wiiw Spring Seminar 2017
30 March 2017 9:00 am CEST
Europe at a Crossroads
Venue
Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Otto Wagner Platz 3, 1090 Vienna, Kassensaal
Description
9:00 Welcome Address
Ewald Nowotny, Governor, Oesterreichische Nationalbank
09:10 Welcome Address
Hannes Swoboda, President wiiw, Member of European Parliament (ret.)
09:20 Introduction to the Seminar
Robert Stehrer, Scientific Director, wiiw
09:30 Keynote: Europe’s future from a US perspective
Adam S. Posen, President, PIIE Peterson Institute for International Economics
11:10 Economic Prospects for CESEE
Mario Holzner, Deputy Director, wiiw
11:45 The Belarus Economy: The Challenges of Stalled Reforms
Rumen Dobrinsky, Senior Economist, wiiw
13:30 Keynote: Europe’s future from a European’s perspective
Guntram B. Wolff, Director of Bruegel
14:30 EU austerity and its distributional effects
Philipp Heimberger, Economist, wiiw
15:30 Panel Discussion: The spectre of Europe’s disintegration
17:00 End of seminar
Related Presentations
- Holzner: Economic Prospects for CESEE
- Dobrinsky: The Belarus Economy: The Challenges of Stalled Reforms
- Heimberger: Fiscal Consolidation and Disintegration Tendencies in Europe: Is there a Link?
- Wolff: Future of Europe
- Rezai: Sovereign and Social Equity Funds - Capitalizing on low interest rates
- Landesmann: Muddling Through – Economic Reform Stalemate – EC’s White Paper – Multi-Speed? (Introductory remarks)