{"id":3678,"title":"GED @ &#8230; the European Forum Alpbach","link":"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/de\/globalization\/upcoming-ged-the-european-forum-alpbach\/","date":"1. September 2015","date_unix":1441106341,"date_modified_unix":1644496153,"date_iso":"2015-09-01T11:19:01+00:00","content":"<figure id=\"attachment_3697\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3697\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2015\/08\/20140824-1540-PLN_0738-Philipp-Naderer.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\u00d6ffnet in einem neuen Tab\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full_grid_size wp-image-3697\" src=\"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2015\/08\/20140824-1540-PLN_0738-Philipp-Naderer-780x439.jpg\" alt=\"picture by Philipp Naderer\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3697\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">picture by Philipp Naderer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alpbach.org\/en\/event\/political-symposium\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\u00d6ffnet in einem neuen Tab\" >Political Symposium<\/a> of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alpbach.org\/en\/forum\/european-forum-alpbach-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\u00d6ffnet in einem neuen Tab\" >European Forum Alpbach<\/a>, taking place from August 30<sup>th<\/sup> to September 1<sup>st<\/sup> , takes on the question of <strong>how much inequality Europe can bear<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In twenty interactive breakout sessions participants will debate about various topics concerning the impact of inequality on democracy, European integration, and sustainability in order to suggest possibilities for improvement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The <strong>GED team<\/strong> organizes one of the <strong>sessions<\/strong> having the theme \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alpbach.org\/en\/session\/breakout-session-16-wie-kann-man-ttip-zum-vorteil-aller-gestallten-der-weg-zu-einer-gerechten-welthandelsordnung\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\u00d6ffnet in einem neuen Tab\" ><strong>How to make TTIP inclusive for all? Towards a fair world trade order<\/strong><\/a>\u201d. An animated discussion is expected, covering possible impacts of TTIP on third countries as well as solutions in order to turning TTIP beneficial for all countries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Among the top-class panellists are <strong>Christian Burgsm\u00fcller<\/strong>, Expert de Cabinet of the Cabinet of Commissioner Cecilia Malmstr\u00f6m &#8211; Trade, <strong>Stefan Kapferer, <\/strong>Deputy Secretary General of the OECD and last but not least the chief economist of the WTO <strong>Robert Koopman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">It will be a session of lively debate with hopefully some real solutions at the end.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The GED team will follow the event live on its <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GED_Tweet\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\u00d6ffnet in einem neuen Tab\" ><strong>twitter channel<\/strong><\/a> on <strong>Monday 31<sup>st<\/sup><\/strong> so make sure to not miss any updates and information of the exciting session!<\/p>\n","excerpt":"<p>The GED team chairs a session at the political Symposium of the European Forum Alpbach 2015 on August 30th!<\/p>\n","thumbnail":null,"thumbnailsquare":null,"authors":[],"categories":[{"id":152,"name":"Globalization","link":"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/category\/globalization\/"}],"tags":[{"id":153,"name":"Events","link":"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/tag\/events\/"}]}