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On 7 March 2012 Fleishman-Hillard Brussels will be hosting the book launch of ‘Transatlantic Energy− Strategic Perspectives on Energy Security, Climate Change and New Technologies in Europe and the United States’, in presence of its editor David Koranyi, Non-Resident Fellow at Johns Hopkins SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations.

Mark van Stiphout, Member of Cabinet of Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger, Maria da Graça Carvalho MEP, Gordan Bajnai, former Prime Minister of Hungary and Robert A. Pollard, Economic Minister-Counselor, US Mission to the EU will address the roundtable discussion as guest speakers.

To receive further information about this event, please email kerensa.vanlaer@fleishmaneurope.com

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The Holmes Report has named Fleishman-Hillard as Public Affairs Consultancy of the Year in its annual Europe, Middle East and Africa awards announced on 6 February 2012.

The award recognizes the leadership of Caroline Wunnerlich and her Brussels team in conducting public affairs for key sectors such as financial services, energy, technology and healthcare as well as the firm’s thought leadership in the Brussels market.

The award comes after Fleishman-Hillard was named pan-European Consultancy of the Year for the last two consecutive years.

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On February 8th, Fleishman-Hillard will lead a panel discussion about reputation as part of the European Public Affairs Action Day in Brussels. Francoise Humbert, Communications Director at CEFIC, the European Chemical Industry Council, and Florence Ranson, Senior Adviser at the European Banking Federation will join Fleishman-Hillard’s Anita Kelly to discuss “How to harness reputation to succeed in Brussels”. The sold-out event brings together the Brussels public affairs community and takes place at the Renaissance Hotel. Full details are available on the event website.

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On 25 January Fleishman-Hillard Brussels organised a roundtable discussion on the future of the EU energy mix, with a particular emphasis on the role that energy efficiency could play in this context. A discussion paper laying down the terms of the debate had been prepared by the FH energy team for the occasion. 50 participants were there to listen to Dagmara Koska, Member of Cabinet of Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger, delivering insights on the Energy Efficiency Directive, probably the most topical issue in the energy field at the moment. Her discussion with Sanjeev Kumar, Senior Associate at E3G also touched upon a variety of subjects, such as financing instruments, the need for affordable energy and the interconnections between the EU ETS, the Renewable Energy Directive and energy efficiency legislation. The event offered the opportunity for participants representing various parts of the energy sector to voice their own views and recommendations on the future of energy policy.

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On February 9th and 10th the Quadriga University of Applied Sciences and European Agenda will host the EU Public Affairs conference ‘How Brussels Works’ at the Crowne Plaza in Brussels. Fleishman-Hillard’s Digital Strategist Steffen Thejll-Moller will run a workshop on digital and Public Affairs, showcasing a number of traditional Public Affairs needs – be it reaching stakeholders, gathering intelligence, building coalitions – and ways in which to best integrate them with online tools and tactics.

For the complete programme and to register, please visit ‘How Brussels Works’

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Fleishman-Hillard Brussels hosts a luncheon roundtable on ‘Efficiency, renewables and fossil fuels – what’s the right energy for Europe?’ in Brussels on Wednesday 25 January 2012.

Ms. Dagmara Koska, Member of the Cabinet for European Commissioner for Energy Gunther Oettinger and Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, Senior Associate at E3G, an independent not-for-profit organisation, will address the roundtable discussion as guest speakers.

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