MES 2004 - Programme

Friday, 18 June 2004
	9.00 am	Opening of the Conference
		Opening Speech Kai M. SCHELLHORN Board of Directors, BMW Stiftung Herbert Quandt, Munich Introduction Hans Werner SINN Professor of Economics and Public Finance, University of Munich President, Ifo Institute for Economic Research
	10.00 am	Keynote Address Edmund STOIBER Minister-President of Free State of Bavaria, Federal Republic of Germany
	10.45 am	Coffee Break
	11.00 am	Panel 1
		Social Union and Migration: A Race to the Bottom?
		The draft EU Constitution grants EU citizenship, emphasises the principle of social inclusion and postulates EU social policies. But the member countries all have different economic and social standards. Can they co-exist? Will there be migration towards the so-called welfare magnets? Will the European Welfare State survive? Chairman Rainer NAHRENDORF Chief Correspondent and Adviser to the Editorial Department, Handelsblatt, Düsseldorf Introduction David WILDASIN Endowed Professor of Public Finance, Martin School of Public Policy and Administration, and Professor of Economics, University of Kentucky, Lexington Panel Ivan MIKLOS Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Slovak Republic Aart-Jan DE GEUS Minister for Social Affairs and Labour, Kingdom of the Netherlands Guntars KRASTS Former Prime Minister, Republic of Latvia Chairman, European Affairs Committee, Latvian Parliament (Saeima) Member of the European Parliament
	12.45 pm	Luncheon by Invitation of the City of Munich
		Welcome Adress Christian UDE Lord Mayor, City of Munich
	2.15 pm	Panel 2
		Towards a Common Migration Policy in an Enlarged Europe
		Economists advocate delayed integration in Europe, while politicians seem to prefer a period of restricted migration instead. What are the pros and cons of these alternative approaches? Which scope is left by the EU Constitution? Which solution would help EU business most? Which lessons can we learn from other countries? Chairman John PEET Europe Editor, The Economist, London Introduction Georges DE MENIL Professor of Economics, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris Visiting Professor, New York University, New York Panel Brunson MCKINLEY Director General, International Organization for Migration (IOM), Geneva Jürgen STRUBE Chairman of the Supervisory Board, BASF AG, Ludwigshafen President, Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe (UNICE), Brussels Bernd STECHER Corporate Vice-President, Chief Economist, Siemens AG, Munich
	4.00 pm	Coffee break
	4.30 pm	Panel 3
		Creaking Labour Markets: Migrating into Unemployment
		The free movement of labour in an enlarged Europe will exert tremendous pressure on the national labour markets. Major reforms of the labour market institutions in the member states are unavoidable if they want to cope with migration and overcome their intractable unemployment. Which role will the unions play? Can the social assistance system be maintained? Which reforms are necessary to induce firms to create additional jobs? Chairman Frederick KEMPE Editor and Associate Publisher, The Wall Street Journal Europe, Brussels; European Editor, The Wall Street Journal, New York Introduction Giuseppe BERTOLA Professor of Economics, University of Turin Panel Georg MILBRADT Minister-President of the Free State of Saxony, Federal Republic of Germany André LEYSEN Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors, Agfa-Gevaert NV and Gevaert NV, Mortsel Giampaolo GALLI Director General, National Association of Italian Insurance Companies (ANIA), Rome
	6.15 pm	Concluding Remarks Hans-Werner SINN Professor of Economics and Public Finance, University of Munich President, Ifo Institute for Economic Research
	6.30 pm	End of Formal Conference
	7.15 pm	Departure from the Hotel
	7.30 pm	Munich Residence Dinner by invitation of the Bavarian Minister-President, represented by Otto WIESHEU Bavarian State Minister for Economic Affairs, Infrastucture, Transport and Technology