A roundtable discussion organised by the European Liberal Forum asbl (ELF) in cooperation with Novum Institute. Co-funded by the European Parliament. The European Parliament is not responsible for the content of the programme. The views express are those of the speakers alone. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Liberal Forum asbl.
What are the possible futures for work and workers in Europe? What are the ways to empower more then 9 million freelancers in Europe? How to innovate strategies of active labor market policies to go beyond political discourse and actually support workers needs?
High unemployment in Europe can be described as a consequence of a several factors: economic globalization, financial crisis and technological development. The topic of precarious work is often found on the covers of newspapers but mostly focusing on the problematic situations of freelancers and precarious workers leaving not much room to angle possible solutions and strategies. The aim of ‘The Future of WORKers in Europe” lectures and round table is to foresee some possible future scenarios, how to create/innovate jobs in Europe on the one hand and how to empower the freelancers on micro and macro level. The guest speakers at the conference will be researchers and other experts working on the field of work and employment from several European countries.
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Conference Programme
16:30
Registration
17:10 – 17:40
Key note speech 1
“An economic history of ‘THE JOB”
Karl – Heinz Paqué | Chair of International Economics at the Otto-von-Guericke-University of Magdeburg, former minister of finance of the state of Saxony-Anhalt
17:40 – 18:00
Key note speech 2
“Jobs and social protection in Slovenia”
Martina Trbanc | researcher, Social Protection Institute of Republic of Slovenia
18:00 – 18:10
Key note speech 3
“The value of open coworking platforms”
Eva Perčič | co-founder, Poligon, Slovenia Coworking
18:10- 18:30
Short break
18:30 – 20:00
Panel discussion
“What About the Future of WORKers in Europe?”
20:00 – 22:00
Snack with elderberry syrup and “DJ Freelancer”
The official language of the conference is English.
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