The Post-Growth 2018 Conference built on thematic workshops organized by multiple stakeholders. The workshops encouraged building a dialogue between actors and seeking for applicable policy alternatives. Click on the sessions to learn more.
The event was followed by a wrap-up session organized by the European Trade Union Confederation the day after. This half-day session challenged us to identify the shortcomings in our critics of the current system and the economic thinking of EU institutions. (Programme and debriefing)
Tuesday, 18th of September
VENUE 1
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Opening
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Opening by MEP Philippe Lamberts - Keynotes by Margrethe VESTAGER, Commissioner for Competition and Tim JACKSON, author of Prosperity without Growth ; Moderation: Wolfgang MUNCHAU (Financial Times, Eurointelligence)
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Networking lunch
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Economic models
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Debating with and among economists, the crushing power of models
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Single market
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The single market: an instrument in the service of all Europeans or of global shareholders?
VENUE 2
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Opening
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Opening by MEP Philippe Lamberts - Keynotes by Margrethe VESTAGER, Commissioner for Competition and Tim JACKSON, author of Prosperity without Growth ; Moderation: Wolfgang MUNCHAU (Financial Times, Eurointelligence)
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Networking lunch
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Wages and bargaining
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The case of wage moderation/increase and is collective bargaining a useless relic of the past?
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Basic income
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The future of social protection with basic income
VENUE 3
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Opening
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Opening by MEP Philippe Lamberts - Keynotes by Margrethe VESTAGER, Commissioner for Competition and Tim JACKSON, author of Prosperity without Growth ; Moderation: Wolfgang MUNCHAU (Financial Times, Eurointelligence)
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Networking lunch
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Money and interest rate
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The role of money and interest rate in a post-growth economy
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Financial regulation
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Can the regulations on financial services truly contribute to the sustainability of Europe?
VENUE 4
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Opening
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Opening by MEP Philippe Lamberts - Keynotes by Margrethe VESTAGER, Commissioner for Competition and Tim JACKSON, author of Prosperity without Growth ; Moderation: Wolfgang MUNCHAU (Financial Times, Eurointelligence)
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Networking lunch
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Squaring the energy circle
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Will we be able to satisfy our energy needs?
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Internalizing externalities
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Internalizing external costs, a way to sustainability?
Wednesday, 19th of September
VENUE 1
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(CANCELLED) European companies & SDGs
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(How) can the private sector contribute to reach the SDGs in Europe and the World ?
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Networking lunch
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Tax evasion and avoidance
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Who is stealing our future?
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Closure
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Giorgos KALLIS (Research & Degrowth, ICTA), Carlos ALVAREZ-PEREIRA (Club of Rome), Gerhard HUEMER (UEAPME) ; Moderation: Nicole DEWANDRE (European Commission, JRC)
VENUE 2
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Future of work
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The rights of workers at the age of automation, platforms and IA
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Networking lunch
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Fiscal consolidation and sustainability
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How to reconcile the implementation of the Stability/Growth Pact and the social & environmental goals (EU2020, SDGs)?
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Closure
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Giorgos KALLIS (Research & Degrowth, ICTA), Carlos ALVAREZ-PEREIRA (Club of Rome), Gerhard HUEMER (UEAPME) ; Moderation: Nicole DEWANDRE (European Commission, JRC)
VENUE 3
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Technology, growth and sustainability, the modern Holy Trinity?
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Technology to stimulate growth and solving societal challenges at the same time?
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Networking lunch
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Energy sufficiency
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Coping with the rebound effect of energy efficiency policies and ensuring fairness in the energy transition with energy quotas
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Closure
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Giorgos KALLIS (Research & Degrowth, ICTA), Carlos ALVAREZ-PEREIRA (Club of Rome), Gerhard HUEMER (UEAPME) ; Moderation: Nicole DEWANDRE (European Commission, JRC)
VENUE 4
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Beyond GDP growth
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If most of all fossil fuel reserves need to stay in the ground to stay below 2°C warming, which policies can stop the societal stock growth at the source?
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Networking lunch
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Trade and environment
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Will the increase of international freight-related CO2-emissions jeopardise the Paris Climate Agreement?
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Closure
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Giorgos KALLIS (Research & Degrowth, ICTA), Carlos ALVAREZ-PEREIRA (Club of Rome), Gerhard HUEMER (UEAPME) ; Moderation: Nicole DEWANDRE (European Commission, JRC)
Preparatory day @ ULB (17th September)
Warm up at the preparatory discussions organized on the basis of a call for papers on the Institutionalisation of Degrowth & Post-growth at the European level. For more information, click here.