1. Day of conference September 14, 2006

9.00 Registration Ramada Plaza Hotel Berlin

9.30 INTRODUCTION

Opening and Welcome address

Dr. Thomas Fischer, President of VAA

Francois Vincent, President of F.E.C.C.I.A.

Welcome address

Kajo Wasserhövel, State Secretary;

Ludger Ramme, Secretary General of CEC

10.15 COFFEE BREAK

10.45 Financial Participation in Europe: an Overview

Radboud University Nijmegen : Erik Poutsma, Associate Professor Labor Relations in Europe and executive Programme Manager of the PARTNER research Group in Nijmegen (tbc)

11.45 Company Study : Sanofi-Aventis : Joachim Betz

12.30 LUNCH

14.00 Financial participation in small and medium-sized businesses

Company Case Study : SICK AG Rudolf Kast

14.30 Company Case Study : Total : Francois Vincent

15.00 COFFEE BREAK

15.30 Company Case Study : Syngenta : John Williams

16.30 Final discussion

19.30 DINNER, STILWERK BERLIN

2. Day of conference September 15, 2006

09.30 Financial and Legal Barriers for Financial Participation in Europe

EFES Marc Mathieu

10.15 COFFEE BREAK

10.45 Positions of European employees and employer organisations on financial participation

EMCEF Reinhard Reibsch, Secretary General of EMCEF

BDA Ottheinrich von Weitershausen, Director of Economic Department BDA

11.30 Company Case Study

Daimler-Chrysler Dr. Christa Neuhaus

12.00 Conclusion and Closing Discussion,

End of conference

13.00 LUNCH

Interpretation will be provided in English, French and German.