Programme

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

  • 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)

  • Networking lunch

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  • Economic models

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    Debating with and among economists, the crushing power of models

  • Single market

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    The single market: an instrument in the service of all Europeans or of global shareholders?

VENUE 2

  • 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)

  • 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?

  • Basic income

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    The future of social protection with basic income

VENUE 3

  • 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)

  • 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

  • Financial regulation

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    Can the regulations on financial services truly contribute to the sustainability of Europe?

VENUE 4

  • 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)

  • Networking lunch

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  • Squaring the energy circle

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    Will we be able to satisfy our energy needs?

  • Internalizing externalities

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    Internalizing external costs, a way to sustainability?

 

Wednesday, 19th of September

VENUE 1

  • (CANCELLED) European companies & SDGs

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    (How) can the private sector contribute to reach the SDGs in Europe and the World ?

  • Networking lunch

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  • Tax evasion and avoidance

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    Who is stealing our future?

  • 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

  • Future of work

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    The rights of workers at the age of automation, platforms and IA

  • 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)?

  • 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

  • Technology, growth and sustainability, the modern Holy Trinity?

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    Technology to stimulate growth and solving societal challenges at the same time?

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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?

  • 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?

  • 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.