50th Anniversary Spring Seminar 2022
03 June 2022 9:00 am CEST
Prospects for Europe‘s Growth and Integration after the Pandemic and the War in Ukraine
Venue
Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Otto Wagner Platz 3, 1090 Vienna, Kassensaal
Description
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw), we hereby invite you to our Anniversary Spring Seminar.
All videos of the event are available here (YouTube playlist)
1. Panel on Europe's integration in the light of geopolitical challenges
Introductory Address
Leonore Gewessler, Federal Minister for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology of the Republic of Austria (tbc)
Keynote Address
Danuta Hübner, Member of the European Parliament, former European Commissioner for Regional Policy
Panel Discussion, moderated by Richard Grieveson, Deputy Director wiiw
Danuta Hübner, Member of the European Parliament, former European Commissioner for Regional Policy
Birgit Niessner, Director of Economic Analysis and Research Department, Oesterreichische Nationalbank
Velina Tchakarova, Director, Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES)
Guntram Wolff, Director, BRUEGEL, Brussels
2. Current reasearch at wiiw
Artem Kochnev, Economist wiiw, on the economic effects of the war in Ukraine and sanctions against Russia
Maryna Tverdostup, Economist wiiw, on the structure of the Ukrainian female labour force and refugees’ labour market integration in the EU
3. Panel on public debt and economic growth in post-COVID Europe, in cooperation with the Financial Times
Introductory Address
Magnus Brunner, Federal Minister of Finance of the Republic of Austria
Keynote Address
Barry Eichengreen, Professor of Economics and Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
Panel Discussion, moderated by Claire Jones, Financial Times
Barry Eichengreen, Professor of Economics and Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
Daniel Gros, Distinguished Fellow, Center for European Policy Studies, Brussels
Daniela Gabor, Professor of Economics, University of the West of England, Bristol
Margit Schratzenstaller-Altzinger, Senior Economist, Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO)
Harald Waiglein, Director General for Economic Policy, Austrian Ministry of Finance
Pre-conference event on Thursday 2 June 2022:
Cocktail Reception with Executive City Councilor of Finance Peter Hanke at Vienna City Hall by invitation of wiiw