The discussion will be sub-divided in two sessions. The first part of the debate will look at the competitive advantages and opportunties cloud computing can provide for government business and citizens in several areas of the European economy such as health, transport or environmental protection.  The second part will concentrate on the green challenges of cloud computing. On the one hand, it can help to solve sustainability challenges (e.g. climate monitoring, traffic control, tele-working and remote conferencing). On the other hand, the big data centres behind cloud computing will need huge amounts of energy and can have a large environmental impact in terms of resource use. Can cloud computing be greened?Speakers include:Bert Jansen, Project Manager Eye on Earth, European Environment AgencyRobert Madelin, European Commission Director General for Information, Society & MediaArthur Mickoleit, Policy Analyst, Information Economy Group, OECDDennis Pamlin, Director, Low-Carbon Leaders at the UN Global Compact and Senior Associate at the Chines Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)Niels Soelberg, Microsoft Vice-President Public Sector Sales Europe, Middle East and AfricaPeter Thomond, Senior Consultant & Research Manager at The Think Play Do Group at Imperial College LondonMolly Webb, Head of Smart Technology, The Climate Group Moderated by Giles Merritt, Secretary General of Friends of Europe and Willy De Backer, Head of the Greening Europe Forum of Friends of Europe.