The Berlin Summit 2025
13/June/2025
PLACE
Landgut Stober, Nauen
LANGUAGE
English
The Berlin Summit 2025 – Winning back the future
“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.” What the philosopher Antonio Gramsci wrote in the 1930s about his era is once again true for 2025. But what will the new world look like? What will follow the old one, which was shaped by belief in free markets and globalization? What does an industrial policy look like that anticipates developments instead of merely reacting to crises? What kind of climate policy truly brings people along? And how can globalization be better managed—without trade wars and the abuse of power by Big Tech? These are the questions that leading experts from around the world will explore at the second Berlin Summit, building on last year’s Berlin Declaration: Winning back the future. On June 11 and 12 in smaller, closed sessions, and open to all on June 13—at Landgut Stober on the outskirts of Berlin.
The Berlin Declaration – Making sense of a maturing consensus in times of disorder
A backlash leading to a new paradigm? with THOMAS FRICKE, FORUM NEW ECONOMY, HAROLD JAMES, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, ANDREAS AUDRETSCH, DIE GRÜNEN, NICOLA BRANDT, OECD BERLIN
Winning back the people – Exploring the blind spots with ROBERT GOLD, KIEL INSTITUTE, ANDRÉS VELASCO, LSE, LONDON, CATHERINE FIESCHI, EUI, FLORENCE, CATHRIN MOHR, BONN UNIVERSITY, KATRIN BENNHOLD, THE NEW YORK TIMES
Migration & Democracy – The impact of migration policies on voting behaviour with CHRISTIAN DUSTMANN, UCL, LONDON, NAIKA FOROUTAN, HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY BERLIN, JAKOB SCHWÖRER*, LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY, KATRIN BENNHOLD, THE NEW YORK TIMES
Big Tech and European sovereignty with CECILIA RIKAP, UCL, LONDON, MARION FOURCADE, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, CAROLINA MELCHES, FINANZWENDE RECHERCHE
A world in disruption – Where will it end and lead to? with NANCY QIAN, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, ANATOLE KALETSKY, GAVEKAL, LONDON, JO SWINSON, P4NE, JAMES GALBRAITH, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
How to frame effective industrial policies – Lessons from regions with JAKOB VON WEIZSÄCKER, SAARLAND MINISTER OF FINANCE, ROHAN SANDHU*, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, ELGA BARTSCH, FEDERAL MINISTRY FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS AND ENERGY, GUY LALANNE, OECD PARIS
Modern Climate Policy – Designing a policy mix beyond the fixation on carbon pricing with ISABELLA WEDL, FORUM NEW ECONOMY, and ERIC LONERGAN, CALIBRATE PARTNERS, LONDON; JONAS MECKLING, UC BERKELEY, CATHERINE WOLFRAM, MIT SLOAN, JEAN PISANI-FERRY, SCIENCES PO/BRUEGEL, SEBASTIAN DULLIEN, IMK
All wrong? Lessons from Bidenomics with PAUL PIERSON, UC BERKELEY, TODD TUCKER, ROOSEVELT INSTITUTE, NEW YORK, STEVEN VOGEL, UC BERKELEY, ANKE HASSEL, HERTIE SCHOOL
Addressing the anti-migrant sentiment with IAN GOLDIN, OXFORD UNIVERSITY & SHAHIN VALLÉE, DGAP, BERLIN/PARIS, JAMES ANGELOS, POLITICO
Towards the next financial meltdown? – Learnings from recent crises for the future with PAUL DE GRAUWE, LSE, LONDON & JÉRÔME CREEL, OFCE PARIS; CHAIR: CARLA SUBIRANA ARTUS, THE ECONOMIST
A talk on Common Efforts – The Berlin Declaration & The London Consensus with ANDRÉS VELASCO, LSE and THOMAS FRICKE
BREAKOUT SESSIONS: The economics of populism; Case studies on industrial policy; Deep dive into the London Consensus
9:30
ARRIVAL: MEET & MINGLE OVER COFFEE
10:00
Towards a New Order
Who will now work it out?
Keynote: ADAM TOOZE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
Addressing the German challenge – How to overcome the China shock and others
with SERVAAS STORM, TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY DELFT, BRAD W. SETSER, COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, WASHINGTON, MARGHERITA RUSSO, UNIMORE MODENA, DALIA MARIN, TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY MUNICH, CHAIR: FELIX LEE, SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG
11:45
Leaving German austerity behind – a new fiscal age for Europe?
with JÉRÔME CREEL, OFCE, PARIS, NACHO ALVAREZ, AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MADRID, HOLGER SCHMIEDING, BERENBERG; CHAIR: CECILE BOUTELET, LE MONDE
13:00
LUNCH BREAK
14:00
From trade war to a new cooperative global governance?
with GUY LALANNE, OECD PARIS, NANCY QIAN, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, THIEMO FETZER, UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK, THOMAS FRICKE, FORUM NEW ECONOMY
15:00
A message from America
ISABELLA WEBER, UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST
15:15
BREAK
15:30
From the Berlin Declaration to practice
GALLERY OF IDEAS / HIGHLIGHTS FROM SUMMIT ROUND-TABLES / EXPOSITION OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT
16:15
Designing a new economic framework
KEYNOTE JAMES GALBRAITH, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
in talk with MAJA GÖPEL, MISSION WERTVOLL, BERLIN; CHAIR: JAY POCKLINGTON, YSI/INET