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Seminar of European Ideas Network
and centre-right Think Tanks and
Political Foundations in Europe
‘Clues for a more competitive EU; a true internal
market source of mobility and employment’
Tuesday, 19 June 2012
Brussels
VADE-MECUM of the Speakers
EPP Group
Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats)
in the European Parliament
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of the Speakers
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Va d e - m e c u m o f t h e s p e a k e r s
Carlo ALTOMONTE, Associate Professor of Economics of European Integration at Bocconi
University, Project Coordinator on European Firms in a Global Economy, Bruegel
Carlo ALTOMONTE is Associate Professor of Economics of European integration at Bocconi
University. At SDA Bocconi School of Management he is Professor of Macroeconomics and
International Business Environment within the Executive MBA programs, for which he has been
awarded the ‘Best MBA Teacher’ prize.
He received his BA in International Economics at Bocconi University in Milan, his M.Sc. in
Economics at Université Catholique de Louvain and his Ph.D. in Applied Economics at the
Catholic University of Leuven. He has also completed doctoral studies in International Economic
Law. He has been a visiting professor, among others, at the Paris School of Economics (PanthèonSorbonne, Paris, France), NYU (New York, USA), Korean Business School (Seoul, Korea), Keio
University (Tokyo, Japan), Fudan University (Shanghai, China) and KU Leuven (Leuven, Belgium).
A Research Fellow of Fondazione Eni – E. Mattei (FEEM), Milan and Visiting Research Fellow of Bruegel, a Brussel-based
think tank, he has been regularly acting as consultant for a number of international institutions, including the United Nations
(UNCTAD), the European Parliament, the European Commission and the European Central Bank, analysing the role of
international trade and investment and their implication for competitiveness. In the private sector, he has acted as a consultant
on the evolution of the international macroeconomic environment for a number of multinational companies, among which the
Freudenberg Group, Riello Industries, Italcementi, Sanofi, Whirlpool, BMW, AMD Industries, TNT Post.
His main areas of research and publication are European economic policy, industrial economics and economic geography,
theory and strategy of multinational corporations, international trade and foreign direct investment. He has published in several
top academic journals, including the International Journal of Industrial Organization, Journal of Economic Geography, Journal
of International Business Studies, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics.
Elmar BROK MEP, Member of the EPP Group in the European Parliament,
Chair of the EP Committee on ‘Foreign Affairs’
Born on 14 May 1946, Verl (Kr. Gütersloh)
Chair : AFETCommittee on Foreign Affairs
Member : CPCOConference of Committee Chairs
D-CNDelegation for relations with the People’s Republic of China
Substitute : AFCOCommittee on Constitutional Affairs
SEDESubcommittee on Security and Defence
D-USDelegation for relations with the United States
DNATDelegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
• Member of the European Parliament (since 1980). Foreign policy spokesman for the EPP Group in the European Parliament.
EP representative at the Intergovernmental Conferences on the Amsterdam Treaty (1996/1997), the Nice Treaty (2000), the
Lisbon Treaty (2007) and the EU Constitution (2003/2004), as well as in the Council’s Reflection Group for Maastricht
II (1994/1995). EPP-DE Group chairman at the EU Constitutional Convention (2001-2002). Chairman, Foreign Affairs
Committee (1997-2007). Substitute member, EU Affairs Committee, German Bundestag.
• Member of the EPP bureau and EPP foreign affairs coordinator.
• Member of the CDU federal party executive (since 2004) and Chairman of the Federal Committee on Foreign, Security and European Policy
(since 1989). Member of the North-Rhine Westphalia CDU Land Executive Committee (since 1994). CDU district chairman, OstwestfalenLippe (since 1996). Chairman of the European Union of Christian Democratic Workers (EUCDA) since 2002 (Vice-Chairman 1993-2002).
• Honorary President of Europa-Union Deutschland. Co-Chairman of the German-Hungarian Forum. Deputy Chairman of the
board of the Institute for German and European Party Law (IEP) and Chairman of the ‘Enlargement’ working party. Bureau
member, and chairman of the ‘European Policy’ study group, of the German Society for Foreign Policy.
• Federal Vice-chairman of the Junge Union (CDU youth section)(1973-1981). Vice-chairman and Chairman of the Democrat Youth
Community of Europe (DEMYC) (1977-1981). Vice-chairman of the International Democratic Union (IDU)(1991-2003).
• Career: Studied law and politics, including a period at the Centre for European Governmental Studies, University of
Edinburgh. Voluntary radio work. Senior Vice-President Media Development Bertelsmann AG.
• Honours: Grand Federal Cross of Merit. Grand Gold Decoration with Ribbon for Services to the Republic of Austria.
Commander, Order of St Gregory (appointed by Pope John-Paul II, November 2002). Order of Grand Officer of Luxembourg.
Member of the Advisory Committee of the Oxford Council on Good Governance. Dr Alois Mock Prize for European of the
Year, Austria 2003. MEP of the Year 2003, following a Europe-wide poll organised by European Voice.
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Ilaria MASELLI, Researcher, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
Ilaria Maselli is a researcher at CEPS. She started in 2007 and initially worked as research assistant
for the Director, Daniel Gros, and collaborated with quantitative analysis on several projects. She
is currently the Deputy-Coordinator of NEUJOBS, a large research project aimed at understanding
how multiple transitions in the society, the economy and the environment will influence European
labour markets in the next decade (www.neujobs.eu). Her research focuses in particular on the
impact of technology, educational expansion and institutions on jobs.
Stefano RIELA, Reseach Director, Res Publica Foundation, Milan
Stefano Riela is Scientific Director at the Fondazione Res Publica (Milan), a Lecturer in Competition
Policy and Regulation in ISPI (Milan), in Micro and Macroeconomics in ISIDA (Palermo), and
Research Fellow in European Economic Policy in Bocconi University (Milan).
He is the Italian Coordinator of the Allianz Summer Academy (Allianz Kultural Stiftung, Munich).
Previously he was Director for e-Health at Sicilia e-Innovazione and consultant for the Organisation
of the 2003 Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
He has a PhD in International Law and Economics (Università Bocconi, Milan), an MA in
Economic Regulation and Competition (City University, London), an MA in International Politics
(Université Libre de Bruxelles – CERIS Institute) and a degree in Business Administration
(Università Bocconi).
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Almunada SEMUR, Manager, Instituto de Estudios Económicos (IEE)
Datos personales
Nombre: Almudena Semur Correa
Fecha de nacimiento : 06-07-1960 en Santander
Dirección: C/ Duque de Sesto, 6, Madrid
Teléfono : 607-95- 03-23
Correo electrónico: asemur@ieemadrid.com
Ejercicio profesional
Periodo 2012
Gerente y Coordinadora del Servicio de Estudios del Instituto de Estudios Económicos
Período 2011
Directora de la compañía Nortideas Consulting, S.L, compañía constituida para la creación de un foro de negocios hispano
brasileño en Brasil
Período 2008-2011
Directora de la compañía Inversiones en Medios Digitales S.L desarrollando todas las funciones que conlleva el cargo.
Directora del plan de negocio así como de la estrategia para lanzar al mercado un diario digital.
Período 2004-2008 Directora de Postgrado, miembro del Equipo de Gobierno y del Equipo de Dirección de la Escuela
Universitaria de Estudios Empresariales de la Universidad de Barcelona. Coordinación y gerencia de 20 cursos, 800 alumnos y
50 profesores.
Período 1987-2007. Ejercicio profesional de la Asesoría Fiscal en el despacho de abogados y economistas Pont Mestres y
Asociados S.L llevando a cabo el asesoramiento fiscal financiero y contable de distintos clientes del despacho.
Estudios
Licenciada en Ciencias Empresariales por la Universidad de Barcelona.
Master en Dirección y Administración de Empresas (MBA), por la Universidad de Barcelona.
Master en Asesoría Fiscal por la Universidad de Barcelona.
Diploma en Análisis e Integración de Balances por la Universidad de Barcelona.
Diploma en Técnicas de Gestión Empresarial por la Universidad de Barcelona.
Actividad Docente
- Profesora Asociada del Departamento de Hacienda Publica y Derecho Tributario de la Escuela Universitaria de Estudios
Empresariales de la Universidad de Barcelona impartiendo la asignatura de Régimen Fiscal de la Empresa en la Graduatura de
la Empresa Internacional. (1989-2006)
- Profesora desde 1989 de Master y Postgrado en los cursos impartidos por la Fundación Bosch i Gimpera de la Universidad de
Barcelona impartiendo la asignatura Régimen Fiscal de la Empresa. (1989-2006)
- Profesora Honorífica de la Academia Científica Chilena.
- Profesora de la Escuela de Negocios ESERP, impartiendo clases sobre Dirección Financiera.
- Miembro y ponente de la Fundación A. Lancuentra, fundación dedicada a la investigación del Derecho Tributario.
- Miembro del grupo de trabajo organizado por FAES para el estudio de la Financiación Autonómica
Publicaciones
- El nuevo impuesto sobre Construcciones y Obras en el marco de la Ley de Haciendas Locales . Editorial de Estudios tributarios
Aplicados 1990.
- “Otras Garantías del Crédito Tributario” en el marco del libro “La Suspensión Tributaria y el problema de las garantías”
Editorial Marcial Pons.
- La Regulación de los derechos de imagen para artistas y deportistas en la Ley del Impuesto sobre la Renta de las Personas
Físicas en el libro Análisis y aplicación del Impuesto sobre la Renta de las Personas Físicas , editorial EUEEB y la Fundación
Bosch i Gimpera
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Róża Gräfin von THUN UND HOHENSTEIN MEP, Member of the EPP Group in the
European, Member of the EP Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Born on 13 April 1954, Kraków
Member
IMCOCommittee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
D-ILDelegation for relations with Israel
DMEDDelegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean
Substitute
CULTCommittee on Culture and Education
DPLCDelegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council
MA in English Philology, Jagiellonian University in Cracow (1979).
Spokesperson for the Student Committee of Solidarity (SKS) and co-operator of Workers’ Defence Committee (KOR) (1977- 1980).
General Director and Chairwoman of the Polish Robert Schuman Foundation (1992 - 2005).
NGO’s activist. During campaign before accession referendum in Poland she initiated and coorganized many events and public
debates on Polish accession to the EU in 2004.
Member of the Warsaw City Council (1998 - 2000).
Head of the European Commission Representation to Poland (2005 - 2009).
Member of the Civic Platform (Platforma Obywatelska).
Cornelis-Mario VIS, Bureau of the European Policy Advisors, European Commission
Cornelis Vis (1960) holds degrees in economics and law (University of Tilburg, The Netherlands)
and is specialised in the European policy domains of research, science and technology, innovation,
higher education and the digital agenda, industry and internal market.
Before joining BEPA he worked at the European Commission’s Directorate General for Research,
initially as policy adviser on EU funding programmes in the strategy and policy unit, later on as
policy coordinator in the Directorate “European Research Area; Knowledge-based economy”,
involved in the development of initiatives with other Directorates General, such as the European
Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) and the “European partnership for researchers”.
Other previously held positions include those of deputy director for international relations
(Europe and the Russian Federation) at the Netherlands Research Council NWO, The Hague;
executive director of the Netherlands house for Science and Technology (NEST), Brussels; and personal adviser to the
President of the European Science Foundation (ESF), Strasbourg.
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Network Director :
Guillermo Martinez Casañ
Tel : 00 322 283 1456
Fax: 00 322 283 1257
Email : guillermo.martinezcasan@europarl.europa.eu
EIN Policy Coordinator:
Jeroen Kohls
Tel: 00 322 283 4184
Email:jeroen.kohls@europarl.europa.eu
EIN Coordinator:
Gabriella Tassinari
Tel: 00 322 284 2234
Fax: 00 322 284 9879
Email: gabriella.tassinari@europarl.europa.eu
EIN Events Organizer :
Michael Valbuena
Tel: 00 322 283 4108
Email: michael.valbuena@europarl.europa.eu
EIN Finances:
Marilena Deriu
Tel: 00 322 284 2326
Email:marilena.deriu@europarl.europa.eu
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Published by : EPP Group in the European Parliament
Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats)
in the European Parliament
Publication date : Juin 2012
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