At the crossroads of new EU elections, serious social disruptions, strained public resources, the timing to discuss openly about the Future of the Welfare in Europe is more than ever opportune.

With the participation of the European Commission, World Bank, and high-level Academia personalities, the event will try to shed light on how to generate and drive change in the design and management of Welfare policies in this complex environment through a multidisciplinary overview of innovative approaches, methods and tools.

The event wants to be an opportunity to go through the following discussion points:

-          More Protective Europe: reinforcing the social dimension through education, skills and innovation

-          A redefined Welfare state model for a more inclusive society

-          Enabling the transition: Investment, ICT, Employment and labour policies, Financing

A special attention will be given to the potential of digital technologies to disrupt the delivery of social and human services, in order to assess their ability to contribute to the creation of a more inclusive and participated socio-economic system.

AGENDA

 9:30 - 10:00

Welcome coffee

10:00 – 10:15

Opening. Welfare policies in the age of complexity and uncertainty: the importance of driving change

Pier Luigi Verbo: Partner, KPMG Italy, Head of Government and Public Sector

10:15 – 11:30

Ideas and Insights for the development of new policies and service models

Gianluca Misuraca - Joint Research Center - panel moderator

Ana Carla Pereira, Head of Unit at the Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion

Bea Cantillon, Professor of Social Policy at Antwerp University

Giulio Pasi, Scientific Officer & Policy Advisor at the Joint Research Center

Christian Bodewig, Program Manager, Southern Europe, World Bank

Agnes Hubert – Professor and European expert on gender policy making

Pier Luigi Verbo: Partner, KPMG Italy, Head of Government and Public Sector

11:30 – 12:30

Round table discussion with the audience-  Question time session

12:30 – 12:35

Closing remarks by Gianluca Misuraca, JRC

 12:35 - 14:00

Networking session