{"id":74515,"date":"2026-07-02T16:47:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T14:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fedil.lu\/events\/fedil-industry-day-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T09:57:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T07:57:30","slug":"fedil-industry-day-2026","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/fedil.lu\/en\/events\/fedil-industry-day-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"FEDIL INDUSTRY DAY 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"text-block js-section\">\n    <h2 class=\"text-block__title\" data-page-navigation=\"\">\n        \n    <\/h2>\n    <div class=\"text-block__text format-text\">\n        <h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>STRATEGIC AUTONOMY: From policy ambition to competitive industry<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Having established itself as a highlight of Luxembourg\u2019s economic calendar, the FEDIL Industry Day brings together industry leaders, policymakers, and experts to explore this year how Luxembourg\u2019s industry and businesses can strengthen competitiveness, leverage European preference where strategic, and serve as a cornerstone of Europe\u2019s economic, technological, and policy resilience.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><u>Programme<\/u>:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>14:00<\/strong> Guests\u2019 arrival<\/p>\n<p><strong>14:30<\/strong> Welcome remarks by Alex Schumann, Chairman of FEDIL<\/p>\n<p><strong>14:40<\/strong> <strong>\u201cTime to reshape competitiveness\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Keynote by Tanja G\u00f6nner, Director General of the Federation of German Industries (BDI)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>15:10<\/strong> <strong>\u201cStrategic autonomy as a competitive advantage\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Executive talk with Frederik Debrabander, Energy, Resources &amp; Industrials, Partner at Deloitte Consulting Belgium<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>15:45<\/strong>\u00a0Coffee Break<\/p>\n<p><strong>16:30<\/strong> <strong>\u201cAligning industry and policy\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Expert exchange with the following participants:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maxence Demerl\u00e9, Digital Affairs Director at MEDEF<\/li>\n<li>Tanja G\u00f6nner, Director General of the Federation of German Industries (BDI)<\/li>\n<li>Beno\u00eet Henckes, CEO of United Caps<\/li>\n<li>Sabine von der Recke, Member of the Management Board of OHB System AG<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Moderation: Yves Germeaux, Head of Trade and International Relations at FEDIL<\/p>\n<p><strong>17:15<\/strong> Closing address by Lex Delles, Minister of the Economy, SME, Energy and Tourism<\/p>\n<p><strong>17:30<\/strong> Networking reception &amp; barbecue<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fedil.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Short-CVs-of-panelists-2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Access here the short CVs of our panelists.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The debates will be held in English.<\/p>\n<p>The invitations, sent by e-mail, are strictly personal. For registration, please use the link in your personal invitation.<\/p>\n<p>Contact: <a href=\"mailto:fedil@fedil.lu\">fedil@fedil.lu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 id='s-venue'><strong><u>Venue<\/u>:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Event location ChouChou<\/p>\n<p>41, rue de Bouillon, L-1248 Luxembourg-Hollerich<\/p>\n<p>We recommend the use of public transport. (Bus 10\/17\/22\/24)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Parking available at Parking Forum Geessekn\u00e4eppchen<\/strong> (6-minute walk).<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fedil.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Access-Map_FEDIL-INDUSTRY-DAY-2025.png\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>This event is organised by FEDIL with the kind support of BIL &#8211; Banque Internationale \u00e0 Luxembourg, Deloitte and Bureau moderne \/ Vitra.<\/em><\/p>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":74599,"template":"","event_category":[715],"class_list":["post-74515","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event_category-other-topics-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fedil.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/74515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fedil.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fedil.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fedil.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/fedil.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/74515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74613,"href":"https:\/\/fedil.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/74515\/revisions\/74613"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fedil.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fedil.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fedil.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_category?post=74515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}