Welcome Address & Opening Keynote Session
DATE: 16th of June 2020
TIME: 2:00pm – 3:30pm (CEST)
Inspire Talks
What’s at Stake: Progressive Visions for a Post-Covid Future
The opening address of our Progressive Governance Digital Summit 2020. Our panelists will lay out what is at stake for our four main conference themes:
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Transformation
Creating
a sustainable recovery & just transition agenda
Renewing the parameters of innovative, carbon-neutral, digital and globalised economies that foster welfare, social equity and social mobility
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Democracy
Winning
the struggle
for liberal democracy
Rebalancing the responsibilities between the state and society with the aim of empowering civil society, promoting social cohesion and innovating the democratic system
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Leadership
Building
strategies & capacities for progressives to govern
Imagining a narrative for an inclusive vision of the future, winning the public argument and developing strategies for progressives to govern
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Europe+
Making
a progressive case for Europe & new multilateralism
Keeping Europe and its friends close together, whilst shaping values and institutions in times of geopolitical shifts