58th Annual Meeting of the Ifo Institute
ifo Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, München, 2007
ifo Schnelldienst, 2007, 60, Nr. 12, 03-04
The fifty-eighth annual meeting of the Ifo Institute took place in LMU's Grosse Aula on 25 June 2007. The participants, including numerous representatives of member firms of the Ifo Institute and representatives of Bavarian and federal ministries, were offered an interesting programme. After greetings by the rector of the university, Prof. Bernd Huber, Prof. Hans-Werner Sinn presented the latest Ifo economic forecast. Part of his presentation was devoted to a minimum income or a minimum wage. Federal Minister of Finance Peer Steinbrück gave the featured presentation: "Fiscal and Economic Policy of the Federal Government - The Reform Agenda for Germany". The event concluded with a further highpoint: a podium discussion on: "Upheaval in the World Economy: What Chances has Germany as a Location for Innovation and Production?" Participants in the discussion, along with Prof. Sinn, were Prof. Roland Berger, Chairman Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, Dr. Manfred Bischoff, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of DaimlerChrysler AG, and Klaus Regling, Director General of GD ECFIN, European Commission. The discussion was chaired by Klaus Methfessel, Deputy Chief Editor of WirtschaftsWoche. The statement of Klaus Regling and the Ifo Economic Forecast are published in this issue. The statement of Roland Berger and the presentation of Minister Steinbrück will appear in the next issue of ifo Schnelldienst.