IN OR OUT? HOW THE EU REFERENDUM COULD AFFECT YOUR BUSINESS

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1 LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS 29 MAY 2014 IN OR OUT? HOW THE EU REFERENDUM COULD AFFECT YOUR BUSINESS I N PA RT N E RS H I P W I T H : Lord Simon of Highbury Dame Helen Alexander DBE Minister for Trade & Competitiveness in Europe, formerly Chairman of BP and Deputy Chairman of Unilever Chairman, UBM plc; Non-Executive Director, Rolls-Royce Group; formerly CEO, The Economist Group Roland Rudd John Mills Chairman, Founder, JML and RLM Finsbury and former Deputy Chair Chairman, Business for of the London New Europe Docklands Development Corporation Sir Stephen Wall GCMG, LVO Helena Morrissey Vernon Bogdanor FBA Formerly UK CEO, Newton Research Permanent Investment at Institute for Representative to the Management Sir David Wootton Hugo Dixon Daniel Hodson Director General, Partner, Allen & Editor-at-large, Chairman, Berry, Director of Institute of Directors Overy; Lord Mayor Reuters News Palmer & Lyle Open Europe Holdings Simon Walker Contemporary British of London & Author of The EU and Ambassador History, King s College ( ) IN/OUT Question: to Portugal London Mats Persson stay in the EU and fight to make it better SPEAKERS INCLUDING Charles Grant Cartherine Barnard Peter Wilding Ruth Lea Director, Centre for European Reform Author of the Single Market Report for the Review of the Balance of Competences & of EU Law at the University of Cambridge Director, British Influence John Peet Marc Sidwell Simon Hix FBA Political Economist, Europe Editor, Managing Editor Arbuthnot Banking The Economist of City A.M. John Dickie Dr Peter Damesick Berlin Correspondent, Director of Chairman of EMEA Partner, The Times Strategy & Policy, Research, CBRE ECI Partners Tim Congdon John Charter Head of Department Founder, Lombard of Government, Street Research & Group plc & former London School of Economics Head of Policy, Economics Spokesman, UKIP Charlie Johnstone London First Institute of Directors The risks and opportunities for UK-located businesses of Britain leaving the EU A one-day event featuring a line up of leading businesspeople, subject matter experts and politicians exploring what businesses need to think about in the run-up to a referendum INCLUDING: SHOULD YOUR COMPANY TAKE A PUBLIC POSITION IN w w w. t h e c o n t i n e n t a l d r i f t. c o m

2 08:15 REGISTRATION & REFRESHMENTS 09:00 CHAIRMAN S OPENING REMARKS 09:15 HOW COULD THE EU REFERENDUM IMPACT YOUR BUSINESS AND SHOULD YOU TAKE A PUBLIC STANCE ON THE ISSUE? John Mills Roland Rudd Dame Helen Alexander DBE John Mills Roland Rudd Dame Helen Alexander 10:00 TRADING PLACES: WHERE WOULD AN EXIT LEAVE THE UK IN RELATION TO EU TRADE AGREEMENTS, AND WHAT COULD REPLACE THEM? Speaker to be confirmed 10:30 MORNING COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING 11:15 ENVISAGING 'OUT': WHAT ARE THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF EU MEMBERSHIP FOR THE UK ECONOMY? Ruth Lea Tim Congdon John Dickie Hugo Dixon John Charter Ruth Lea - Tim Congdon - John Dickie - Hugo Dixon John Charter Moderator

3 12:00 WHAT COULD AND SHOULD A RENEGOTIATION OF THE UK'S ROLE IN EUROPE DELIVER FOR BUSINESS AHEAD OF THE PROPOSED 2017 REFERENDUM? Lord Simon of Highbury Sir Stephen Wall Simon Walker Lord Simon & Sir Stephen Wall Simon Walker 12:45 LUNCH 14:15 RED TAPE: THE FACTS & THE FICTION Speaker to be confirmed

4 14:45 WHAT COULD 'IN' LOOK LIKE? THE FUTURE OF THE EU IN THE CONTEXT OF THE EUROZONE CRISIS AND THE EMERGENCE OF A 'TWO TIER' UNION Simon Hix FBA Cartherine Barnard John Peet Charles Grant Simon Hix Catherine Barnard John Peet Charles Grant 15:30 HOW COULD LEAVING LOOK? AN OVERVIEW OF THE POTENTIAL PROCESS AND SCENARIOS FOR EXIT Vernon Bogdanor FBA Vernon Bogdanor 16:00 AFTERNOON COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING

5 16:45 THE IMPACT ON THE FINANCE INDUSTRY & THE CITY OF LONDON Helena Morrissey Daniel Hodson UK Marc Sidwell Helena Morrissey - Daniel Hodson Marc Sidwell Sir David Wootton Sir David Wootton 17:30 HOW WOULD AN EXIT AFFECT FDI AND INTRA EUROPEAN INVESTMENT, AS WELL AS OUTFLOWS FROM THE UK? THE VIEW FROM ASIAN, US, EUROPEAN & OTHER INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS Dr Peter Damesick Charlie Johnstone Charlie Johnstone Dr Peter Damesick + Speakers to be confirmed 18:15 CHAIRMAN'S CLOSING REMARKS FOLLOWED BY DRINKS RECEPTION 20:15 CLOSE OF EVENT donlevett@thecontinentaldrift.com