EUROPE ACADEMY - CESI's Research and Further Training Centre
Programme 2007
Symposium I
Symposium II
Symposium III
Symposium I: The future of old-age pension schemes
Berlin, 26.-28.02.2007
Venue: dbb forum, Friedrichstr. 169/170, 10117 Berlin
Monday, 26 February 2007
Until 17:30: Arrival
From 17:30 until 19:00: Registration in hotel
19:30: Welcome by Europe Academy President Peter HEESEN
Dinner
Tuesday, 27 February 2007
From 08:30: Registration continues in dbb forum
09:15: Introductory remarks
Christoph VONDENHOFF
Europe Academy Director
09:20: Address
Peter HEESEN
Europe Academy President
09:50: Welcome
Valerio SALVATORE
CESI President
10:00: Speech
"Demographic Change and old-age provision"
Franz MÜNTEFERING
Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs
10:30: Speech
Johann HAHLEN
State Secretary, Federal Ministry of the Interior
11:00: Presentation
"Poverty in old-age – A burden and challenge for the European Social System"
Gert G. WAGNER
German Evangelical Church, Technical University of Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research
11:30: Coffee break
11:45: Presentation
"Developments in old-age pension schemes in Europe" 
Winfried SCHMÄHL
Bremen University
12:30: Discussion
13:00: Lunch
14:30: Presentations
"A comparison of old-age pension schemes"
Germany
Christoph SCHNELL
Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund
Poland
Edmund SZYNAKA
Forum Zwiazków Zawodowych
Denmark
John HANSEN
Frie Funktionærer
16:00: Coffee break
16:15: Continuation
Netherlands
Jan KOEMAN
Dutch Ministry for Employment and Social Affairs
17:00: Discussion
17:15: Presentation
"Old-age pensions and fairness to the generations"
Ralf BRAUKSIEPE
Member of the Bundestag, Chairman of the CDU/CSU Working group "Employment and Social Affairs" in the Bundestag
18:00: Joint conclusion
18:30: End of the first day of the meeting
19:30: Dinner
Wednesday, 28 February 2007
09:00: Beginning of the second day of the meeting
Technical remarks by the Academy Director
11:15: Presentation
"The future of old-age pension schemes in Europe - a perspective of the European Commission"
Ruth PASERMAN
European Commission
09:30: Forum
"No children – small pension – a case for a child-oriented pension?"
Participants:
Klaus DAUDERSTÄDT
National Chairman of the Gewerkschaft der Sozialversicherung (GdS)
Eva MÄDJE
Alliance 90/The Greens Bundestag group
Dagmar NELLESSEN-STRAUCH
German Bishops' Conference
Jürgen BORCHERT
Social Court of Hesse
Panel chaired by: Alex JAKUBOWSKI, ARD Hauptstadtstudio
11:00: Coffee break
11:15: Presentation
"Private old-age pensions for the public service?"
Christian CHAPUIS
President of PREFON
11:45: Concluding discussion - Summary
12:00: Closing remarks
Peter HEESEN
President of the Europe Academy
12:30: Lunch and departure
This event is being financially supported by the European Commission.
Last update: 15-03-2007 -