The 2007 Summit was held on 21 and 22 June and delved into one of the more problematic issues facing industrialised countries in the coming decades: the rapid ageing of their population.

The Munich Economic Summit is a joint initiative of the BMW Stiftung Herbert Quandt and the CESifo Group Munich —the latter itself a joint initiative of the University of Munich and the Munich-based Ifo Institute for Economic Research—in partnership with The Times of London.

Watch the MES 2007 Presentation Video