Programme
Wednesday, April 9th, 2014 at Allianz Forum (Pariser Platz 6, Berlin)
19:00 h:
Official Opening of the Population Europe exhibition
“How to get to 100 – and enjoy it”
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Wolfgang Schoen, Vice President, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Stefan Mueller, MdB, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education
and Research
Prof. James W. Vaupel, PhD, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
19:30 h:
Evening reception with opportunity to meet the “Young Experts”
Impulses:
Ambassador WolfgangIschinger, Chief representative for government relations,
Allianz SE
Cornelia Rogall-Grothe, State Secretary, Federal Ministry of the Interior
Prof. Jutta Allmendinger, PhD, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fuer Sozialforschung
Prof. Axel Boersch-Supan, PhD, Munich Center for the Economics of Aging
Thursday, April 10th, 2014 at the ESMT (Schlossplatz 1, Berlin)
10:30 h:
Welcome address by Prof. Joerg Rocholl, PhD, President und EY Chair
in Governance and Compliance, ESMT European School of Management and
Technology
10:45 h:
Opening of the 3rd Berlin Demography Forum: Michael Diekmann, CEO, Allianz SE
11:00 h:
Keynote address: Manuela Schwesig, Federal Minister for Family, Seniors, Women
and Youth Affairs
11:20 h:
Discussion
11:40 h:
International Scientific Panel
Demographic Change as a Global Challenge
Opening statement: Prof. Dr. Ursula M. Staudinger, Director of the Columbia
Aging Center, Columbia University, New York
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Francesco Billari, University of Oxford
Prof. Dr. Banu Akadli Ergoecmen, Head of Institute of Population Studies,
Hacettepe University, Ankara
Prof. Dr. Gian Carlo Blangiardo, Department of Statistics and Quantitative
Methods, Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, Vatican
Alexandre Kalache, PhD, President, International Longevity Centre, Brazil
Byongho Tchoe, PhD, President, KIHASA Korea Institute for Health and Social
Affairs, Seoul
13:00 h:
Flying Lunch
14:00 h:
Young Experts Panels
Introduction: Dr. Mark Speich, Managing Director Vodafone Stiftung Deutschland
1. Panel: Sustainability and Integration
Ali Bargu DE, Ellen von den Driesch DE, Martina Lizarazo DE, Ralina Panova BG
andFaruk Tuncer DE discussing with Prof. Dr. Rita Suessmuth, retired President
of the German Federal Parliament
2. Panel: Equality
Anastasie Dutel FR, Mi-Seon Kim KR, Monika Kokstaite LT and Junayd Mahmood
US discussing with Prof. Dr. Elsa Fornero, Università di Torino and former Italian
Minister
15:30 h:
Break
16:00 h:
Berlin Panel
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Martin Seeleib-Kaiser, Oxford University
Part 1: Where do we stand in Germany?
Prof. Dr. Renate Koecher, Managing Director, Institut für Demoskopie Allensbach
Prof. Dr. Tilman Mayer, President, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Demographie e.V.
Prof. Dr. Norbert Schneider, Director, Bundesinstitut für Bevoelkerungsforschung,
Wiesbaden
17:00 h:
Part 2: Ethical questions
Dr. Dr. h.c. Markus Droege, Bishop, Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg
Prof. Dr. Andreas Suchanek, Wittenberg Center for Global Ethics
17:30 h:
Political conclusions: Pre-Dinner Speech
Dr. Gregor Gysi, Die Linke, Chairperson of parliamentary group
18:00 h:
Evening Reception
Friday, April 11th, 2014
08:00 h:
Breakfast for speakers and BDF advisory board
08:30 h:
Interactive Executive Panel Trust and Solidarity and plenum discussion
Introduction and Moderator: Prof. Dr. Anne Gauthier, Netherlands Interdisciplinary
Demographic Institute, The Hague
Statement: Mike McGavick, CEO of XL Insurance Group, and Chairman, The Geneva
Association
M. Michele Burns, Stanford Longevity Center, and Marsh & McLennan
Companies
Nur Ger, Board of Turkish Industry Association TÜSIAD Gender Equality Working
Group, Istanbul
Timothy Ma, JP, City University of Hong Kong
Prof. José Marcos Pinto da Cunha, Institute for Population Research (Nepo), Brazil
10:30 h:
Break
11:00 h:
Government Statements onInternational Demography Policies
Demography Policies in China
Dan He, Director-General, National Health and Family Planning Commission,
China
Demography Policies in Germany
Dr. Guenter Krings, MdB, Parliamentary state secretary, Federal Ministry of the
Interior, Germany
Moderator: Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger, Chief representative for government
relations, Allianz SE
12:00 h:
Concluding remarks by the conference chairmen, ambassador Wolfgang
Ischinger, Allianz SE, and Prof. JoergRocholl, PhD, President ESMT
Farewell Lunch Buffet
Seated Lunch for Government officials
Organizational matters:
Venue: The evening event on April 9 will take place at the Allianz Forum at Pariser Platz, the
program on April 10/11 at the ESMT European School of Management and Technology at
Schlossplatz 1 in Berlin.
Entrance: A BDF invitation and online registration are required.
Languages: All sessions will be simultaneously translated into German and English.
Costs: The Berlin Demography Forum (BDF) as an NGO cannot cover participants’ expenses.