20 – 21 NOV 2019 Arena Zagreb, Croatia 14:00 - 20:00 EPP CONGRESS: 1 ST PLENARY SESSION – ARENA ZAGREB • Welcome by the Prime Minister of Croatia and HDZ President • Reports of the EPP President, EPP Secretary General and President WMCES • • Announcement Candidate(s) EPP President • EPP Merit Award • Discussion and Vote on Congress Resolutions, Emergency Resolutions, Statutory modifications • Chairpersons EPP Member Associations • Presidents Parliamentary Assemblies and Chairmen EPP Groups in the CoR, in the Parliamentary Assemblies of CoE, OSCE and NATO and in Euronest • Non-EU Opposition Leaders • EU opposition Leaders • Heads of State and Government non-EU and EU • The European Commission President-elect • Proclamation result election EPP President • TUESDAY 19 NOV 15:00 - 17:00 EPP Presidency – Sheraton Hotel Zagreb 09:00 - 15:30 9th Transatlantic Think Tank Conference, organized by WMCES, KAS, Hudson Institute & IRI – Double Tree Hilton Hotel (upon invitation only) 17:00 - 19:30 EPP Political Assembly – Sheraton Hotel Zagreb 19:30 Dinner for the members of the Political Assembly – Palace Dverce 20:30 - 22:30 Walking Dinner for delegates hosted by HDZ Museum of Contemporary Art -MSU 20:00 Bus Departures to Dinner 20:30 - 22:30 EPP Summit Heads of State and Government and Opposition Leaders (Restricted to the members of the EPP Summit-upon invitation only) Museum of Contemporary Art - MSU 12:30 - 13:45 Lunch for all delegates hosted by the EPP Group in the EP (Sheraton Hotel) and EPP (Arena Zagreb ‒ Village) WEDNESDAY 20 NOV 09:00 - 12:30 EPP Group in the EP Study Days (1st session) (open to all delegates) Sheraton Hotel 10:30 - 12:30 EPP Resolution Committee – Arena Zagreb ‒ Room 0.5 14:30 - 17:30 Election EPP President 16:00 - 16:45 Panel debate: Western Balkans and EU: Common Challenges and Shared Responsibilities THURSDAY 21 NOV 08:30 - 09:30 EPP Group in the EP Study Days (2nd session) – Sheraton Hotel 13:30 Lunch hosted by EPP – Arena Zagreb ‒ Village FROM 13:30 Departures to airport 09:45 - 13:30 EPP CONGRESS: 2 ND PLENARY SESSION – ARENA ZAGREB Welcome by the HDZ Secretary General 09:30 - 11:45 - Election EPP Secretary General, 10 Vice-Presidents and Treasurer • • The EPP President • The Prime Minister of Croatia • Discussion and vote on the Congress resolution ‘EPP vision for a sustainable planet’ • • • Proclamation result election EPP Secretary General The EPP Secretary General Proclamation result elections EPP Vice-Presidents and Treasurer • Interventions EU Oppositions Leaders, EPP Group Chairman, EU Deputy Prime Ministers and EU Heads of State and Government 10:00 - 10:45 Panel debate: EPP Climate Action – taking the lead PROGRAM ONGOING SIDE PROGRAM WED 20 NOV THU 21 NOV All day Martens Centre Stand The Martens Centre Marathon of Ideas 09:00 - 10:00 Room 3.3 Robert Schuman Institute 09:00 - 10:30 Room 3.2 SME Europe Working Breakfast: ‘Ensuring the Success of European SMEs through e-Commerce & Digitalization’ 10:00 - 12:00 EPP Talks Arena EPP Group in the CoR ‘European Investments in Regions and Cities post 2020’ 11:00 - 12:30 Room 3.2 SME Europe SME Morning Debate: “Nutrition, Health & Business – the Future of a Trillion Euro Market” 11:00 - 12:30 Room 3.4 EDS 11:00 - 12:30 Room 3.3 EUCDW 11:30 - 13:45 Room 3.1 WMCES Honorary Board 15:00 - 16:35 EPP Talks Arena EPP Talks Gen YZ #Next Gen: Youthin' Up European Politics 16:45 - 17:30 Room 3.4 Young Members Network Three Ideas for Europe 16:45 - 18:00 EPP Talks Arena EPP Talks ‘Pitches for VP’ All day Martens Centre Stand The Martens Centre Marathon of Ideas Bus transport and shuttle services in between the different venues and the hotels will be provided both on Wednesday and Thursday by our co-host HDZ Updated 18 November 2019 More details on zagreb2019.epp.eu Nomination for election of the EPP Secretary General by the EPP President