5th Ifo-CoR Brussels International Economic Forum

Europe's Future: Saving the Old World's Economies and the Whole World's Climate

Wednesday, 9 November 2011, 15h00 - 19h00
Committee of the Regions, 101 Rue Belliard, Brussels, room JDE 52, 5th floor

15:00	Welcome Address Mercedes Bresso President of the Committee of the Regions, Brussels
15:10	Keynote Speech The European Balance of Payment Crises Hans-Werner Sinn President, Ifo Institute, Munich
16:00	Panel 1 The Bailout – ECB, EFSF, ESM, and what comes next? Chair: Gerhard Stahl Secretary-General, Committee of the Regions, Brussels Panel: Peter B. Sørensen University of Copenhagen Frank Smets Director-General for Research at the ECB Manfred J.M. Neumann Em. University of Bonn Klaus Gretschmann Former Director-General, Council of the EU Hans-Werner Sinn President, Ifo Institute, Munich
17:30	Panel 2 European Climate Policy between Fukushima and China’s Energy Surge Chair: Gerhard Stahl Secretary-General, Committee of the Regions, Brussels Introduction: Karen Pittel Head of Energy, Environment, and Exhaustible Resources, Ifo Institute, Munich Panel: Stefaan Vergote Head of Unit 'Strategy and Economic Assessment', Directorate-General for Climate Action, European Commission, Brussels Susanne Dröge Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Berlin Christian Egenhofer Senior Researcher, Centre of European Policy Studies, Brussels
19:00	Reception After the conference, we would like to welcome panellists and participants to a cocktail reception.