15TH MUNICH ECONOMIC SUMMIT
Migration: Challenge or Opportunity?
30 June – 1 July 2016
Europe’s immigration conundrum has two distinct strands: the refugees it is obliged to help and those migrants it wants to attract. While it is its legal duty to welcome the first group, by accepting the latter group it helps itself: they are economic migrants keen to work, and Europe needs them. A great many of them. When it comes to economic migrants Europe would rather choose the newcomers,
and not the other way around: the ageing continent needs skilled, well-educated immigrants, benefiting both the European economies and the migrants themselves. But do these skilled migrants really prefer Europe to, say, the US or Australia? Are the source countries being deprived of their best brains? How can Europe balance all these competing interests? How can it turn the challenge into an opportunity?
PROGRAMME
Thursday, 30 June 2016
12.00 PM
Luncheon
by Invitation of the City of Munich, Atrium
Welcome Address
Christian Vorländer
Councillor, City of Munich; Deputy chair, SPD party group, Munich City Council
1.30 PM
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Michael Schaefer
Ambassador (ret.); Chairman of the Board of Directors, BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt, Berlin and Munich
Clemens Fuest
Professor of Economics and Public Finance, University of Munich; President, Ifo Institute, Munich
2.00 PM
Panel 1
Introductory Dialogue – The New Migration Wave
The European Union is creaking under a seemingly unprecedented migration wave. But how unprecedented is it really? What can we learn from past migration flows? Clearly, while there are UN conventions on the matter, the myriad national attitudes regarding the acceptance of claimants and the total lack in the EU of a coherent policy not only contribute to the current disarray, but point to the absence of a clear legal framework that differentiates between asylum-seekers and economic migrants. The result is an amorphous wave of asylum-seekers arriving at the EU shores that has met highly incoherent responses. What economic and labour market consequences can Europe expect from the current exodus? How can we regulate economic migration? How can Europe contribute to improving the situation in the source and transit countries?
Chair
John Peet
Political Editor, The Economist, London
Panellists
Demetrios G. Papademetriou
President, Migration Policy Institute (MPI) Europe, Brussels; Distinguished Senior Fellow and President Emeritus, Migration Policy Institute, Washington, DC
Jörg Decressin
Deputy Director of European Department, International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC
Christiane Kuptsch
Senior Specialist in Migration Policies, Labour Migration Brach, ILO, Geneva
3.15 PM
Breakout Sessions
Need for Strategic Dialogue
The current influx of migrants and refugees is a stark reminder that conflict and poverty do not end at national borders. The crucial question, therefore, is how to fight the root causes behind these crises that force millions to seek shelter outside their countries. In this session we outline the causes, identifiy the relevant actors and examine common strategies to tackle the crisis.
Facilitator: Oliver Wieck, Secretary General, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Germany, Berlin
Let's Talk Business
European companies not only need migration to meet their skilled-personnel requirements: they are also crucial in helping to integrate refugees and migrants. They can also play a significant role in stabilising the source countries economically by improving local work opportunities through investment and joint-ventures. How best to involve companies in the current migration debate?
Facilitator: Heribert Dieter, Senior Fellow, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Berlin
Immigrating into the Workforce
They need each other – migrants need jobs and the recipient economy needs workers. Migrants can help preserve the viability of the welfare system if they are integrated into the labour market; if not, the welfare system will eventually crack under the burden. How can we best ease the path for migrants to become net contributors?
Facilitator: Katinka Barysch, Director of Political Relations, Allianz SE, Munich
Integration not Alienation
How can economic, social and cultural integration succeed? There are numerous social innovations that enable migrants to unleash their potential while helping nationals to overcome their apprehension and seize the opportunities presented by living together. In this session we explore those innovations and discuss the role of state, nonprofit and corporate actors.
Facilitator: Oda Heister, CEO, Ashoka Germany, Munich
Coffee Break
7.30 PM
Reception and Dinner
at Schleißheim New Palace
by Invitation of the Bavarian Minister-President
8.00 pm
Presentation of Migration Projects
Kiron Open Higher Education
Vincent Zimmer, Founder
Joblinge Kompass
Ulrike Garanin, CEO and Co-Founder
Moderator
Carl-August Graf von Kospoth
Director, BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt
8.30 pm
Festive Dinner
at Schleißheim New Palace
Welcome
Joachim Herrmann
Bavarian State Minister of the Interior
PROGRAMME
Friday, 1 July 2016
9.00 am
Panel 2
Seizing the Opportunity
Europe’s demographic outlook calls for more immigration. It also has a moral duty to offer shelter to those being persecuted. Does the new wave of migrants and refugees represent a realistic opportunity to solve both concerns simultaneoulsy? How can it turn the challenge into a win-win situation? Given that the compatibility of the current inclusion commitment and the EU’s open internal borders is being called into question, should Europe become more selective with regard to the immigrants it accepts? What can it learn from the experience of such countries as Australia, Canada, Austria, the USA? On the business side, the new migration wave will affect the regional, national and global value chains, highlighting the role of companies as effectors of change in the source countries.
Chair
Edward Lucas
Senior Editor, The Economist, London
Introduction
Gabriel Felbermayr
Director, Ifo Center for International Economics, Munich
Panellists
Kemal Şahin
Founder and Entrepreneur, Şahinler Group, Istanbul
Reinhard Ploss
Chief Executive Officer, Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg
Elmar Brok
Chair, Committee on Foreign Affairs, European Parliament, Brussels
Discussion
Coffee break
11.00 aM
Panel 3
Melting the Pot?
Successful integration of Migrants calls for both a capacity to integrate on the part of the host, and a willingness to do so on the part of the immigrant. Neither Germany’s Gastarbeiter experience, nor France’s banlieue realities nor Hungary’s hard-line policies bode well in this regard. Germany’s and Sweden’s welcoming attitudes towards refugees, furthermore, are fraying in the face of the logistical and social difficulties of coping with the influx. How can the available integration instruments be improved? What can we learn from successful international experiences, such as the USA’s or Singapore’s? What institutional measures are called for?
Chair
Quentin Peel
Chatham House, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, London
Introduction
Armin Nassehi
Professor of Sociology, University of Munich
Panellists
Cardinal Reinhard Marx
Archbishop of Munich and Freising; President, German Bishops’ Conference
Aida Hadzialic
Minister for Upper Secondary School and Adult Education and Training, Ministry of Education and Research, Sweden
Ulrich Hörning
Deputy Mayor of General Services, City of Leipzig
Discussion
The available speeches of the Munich Economic Summit 2016 can be downloaded here. However, please keep in mind that the valid word is the spoken word.
Statements:
Christian Vorländer (pdf)
Michael Schaefer (pdf)
Clemens Fuest (pdf)
Jörg Decressin (pdf)
Gabriel Felbermayr (pdf)
Breakout Sessions:
Kai L. Chan (pdf)
Panu Poutvaara (pdf)
Anka Wittenberg (pdf)
Results from the Breakout Sessions (pdf)
List of Participants
Abdelmoghni, Osama
Innovation & Product Manager, Les Comptoirs, Paris
Anton-Grönemeyer, Beatrix
Managing Director, Allianz Global Investors, Frankfurt/Main
Augustin, Stephan
Project Manager, BMW AG, Munich
Barysch, Katinka
Director of Political Relations, Allianz SE, Munich
Bastiani, Adriano
Head of Casualty Facultative, Munich RE, Munich
Bauernschuster, Stefan
Professor of Public Economics, University of Passau
Bielawski, Martina
Senior Consultant, Siemens Management Consulting, Munich
Bischofberger, Petra
PhD Candidate and Research Assistant, Institute for Organization and HRM, Department for Organization, University of Bern
Blumkin, Tomer
Professor of Economics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva
Boellhoff, Uta
Director, External Relations and Communications Department, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), East Jerusalem
Borggreve, Hendrik
Member of the Supervisory Board, The Royal Bank of Scotland, Frankfurt/Main
Braun, Daniel
Executive Assistant, Roland Berger Group, Munich
Brok, Elmar
Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs, European Parliament, Brussels
Brosius, Barbara
Vice Chairman, UBS Deutschland AG, Frankfurt/Main
Buchholz, Wolfgang
Professor of Economics, University of Regensburg
von Büdingen, Georg
Director, European Patent Office, Munich
Chan, Kai L.
Distinguished Fellow, Emirates Competitiveness Council, Dubai
Chapalapalli, Sapthagiri
Vice President & Director Central Europe, Tata Consultancy Services Deutschland GmbH, Frankfurt/Main
Chrobog, Jürgen
State Secretary (ret.); Chairman, Foxhall Group, Berlin
Cianfarani, Renato
Consul General, Consulate General of Italy, Munich
Decressin, Jörg
Deputy Director, European Department, International Monetary Fund, Washington DC
Dieter, Heribert
Senior Fellow, Research Unit Global Issues, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Berlin
Fabricius, Michael
Founder and Managing Director, Fabricius Vermögensverwaltung GmbH, Frankfurt/Main
Fabricius, Veronica
Office Manager, Fabricius Vermögensverwaltung GmbH, Frankfurt/Main
Fargel, Yasmin
Professor of Human Ressource Management and Organization, Technical University of Nuremberg; Member of the Advisory Board, Semikron International GmbH, Nuremberg
Felbermayr, Gabriel
Professor of Economics, University of Munich; Director, Ifo Center for International Economics, Ifo Institute, Munich
Friedrich, Ingo
President, European Economic Senate, Munich; Former Vice President, European Parliament, Brussels
Fuest, Clemens
Professor of Economics and Public Finance, University of Munich; President, Ifo Institute, Munich
Garanin, Ulrike
Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Joblinge Dachorganisation, Munich
Garon, Jean-Denis
Associate Professor, Université du Québec
Gavito, Jennifer D.
Consul General, US Consulate General, Munich
George, Alexander
Director, Hauck & Aufhäuser Privatbankiers KGaA, Munich
Goerke, Laszlo
Professor of Personnel Economics, University of Trier
Goldstein, Andy
Executive Director, LMU Entrepreneurship Center; Board Member, Social Entrepreneurship Akademie, Munich
Grossmann, Volker
Professor of Economics, University of Fribourg
Gros, Daniel
Director, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels
Corinna-Rosa Hacker
Corporate Development, Siemens AG, Munich
Hadzialic, Aida
Minister for Upper Secondary Schools and Adult Education and Training, Sweden
Handschuch, Konrad
Head of Politics Section, Wirtschaftswoche, Dusseldorf
Hashimoto, Takuma
Senior Economist, Mitsui and Co. Benelux, Brussels
Heckmann, Friedrich
Director, European Forum for Migration Studies, University of Bamberg
Heinze, Christine
Vice President and Senior Regional Manager Asia, BayernLB, Munich
Heister, Oda
Chief Executive Officer of Germany and Head of the Ashoka Support Network, Ashoka Deutschland gGmbH, Munich
Hellström, Mats
Former Ambassador of Sweden; Former Governor; Senior Advisor, GAIA Leadership, Stockholm
Henkel, Frank
Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, Munich
Herrmann, Joachim
State Minister, Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior, Munich
Hesse, Dominik
Managing Partner, Cannonball Capital GmbH, Munich
Hofmann, Jürgen
Secretary General, Wirtschaftsbeirat der Union e.V., Munich
Hollenberg, Christian
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Hops, Bernd
Senior Director, Head of External Communications, Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg
Hörning, Ulrich
Deputy Mayor of General Services, City of Leipzig
Hüfner, Martin W.
Chief Economist, Assenagon GmbH, Munich
Jacobi, Eike
Senior Account Manager, Bankhaus Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. KGaA, Munich
Janas, Christian
Head of Region South Domestic, UBS Deutschland AG, Munich
Lady Judge, Barbara
Chairman, UK Pension Protection Fund, London
Kannengießer, Christoph
Chief Executive Officer, German-African Business Association, Hamburg
Kaps, Carola
Head of Press and Public Relations, Aktivsenioren Bayern e.V., Munich
Kaps, Franz
Chairman, Partnership for Transparency Fund e.V., Munich
Kapusta, Alexandra
Director Munich Branch, FERI Trust GmbH, Munich
Kaspar, Martin G.
PhD Candidate, Durham University; Head of Business Development, Fränkische Industrial Pipes, Kirchdorf/Inn
Kawakibi, Salam
Deputy Director and Director of Research, Arab Reform Initiative, Paris
Kistenfeger, Hartmut
Head, Public Relations, The Family Business Foundation, Munich
Koller, Helmut
Consul General, Republic of Austria, Munich
Kornblum, John C.
Senior Counsellor, Noerr LLP, Berlin
Graf von Kospoth, Carl-August
Director, BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt, Munich and Berlin
Kostantinidis, Stavros
Lawyer, Gollob Rechtsanwälte & Steuerberater, Munich
Krämer-Erkrath, Klaus
Retired Partner, Ernst & Young (EY); Investor, Mühlheim am Main
Krass, Volker
Founder and Chairman of the Board, Krass Capital Group AG, Planegg
Kremer, Gerd
Managing Director, GLL Real Estate Partners GmbH, Munich
Krieger, Tim
Professor of Economics, University of Freiburg
Krüger, Stephan
Owner, Krüger & Team, Mölln
Krumbach, Horst
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Generationsbrücke Deutschland, Aachen
Kuptsch, Christiane
Senior Specialist in Migration Policy, International Labour Organisation Geneva
Kuzma, Elita
Ambassador of the Republic of Latvia, Berlin
Leeb, Thomas
Head of Munich Office and Senior Manager, BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt, Munich
Leßmann, Christian
Professor of Economics, Technische Universität Braunschweig
Leuchtenberger, Rolf
President, European Economic Forum (EWiF), Hamburg
Lubell, David
Founder and Executive Director, Welcoming America, Decatur
Lucas, Edward
Senior Editor, The Economist, London
Maihöfer, Rolf D.
Owner, MaihoeferConsulting, Frankfurt/Main
Martinsohn, Udo
Former Member of the Board, Swiss Re Europe Holdings SA, Unterföhring
Marx, Reinhard
Cardinal, Archdiocese of Munich and Freising
Mehr, Julia
Human Resource Manager, Kiron Open Higher Education gGmbH, Munich
Mellinghoff, Michael C.
Managing Director, Techfluence, London
Milberg, Joachim
Chairman of the Board of Trustees, BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt, Munich
Milbradt, Georg
Former Minister-President, Free State of Saxony; Professor of Economics, University of Dresden
Mosdorf, Siegmar
Parliamentary State Secretary (ret.); Partner, CNC - Communication & Network Consulting AG, Berlin
Müller, Kay
Regional Chief Business Officer, Allianz Group - Central Eastern Europe, Munich
Naef, André
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Nassehi, Armin
Professor of Sociology, Ludwigs-Maximilians University, Munich
Papademetriou, Demetrios G.
President, Migration Policy Institute (MPI) Europe, Brussels
Peel, Quentin
Associate Fellow, Chatham House, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, London
Peet, John
Political Editor, The Economist, London
Peichl, Andreas
Professor of Economics, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim
Ploss, Reinhard
Chief Executive Officer, Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg
Poutvaara, Panu
Director, Ifo Center for International Institutional Comparisons and Migration Research, Ifo Institute; Professor of Economics, Ludwigs-Maximilians University Munich
Quandt, Stefan
Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board, BMW AG, Munich; Member of the Board of Trustees, BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt, Berlin and Munich
Radeke-Pietsch, Ursula
Head of Global Capital Markets, Siemens AG, Munich
Rahlf, Nils
Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, Frankfurt am Main
Reich, Hans Werner
Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Citigroup Global Markets Deutschland AG & Co. KGaA, Frankfurt/Main
Reisach, Ulrike
Professor; Head of the Centre for Corporate Communications; Alumni Representative for the Department of Information Management; China Advisor, Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences
Renner, Klaus Peter
Vorstand, Stiftung Menschen für Menschen, Munich
Reuss, Sabine
Vice President Marketing and Communications, Capgemini Germany, Berlin
Ringbeck, Jürgen
Chief Executive Officer, ricon GmbH, Dusseldorf
Rodenstock, Beatrice
Managing Principal, Rodenstock-Gesellschaft für Familienunternehmen mbH, Munich
Roeder, Kerstin
Professor for Applied Microeconomics, University of Augsburg
Rottmann, Horst
Professor of Economics, University of Applied Sciences Amberg-Weiden
Şahin, Kemal
Founder, Şahinler Group, Instanbul
Schaefer, Michael
Ambassador (ret.); Chairman of the Board, BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt, Berlin and Munich
Schatz, Roland
Founder & CEO, Media Tenor International AG, Zurich and Vienna
Schleicher, Hans
Head of Government Department, Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Media, Energy and Technology, Free State of Bavaria, Munich
Schrank, Thomas
Chief Executive Officer, LKC Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, Munich
Schreckenberg, Stephan
Director, Swiss Re Management Ltd., Zurich
Schumacher, Christoph
Senior Manager CEO Communications, Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg
Schü, Joachim
Managing Partner, Consileon Business Consultancy GmbH, Karlsruhe
Seeger-Regling, Sabine
EU Correspondent, VDI Verlag GmbH, Brussels
Seidl, Mihaela
Chief Financial Officer, CEE - GE Global Organization Deutschland, Munich
Stercken, Christina
Partner, EAC- Euro Asia Consulting, Munich
Sturm, Hermann
President, Union of Medium-Sized Companies, Munich
Übelmesser, Silke
Professor of Economics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Ursprung, Heinrich W.
Professor and Chair of Political Economy, University of Constance
Weidenfeld, Werner
Director, Center for Applied Policy Research (C·A·P); Professor Emeritus for Political Sciences, University of Munich
Werding, Martin
Professor, Social Policy and Social Economics, University of Bochum
Wieck, Oliver
Secretary General, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Berlin
Wittenberg, Anka
Senior Vice President, SAP, Berlin
Wittmann, Andreas
Senior Project Manager Hydrogen, Linde AG, Munich
Wölfle, Stefan
Chief of Staff to the CEO, Airbus Helicopters, Marignane
Woodard, Scott E.
Political and Economic Officer, Consulate General of the United States of America, Munich
Wörner, Herbert
Head of Supervisory Board, Euro Asia Consulting PartG (EAC), Munich; Senior Advisor, Monitor Group, Munich
Vorländer, Christian
Councillor, City of Munich; Deputy chair, SPD party group, Munich City Council
Zeil, Martin
Former Bavarian State Minister of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology, Munich
Zimmer, Vincent
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Kiron Open Higher Education, Berlin
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