This two-day high level conference will provide an opportunity for leading academics, policy makers, and practitioners to share their views and understandings on investment finance and competitiveness, while raising awareness on the challenges posed by technological transformation and the need to adapt workforce skills.
Confirmed speakers include Werner Hoyer, Peter Praet, Luis de Guindos, Klaus Regling, Pier Carlo Padoan, Jean Tirole, Catherine L. Mann, Claudio Borio, Vitor Gaspar, Jean-Pierre Mustier, Klaus Zimmermann, Jan Svejnar, Debora Revoltella, Reinhilde Veugelers and more. To read a detailed agenda, click here.
To learn more, visit the Annual Economic Conference website. Participation to the conference is by invitation only. For more information, please contact [email protected].
CONFERENCE AGENDA
Wednesday, 28 November 2018
13.30 - 14.00 Registration and Welcome Coffee
14.00 - 14.30 Opening Remarks
Werner Hoyer, President, European Investment Bank
Luis de Guindos, Vice-President, European Central Bank
14.30 - 16.00 Panel Session I - Investment in Europe: policies to support competitiveness as a new pulling factor
Chair & Presentation of the key results of the 2018-2019 Investment Report by Debora Revoltella, Director of the Economics Department, European Investment Bank
Pier Carlo Padoan, Former Finance Minister, Italy
Vítor Gaspar, Director, Fiscal Department, International Monetary Fund
Jonathan Haskel, Professor of Economics, Imperial College London
16.00 - 16.20 Coffee Break
16.20 - 18.00 Panel Session II - Investment finance in Europe – a system fit for growth?
Chair: Peter Praet, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
Colin Mayer, Peter Moores Professor of Management Studies, University of Oxford
Catherine L. Mann, Managing Director and Global Chief Economist, Citigroup
Claudio Borio, Head of Monetary and Economic Department, Bank for International Settlements
Jean-Pierre Mustier, CEO, UniCredit
8.00 - 18.20 Policy Address
Klaus Regling, Managing Director, European Stability Mechanism
Thursday, 29 November 2018
8.30 - 9.00 Registration and Welcome Coffee
9.00 - 9.15 Opening Remarks
Andrew McDowell, Vice-President, European Investment Bank
9.15 - 9.45 Keynote Address: “The future of labor and the university system in Europe”
Jean Tirole, Chairman, Toulouse School of Economics and the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse - awarded with the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2014
9.45 - 10.30 Panel Session III - Digitalisation and Demand for skills: a market overview
Chair: Shirin Wheeler, Senior Media Officer and Principal Advisor International Media, European Investment Bank
Filip Geerts, Director General, European Association of Machine Tool Industries
Christel Heydemann, Member of the Executive Committee and President, Schneider Electric France
Jatsu Intxaurbe, Director of Innovation and Promotion, Batz Group
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee Break
11.00 - 12.30 Parallel Sessions (first round)
Session A1 - Digitalisation - the Productivity Puzzle
Session B1 - Skills - what causes the gaps in the EU?
Session C1 - Macroeconomic benefits - moving towards more market based finance
12.30 - 13.45 Lunch break
13.45 - 15.15 Parallel Sessions (second round)
Session A2 - Digital Transformation - enablers and consequences
Session B2 - Skills in the CESEE region
Session C2 - Understanding impediments and incentives to foster EU equity base
15.15 - 15.45 Coffee Break
15.45 - 17.20 Panel Session IV - The EU competitiveness challenge: What lessons for policy?
Chair: Andrew McDowell, Vice President, European Investment Bank
Jan Švejnar, Director of the Centre on Global Economic Governance, Columbia University
Reinhilde Veugelers, Professor in the Department of Management, Strategy and Innovation, KU Leuven
Karel Lannoo, CEO, Centre for European Policy Studies
Robert Koopman, Chief Economist, World Trade Organisation
Sergei Guriev, Chief Economist, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
17.20 - 17.40 Closing Remarks
Ambroise Fayolle, Vice President, European Investment Bank
