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Created on 20 July 2007

Robert Daul, MEP, Chairman of the Group of the European People's Party and European Democrats for the European parliament, met with a small group of Institute members and guests and shared his views of the impact the new French government let by President Nicolas Sarkozy will have on the future of the European Union and transatlantic relations.

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Created on 17 July 2007

The Hon. Pervenche Berès, Chairwoman of the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON), accompanied by a delegation of Committee members, offered her perspective on the need for greater transatlantic cooperation in response to the consolidation of financial markets and stock exchanges. Michael Ryan, Executive Director of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Commission on the Regulation of U.S. Capital Markets in the 21st Century, presented the Commission’s Report and Recommendations on U.S. competitiveness.

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Created on 22 May 2007

Moderated by Mark Esper, Executive Vice President, Aerospace Industries Association (AIA), the first session of the seminar explored the impact of export controls on defense procurement. William Lowell, Consultant and former Director of the U.S. State Department’s Office of Defense Trade Controls detailed efforts to promote industrial cooperation. Hendrik Petersson, Vice President Export Compliance, Saab AB, highlighted the impact of ITAR regulations on the European defense industry and the future of an intra-community transfer regime. Peter Lichtenbaum, Vice President of Regulatory Compliance and International Policy, BAE Systems, addressed the challenges caused by export controls and their effects on international trade policy. François Gayet, Secretary General, AeroSpace and Defense Industries Association of Europe (ASD), served as the moderator for the second session at which Bernard Rétat, Chairman of the Defense Commission, ASD outlined European initiatives to streamline defense procurement and create a more competitive environment. The Hon. Robert Bell, Chairman of the NATO Industrial Advisory Group (NIAG) Study Group on Trans-Atlantic Defense Industrial Cooperation and Senior Vice President for European Business Development, SAIC examined the growing importance of interoperability and NATO procurement. Gary Powell, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy outlined specific Defense Department goals for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics (AT&L Goals). In his keynote remarks, The Hon. Marshall Billingslea, Acting Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy, and until recently Assistant Secretary General of NATO for Defense Investment, reviewed new trends in defense technology and procurement and their impact on the transatlantic alliance.

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Created on 10 May 2007

Georgette Lalis, Director for Consumer Goods, DG Enterprise and Industry, European Commission, outlined the European Union’s policy on the authorization of bio-similars and expressed her wish to continue and improve transatlantic dialogue on the subject. Dr. Murray Lumpkin, Deputy Commissioner for International and Special Programs, U.S. Food and Drug Administration presented the U.S. perspective was. The discussion was centered on the topic of regulatory frameworks for authorizing the marketing of follow-on biologics, referred to in Europe as bio-similars. The meeting was moderated by Charles Ludolph, Senior Vice President of Stonebridge International, LLC.