9 February 2012 - European Parliament, room ASP A3G3

Beyond the crisis: developing sustainable alternatives

Conference co-organized by the Socialists & Democrats, the Greens and the ETUI

NEW: Watch the videos from the conference day on the ETUI channel on You Tube

1st Panel (9.30 - 10.15) Welcome: Key challenges for the future – squaring the day

Chair: Philippe POCHET, General Director ETUI
Comments:

Stephen HUGHES, S&D MEP
Marije CORNELISSEN, Greens/EFA MEP
Bernadette SÉGOL, General Secretary ETUC

2nd Panel (10.15 -11.15) The various ways of managing the crisis
Chair: Janine LESCHKE, Senior Researcher ETUI
Input: Steffen LEHNDORFF, Director of the Working Time and Work Organisation Department at IAQ, University of Duisburg-Essen

Comments:
Liem HOANG NGOC, S&D MEP
Ria OOMEN-RUIJTEN, EPP MEP
Jürgen KLUTE, GUE/NGL MEP
Christine ERHEL, Professor University of Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

3rd Panel (11.15 -12.30) Rising inequalities
Chair: Maria JEPSEN, Director Research Department ETUI

Input: Romuald JAGODZINSKI, Researcher ETUI and Laurent VOGEL, Director Working Conditions, Health and Safety Department ETUI

Comments:

Alejandro CERCAS, S&D MEP
Philippe LAMBERTS, Greens/EFA MEP
Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, EPP MEP
Younous OMARJEE, GUE/NGL MEP
Fintan FARRELL, Director EAPN
Ana LLENA-NOZAL, OECD

4th Panel (14.30 - 16.00) New growth model
Chair: Andrew WATT, Senior Researcher ETUI

Input: John EVANS, General Secretary TUAC

Comments:
Udo BULLMANN, S&D MEP
Philippe LAMBERTS, Greens/EFA MEP
Mikael GUSTAFSSON, GUE/NGL MEP
Isabelle CASSIERS, Professor UCL Louvain-La-Neuve

Mario PIANTA, Professor University of Urbino

5th Panel (16.30 - 17.30) Greening out of the recession
Chair: Béla GALGÓCZI, Senior Researcher ETUI

Input: Philippe POCHET, General Director ETUI
Comments:

Bas EICKHOUT, Greens/EFA MEP
Kathleen VAN BREMPT, S&D MEP
Linda SKJOLD OKSNES, Fagforbundet (Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees)
Willy DE BACKER, 3E Intelligence

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