Organisers & Partners

Hosts

Barclays Capital www.barcap.com

Barclays Capital is the investment banking division of Barclays Bank PLC. With a distinctive business model, Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients with a full spectrum of solutions to their strategic advisory, financing and risk management needs. Barclays Capital has offices around the world, employs over 23,000 people and has the global reach, advisory services and distribution power to meet the needs of issuers and investors worldwide.

Fleishman Hillard www.eu.fleishmaneurope.com

Fleishman-Hillard is an established and well-respected EU public affairs consultancy in Brussels. We help businesses develop and implement advocacy strategies that get results.

We believe that public affairs and public relations are interlinked, and we offer an integrated approach to communications services. Handling everything from basic research to complex international issues, we at Fleishman-Hillard help our clients develop internal communications campaigns, public information and education programmes and managing sensitive media relations. We pioneer use of new media tools and maximise the value of established ones.

Fleishman-Hillard draws upon more than 15 years of experience in Brussels assisting clients in the most challenging of situations. Our multi-lingual consultants are drawn from backgrounds in politics, public administration, business administration, journalism and academia, ensuring a sound breadth and depth of experience across a range of specific sectors such as health, environment, financial services, energy, ICT, retail and defence.

Organiser

Forum Europe www.forum-europe.com

Based in Cardiff and with offices in Brussels at the heart of the European Union, Forum Europe specialises in EU focused political and economic conferences and events. These events are organised with clients and partners and aim to progress ideas and actions on important issues, all within a balanced and neutral setting.

Founded by Giles Merritt, columnist for the International Herald Tribune and former Brussels correspondent at the Financial Times and headed by a team of EU events specialists with over 19 years of experience, Forum Europe’s strategic services can maintain and develop your networks at EU level, and also deliver forums where key issues can be aired and debated.

Forum Europe works successfully with businesses, institutions and governments alike and its expertise, through the medium of events, lies in understanding and interpreting the processes and political issues within the EU.

Media Partners

Europe's World www.EuropesWorld.org

Europe’s World is the only independent Europe-wide policy journal, produced in association with some 140-plus leading European think tanks and academic institutions. Since its launch in 2005 it has become the premier ideas platform for new thinking on political, economic and social issues, read by over 100,000 of the most influential decision makers and opinion formers across Europe.

EurActiv www.euractiv.com

EurActiv.com is a free-access independent online media on EU policies publishing every day in English, French and German, targeting policy stakeholders, business representatives and other multipliers. It brings together journalistic independence with transparency and practical efficiency, complementing the existing EU media and institutional websites. Thanks to the EurActiv CrossLingual Network (publishing in 11 languages from 11 countries), it is the leading online media in EU affairs across Europe with more than half a million readers per month.

MLex www.mlex.com

MLex is the largest independent agency in Europe devoted specifically to covering regulatory and policy developments in and among European institutions. We provide exclusive market intelligence, analysis and commentary to finance, investment and legal professionals. MLex offers a range of market intelligence services including MLex Premium, MLex E3 and MLex FS. We have a proven ability to uncover regulatory risk before it breaks into the news and supplying our clients with the latest in-depth coverage of regulatory threats and opportunities ahead of the curve. Without MLex, you simply will not have the whole story.

Supporting Sponsors

polyurethanes www.polyurethanes.org

The Polyurethanes campaign is an initiative of ISOPA which is the trade association representing European producers of the main building blocks for polyurethane. Polyurethanes are modern plastic materials that are versatile and sustainable. Polyurethanes contribute to greater energy efficiency in buildings, transportation and appliances. As such, industry would like to see the promotion of financial instruments that could incentivise investment in these solutions and help fight climate change.

Platts www.platts.com

Platts is the leading global provider of energy and metals information, and the world's foremost source of price assessments in the physical energy markets. Since 1909, Platts has enabled the markets to operate with transparency and efficiency, and helped traders, risk managers, analysts, and industry leaders make better trading and business decisions.

BP www.bp.com

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SHV Gas www.shvgas.com

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U.S. Chamber of Commerce www.uschamber.com/international/europe

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the world’s largest business federation representing the interests of more than three million businesses and organizations of every size, sector, and region of the United States.

Krull Corp. www.krullcorp.com

Krull Corp. is a global strategic solutions provider, with a focus on new economic security trends and emerging policy challenges. Its president and CEO is Dr. Alexander Mirtchev. The company chooses projects with a distinct level of merit in the areas of the data-driven economy, the emerging new energy equilibrium and rapidly developing markets, and economic and political risk mitigation services. Over the last 17 years, Krull Corp. has assisted multinational public and private enterprises, governments and leading decision-makers in the Americas, Asia and Europe.