15-19 JUNE 2020
RESTART! A PROGRESSIVE AGENDA FOR A NEW NORMALITY IN THE POST-PANDEMIC WORLD
DAY 1 · MONDAY 15 JUNE
WARM-UP SESSION FOR CO-HOSTS & PARTNERS “Assessing the state of center-left parties & politics in Europe and the US in times of an unprecedented global crisis - and how the think tank community can make a difference”
17:00 Introduction by: Michael Miebach, Chair and Co-Founder at Das Progressive Zentrum | 19:00 Johanna Bussemer, Head of Unit Europe, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation CEST Maria João Rodrigues, President of the European Foundation of Progressive Studies Neera Tanden, President of the Centre for American Progress Matthew Taylor, CEO Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce Ellen Ueberschär, Co-president, the Heinrich Böll Foundation Chairs: Jeremy Cliffe, International Editor, the New Statesman Maria Skóra, Head of International Dialogue, Das Progressive Zentrum
DAY 2 · TUESDAY 16 JUNE
WELCOME ADRESS & OPENING KEYNOTE SESSION TRANSFORMATION & RECOVERY DEMOCRACY LEADERSHIP EUROPE+ “What’s at stake: progressive visions for a post-Covid future”
Introduction by , Executive Director, Das Progressive Zentrum 14:00 Dominic Schwickert | Keynotes by: 15:30 , International Editor, the New Statesman CEST Jeremy Cliffe Maja Göpel, Secretary-General of the German Advisory Council on Global Change Max Neufeind, Advisor in the Executive Department of the German Finance Minister and Vice-Chancellor Yascha Mounk, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University Ophélie Omnes, Lawyer and Chairwoman of the European Federalists’ French chapter (UEF)
DIGITAL COFFEE BREAK
4 BREAKOUT / WORKSHOP SESSIONS
TRANSFORMATION TRANSFORMATION EUROPE+ DEMOCRACY EUROPE+ DEMOCRACY
Europe’s Green New Reimagining the social A new era of transat- Big data, fragmented Deal: building a just contract: A blueprint for lantic relations: Caring voice: Building a Euro- 15:45 and green consensus to good work about diversity is not pean civic movement | tackle the climate crisis enough on data rights 17:00 Lightning talks by: CEST Speakers: Johannes Anttila, Speakers: Lightning talks: Stefan Liebich, Miguel Fabian Wallace-Stephens Kübra Gümüsay, Michael Renate Samson, Costa Matos, Anna Respondents: Werz, Seemi Choudry Asheem Singh Cavazzini Thorben Albrecht, Chair: Lorena López Respondents: Ann Cathrin Chair: Tuuli Kaskinen Jenni Karjalainen Jáuregui Riedel, Elijus Čivilis Chair: Julia Jousilahti Chair: Jake Jooshandeh
1 DAY 2 · TUESDAY 16 JUNE (CONTD.)
DIGITAL COFFEE BREAK
5 BREAKOUT / WORKSHOP SESSIONS
TRANSFORMATION LEADERSHIP DEMOCRACY DEMOCRACY EUROPE+ TRANSF.
#Tech4Society: Cities as Change- Resilient Populist Strategies (De-)Globalisation New Technologies makers. How to Livelihoods and and Narratives in and The Economics and the Economy tackle global chal- Behavioural Times of COVID-19 of Belonging 17:15 lenges at the local Adaptation to | Speakers: level? COVID-19 Speakers: Speakers: 18:30 Robert Atkinson, Andreas Audretsch, Martin Sandbu, CEST Danyal Bayaz, Speakers: Speakers: Giuliano da Empoli, Arianna Giovannini, Svenja Falk Cathryn Clüver Frank Boons, Andrea Petö Will Hutton Chair: Ashbrook, Sergi Alberto Cottica, Chair: Adele Stan Chair: Roger Liddle Max Neufeind Campillo Fernandez, Joséphine von Ulrich Hörning, Kata Mitschke-Collande Tüttő Chair: Daniel Hires & Chair: Maria Skóra Nadia El-Imam
A VIDEO MESSAGE: “The call for a progressive Europe” by Achim Post, MP, German Bundestag and Secretary General, Party of European Socialists
“Europe’s Hamiltonian moment? Prospects for EU reform and LEADERSHIP EUROPE+ 18:45 strategies for a new progressive agenda 2022+” | 20:00 Clément Beaune, Advisor to the French President Emmanuel Macron on Europe and G20 in conversation CEST with Wolfgang Schmidt, State Secretary, German Federal Ministry of Finance) Chair: Cerstin Gammelin, deputy head of parliamentary editorial board, Süddeutsche Zeitung
YOUNG LEADERS VISIONS DEBATE “Power to the Next Generation - Which society and economy do we want to live in?”
Lightnings pitches by: 20:15 Magdalena Biejat, MP, Razem Party, Poland | Richard Kaniewski, Political Adviser in the Saxon State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labor and Transport and Chairman 21:30 of the SPD Dresden, Germany CEST Ophélie Omnes, Lawyer and Chairwoman of the European Federalists’ French chapter (UEF) Katharina Schulze, Member of the Bavarian Federal State Parliament and Leader of the Bavarian Greens, Germany Ria Schröder, President of the Young Liberals in Germany Session and Q&A chaired by: Sonia Sodha, Chief Leader Writer at the Observer and a Guardian/Observer Columnist
DAY 3 · WEDNESDAY 17 JUNE
LUNCHTIME KEYNOTE DEBATE DEMOCRACY
12:00 “How to tackle the new wave of nationalism & illiberal populism” | Speakers: 13:30 , Professor of Political Science at the Bocconi University CEST Catherine De Vries Matthew Goodwin, Author and Professor of Politics at Rutherford College, University of Kent Chair: Anna Lührmann, Deputy Director of the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute
SEMINAR SESSION LEADERSHIP EUROPE+ “Latest research on the current state of center-left parties, movements 14:00 & politics in Europe and the US” | 15:00 Speakers: CEST John Halpin, Director for Research and Training at Foundation for European Progressive Studies Sybren Kooistra, Co-Founder and Campaign Specialist at Starling Campaigns Ania Skrzypek, Director for Research and Training at Foundation for European Progressive Studies
DIGITAL COFFEE BREAK
2 DAY 3 · WEDNESDAY 17 JUNE (CONTD.)
2 BREAKOUT / WORKSHOP SESSIONS
TRANSFORMATION & RECOVERY EUROPE+ 15:15 “Making just transformations possible: “Transatlantic relations and the Future of | it’s identity, stupid!” European Foreign Policy” 16:30 CEST Speakers: Speakers: Jessica Eckdish, Robert Misik, Alexander Reitzenstein Max Bergmann, Lia Quartapelle, Nils Schmid Chair: Charlotte Billingham & David Rinaldi Chair: Sudha David-Wilp
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3 BREAKOUT / WORKSHOP SESSIONS
TRANSFORMATION & RECOVERY TRANSFORMATION EUROPE+ DEMOCRACY
16:45 “Combining Economic Recovery “Let’s talk about taxes, taxes, taxes: “Beyond voting: The benefits | and Social Equity in Europe” a transatlantic conversation” of random selection and 18:00 deliberation” CEST Speakers: Speakers: László Andor, Enna Gerin, Silja Susana Ruiz Rodriguez, Bharat Speakers: Häusermann, Jakob von Weizsäcker Ramamurti, Danuše Nerudová Peter MacLeod, Miriam Levi Chair: Zoë Billingham Chair: Alex Himelfarb Chair: Claudia Chwalisz
KEYNOTE FIREWORK OF IDEAS I DEMOCRACY LEADERSHIP 18:00 | Kübra Gümüsay, Author and Activist 18:30 Paul Mason, Journalist, Writer, Film-maker and Public Speaker CEST Marc Saxer, Author and Head of Asia department of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Chaired by: Paulina Fröhlich, Head of Programme Future of Democracy, Das Progressive Zentrum
KEYNOTE 18:30 “The Future of Campaigning and Campaigning for the Future” | 20:00 Speakers: Muthoni Kraal, Anna Gainey, Ismaël Emelien, Robert Heinrich | Chair: Matt Browne CEST Interactive debate with political analysts, strategists & activists
“Madeleine Albright & Joschka Fischer: A fireside chat on geostrategic shifts and the future of multilateralism” 20:00 | Joschka Fischer, Former Foreign Minister, Germany 21:00 Madeleine Albright, Former Secretary of State, US CEST Chair: Julianne Smith, Director of the Asia Program and the Geopolitics Program of the German Marshall Fund of the United States
DAY 4 · THURSDAY 18 JUNE
KEYNOTE FIREWORK OF IDEAS II TRANSFORMATION & RECOVERY 13:00 | Anthony Painter, Chief Research and Impact Officer at the Royal Society of Arts 13:20 Katharina Pistor, Author of “The Code of Capital” and Professor of Comparative Law at Columbia Law School CEST Gabriel Zucman, Associate Professor of Economics at the University of California Chaired by: Maria Skóra, Head of Programme International Relations, Das Progressive Zentrum
INSIGHT TALK TRANSFORMATION & RECOVERY LEADERSHIP 13:00 “How to respond to a crisis” | 13:20 Lodewijk Asscher, Leader of the Dutch Labor Party (PvdA) CEST Mark Leonard, Co-Founder and director of the European Council on Foreign Relations
3 DAY 4 · THURSDAY 18 JUNE (CONTD.)
KEYNOTE SPEECH 13:30 “Progress, Pain and Reflection. Strategic thoughts on the German EU Presidency | in times of the COVID-19 crises” 13:45 CEST Heiko Maas, German Foreign Minister With a short introduction by: Dominic Schwickert, Executive Director of Das Progressive Zentrum
LEADERS PANEL I – ECONOMISTS’ LEADERS’ PANEL EUROPE+ 13:45 “Will austerity return? Economic policy post-Covid 19” | 14:30 Megan Greene, Senior Fellow, Harvard School of Government CEST Adam Tooze, Professor of History at Columbia University Chair: Christian Odendahl, Chief Economist at Centre for European Reform
LEADERS PANEL II TRANSFORMATION & RECOVERY DEMOCRACY LEADERSHIP EUROPE+ “The Future of Multilateralism and the Post-Pandemic World Order” 15:00 | Niels Annen, Minister of State at the German Federal Foreign Office 16:15 Neera Tanden, President of the Center for American Progress CEST Maria João Rodrigues, President of the European Foundation of Progressive Studies Constanze Stelzenmüller, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution Chair: Emily Tamkin, US editor of the New Statesman
DIGITAL COFFEE BREAK
LEADERS PANEL III TRANSFORMATION & RECOVERY DEMOCRACY LEADERSHIP EUROPE+ “New Left Politics And Alliances” 16:45 | Katja Kipping, Co-chairperson of The Left, Germany 17:45 Paul Mason, Author and Political Commentator CEST Jagmeet Singh, Leader, the New Democratic Party, Canada Ska Keller, MEP and Co-President, Group of the Greens / European Free Alliance Chair: Robert Misik, Senior Fellow at the Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue
DIGITAL COFFEE BREAK
LEADERS PANEL IV TRANSFORMATION & RECOVERY DEMOCRACY LEADERSHIP EUROPE+ “The Fate Of The World Economy: How progressives can shape the great transformation” 18:15 | 19:30 Nadia Calviño, Minister of Economy and Business and Deputy Prime Minister of Spain CEST Hubertus Heil, German Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Dani Rodrik, Professor of International Political Economy at Harvard University Annaliese Dodds, MP and Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Chair: Anna Sauerbrey, Editor-in-Chief of the opinion pages of Der Tagesspiegel and Tagesspiegel Causa
DIGITAL COFFEE BREAK
LEADERS PANEL V TRANSFORMATION & RECOVERY DEMOCRACY LEADERSHIP EUROPE+ “The Shifts in Geopolitics: Progressive answers to (de-)globalisation in a post-Covid world” 19:45 MP, German Bundestag and Chairwoman of Alliance 90/The Greens | Annalena Baerbock, , Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at the University College London 21:00 Mariana Mazzucato , German Federal Minister of Finance and Vice Chancellor CEST Olaf Scholz Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice President responsible for the European Green Deal and European Commissioner for Climate Action Chair: Matthew Taylor, CEO Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce
4 DAY 5 · FRIDAY 19 JUNE
CLOSING KEYNOTE & VISION FOR THE FUTURE “Connecting the dots: a progressive vision for reimagining the social contract”
13:30 Keynote by: | Matthew Taylor, CEO Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce 15:00 Response by: CEST Anke Hassel, Professor of Public Policy at Hertie School of Governance and Member of the Advisory Council of Das Progressive Zentrum
Concluding remarks by: Thomas Kralinski, Member of the Board and Co-Founder of Das Progressive Zentrum
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