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The sixth edition of the Prague European Summit will take place on 18 and 19 November.

Public officials, representatives of the business and non-profit sector and academics will discuss the current and future challenges of the European Union. In particular, they will debate the climate change, post-pandemic recovery, role of the EU as a global actor, state of democracy and the rule of law or digitisation and its influence on society.

The summit will take place online with the following confirmed speakers, such as:

  • Tomáš Petříček, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic
  • Zdeněk Hřib, Mayor of Prague
  • Janez Lenarčič, European Commissioner for Crisis Management
  • Federica Mogherini, former High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
  • Janez Potočnik, Co-Chair of International Resource Panel and former Commissioner for Environment
  • Masamichi Kono, Deputy Secretary-General of OECD

EIB participation:

On November 18 at 15:25, EIB Vice President Ambroise Fayolle will participate in the session ”The European Green Deal: A Fresh Wind for the EU’s Global Climate Leadership #EU Leadership” .

Alongside:

  • Åsa Persson, Deputy Director and Research Director, Stockholm Environment Institute
  • Vessela Tcherneva, Deputy Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, Head of Sofia Office
  • Pavel Zámyslický, Director, Department of Climate Change, Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic
  • ​​​​​​​Dušan Chrenek, Principal Advisor, Directorate-General for Climate Action, European Commission – TBC
  • Moderator: Ivan Hodáč, Founder and President, Aspen Institute Central Europe

On November 19 at 14:30 EIB Vice-President Lilyana Pavlova will speak in the session ‘How Can the European Cities Help the Green Transition?

Alongside:

  • Judith Blake, Leader of Council and Executive Member for Economy and Culture, Leeds City Council
  • Zdeněk Hřib, Mayor of Prague
  • Marian Stuiver, Professor at Wageningen University; Head of Green Cities Programme
  • Moderator: Oliver Moody, Berlin Correspondent, The Times

Press invitation

The Press invitation is available here on the Prague European Summit 2020 website.

Registration

Register here

Press contact

Anne-Laure Gaffuri
a.gaffuri@eib.org
+352 4379 - 83689
+352 621284679

Press office
press@eib.org
+352 4379 - 21000

To find out more about the EIB activities in Czech Republic click here