After more than two years of successful cooperation did project partners of the European Employee Network Agricultural Machinery come together for the international conference “Future Forum Agricultural Machinery 2020" which took place in June 2010 in Brussels, Belgium.

Employee representatives and trade union secretaries from 10 EU countries participated in the 2-day conference at the International Trade Union House, which was hosted by the EMF. The conference was attended by more than 40 partners of the network, who actively exchanged information on the current situation of their sectors, main challenged and future demands.

On the first day, Patricia Ruiz from John Deere Iberica and Pablo Flores Blazques from the Spanish trade union Industria CCOO summarized the main results of the project's workshop in Madrid in December 2009. Alois Kazelle from the Czech trade union OS Kovo spoke on the previous workshop in Prague in February 2010.

The project partners discussed their demands and positions for the Brussels Declaration on Agricultural Machinery, which was adapted by the network at the end of the Future Forum 2020.

Peter Scherrer, General Secretary of the EMF opened the second day of the conference and emphasised the importance of the network, which stands for a flagship project of the EMF.

Ralf Wezel, General Secretary of the European Associations of Manufacturers of Agricultural Machinery (CEMA) shared his view on the future of Agricultural Machinery in the EU.

Ian Fraser of the EU Commission, DG Enterprise and Industry presented the EU legislation covering agricultural machinery and major aspects for the future of the industry from perspective of the EU Commission.

In the following podium discussion, chaired by Alois Schlager (CNH Austria) as a member of the network, employee representatives used the opportunity to address their concerns and demands for a secured future of industry and employees in Europe towards the representatives of the EU Commission and the European industry.