25 April 2019
Progressive Governance Leaders Debate “Building a transatlantic coalition for the BIG transformation” 17:30 – 20:30
Celebrating Spring Party (“Frühlingsfest”) 20:30 – open end
Kalkscheune, Johannisstraße 2, 10117 Berlin
17:00 Registration
17:30 Panel Debate – 1st SESSION “The BIG transformation: Regaining trust and winning the debate on climate and economic Innovation“
Discussants ▪ Anna Ekström, Minister of Education, Sweden (tbc) ▪ Robert Habeck, Chairman, Green Party, Germany ▪ Reiner Hoffmann, President, German Trade Union Confederation (DGB), Germany ▪ Rep. Tim Ryan, Candidate for the Democratic Presidential Nomination & Congressman for Ohio's 13th District, USA
Chair: Sudha David-Wilp, Senior Transatlantic Fellow and Deputy Director, Berlin Office, The German Marshall Fund of the United States, Germany
18:30 Conclusion
▪ Maja Göpel, Secretary General, German Advisory Council on Global Change and Policy Fellow, Das Progressive Zentrum, Germany ▪ Jean Pisani-Ferry, Professor of Economics at Sciences Po Paris & the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, France
18:45 Short Break
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19:00 Keynote Speech “Standing up for the people and places left behind by economic change”
▪ Rep. Tim Ryan, Candidate for the Democratic Presidential Nomination & Congressman for Ohio's 13th District, USA ▪ Followed by a brief response by Stephan Weil, Prime Minister, Lower Saxony, Germany
19:30 Panel Debate – 2nd SESSION “Hope for tomorrow in times of new nationalism & populism”
Discussants ▪ Tamás Harangozó, MP, Deputy Parliamentary Group Leader, Hungarian Socialist Party, Hungary ▪ Marije Laffeber, Deputy Secretary General, Party of European Socialists, The Netherlands ▪ Rep. Tim Ryan, Candidate for the Democratic Presidential Nomination & Congressman for Ohio's 13th District, USA ▪ Stephan Weil, Prime Minister, Lower Saxony, Germany
Chair: Petra Pinzler, Journalist, German weekly DIE ZEIT
20:30 Celebrating Spring Party (“Frühlingsfest”)
with DJ Rumäne Dahlem
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