Please note that for each session full-time attendance during the day - starting with the "Introduction" and ending with the "Concluding remarks" - is desired.
Tuesday | 15 September 2020
Introduction
08:45 - 09:00

Opening remarks by ZOE
Keynote by Kate Raworth (University of Oxford)
“Towards a resilient Europe: A Doughnut-shaped recovery for the European Union?”

09:00 - 09:50

Panel discussion

  • Kerstin Jorna (DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
  • Barbara Kauffmann (DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion)
  • Astrid Schomaker (DG Environment)
09:50 - 10:05

BREAK

Two Policy Labs
In parallel: Ensuring a Green Recovery | Towards a Just Transition
10:05 - 11:10

Policy Lab Part I: Challenges & Questions

11:10 - 11:30

BREAK

11:30 - 13:00

Policy Lab Part II: Ideas & Solutions

Concluding remarks
13:00 - 13:15

Concluding remarks, Feedback and Open Mic

Thursday | 17 September 2020
Introduction
10:00 - 10:15

Opening remarks by ZOE
Keynote by Sandrine Dixson-Declève (Club of Rome)

10:15 - 11:00

Panel discussion

  • Jean-Eric Paquet (DG Research & Innovation)
  • Marcel Haag (DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)
  • Joanna Drake (DG Environment)
  • Declan Costello (DG Economic and Financial Affairs)
Policy Lab
Governance for Resilience
13:30 - 15:00

Policy Lab Part I: Challenges & Questions

15:00 - 15:15

BREAK

15:15 - 16:45

Policy Lab Part II: Ideas & Solutions

Concluding remarks
16:45 - 17:15

Concluding remarks, Feedback and Open Mic

Comment by Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič
17:15 - 17:30

Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič will comment on the results of the “Governance for Resilience” Policy Labs.

Friday | 18 September 2020
Introduction
08:45 - 09:45

Opening remarks by ZOE
Keynote by Tim Jackson (University of Surrey)
“Challenges for fiscal policy to connect the Green Deal and COVID-19 recovery.”

09:45 - 10:00

BREAK

Policy Lab
Fiscal Policy revised
10:00 - 11:15

Policy Lab Part I: Challenges & Questions

11:15 - 11:30

BREAK

11:30 - 13:15

Policy Lab Part II: Ideas & Solutions

Closing Session
14:00 - 15:00

Closing with Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis