Programme in English

Items marked * will be held in Norwegian at the conference. Simoultanous translation to English will be availliable.

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08.30 Coffee and registration

09-00 Plenary session 1a: Government and market – a new political agenda in Europe?
*Welcome
Roar Flåthen, president. The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions

*The Norwegian model – towards a new political agenda?
Jon M. Hippe and Tone Fløtten. Fafo

*An united European reform map?
Jørgen Goul Andersen, professor of sociology. University of Aalborg (Denmark)

*The political challenges
Jonas Gahr Støre, Minister of Foreign Affairs Norway

The political response of organized labor in Europe
John Monks, general secretary. European trade union confederation

11.00 Coffee break

11.25 Plenary session 1b: Financial crisis and the role of politics

*Financial crisis and real economy - new policies or more of the same?
Victor Norman, proffessor of economy. Norwegian school of economics and business administration.

*Welfare state, financial crisis and political alternatives
Kristin Halvorsen, Minister of Finance. Norway

*Do the political steps work? Prepared commentaries
Stein Reegård,The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions, and Tor Steig, chief economist, Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise

* Discussion

13.00 Lunch

14.00-16-00 Paralell sessions

Plenary session 2: Global tracks and solutions – how does the world intervene in Europe?

A new frontier for global finance.
Saskia Sassen, Professor of Sociology. Columbia University

Globalization and the financial crisis – rethinking poverty, distribution and environment?
Sony Kapoor, Executive Director, Re-Define (Rethinking Development, Finance & Environment) - an International Think Tank

*Lasting strategies for the Nordic region and Europe
Joakim Palme, director. Institute for futures studies (Sweden)

* Closing remarks
Jon M. Hippe. Fafo

Parallell sessions 14.00-16.00

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