesperia London (Victoria) Info: registration@iir-conferences.com (Tel: +44 (0) 20 79 15 50 55. Fax: +44 (0) 20 79 15 50 56; en.luxembourgforfinance.lu/events).
P R I M E M I N I S T E R J U N C K E R AT T H E I N T E R N AT I O N A L C H A M B E R S L U N C H E O N
Opening up to the world
(06/03/06) ABAL Luncheon Amcham event, with special guest speaker, Daniel W. Piccuta, Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Luxembourg. He will speak on The U.S. and Europe: Partners Sharing a Common Future. Location: Sheraton Luxembourg Aerogolf Hotel, at 12.00. Fee: 30 euros Contact: ayadin@amcham.lu; www.amcham.lu
(16/03/06) British Chamber of Commerce Lunch The Luxembourg Ombudsman, the first years of a totally new experience. Guest Speaker: Marc Fischbach, Ombudsman Hilton Hotel Infos: www.bcc.lu (17 – 19/03/2006) 23e Festival des migrations, des cultures et de la citoyenneté Le Comité de Liaison et d'Action des Étrangers (CLAE) présente le 23e Festival des migrations, des cultures et de la citoyenneté, du 17 au 19 mars 2006, à LuxExpo (Luxembourg-Kirchberg). Cette manifestation servira également de cadre au 6e Salon du livre et des cultures. Infos: CLAE (29 86 86 1; www.clae.lu).
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( 0 7/ 0 3 / 0 6 ) IPR and Entrepreneurship FirstTuesday Luxembourg event, in co-operation with Evalueserve. Guest Speakers: Hedda Pahlson Moller (Evaluserve) and Susan Alexander (Minerva Consulting) Hotel Novotel Kirchberg Luxembourg. Time: 18.45 registration Event free and open to pre-registered members, not pre-registered members pay 5 euros at venue. info@firsttuesday.lu
Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister of Luxembourg, spoke on, “Le positionnement politique et economique du Luxembourg dans l'Europe elargie” at the Hemicycle, Kirchberg
Jean-Claude Juncker: “A country as rich as Luxembourg has a responsibility.” A very tired but amusing Juncker addressed the annual International Chambers Luncheon at the Hemicycle, Kirchberg. A three hour lunch ensued that was a true Luxembourg experience excellent Italian wines, speech in French, conversation at the various tables in multiple languages – in the presence of Ambassadors and/or representatives of the American Chamber of Commerce, British Chamber of Commerce, La Camera di Commercio Italo, la Chambre de Commerce Chinoise, la Chambre de Commerce d’Espagne, and la Chambre de Commerce. You could almost forget what decade it was, until you tuned into Juncker’s speech, which was about the current political and economic position of Luxembourg within an enlarged Europe. The spectre of the Arcelor hostile takeover bid hung over the room as Juncker spoke about people inside Luxembourg, the very country at the heart of the foundation of modern Europe, fearing enlargement, fearing the loss of their small elegant status, only to be absorbed into an expanding Europe. Juncker reminded the nearly 50 invited guests that as Europe grows larger, Luxembourg’s opportunities will grow larger too, as it opens up to the world economically and culturally. He spoke about forays into Latin American and the need to build a strong, performant and durable economy. He reminded people between the third and the fourth course that, “a country as rich as Luxembourg has a responsibility to do what it can to alleviate world hunger and to help those in need.” Of course Mittal and Arcelor came up. How could it not? Juncker proclaimed, “… it makes no difference that Mittal is an Indian. He could just as easily come from Belgium,” disputing the accusations of racism and protectionism, that some say are behind Luxembourg’s firm “no” stance, as spurious. || M. C.