CERRE Annual Forum – What industrial Policy for which Europe?

Bruno Liebhaberg is Executive Chairman of the think tank Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) which he founded in 2010.

From 2018 to 2021, he was also the first Chairman of the European Union Observatory on the Online Platform Economy. He is also an Honorary Professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles’ Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (SBS-EM ULB) where he taught from 1979 to 2018. Earlier in his career, he advised former European Commission President Jacques Delors on industry and R&D matters related to the completion of the EU Single Market.

He holds a Master’s in management sciences from SBS-EM ULB and a Ph.D. in Industrial Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

¹Also representing B.LIEBHABERG S.A., Director General

²Member of the Strategic Committee

Alexandre de Streel is the Academic Director of the digital research programme at the Brussels think-tank Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE), professor of European law at the University of Namur and visiting professor at the College of Europe (Bruges) and SciencesPo Paris. He sits in the scientific committees of the Knight-Georgetown Institute (US), the European University Institute-Centre for a Digital Society (Italy) and the Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation (Germany).

His main research areas are regulation and competition policy in the digital economy (telecommunications, platforms and data) as well as the legal issues raised by the developments of artificial intelligence. He regularly advises the European Union and international organisations on digital regulation.

Previously, Alexandre held visiting positions at New York University Law School, the European University Institute in Florence, Panthéon-Assas (Singapore campus), Barcelona Graduate School of Economics and the University of Louvain. He also worked for the Belgian Deputy Prime Minister, the Belgian Permanent Representation to the European Union, and the European Commission. He has also been the chair of the expert group on the online platform economy, advising the European Commission.

Sébastien Soriano is Chairman of Arcep, the French regulatory authority for telecommunications, and was formerly Chair and Vice Chair of BEREC.

He was the Chief of Staff to Fleur Pellerin, during the latter’s time as French Minister for SMEs, Innovation and Digital Economy.

He also served a Special Advisor to the French Minister for Culture and Communication.

Professor Philippe Van Parijs is a renowned political philosopher and political economist. A Professor at the Faculty of Economic, Social and Political Sciences of the University of Louvain, he has been the Hoover Chair of Economic and Social Ethics since its creation in 1991.

He is also a Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Oxford.

He was awarded the Francqui Prize, Belgium’s most prestigious scientific recognition, and the Arkprijs voor het Vrije Woord, which honours public personalities who illustrate the freedom to speak out.

He has authored many books including After the Storm. How to save democracy in Europe.