wiiw Spring Seminar 2016
07 April 2016 9:00 am CEST
Europe's Integration Challenged
Venue
Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Otto Wagner Platz 3, 1090 Vienna, Kassensaal
Description
08:30 Registration and coffee
09:00 Welcome Address
Doris Ritzberger-Grünwald, Director Economic Analysis Department, Oesterreichische Nationalbank
09:10 Introduction to seminar
Robert Stehrer, Designated Scientific Director, wiiw
09:20 Welcome Address: Introducing the Challenges
Hannes Swoboda, President wiiw, Member of European Parliament (ret.)
09:35 Keynote: Europe’s Integration Challenged
Danuta Hübner, Member of European Parliament, Chair of the Constitutional Affairs Committee (AFCO)
10:45 Coffee Break
11:15 The Economic Situation in CESEE
Gábor Hunya, Senior Economist, wiiw
12:00 Infrastructure Investment and the Competitiveness of the Economies in the Western Balkans
Mario Holzner, Deputy Director, wiiw
12:30 Buffet Luncheon
13:30 Keynote: China’s Silk Road Strategy
Peter Nolan, Chong Hua Professor in Chinese Development, Cambridge University
14.30 Eurasia and the Silk Road
Peter Havlik, Senior Economist, wiiw
15:00 Coffee Break
15:20 The Role of Financing Constraints for Innovation: Evidence for CESEE and CIS Firms
Sandra Leitner, Senior Economist, wiiw
16:00 European Integration and the Migration Challenge
Michael Landesmann, Scientific Director, wiiw
16:40 End of Seminar
Related Presentations
- Hunya: Economic Prospects for CESEE
- Holzner: Infrastructure Investment and the Competitiveness of the Economies in the Western Balkans
- Havlik: Eurasia and the Silk Road
- Leitner: The Role of Financing Constraints for Innovation: Evidence for CESEE and CIS Firms
- Landesmann: European Integration and the Migration Challenge
- Ritzberger-Grünwald: Welcome Remarks