José María Fidalgo, General Secretary of Comisiones Obreras, on behalf of Spanish affiliates

 Presidential address: Cándido Méndez Rodriguez

 Guest speaker: José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission

 John Monks, ETUC General Secretary

 Round table 1:The European Social Model challenged by the new financial capitalism

Moderator: George Parker, European Editor, Financial Times

 Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, leader of the European Socialist Party (PES)
 Agnes Jongerius, Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging (FNV) President (the Netherlands)
 Richard Trumka, Secretary – Treasurer of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
 Raffaele Bonanni, General Secretary, Confederazione Italiana Sindicati Lavoratori (CISL), Italy