«The Future of the Welfare State»



12th Dialogue on Science,
October 15 to 17, 2013

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08:00

Teaser

Prof. Dr. h.c. Jürg Krummenacher

09:00

Registration of Participants

09:15

Interviews with participants

Participants of the conference

10:15

Opening of the Conference

Hans Groth

President of the Foundation

11:00

Chair: Hans Groth

Welfare States in Times of Globalization

Gerhard Bäcker

University Duisburg-Essen

11:45

Chair: Hans Groth

Solidarity and/or egality. How fair can the welfare state be?

Georg Kohler

University Zurich

12:40

Lunch

14:00

Chair: Jürg Krummenacher

From the Working Class Issue to Welfare State: a short Review

Brigitte Studer

University Bern

14:45

Chair: Jürg Krummenacher

Comparison of Welfare States

Josef Schmid

University of Tübingen

15:30

Break

16:00

Chair: Jürg Krummenacher

Do We Really Need Welfare States?

Franz-Xaver Kaufmann

University Bielefeld

16:45

Chair: Jürg Krummenacher

Why Equality is Better for Everyone 

Richard Wilkinson

University of Nottingham

18:30

Dinner

20:00

Chair: Dominik Galliker

Public Evening (in German): What are the Limits of the Welfare State?

Participants

22:00

Nightcap

06:30

Morning Activity “In the Spirit of the Location”

08:30

Chair: Jürg Krummenacher

No “European Social Model” or Welfare State Without Labour ? Future Alternatives for Sustainable Welfare Societies

Bernd Marin

European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, Vienna

09:15

Chair: Jürg Krummenacher

Poverty despite of Wealth 

Ueli Mäder

University Basel

10:00

Break

10:30

Chair: Jürg Krummenacher

Intergenerational Relationships – Developments and Socio-Political Challenges

François Höpflinger

University Zürich

11:15

Chair: Jürg Krummenacher

Conditions for Welfare Production in Families

Heidi Stutz

Center for Labor and Social Policy Studies BASS

12:15

Chair: Jürg Krummenacher

The Welfare State on the international Perspective

Ewa Björling

Minister of Trade, Stockholm

12:45

Lunch

14:00

Chair: Rainer Egloff

Plenary discussion with a group of young Scientists

Young Scientists from France, Greece, Sweden and Switzerland 

15:30

Chair: Rainer Egloff

Presentations

Young studens

17:15

Evening Event on the Titlis

06:30

Morning Activity “In the Spirit of the Location”

08:30

Chair: Jürg Krummenacher

The Market Economy of the 21st century

Heiner Flassbeck

UNCTAD, Geneva

09:15

Chair: Jürg Krummenacher

Investing in Education: Early Childhood (Poverty-) Prevention

Margrit Stamm

University Fribourg

10:00

Break

10:30

Chair: Jürg Krummenacher

Demographical Development and its Consequences

Jürg Krummenacher

Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts

11:15

Chair: Jürg Krummenacher

Challenges for the Swiss Welfare State 

Jürg Brechbühl

Director of the Federal Social Insurance Office

12:30

Closing remarks and Outlook

Hans Groth

President of the Foundation

12:45

Farewell-Lunch

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