16 to 18 May 2022

Schedule

Simultaneous English-German translations will be available. Learn more about other panellists here.

Berlin Demography Forum

Monday, 16 May 2022

12:00 to 12:15: Welcome Session

12:15 to 13:15: Younger People’s Voice in Politics

  • Keynote: Wolfgang Schröer, University of Hildesheim, Institute for Social and Organization Pedagogy, Managing Director and Professor, Hildesheim, Germany
  • Discussant: Jörn Thießen, Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community, Head of Department, Berlin, Germany
  • Discussant: Clara Föller, Young European Federalists Germany, President, Berlin, Germany
  • Moderator: Andreas Edel, Population Europe, Executive Secretary / Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Research Scientist, Berlin, Germany

13:30 to 14:30: Attitudes, Aspirations and Crisis Resilience

  • Keynote: Jörg Tremmel, Institute for Political Science, Professor, Tübingen, Germany
  • Discussant: Doreen Siebernik, German Education Union, Member of the Managing Board, Berlin, Germany
  • Moderator: Jens Pothmann, German Youth Institute, Head of the Department Youth and Youth Services, Munich / Halle a.d. Saale, Germany

14:45 to 15:45: Younger People and the Life Course

  • Keynote: Klaus Hurrelmann, Hertie School, Professor of Public Health and Education, Berlin, Germany
  • Discussant: Georg Pirker, Association of German Educational Organizations, Berlin, Germany
  • Discussant: Susanne Keuchel, German Federation for Arts Education, Chairwoman, Remscheid & Berlin, Germany
  • Moderator: Andreas Edel, Population Europe, Executive Secretary / Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Research Scientist, Berlin, Germany

16:00 to 17:00: Policies Supporting Younger People

  • Keynote: Birgit Reißig, German Youth Institute, Head of the Research Unit “Youth Transitions”, Munich & Halle a.d. Saale, Germany
  • Discussant: Karin Böllert, Child and Youth Welfare Association, Chairwomen, Berlin, Germany
  • Discussant: Sabine Schutter, SOS Children’s Villages, President, Munich, Germany
  • Moderator: Monika Queisser, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Head of Social Policy Division / Leiterin der Abteilung Sozialpolitik, Paris, France

Hybrid Evening Event

Monday, 16 May 2022

17:30: In-Person Registration

18:00 to 18:15: Welcome Session

  • Lisa Paus, German Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, Berlin, Germany
  • Juliane Seifert, State Secretary, German Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community, Berlin, Germany
  • Ulrich Lilie, Diakonie Deutschland, President, Berlin, Germany
  • Andreas Edel, Population Europe, Executive Secretary / Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Research Scientist, Berlin / Rostock, Germany

18:15 to 19:45: Public Debate

  • Dubravka Šuica, European Commission Vice President for Democracy and Demography, Brussels, Belgium
  • C. Katharina Spieß, Director, Federal Institute for Population Research, Wiesbaden, Germany
  • Sabine Walper, Director, German Youth Institute, Munich, Germany
  • School students from Austria, Czechia, Germany, France and Poland
  • Moderation: Susanne Höb, Population Europe, Berlin, Germany

19:45 to 20:00: Prize Ceremony for the European Demographer Award

  • Laudation: Helga De Valk, President of the European Association for Population Studies, Director of the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute, The Hague, Netherlands
  • Award Ceremony: Dubravka Šuica, European Commission Vice President for Democracy and Demography, Brussels, Belgium

20:00 to 21:00: Reception

European Demography Forum

Tuesday, 17 May 2022

13:00 to 13:15: Welcome Session

  • Andreas Edel, Population Europe, Executive Secretary / Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Research Scientist, Berlin / Rostock, Germany
  • Nico van Nimwegen, European Association for Population Studies, Executive Director / International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, Secretary General, The Hague, The Netherlands
  • Christian Oelschlägel, Diakonie Deutschland, Personal Advisor to the President, Berlin, Germany

13:15 to 14:15: Younger People’s Voice in Politics

  • Keynote: Miriam Allam, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Deputy Head of the Governance Reviews and Partnership Division in the Public Governance Directorate, Paris, France
  • Discussant: Janis Fifka, European Youth Parliament, Member of the Governing Body, Berlin, Germany
  • Moderator: Daniela Vono de Vilhena, Population Europe, Deputy Executive Secretary / Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Research Scientist, Berlin / Rostock, Germany

14:30 to 15:30: Attitudes, Aspirations and Crisis Resilience

  • Keynote: Ingrid Schoon, University College London, Professor of Human Development and Social Policy, London, United Kingdom / Berlin Social Science Centre, Berlin, Germany
  • Discussant: Olli Holmstrom, Eurodiaconia, Chairperson of the Supervisory Board, Brussels, Belgium
  • Discussant: Tanya Basarab, Council of Europe / Europarat, EU-CoE Youth Partnership, Brussels, Belgium
  • Moderator: Shunta Takino, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Directorate of Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, Policy analyst, member of the Young Associates Programme 2019-2021, Paris, France

15:45 to 16:45: Younger People and the Life Course

  • Keynote: Trude Lappegård, University of Oslo, Professor of Sociology, Oslo, Norway
  • Discussant: Dan Moxon, People, Dialogue and Change, Director, Macclesfield, United Kingdom
  • Discussant: Ivailo Kalfin, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound), Executive Director, Dublin, Ireland
  • Moderator: Daniela Vono de Vilhena, Population Europe, Deputy Executive Secretary / Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Research Scientist, Berlin / Rostock, Germany

17:00 to 18:00: Policies Supporting Younger People

  • Keynote: Veerle Miranda, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Senior Economist, Paris, France
  • Discussant: Sebastian Gonzalez Hajdu, European Committee of the Regions, Administrator in charge of Youth, Social Economy and Education policies, Brussels, Belgium
  • Discussant: Antonio Ranieri, European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, Head of Department for VET and Skills, Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Moderator: Ruth Santos-Brien, Inner City Fund (ICF), Director, Public Policy, London, United Kingdom

Global Demography Forum

Wednesday, 18 May 2022

13:00 to 13:15: Welcome Session

  • Andreas Edel, Population Europe, Executive Secretary / Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Research Scientist, Berlin / Rostock, Germany
  • Nico van Nimwegen, European Association for Population Studies, Executive Director / International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, Secretary General, The Hague, The Netherlands
  • Christian Oelschlägel, Diakonie Deutschland, Personal Advisor to the President, Berlin, Germany

13:15 to 14:15: Younger People’s Voice in Politics

  • Keynote: Jennifer Dabbs Sciubba, Stanley J. Buckman Professor of International Studies, Rhodes College, Memphis, United States
  • Discussant: Stuart Gietel-Basten, The Hongkong University of Science & Technology, Professor of Social Science and Public Policy, Hongkong, China
  • Moderator: Rintaro Mori, Regional Adviser for Population Ageing and Sustainable Development, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Asia Pacific Regional Office, Bangkok, Thailand / Kyoto University, Graduate School of Medicine, Professor, Kyoto Japan

14:30 to 15:30: Attitudes, Aspirations and Crisis Resilience

  • Keynote: Shireen Jejeebhoy, Aksha Centre for Equity and Wellbeing, Director, Mumbai, India
  • Discussant: Lorence Kabasele, African Youth and Adolescents Network (AfriYAN) for Eastern and Southern Africa, President, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Discussant: Katarina Vuckovic, Institute for Youth Development KULT, Head of Department for Youth Work, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Moderator: Nico van Nimwegen, European Association for Population Studies, Executive Director / International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, Secretary General, The Hague, The Netherlands

15:45 to 16:45: Younger People and the Life Course

  • Keynote: Nkechi S. Owoo, University of Ghana, Department of Economics, Senior Lecturer, Accra, Ghana
  • Discussant: Joice Melo Vieira, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Department of Demography, Professor, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Moderator: Daniela Vono de Vilhena, Population Europe, Deputy Executive Secretary / Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Research Scientist, Berlin / Rostock, Germany

17:00 to 18:00: Policies Supporting Younger People

  • Keynote: Akanni Ibukun Akinyemi, Obafemi Awolowo University, Professor of Demography and Social Statistics, Ile Ife, Nigeria
  • Discussant: Mathieu Brossard, United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), Office of Research – Innocenti, READ (Research on Education And Development), Chief, Florence, Italy
  • Discussant: O’Neall Massamba, World Bank, World Bank Youth Summit 2022, Washington, D.C., USA
  • Moderator: Christian Oelschlägel, Diakonie Deutschland, Personal Advisor to the President, Berlin, Germany