Berlin School of Economics Kick-Off
We cordially invite you to the opening ceremony for the Berlin School of Economics, with a keynote lecture by Nobel Laureate Jean Tirole. From this date onwards, the BSE will unite Berlin's career development programs in the economic sciences at the PhD and Postdoc level in a single and unique structure.
Please register here before 17 September 2019.
Agenda
| 16:30 | Arrival | |
| 17:00 | Music: German Gents | |
| 17:05 | Sabine Kunst, President of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Andreas Löffler, Dean of the School of Business & Economics, Freie Universität Berlin Frank Nägele, State Secretary for the Berlin State Senate | |
| 17:20 | Keynote: Jean Tirole (Toulouse School of Economics) „Public Policy in the Age of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence“ Chair: Roland Strausz (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) | |
| 18:00 | Discussants: Özlem Bedre-Defolie (ESMT Berlin), Maximilian Schäfer (DIW Berlin) | |
| 18:15 | Music: German Gents | |
| 18:20 | Panel Discussion: „Public Policy for a Digital Economy“ Speakers: Jean Tirole (Toulouse School of Economics), Johannes Keienburg (IONIQ Group), Heike Schweitzer (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin & Special Advisor to EU Commissioner Vestager) Moderation: Anna Sauerbrey (Tagesspiegel) | |
| 19:00 | Reception |
You can also find the agenda and invitation as a PDF here.