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Programme

20 September 2022

  1. 11:30 - 17:00
    Registration
  2. 13:15 - 13:45
    Opening

    Paolo Gentiloni, European Commissioner for Economy
    Antonio Muñoz, Mayor of Seville
    Maarten Verwey, Director General Economic & Financial Affairs, European Commission
    Stephen Quest, Director General Joint Research Centre, European Commission

  3. 13:45 - 14:30
    Keynote

    Ottmar Edenhofer, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

  4. 14:30 - 15:00
    Coffee break – Poster Session
  5. 15:00 - 17:00
    Parallel sessions

    Understanding and navigating adjustment frictions in the green transition

    Moderator: Elena Verdolini, EIEE and University of Brescia

    Barbara Annicchiarico, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
    Climate Policies, Macroprudential Regulation and the Welfare Cost of Business Cycles
    Discussant: Katheline Schubert , Paris School of Economics

    Gustav Fredriksson, ETH Zürich
    Unemployment and the cost of climate policy
    Discussant: Jan Witajewski-Baltvilks, University of Warsaw

    Hendrik Schuldt, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
    Financing the low-carbon transition: the impact of financial frictions on clean investment
    Discussant: Magdalena Rola-Janicka, Tilburg University

    Green Policy Design

    Moderator: Leen Hordijk, Wageningen University (Emeritus)

    Lorenzo Forni, University of Padua and Prometeia Associazione
    Fiscal policies for a sustainable recovery and a green transformation
    Discussant: Simona Pojar, Directorate-General for Economic & Financial Affairs, European Commission

    Simon J. Black, International Monetary Fund
    The carbon price equivalence of climate mitigation policies
    Discussant: Carolyn Fischer, Amsterdam University & World Bank

    Melina Papoutsi, European Central Bank
    How unconventional is green monetary policy?
    Discussant: Dirk Schoenmaker, Erasmus University Rotterdam

  6. 17:00 - 17:45

    Presentation of the Report of the High-Level Group on post-COVID economic and social challenges: “A New Era for Europe - How the European Union Can Make the Most of its Pandemic Recovery, Pursue Sustainable Growth, and Promote Global Stability”

    Moderator: Marco Buti, Head of Cabinet European Commissioner for Economy

    Paolo Gentiloni, European Commissioner for Economy
    Carlo Carraro, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
    Otilia Dhand, Teneo Brussels
    Daniela Schwarzer, Open Society Foundations

  7. 17:45
    End of day one
  8. 21:00 - 23:00
    Dinner reception

21 September 2022

  1. 09:00 - 15:00
    Registration
  2. 09:30 - 11:30
    Parallel sessions

    The social dimension of the green transition

    Moderator: Hans Bruyninckx, European Environment Agency

    Maddalena Ferranna, University of Southern California
    Risk, inequality, and climate change
    Discussant: Zoi Vrontisi, E3 Modelling, Athens

    Robert Elliott, University of Birmingham
    Documenting the evolution of green employment in Europe: a task-based approach
    Discussant: Filip Černoch, Masaryk University

    Sofia Maier, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
    Taxing energy consumption to meet EU climate targets: employment and distributional impact
    Discussant: Massimiliano Mascherini, Eurofound

    Productivity, innovation, and human capital in the green transition: the green transition of European industries and enterprises

    Moderator: Reinhilde Veugelers, KU Leuven, Bruegel & Peterson Institute for International Economics

    Matthew Ives, Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School
    Empirically grounded technology forecasts and the energy transition
    Discussant: Luca Onorante, Joint Research Centre, European Commission

    Antoine Dechezleprêtre, OECD
    Is firm-level clean or dirty innovation valued more?
    Discussant: Ester Martínez-Ros, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

    Anabela M. Santos, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
    On the road to a Competitive Environment Sustainability: how can European funds support regions in the transition?
    Discussant: Liza Archanskaia

  3. 11:30 - 12:00
    Coffee break – Poster session
  4. 12:00 - 12:45
    Concluding panel

    Moderator: Sandro Pozzi, Economic reporter

    Teresa Ribera Rodríguez, Third Vice-President of the Government of Spain and Minister for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge
    Carlo Carraro, President Emeritus and Professor of Environmental Economics at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
    Ian Parry, International Monetary Fund
    Debora Revoltella, European Investment Bank

  5. 12:45 - 13:00
    Closing

    Pablo Cortés, Secretary-General for Research and Innovation, Department of University, Research and Innovation, Regional Government of Andalusia, Spain
    Mikel Landabaso, Director Growth & Innovation, Joint Research Centre, European Commission

  6. 13:00 - 14:00
    Lunch – Poster session
  7. 14:00 - 15:00
    Seminar “Growth for Good - how to reshape capitalism to foster climate neutrality”

    Moderator: Istvan P. Székely, Directorate-General for Economic & Financial Affairs, European Commission and Corvinus University of Budapest

    Alessio Terzi, Directorate-General for Economic & Financial Affairs, European Commission and Sciences Po (Lille)