Meeting with Investors´Café exhibitors Committee of the Regions 30 August 2006

Agenda Investors´ Café overview Exhibition area/stands Technical arrangements Opening ceremony Q&A

Investors´ Café overview conglomerates (85 stands) private partners/banks/NGOs/media (23) INTEL, Cisco, HP, Philips, EIB, ECAS, Financial Times … Media Centre Bistro à la française Ground floor 5 th & 6 th floor INFO Point EU institutions (7 stands) EU Presidency, European Commission DGs, EP, EESC, OPOCE

Exhibition area – 5 th &6 th floor balanced distribution of exhibitors´ stands grouped by conglomerates/consortiums regions and cities mixed with other partners Bistro française (5 th &6 th floor) Media Centre (5 th floor)

Stands Each stand is composed of: Table Banner (105 cm x 76 cm) Rack for documentation Internet connection/electricity Laptop computer (tbc) Also available: table with chairs

Stands Banner for regions and cities drafted and produced by CoR orange colour information form Facts&Figures Banner for other exhibitors drafted by exhibitor on CoR template produced by CoR blue colour xhibitor 1 E

Monday 9 October Thursday 12 October Tuesday 10 October Wednesday 11 October 8:00 – 19:00 Investors´ Café 8:00 – 19:00 Investors´ Café 8:00 – 14:30 Investors´ Café 14:30-15:30 Removal of exhibition materials/ packing 19:00 – 21:00 Opening ceremony 10:00-16:00 Delivering exhibition materials Final preparation of stands Investors´ Café opening hours 5 October – 8 October Installation of stands 15:30 - Dismantling of stands

Technical arrangements Stand: provide printed documents/brochures provide electronic promotional tools (ppt presentations/demos/DVDs…) no other banners/posters/pop-ups allowed Exhibitors´ staff: must be permanently present during the opening hours CoR to provide special badges for all days of OPEN DAYS - names of exhibition staff to be notified to before 29 September - badges to be picked-up on Monday 9 October (10: :00) at the Info Point, CoR building Special requirements: to be finalised in the next few days meeting room requests

Opening ceremony Monday 9 October at 19: guests (representatives of regions/cities, business, banking sector, NGOs, lobbyists, media) short opening speeches by three speakers tour of the stands by VIPs cocktail

OPEN DAYS – The public Workshops/seminars in regional offices Local and regional politicians Members of the Committee of the Regions Members of the European Parliament Representatives of the EU Presidency Members of the European Social and Economic Committee Representatives of European and national associations of local and regional authorities Representatives of European and national business federations Public and private companies and business entrepreneurs Representatives of the banking sector Officials of regional and city administrations Officials of EU Institutions Experts in the field of managing and evaluating Structural Funds´ programmes Representatives of NGOs Representatives of trade unions Media 3000 participants Investors' Café Public and private companies and business entrepreneurs, corporations Representatives of the banking sector Representatives of European trade and professional associations Representatives of national trade associations National employers´federations Representatives of NGOs Representatives of trade unions Think tanks Consultants Interest groups

Q&A

Contacts Committee of the Regions Boris Essender02/ Jan Bláha02/ Ulrika Lagergren02/