9-11 JUNE 2021 ACTION! MOMENTUM FOR CHANGE: DEFINING A DECADE OF PROGRESS
DAY 1 · WEDNESDAY 09 JUNE
12:30 - #PGSconnect 13:00
Summit Opening: Defining the 2020s as a Decade of Progress
Supported by Global Progress
Welcoming remarks Dominic Schwickert, Executive Director, Das Progressive Zentrum --- Introducing the Summit Action Paper 13:30 | Geoff Mulgan, Professor of Collective Intelligence, Public Policy, and Social Innovation ath University College London 15:00 Response by: Janka Oertel, Director of the Asia Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations Chair: Karin Petterson, Culture Editor at Aftonbladet --- Conversation with Olaf Scholz, Justin Trudeau and Helle Thorning-Schmidt Olaf Scholz, Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister of Finance of Germany Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Former Prime Minister of Denmark with an input by Francesca Bria, President of the Italian National Innovation Fund Chair: Sonia Sodha, Columnist and author
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LEADERSHIP DEMOCRACY THE GREEN NEW DEAL
Successful Governing in an Age The New World of Work after the Tomorrow’s Tech Economy: of Complexity: Humble as the Pandemic: Who are the Winners Pathways to Carbon-free New Vision and Losers? Innovation Landscapes? 15:00 | Co-designed with Demos Helsinki Co-designed with the RSA Co-designed with PPI 16:15
Speakers: Speakers: Speakers: Kate Forbes, Anke Hassel, Tiego Antunes, Nina Hall, Alan Lockey, Esther Lynch, Bruno Palier, Giulia Pastorella, Silvia Mertsola, Emily Tamkin Tara McGuiness Tiemo Wölken Chair: Johannes Anttila Chair: Alexa Clay Chair: Daniela Blaschke
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DEMOCRACY EUROPE+ THE GREEN NEW DEAL
Resisting the Far-Right: Europe’s Sovereignty Post- From Building Back Better to the Progressive Narratives that Pandemic: Entering an Era of European Green Deal: Advancing Restore Trust in Democracy Deglobalization? the Climate Agenda 16:45 | Co-designed with Rosa Luxemburg Co-designed with Friedrich Ebert Co-designed with Heinrich Böll 18:00 Foundation Foundation and Foundation for Foundation European Progressive Studies Speakers: Speakers: Speakers: Leonore Gewessler, Richard Paul Mason, John Nichols, Ian Lesser, Martin Schulz, Lochhead, Dale Medearis, Terry Reintke Nathalie Tocci Pilvi Torsti, Ellen Ueberschär Chair: Paulina Fröhlich Chair: Vassilis Ntousas Chair: Sabrina Schulz
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Strategies for a World without Right-Wing Placing Politics above Economics: how Covid has 18:00 Populism and Nationalism Led to a Public Finance Paradigm Shift | 18:45 Speakers: Co-designed with Centre for European Reform Catherine de Vries, Cas Mudde Speakers: Agnes Bénassy-Quéré, Jason Furman Chair: Johannes Hillje Chair: Christian Odendahl
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Europe in the 2020s: Reinvigorating the Spirit of Reform
Supported by Terra Nova
19:30 Video Statement: | Achim Post, Member of the German Parliament, Social Democratic Party 20:00
Clément Beaune, Secretary of State for European affairs, France Wolfgang Schmidt, Secretary of State in the Federal Ministry of Finance, Germany Chair: Katharina Gnath, Senior Project Manager at the Bertelsmann Stiftung
DAY 2 · THURSDAY 10 JUNE
12:30 - #PGSconnect 13:00
OPENING SESSION People Power: A message to the G7 14:00 | Co-designed with the RSA 14:50 Leah Greenberg, Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director at Indivisible Chair: Anthony Painter, Chief Research and Impact Officer at the RSA
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DEMOCRACY EUROPE+ LEADERSHIP
The Struggle for Democracy: Building a New Era of Germany after Merkel - How to Turn Back the Multilateralism World Review Podcast Authoritarian Tide 15:00 Co-designed with Friedrich Ebert Co-designed with | Co-designed with Friedrich Ebert Foundation and Foundation for The New Statesman 16:15 Foundation and Foundation European Progressive Studies for European Progressive Studies Speakers: Speakers: Speakers: Max Bergmann, Christopher Gohl, Michael Miebach, Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk, Javi López, Maria João Rodrigues, Constanze Stelzenmüller Ivan Krastev, Michael Werz Lia Quartapelle Chair: Jeremy Cliffe Chair: Liana Fix Chair: Sumi Somaskanda
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LEADERSHIP THE GREEN NEW DEAL
Campaigning during the Covid-19 Pandemic New Economic Paradigms 16:45 | Co-designed with Global Progress Co-designed with Friedrich Ebert Foundation and 18:00 Foundation for European Progressive Studies Speakers: Suzanne Cowan, Paul Hilder, Lars Klingbeil, Paul Midy, Caitlin Mitchell Speakers: Alexandra Geese, Paul Magnette, Ann Pettifor Chair: Matt Browne Chair: László Andor
After the Crisis: Centre-Left Comeback or Another Conservative Decade? 18:00 | Tim Bale, Professor of Politics at the Queen Mary University of London 18:45 André Krouwel, Associate Professor for Political Science and Communication, University of Amsterdam Ania Skrzypek, Director for Research and Training at the Foundation for European Progressive Studies
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Empowering the Politically Abandoned: Adressing Inequalities in the 2020s
Supported by Broadbent Institute
19:00 Scene-setter: Thomas Kralinski, Co-Founder and Board Member of Das Progressive Zentrum | 20:00 Nadia Calviño, Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy, Spain Hubertus Heil, Federal Minister of Labor and Social Affairs of Germany Jagmeet Singh, Leader of the New Democratic Party, Canada Chair: Nadine Lindner, Correspondent at the Berlin studio of Deutschlandradio
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Visions for Europe’s (Digital) Future: Robert Habeck in Conversation with Margrethe Vestager 20:30 | Robert Habeck, Co-Chairman of Alliance 90/The Greens, Germany 21:15 Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice President of the European Commission for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age
21:30 #PGSconnect - 22:00
DAY 3 · FRIDAY 11 JUNE
BACKGROUND DISCUSSION EUROPE+ LEADERSHIP Stronger together! Background discussion on European solidarity 10:00 between national parliamentarians from EU member states | Initiatiors: 11:30 Lars Castellucci, Member of the German Parliament, Social Democratic Party Christopher Gohl, Member of the German Parliament, Free Democratic Party Invitation only!
12:30 #PGSconnect - 13:00
Europe and Britain: where next after Brexit?
13:00 Co-designed with the New Statesman | 13:45 Franziska Brantner, Member of the German Parliament, Alliance ‘90/The Greens Lisa Nandy, Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in the United Kingdom Chair: Ido Vock, International correspondent, The New Statesman
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Mayors as Progressive Motors
Scene-setter: Ramon Marrades, Director of Placemaking Europe
Franziska Giffey, Candidate for Governing Mayor of Berlin 14:00 Gergely Karácsony, Lord Mayor of Budapest, Hungary | Chair: Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook, Designated director and CEO of the German Council on Foreign Relations 15:15 --- Interactive discussion with:
Céline Geissmann, Deputy Mayor of Strasbourg Sanjay Seth, Climate Resilience Program Manager, City of Boston
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Progressive Majorities: Best-Practices Politics on Keeping out the Centre-Right
Co-designed with Rosa Luxemburg Foundation 15:45 | Meagan Day, Staff Writer at Jacobin Magazine 17:00 Susanne Hennig-Wellsow, Co-Chairwoman of the Left Party, Germany Clive Lewis, Member of the UK Parliament, Labour Party Chair: Barbara Junge, Editor in Chief at taz
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Intergenerational Justice and Social Mobility Post-Covid
Co-designed with University of Konstanz Supported by Arenagruppen 17:30 | Marius Busemeyer, Professor of Political Science, Speaker of the Cluster of Excellence “The Politics of Inequality” 18:45 Anneliese Dodds, Chair of the Labour Party, UK Robert Rivas, Assemblymember, California State Assembly, Democratic Party Ardalan Shekarabi, Minister for Social Security, Sweden Chair: Anna Gromada, Researcher at the Polish Academy of Sciences
18:45 Closing Session | 19:00 Florian Ranft, Project Lead of the Progressive Governance Digital Summit 2021
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