Speeches

	Greening the Economy: Creating a Climate for Change 22/02/2008
	At the presentation of the FEB-INSEAD researchreport "Greening the Economy: Creating a Climate for Change", Rudi Thomaes, CEO, has hold a speech.   [read more  > Look at Rudi Thomaes about the release of this FEB-Insead report (European Business Summit TV ©)

Europe should become a society of innovation, not litigation ! 16/03/2007

At the plenary session "The future of Europe: it is our business" of the 5th European Business Summit, our CEO Rudi Thomaes emphasizes the positive effects of the European integration, but also the fundamental challenges that Europe will have to face the next years. He finished his speech with a noteworthy call for Europe to foster innovation by looking to the US (for example 'class actions').   [read more >

	Building a Europe of Excellence: Turning knowledge into growth 17/03/2006
	The speech of Rudi Thomaes at the opening of Plenary Session 2 of the European Business Summit on Friday 17 March 2006   [read more]

Business lunch Mumbai (India, 17 March 2005): speech by Rudi Thomaes (CEO FEB) 23/03/2005

When we speak in Belgium about something important you just cannot get around, we often use the French word “incontournable”. This is probably the best terminology to describe the position of cities like Mumbai and Bangalore in the economic landscape of India. And then two questions immediately come to our minds: (1)               Why are these cities so important today? (2)               What are the fundamentals driving the development of these cities?  What is their recipe for growth? [Read more]

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