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PES Fair Growth conference: Jeffrey Sachs, UN economist

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Date

12 Oct 2017

Address

Polakzaal, Résidence Palace

Rue de la Loi

1040 Brussels

Belgium

Links

Registration

Section

Social Europe & Jobs

Event Location

Brussels

Event Description

Jeffrey Sachs, prominent US economist and senior advisor to the UN, will give the keynote address at the 2017 PES Fair Growth conference under the title 'Reinventing the European economy'.

The forum aims to shape the vision of European Socialists and Democrats on the future of EU fair economic development, progressive strategy on digital economy and sustainable investment.

When

Thursday 12 October, 9h45-16h30

Where

Polakzaal, Résidence Palace

Rue de la Loi, 1040 Brussels

Media facilities

Media area

Interviews by arrangement

High-level speakers include

Jeffrey Sachs, US economist and advisor to the UN
António Costa, prime minister of Portugal (tbc)
Sergei Stanishev, PES president
Nicolas Schmit, Luxembourg minister, chair of PES social & employment ministers network
Ylva Johansson, Sweden minister for employment
Luca Visentini, confederal secretary of ETUC
Susan George, board president, Transnational Institute
Elio di Rupo, leader of PS Belgium
John Crombez, leader of sp.a Belgium
Matthias Fekl, former interior minister, France
Matthias Machnig, state secretary for economic affairs, Germany

For more information, please contact Toby Wardman

toby.wardman@pes.eu, +32 49186 97 48

Growth-Conference-Programme-14-09.pdf

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