Monday June 6th, 2022

Time	Program – Working Experience 2nd floor, Library
1:45pm – 2:00pm	Registration
2:00pm – 2:30pm	Welcome Words Christian Ekström, Skattebetalarnas Förening Rolf von Hohenhau, Taxpayers Association of Europe Barbara Kolm, Austrian Economics Center Anders Ydstedt, Svensk Tidskrift
2:30pm – 3:30pm	Case studies Christian Ekström, Skattebetalarnas Förening Janne Kalluinen from the Finnish Taxpayers John O´Connell, Taxpayers’ Alliance
3:30pm – 3:40pm	Break Orangery
3:40pm – 4:40pm	Best practice – Outreach on Social Media Christoffer Heimbrand, Näringslivets Medieservice Anders Ydstedt, Svensk Tidskrift
4:40pm – 5:40pm	Agenda communication Horst Heitz, SME Europe of the EPP Michael Jäger, Taxpayers Association of Europe and European Economic Senate
5:40pm – 6:40pm	Dragons’ Den – The best projects for freedom 2022
6:40pm	Reception, hosted by Hotel Lounge Radisson Blu, Vasagatan 1Welcome words Philip Thompson, ATR
7:45pm	Dinner – optional, not included in conference fee Stockholm Fisk, Vasagatan 1

Tuesday June 7th, 2022

Time	Program Room 202
9:00am – 9:05am	Welcome Words Pia Kinhult, Chairman of the Swedish Taxpayers Associations Board Ingo Friedrich, European Economic Senate, Vice-President ret. Of European Parliament
9:05am – 10:10am	How to create wealth and prosperity Scott Hodge, Tax Foundation Michael Jäger, Taxpayers Association of Europe (TAE), European Economic Senate Krassen Stanchev, University of Sofia Rainer Zitelmann, historian and author Moderator: Christian Ekström, Skattebetalarnas Förening
10:10am – 10:30am	How to face today´s challenges against market liberalism Johan Norberg, Cato Institute
10:30am – 10:45am	Break
10:45am – 12:00am	What is liberalism? Hannes Gissurarson, University of Iceland Catarina Kärkkäinen, Timbro Daniel Klein, George Mason University Kristina Bogdanova, rs medienberatung e.K. Moderator: Anders Ydstedt, Svensk Tidskrift
12:00am – 1:30pm	Lunch Orangery
1:30pm – 2:30pm	Breakout Session, hosted by Live podcast with Angel and Thomas Walker-Werth Innovation in Sweden Guest: Mattias Svensson, Swedish libertarian author and political commentator Room 306	Breakout Session, hosted by Security in Europe Pal Jonson, MP HSH Price Michael of Liechtenstein, Geopolitical Information Service Horst Heitz, SME Europe of the EPP Meelis Kitsing, Estonian Business School Moderator Amanda Wollstad, Svensk Tidskrift Room 314
2:30pm – 3:30pm	Breakout Session, hosted by Empowering Consumers – Public Health Policies, Food labels, and the war against fat, salt, and sugar Per Frank, Nestlé Sweden Pietro Paganini, Competere Ralf Schneider, European Journalists Room 306	Breakout Session, hosted by Macroeconomics in times of inflation Philip Thompson, Property Rights Alliance Dan Mitchell, Center for Freedom and Prosperity Neven Vidakovic, Loti trading Moderator: Robert Tyler, New Direction Room 314
3:30pm – 5:00pm	Walk to and Visit of the Stockholm City Hall Meeting with Anna König-Jerlmyr, Mayor of Stockholm Cecilia Brinck, the Chairman of the City Council Security Check at the City Hall: ID, e.g. passport, needed No admittace without ID!
5:00pm – 6:00pm
6:00pm	Gala dinner at Nationalmuseum Södra Blasieholmshamnen 2 Dress code: dark suit, cocktail

National Museum

City Hall

Wednesday June 8th, 2022

Time

Program

8:00am – 9:00am

Program

Will the WTO Waiver of Intellectual Property Rights help or harm the COVID Response ?

Welcome & Opening

Dr. Horst Heitz, Executive Director, SME Europe of the EPP

Debate with opening statements

Jörgen Warborn MEP, INTA & TRAN Committee; Vice-President, SME Europe of the EPP
Lord James Bethell of Romford, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health and Social Care
John O’ Connell, Executive Director, Taxpayers’ Alliance
Matthew Lesh, Head of Public Policy, Institute for Economic Affairs
Prof. Cesare Galli, Founding & Managing Partner, IP Law Galli; Chair of Intellectual Property Law, University of Parma

Moderator

Philip Thompson, IP and Trade Specialist for Property Rights Alliance; Author of “Trade barriers index”

Registration

9:30am – 10:45am

Sightseeing in Stockholm

Limited number of participants in the bus, first come first serve in order of conference registration!

Meeting point: bus stop outside Nordic Light Hotel, Vasagatan 9, across from Adlon Hotel. Bus 46 HoHo Sthlm (EFY 426)

12:00am – 2:00pm

Working Lunch – Swedish entrepreneurship in the light of European challenges
Lunch with Swedish Entrepreneurs, national and EU-politicians, representatives from trade and industry organizations and the European Economic Senate, Taxpayers Association of Europe, German Taxpayers’ Association, European Journalist Association. Among the topics that will be discussed are European tax and finance policies, post Covid economic policy, economic ramifications of Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Christofer Fjellner, former member of the European Parliament (2004-2019) where he served on the Committee on International Trade and its Committee on Budgetary Control. He is now the managing director of the thinktank EPHI, focused on environment and health
Andrea Femrell, CEO of Swedish Industry and Commerce for Better Regulation (NNR)
Marco Scherbaum, chairman of the health commission (EES), supervisory board HEALTH FOR ALL®

Gentlemen’s Club Sällskapet
Arsenalsgatan 7

Dress code: Tie, jacket, no jeans, no sneakers