ifo Annual Meeting 2019
Great Hall of the Munich Ludwig Maximilian University
70th anniversary of the Social Market Economy - what will be the future of our economic order?
The ifo Institute celebrates its 70th anniversary in 2019. However, the Annual Meeting 2019 focused on the future. What demands will business and politics make on a modern economic order tomorrow? The Vice President of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU), Martin Wirsing, welcomed the guests in the Great Hall of the LMU. After a short film about the history of the ifo Institute, ifo President Clemens Fuest outlined the new challenges the future holds for the Social Market Economy and what the ifo Institute can contribute.
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Chairwoman of the German CDU, highlighted new framework conditions and possible solutions from the perspective of federal politics. In a panel discussion chaired by business journalist Ursula Weidenfeld, lively discussions continued. Participants included Oliver Falck, Director of the ifo Center for Industrial Organization and New Technologies, Hans J. Langer, CEO & Chairman of the EOS GROUP, Karen Pittel, Director of the ifo Center for Energy, Climate, and Resources, Ralf Stegner, Deputy Chairman of the SPD, and Jens Weidmann, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank as a virtual panelist.
Ursula Weidenfeld
Ralf Stegner
Ralf Stegner
Hans J. Langer
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Videobeitrag von Jens Weidmann
Karen Pittel
Clemens Fuest
Oliver Falck
Program
| 10:00 a.m. | Welcome Prof. Martin Wirsing Vice President of the University of Munich (LMU) Prof. Clemens Fuest President of the ifo Institute |
| 10:40 a.m. | Keynote Lecture Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer Chairwoman of the CDU Germany |
| 11:20 a.m. | Panel discussion Prof. Dr. Oliver Falck Head of the ifo Center for Industrial Organization and New Technologies Dr. Hans J. Langer Leiter des ifo Zentrums für Makroökonomik und Befragungen Prof. Dr. Andreas Peichl CEO & Chairman EOS GROUP Prof. Dr. Karen Pittel Head of the ifo Center for Energy, Climate and Resources Dr. Ralf Stegner Vice-Chairman of the SPD Chair: Dr. Ursula Weidenfeld, journalist |
| 1:00 p.m. | Reception |
Conference Report
70. Jahresversammlung des ifo Instituts: 70 Jahre Soziale Marktwirtschaft – welche Zukunft hat unsere Wirtschaftsordnung?
ifo Institut, München, 2019
ifo Schnelldienst, 2019, 72, Nr. 11, 03-22
