Social and Environmental Progress: Europe in a Long-Run Perspective
WWWforEurope Conference on
Social and Environmental Progress:
Europe in a Long-Run Perspective
Brussels, Belgium, February 24th, 2015
Programme Overview
09:00-09:30 Get together and registration
09:30-10:00 Welcoming Remarks
Karl Aiginger (Austrian Institute of Economic Research) 
Slides
Peter Dröll (DG RTD, European Commission) Slides
10:00-11:00 Setting the Agenda
The Need for a New "European Model"
Marianne Thyssen (European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility) Slides
High Road for Competitiveness
Karl Aiginger (Austrian Institute of Economic Research) Slides
The "European Model" and Global Long-Run Development
Jeffrey D. Sachs (The Earth Institute, Columbia University)
Watch the keynote by Jeffrey D. Sachs
11:00-12:00 The Short- and Long-Run Policy Agenda in Europe: The Social Dimension
- Chair: Kurt Kratena (WIFO)
- Roger Liddle (Policy Network): Reconciling the long- and short-run perspective Slides
- Atilim Seymen (Deutsche Bundesbank): Labour market reforms for Europe after the crisis Slides
- Discussants: Elena Flores (DG ECFIN, European Commission) Slides, Józef Niemiec (ETUC)
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12:00-12:30 Coffee Break
12:30-13:30 Policy Panel: The Future of the "European Model" and the Aftermath of the Crisis
- Chair: René Höltschi (Neue Züricher Zeitung)
- Karl Aiginger (Austrian Institute of Economic Research) Slides
- Miguel Gil-Tertre (Cabinett Jyrki Katainen, European Commission) Slides
- Janneke Plantenga (Utrecht University) Slides
- André Sapir (Bruegel)
- Frank Vandenbroucke (KU Leuven) Slides
13:30-14:30 Lunch Break
14:30-15:30 Long-Run Growth and Absolute Decoupling of Resource Use
- Chair: Kurt Bayer (Economist, former Executive Director at the Worldbank)
- Jeroen van den Bergh (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona): Labour and carbon productivity in Europe
- Marina Fischer-Kowalski (Institute of Social Ecology) Slides and Kurt Kratena (Austrian Institute of Economic Research): Global resource scenarios and a resource roadmap for Europe Slides
- Discussant: Monica Frassoni (European Green Party)
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15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-17:00 Innovation, Employment and the Environment
- Chair: Kurt Bayer (Economist, former Executive Director at the Worldbank)
- Georg Licht (Centre for European Economic Research): Green innovation and employment Slides
- Reinhilde Veugelers (KU Leuven): Innovation policies for ecological transition: Powering the green innovation machine Slides
- Discussants: Kumi Kitamori (OECD) Slides, Thomas Wieser (General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union)
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17:00 Closing Remarks
Karl Aiginger (Director of the Austrian Institute of Economic Research)
Moderator through the day: Kurt Kratena (Austrian Institute of Economic Research)
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Programme is subject to changes.