Event Review: COVID-19: From Lockdown to Recovery
Tuesday, 27.10.2020
10:00 – 17:30
In cooperation with


The global coronavirus pandemic has had devastating economic, social and global health consequences, leaving hundreds of thousands dead, millions unemployed and countless others suffering from the various side effects. Governments around the world went into crisis mode, closing borders, enforcing lockdowns and shuttering economic activity. As the timeline for the pandemic remains fluid and uncertain, many questions remain: How much longer can the economy stand the partial shutdown? What policy measures are needed to put the EU on a road to recovery? How will the crisis impact the youth? The response to the economic damage this crisis has inflicted on the Union must be joint and swift – the future of the EU depends on it.
Program
Keynote speech: Economic recovery in the age of COVID-19
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Robert Skidelsky
Emeritus Professor of Political Economy, University of Warwick Vortragsvideo
Session I: The economic response to COVID-19 in the EU
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Paolo Gentiloni
Commissioner for the Economy -
Natacha Valla
Dean of the Sciences Po School of Management and Innovation -
Jörg Kukies,
State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance, Germany -
Moderator
Cinzia Alcidi
Director ad Interim, CEPS Vortragsvideo
Session II: Recovery as an opportunity for revision: Preventing a lost generation
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Debora Revoltella
Director of the Economics Department, European Investment Bank -
Sue Maguire
Honorary Professor, University of Bath -
Robert Pollin
Co-Director of the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI), University of Massachusetts Amherst -
Matilda Gettins
Fridays for Future Munich -
Moderator
Ekaterina Sprenger
Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Intereconomics Vortragsvideo
Session III: Post-COVID: A return to normal?
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Barry Eichengreen
Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley -
Daniel Gros
Director, CEPS -
Moderator
Jiffer Bourguignon
Editor, Intereconomics