Programme

07:30-09:00

Registration and Welcome Coffee

09:00-09:15

Welcome Address

Marco Buti (Director-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission) [full video]

09:15-10:00

6Th Annual Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa Lecture

François Villeroy de Galhau (Governor, Banque De France) [Speech] [full video]

10:00-10:30

Keynote Speech

George Soros (Open Society Foundations) [Speech] [full video]

10:30-11:00

Coffee Break

11:00-12:30

Fighting inequality in a context of modest growth: squaring the circle? [full video]

Moderator :
Maithreyi Seetharaman (Euronews)

Keynote speech:
Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President, European Commission) [Speech]

Panel Discussion with:
Alexander Stubb MP (Former Prime Minister, Foreign & Finance Minister, Finland)
Kélig Puyet (Director, Social Platform)
François Bourguignon (Professor, Paris School Of Economics)
Luca Visentini (Secretary General, Europe Trade Union Confederation)

Questions from the audience and social media

12:30-14:00

Lunch

14:00-15:30

The EU economy at 27: towards enhanced cohesion, integration and prosperity [full video]

Moderator :
Nikos Chrysoloras (Brussels Bureau Chief, Bloomberg)

Keynote speech:
Pierre Moscovici (Commissioner, European Commission) [Speech]

Panel Discussion with:
Pier Carlo Padoan (Minister of Finance, Italy)
Johan Van Overtveldt (Minister of Finance, Belgium)
Adam Posen (President, Peterson Institute for International Economics)
Sylvie Matherat (Chief Regulatory Officer, Deutsche Bank)

Questions from the audience and social media

15:30-16:00

Coffee Break

16:00-17:30

Migration: challenges and opportunities for the EU economy and society [full video]

Moderator:
Alex Barker (Brussels Bureau Chief, Financial Times)

One-to-one interview with Mateusz Morawiecki (Deputy Prime Minister, Poland)

Panel Discussion with:
Kati Piri MEP (S&D Group, Rapporteur, Turkey, European Parliament)
Anna Triandafyllidou (Professor, European University Institute)
Elizabeth Collett (Director, Migration Policy Institute Europe)

Questions from the audience and social media

17:30-17:45

Closing Remarks

José Leandro (Director for Policy, Strategy and Communication at Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission) [full video]

17:45-18:30

Networking drink