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DAY 1 · MONDAY 15 JUNE

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WARM-UP SESSION FOR CO-HOSTS & PARTNERS

“Assessing the state of center-left parties & politics in Europe and the US in timesof an unprecedented global crisis - and how the think tank community can makea difference”

Introduction by: Michael Miebach, Chair and Co-Founder at Das Progressive Zentrum

Johanna Bussemer, Head of Unit Europe, Rosa Luxemburg FoundationMaria João Rodrigues, President of the European Foundation of Progressive StudiesNeera Tanden, President of the Centre for American ProgressMatthew Taylor, CEO Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & CommerceEllen Ueberschär, Co-president, the Heinrich Böll FoundationChairs: Jeremy Cliffe, International Editor, the New StatesmanMaria Skóra, Head of International Dialogue, Das Progressive Zentrum

DAY 2 · TUESDAY 16 JUNE

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WELCOME ADRESS & OPENING KEYNOTE SESSION

“What’s at stake: progressive visions for a post-Covid future”

Introduction by Dominic Schwickert, Executive Director, Das Progressive Zentrum

Keynotes by:Jeremy Cliffe, International Editor, the New StatesmanMaja Göpel, Secretary-General of the German Advisory Council on Global ChangeMax Neufeind, Advisor in the Executive Department of the German Finance Minister and Vice-ChancellorYascha Mounk, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins UniversityOphélie Omnes, Lawyer and Chairwoman of the European Federalists’ French chapter (UEF)

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4 BREAKOUT / WORKSHOP SESSIONS

Europe’s Green New Deal: building a just and green consensus to tackle the climate crisis

Speakers:Stefan Liebich, Miguel Costa Matos, Anna CavazziniChair: Tuuli Kaskinen

Reimagining the social contract: A blueprint for good work

Lightning talks by:Johannes Anttila,Fabian Wallace-Stephens Respondents:Thorben Albrecht,Jenni KarjalainenChair: Julia Jousilahti

A new era of transat-lantic relations: Caring about diversity is not enough

Speakers:Kübra Gümüsay, Michael Werz, Seemi ChoudryChair: Lorena López Jáuregui

Big data, fragmentedvoice: Building a Euro-pean civic movement on data rights

Lightning talks:Renate Samson, Asheem SinghRespondents: Ann Cathrin Riedel, Elijus ČivilisChair: Jake Jooshandeh

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DAY 2 · TUESDAY 16 JUNE (CONTD.)

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5 BREAKOUT / WORKSHOP SESSIONS

#Tech4Society: New Technologies and the Economy

Speakers:Robert Atkinson, Danyal Bayaz,Svenja FalkChair:Max Neufeind

Cities as Change- makers. How to tackle global chal-lenges at the local level?

Speakers:Cathryn ClüverAshbrook, Sergi Campillo Fernandez,Ulrich Hörning, Kata TüttőChair: Maria Skóra

ResilientLivelihoods and Behavioural Adaptation to COVID-19

Speakers:Frank Boons, Alberto Cottica, Joséphine von Mitschke-CollandeChair: Daniel Hires & Nadia El-Imam

Populist Strategies and Narratives in Times of COVID-19

Speakers:Andreas Audretsch, Giuliano da Empoli, Andrea PetöChair: Adele Stan

(De-)Globalisation and The Economics of Belonging

Speakers:Martin Sandbu,Arianna Giovannini,Will HuttonChair: Roger Liddle

A VIDEO MESSAGE:

“The call for a progressive Europe”by Achim Post, MP, German Bundestag and Secretary General, Party of European Socialists

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20:00CEST

“Europe’s Hamiltonian moment? Prospects for EU reform andstrategies for a new progressive agenda 2022+”

Clément Beaune, Advisor to the French President Emmanuel Macron on Europe and G20 in conversationwith Wolfgang Schmidt, State Secretary, German Federal Ministry of Finance)Chair: Cerstin Gammelin, deputy head of parliamentary editorial board, Süddeutsche Zeitung

20:15|

21:30CEST

YOUNG LEADERS VISIONS DEBATE

“Power to the Next Generation - Which society and economy do we want to live in?”

Lightnings pitches by:Magdalena Biejat, MP, Razem Party, PolandRichard Kaniewski, Political Adviser in the Saxon State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labor and Transport and Chairman of the SPD Dresden, GermanyOphélie Omnes, Lawyer and Chairwoman of the European Federalists’ French chapter (UEF)Katharina Schulze, Member of the Bavarian Federal State Parliament and Leader of the Bavarian Greens, GermanyRia Schröder, President of the Young Liberals in GermanySession and Q&A chaired by: Sonia Sodha, Chief Leader Writer at the Observer and a Guardian/Observer Columnist

DAY 3 · WEDNESDAY 17 JUNE

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13:30CEST

LUNCHTIME KEYNOTE DEBATE

“How to tackle the new wave of nationalism & illiberal populism”

Speakers:Catherine De Vries, Professor of Political Science at the Bocconi UniversityMatthew Goodwin, Author and Professor of Politics at Rutherford College, University of KentChair: Anna Lührmann, Deputy Director of the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute

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15:00CEST

SEMINAR SESSION

“Latest research on the current state of center-left parties, movements& politics in Europe and the US”

Speakers:John Halpin, Director for Research and Training at Foundation for European Progressive StudiesSybren Kooistra, Co-Founder and Campaign Specialist at Starling CampaignsAnia Skrzypek, Director for Research and Training at Foundation for European Progressive Studies

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DAY 3 · WEDNESDAY 17 JUNE (CONTD.)

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2 BREAKOUT / WORKSHOP SESSIONS

“Making just transformations possible: it’s identity, stupid!”

Speakers:Jessica Eckdish, Robert Misik, Alexander ReitzensteinChair: Charlotte Billingham & David Rinaldi

“Transatlantic relations and the Future ofEuropean Foreign Policy”

Speakers:Max Bergmann, Lia Quartapelle, Nils SchmidChair: Sudha David-Wilp

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3 BREAKOUT / WORKSHOP SESSIONS

“Combining Economic Recovery and Social Equity in Europe”

Speakers:László Andor, Enna Gerin, SiljaHäusermann, Jakob von WeizsäckerChair: Zoë Billingham

“Let’s talk about taxes, taxes, taxes: a transatlantic conversation”

Speakers:Susana Ruiz Rodriguez, Bharat Ramamurti, Danuše NerudováChair: Alex Himelfarb

“Beyond voting: The benefitsof random selection and deliberation”

Speakers:Peter MacLeod, Miriam LeviChair: Claudia Chwalisz

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18:30CEST

KEYNOTE FIREWORK OF IDEAS I

Kübra Gümüsay, Author and ActivistPaul Mason, Journalist, Writer, Film-maker and Public SpeakerMarc Saxer, Author and Head of Asia department of the Friedrich-Ebert-StiftungChaired by: Paulina Fröhlich, Head of Programme Future of Democracy, Das Progressive Zentrum

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20:00CEST

KEYNOTE

“The Future of Campaigning and Campaigning for the Future”

Speakers: Muthoni Kraal, Anna Gainey, Ismaël Emelien, Robert Heinrich | Chair: Matt Browne

Interactive debate with political analysts, strategists & activists

20:00|

21:00CEST

“Madeleine Albright & Joschka Fischer: A fireside chat on geostrategicshifts and the future of multilateralism”

Joschka Fischer, Former Foreign Minister, GermanyMadeleine Albright, Former Secretary of State, USChair: Julianne Smith, Director of the Asia Program and the Geopolitics Program of the German Marshall Fund of the United States

DAY 4 · THURSDAY 18 JUNE

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KEYNOTE FIREWORK OF IDEAS II

Anthony Painter, Chief Research and Impact Officer at the Royal Society of ArtsKatharina Pistor, Author of “The Code of Capital” and Professor of Comparative Law at Columbia Law School

Gabriel Zucman, Associate Professor of Economics at the University of CaliforniaChaired by: Maria Skóra, Head of Programme International Relations, Das Progressive Zentrum

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INSIGHT TALK

“How to respond to a crisis”

Lodewijk Asscher, Leader of the Dutch Labor Party (PvdA)Mark Leonard, Co-Founder and director of the European Council on Foreign Relations

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DAY 4 · THURSDAY 18 JUNE (CONTD.)

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KEYNOTE SPEECH

“Progress, Pain and Reflection. Strategic thoughts on the German EU Presidencyin times of the COVID-19 crises”

Heiko Maas, German Foreign MinisterWith a short introduction by: Dominic Schwickert, Executive Director of Das Progressive Zentrum

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14:30CEST

LEADERS PANEL I – ECONOMISTS’ LEADERS’ PANEL

“Will austerity return? Economic policy post-Covid 19”

Megan Greene, Senior Fellow, Harvard School of GovernmentAdam Tooze, Professor of History at Columbia UniversityChair: Christian Odendahl, Chief Economist at Centre for European Reform

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LEADERS PANEL II

“The Future of Multilateralism and the Post-Pandemic World Order”

Niels Annen, Minister of State at the German Federal Foreign OfficeNeera Tanden, President of the Center for American ProgressMaria João Rodrigues, President of the European Foundation of Progressive StudiesConstanze Stelzenmüller, Senior Fellow, Brookings InstitutionChair: Emily Tamkin, US editor of the New Statesman

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LEADERS PANEL III

“New Left Politics And Alliances”

Katja Kipping, Co-chairperson of The Left, GermanyPaul Mason, Author and Political CommentatorJagmeet Singh, Leader, the New Democratic Party, CanadaSka Keller, MEP and Co-President, Group of the Greens / European Free AllianceChair: Robert Misik, Senior Fellow at the Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue

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LEADERS PANEL IV

“The Fate Of The World Economy: How progressives can shape the great transformation”

Nadia Calviño, Minister of Economy and Business and Deputy Prime Minister of SpainHubertus Heil, German Federal Minister of Labour and Social AffairsDani Rodrik, Professor of International Political Economy at Harvard UniversityAnnaliese Dodds, MP and Shadow Chancellor of the ExchequerChair: Anna Sauerbrey, Editor-in-Chief of the opinion pages of Der Tagesspiegel and Tagesspiegel Causa

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LEADERS PANEL V

“The Shifts in Geopolitics: Progressive answers to (de-)globalisation in a post-Covid world”

Annalena Baerbock, MP, German Bundestag and Chairwoman of Alliance 90/The GreensMariana Mazzucato, Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at the University College LondonOlaf Scholz, German Federal Minister of Finance and Vice ChancellorFrans Timmermans, Executive Vice President responsible for the European Green Deal and European Commissioner for Climate ActionChair: Matthew Taylor, CEO Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce

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DAY 5 · FRIDAY 19 JUNE

13:30|

15:00CEST

CLOSING KEYNOTE & VISION FOR THE FUTURE

“Connecting the dots: a progressive vision for reimagining the social contract”

Keynote by:Matthew Taylor, CEO Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & CommerceResponse by: Anke Hassel, Professor of Public Policy at Hertie School of Governance and Member of the Advisory Council ofDas Progressive Zentrum

Concluding remarks by: Thomas Kralinski, Member of the Board and Co-Founder of Das Progressive Zentrum

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