13.05.2024

WIFO Economic Talks: Competitiveness under New Framework Conditions

Register Now for the Discussion Event on 4 June 2024
Following the General Assembly of the Austrian Institute of Economic Research, the WIFO Economic Talks with Gabriel Felbermayr, Elisabeth Christen, Renate Anderl and Harald Mahrer will take place on 4 June 2024 from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m.

Register now

Tuesday, 4 June 2024, 3:30 p.m.
WIFO, Großer Sitzungssaal
(Arsenal Objekt 20, 1030 Vienna)

Registration deadline: 27 May 2024 (first come, first serve).

Programme

3:30 p.m.: Too expensive, too slow, too old – how do we preserve our prosperity?
Gabriel Felbermayr – WIFO Director

3:40 p.m.: New instruments for a defensive foreign trade policy
Elisabeth Christen – WIFO economist

3:50 p.m.: Panel discussion: Competitiveness under new framework conditions?
(followed by an audience discussion)

Renate Anderl – President of the Vienna Chamber of Labour and the Federal Chamber of Labour, Vice President of WIFO
Harald Mahrer – President of the Austrian Economic Chamber, President of WIFO
Gabriel Felbermayr – WIFO Director

Moderation: Agnes Kügler – WIFO economist

5:00 p.m.: End

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