The theme of this year’s edition is ‘Charting the European economy post Covid-19: unusual times require unconventional policies’. The opening session of the conference will examine the main policy challenges in the post-COVID-19 world and how we can turn these challenges into opportunities to restore the growth potential of the EU economy. The session, organised at the Alcide de Gasperi room, will begin with an opening address by Commissioner for the Economy Paolo Gentiloni followed by a panel discussion with Directors-General Maarten Verwey, Stephen Quest (Director-General of ECFIN and Director-General of the JRC, respectively), and Professor Lucrezia Reichlin (Professor of Economics at London Business School). Commissioner Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth) will address the Conference before the keynote speech by Lucrezia Reichlin that closes the morning session. Join Commissioner for the Economy Paolo Gentiloni, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth Mariya Gabriel, ECFIN Director-General Maarten Verwey, JRC Director-General Stephen Quest, Professor Lucrezia Reichlin and more than twenty other speakers in exploring the consequences of the pandemic for Europe’s firms and consumers, economic policy and social cohesion, and help chart the post-pandemic European economy and society.