Programme

15 November 2023

1. 08:00
   Welcome and registration
2. 09:00
   Parallel Policy Labs

   Better Institutions in Bulgaria

   (Sicco Mansholt room) Live streaming or attend the conference on Webex

   The Policy Lab invites European and national officials, academics and civil society and think tanks to reflect on the drivers of inefficiencies, and suggest alternative institutional designs particularly on Regulatory Barriers, Antitrust Regulation, Public Procurement, and improving Fairness in the business environment.

   Sebastien Barnes, OECD
   Sally Broughton Micova, Centre for Competition Policy
   Francisco Campos, World Bank
   Anton Dinev, Northeastern University
   Sean Ennis, Centre for Competition Policy
   Georgi Kocharkob, Council of Economic Analysis
   Jens Prüfer, Tilburg University and University of East Anglia
   Iglika Vassileva, IMF
   Ivan Lozev, DG ECFIN
   Maja Samanovic, DG ECFIN

   Reviewing the National Budgetary Frameworks – An Opportunity to Strengthen Independent Fiscal Institutions?

   (Lord Jenkins room) Live streaming or attend the conference on Webex

   The Policy Lab welcomes the views of scholars and other stakeholders on how best to put the proposed changes into action in order to strengthen the EU fiscal framework and thereby contribute to sustainable fiscal developments.

   Esther Gordo, AIReF
   Paul De Grauwe, Conselho das Finanças Públicas, LSE
   Oskar Grevesmühl, DG ECFIN
   Martijn Hoogeland, DG ECFIN
   Chaired by: Christian Weise, ECFIN
   Hosting by: Luis Garcia Lombardero

3. 10:30
   Break and Poster Research Session II – The European Union
   • Climate Risk and Bank Capital Structure
     Yassine Bakkar
   • Are CJEU judges impartial? A quantitative analysis
     Carles Aulés Blancher
   • Energy Labels in the European Union: Consumer Inattention and Producer Responses
     Anne Kesselring
   • Five Countries, Five Models – A Comparison of Fiscal Frameworks
     Tero Kuusi and Olavi Kylliäinen
   • A Smart Mix of Remedies to Strengthen the Polluter Pays Principle in the EU
     Francesca Leucci
   • Governance and the effectiveness of R&I funding: Evidence from EU regions
     Anabela Marques Santos
4. 11:00
   Economic power of the EU Single Market Institutions (Alcide de Gasperi room) Live streaming or attend the conference on Webex

   The EU is confronting a sequence of shocks (“permacrisis”): the pandemic and the Russian aggression against Ukraine highlighted the fragility but also the power of the Single Market. Geopolitical tensions are on the rise with intense competition for tech leadership and risks of trade disruptions. This high-level panel will discuss the impact of this new geopolitical context: does it call for an updated vision on the Single Market and its underlying policies? What should be priorities for policy makers?

   Moderator: Cathryn Cluever Ashbrook, Bertelsmann-stiftung

   Enrico Letta, Delors Institute
   Jeromin Zettelmeyer, Bruegel
   Anna Cavazzini, EP Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection
   Fredrik Erixon, ECIPE
   Román Arjona, DG GROW, European Commission
   Frank Heemskerk, European Round Table for Industry

5. 11:30
   Institutions and Innovation (Sicco Mansholt room) Live streaming or attend the conference on Webex

   The session shall dissect the multifaceted nature of place-based innovation and the consequences of geostrategic fragmentation, and elucidate how local factors, such as institutions, governance, and technological geographical concentration, play a pivotal role in shaping regional innovation performance. We aspire to offer actionable insights for policymakers, entrepreneurs, and investors on how to nurture innovation ecosystems.

   Ron Boschma, Utrecht University
   Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, London School of Economics
   Jean-Michel Dalle, Sorbonne Université, University of Oxford, Agoranov
   Pirita Lindholm, European Regions Research and Innovation Network

6. 13:00
   Lunch
7. 14:15
   End of the Conference