> Friday, 04. April 2008
09:00-10:30 Opening
The Lisbon Strategy as the Core of European Economic Policy Content, Problems and Alternatives
Jörg Huffschmid (Presom, Bremen)
Civil Society Processes for another Europe
Sven Giegold (Attac Germany)
11:00-13:30 Workshops 1-4
1. Wage Policies and Income Distribution
Facilitator: Willi Altzinger (University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna)
Kai Burmeister (IG Metall, Frankfurt)
Ernst Tüchler (ÖGB, Vienna)
Alfred Kleinknecht (TU Delft)
Ladi Rozic (ZSSS, Ljubljana)
Vera Glassner (ETUI)
2. Social Inequality and Poverty in the European Union
Facilitator: Mejra Festic (University of Maribor)
Miren Etxezarreta (Universitat Autonoma, Barcelona)
Fintan Farrell (European Poverty Network, Vienna)
Ivan Lesay (Institute of Economic Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences; CEE Bankwatch Network, Bratislava)
Andreja Poje (ZSSS, Ljubljana)
3. The Race to the Bottom: Tax and Locational Competition
Facilitator: Bernd Berghuber (Attac Austria)
Bojan Radej (independent precarious social researcher)
Sven Giegold (Attac Germany)
Tommaso Rondinella (sbilanciamoci, Rome)
Christian Bellak (University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna)
4. New Member Countries” What Kind of Catch-up Process?
Facilitator: Joachim Becker (IPE, Univ. of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna)
Dorothe Bohle (Central European University, Budapest)
Wlodzimiercz Dymarski (Poznan University of Economics)
Karoly Lorant (Ecostat Institute for Economic Analysis and Informatics, Budapest)
Michael Dauderstädt (Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Bonn)
Jože Mencinger (Law School, University of Ljubljana)
13:30-15:00 Lunch Break
15:00-17:30 Workshops 5-8
5. From Macroeconomic Fundamentalism to Sustainable Growth
Facilitator: Marica Frangakis (Nicos Poulantzas Institute, Athens)
Torsten Niechoj ( Institute for Macroeconomics and Economic Research, Düsseldorf)
Joachim Becker (IPE and University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna)
Petr Gocev (Prague School of Economics)
Marjan Senjur (School of Economics, University of Ljubljana)
6. Financial Markets: Democratic Control against Financial Speculation and Pressure
Facilitator: Peter Wahl (WEED, Berlin)
John Grahl (Middlesex University, London)
Dominique Plihon (University of Paris, President of the Scientific Council of Attac France)
Karin Küblböck (ÖFSE, Vienna)
Trevor Evans (Berlin School of Economics)
7. Public Services: From Liberalisation and Privatisation towards a Strategy for Social Cohesion
Facilitator: Jörg Huffschmid (Presom, Bremen)
Christina Deckwirth (University of Marburg)
Werner Raza (Chamber of Labour, Vienna)
Jan Drahokoupil (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Köln
Dušan Kidrič (UMAR, Ljubljana)
8. EU-Energy and Climate Policy in the 21st century
Facilitator: Frieder Otto Wolf (Free University of Berlin)
Joachim Spangenberg (SERI, Cologne)
Ramon Duran (Ecologistas en Acción, Barcelona)
Pia Paust-Lassen (inEcom, Berlin)
Lučka Kajfež, (School of Biotechnology, University of Ljubljana)
18:00 Final Podium of political Actors : Where do we stand, how do we move and what are our objectives?
Dušan Semolič (President of ZSSS)
Trade Unions: ETUC or AFTUS
Vesna Miloševič (Slovenian Student organisation)
Dominique Plihon (Attac France)
