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Conference

Leapfrogging to a Resilient Europe

Brussels/Online, 15–18 Sept 2020

Together with other partners in the field, CUSP is co-hosting the three-day EU online conference on long-term challenges from the COVID-19 crisis for the EU’s economic governance and the implementation of the Green Deal. The event is organised by the German ZOE Institute for future-fit economies.

Guest speakers include Kate Raworth, Sandrine Dixson-Declève and Valdis Dombrovskis. In the morning of the 18 Sept, Tim Jackson will be giving a keynote on the challenges for fiscal policy to connect the Green Deal and COVID-19. CUSP researchers Christine Corlet Walker and Simon Mair are leading the policy lab on the (green and) just transition (15 Sept).

Tuesday | 15 September 2020

Introduction
08:45 – 09:00

  • Keynote by Kate Raworth (University of Oxford)
    “Towards a resilient Europe: A Doughnut-shaped recovery for the European Union?”

Panel discussion
09:00 – 09:50

  • Kerstin Jorna (DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
  • Barbara Kauffmann (DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion)
  • Astrid Schomaker (DG Environment)

Policy Labs
In parallel
Ensuring a Green Recovery || Towards a Just Transition
10:05 – 11:00 | Policy Lab Part I: Challenges & Questions
11:30 – 13:00 | Policy Lab Part II: Ideas & Solutions

Concluding remarks
13:00 – 13:15 | Concluding remarks, Feedback and Open Mic

Thursday | 17 September 2020

Introduction
10:00 – 10:15

  • Keynote by Sandrine Dixson-Declève (Club of Rome)

Panel discussion
10:15 – 11:00

  • Jean-Eric Paquet (DG Research & Innovation)
  • Marcel Haag (DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)
  • Joanna Drake (DG Environment)
  • Declan Costello (DG Economic and Financial Affairs)

Policy Lab
Governance for Resilience
13:30 – 15:00 | Policy Lab Part I: Challenges & Questions
15:15 – 16:45 | Policy Lab Part II: Ideas & Solutions

Concluding remarks
16:45 – 17:15 | Concluding remarks, Feedback and Open Mic

Comment by Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič
17:15 – 17:30 | Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič will comment on the results of the “Governance for Resilience” Policy Labs.

Friday | 18 September 2020

Introduction
08:45 – 09:45

  • Keynote by Tim Jackson (University of Surrey)
    “Challenges for fiscal policy to connect the Green Deal and COVID-19 recovery”

Policy Lab
Fiscal Policy revised
10:00 – 11:15 | Policy Lab Part I: Challenges & Questions
11:30 – 13:15 | Policy Lab Part II: Ideas & Solutions

Closing Session
14:00 – 15:00 | Closing with Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis

WHERE

Brussels/Online

WHEN

15–18 Sept 2020

CONTACT

The event is developed for EU/EC policy makers, and invite-only. For enquiries, please email events@cusp.ac.uk. For further details and background material, please visit the conference website.

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