Economic policy in an unstable environment

Programm

Thursday, 27.10.2022,

10:00 - 10:10   Welcome addresses/ Begrüßung

Prof. Mariusz Próchniak, Dean of the Collegium of World Economy at SGH

Prof. Marzenna Weresa, Director of the World Economy Research Institute

David Gregosz, Director of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Poland

Andreas Böger, Vice President of the Management Board & Chief Financial Officer mBank S.A

Prof. Jürgen Wandel, Head of the German Economy Research Department and Polish-German Academic Forum at SGH

10:10 – 11:10  Key Note & Discussion / Key Note Vortrag & Diskussion
(in German, open for German-speaking students of SGH)

Moderation: Prof. Jürgen Wandel, SGH Warsaw School of Economics

Wirtschaftliche Entwicklung in Europa seit der Pandemie und den Auswirkungen eines Gasembargos

Dr. Thomas Obst, IW Köln, German Economic Institute Cologne

11:10 – 11:20  Break

11:20 – 12:20  Session 1: War, Trade and Energy Crisis – an Economic Policy turning point? (in English)

Moderation: Dr. Jan Cernicky, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung

Effects of War in Ukraine on the Polish Economy
Prof. Sebastian Skuza, University of Warsaw & Secretary of State Ministry of Finance Poland

Trade with Autocracies: Perspectives for the EU
Prof. Thomas Apolte, Universität Münster

Energy Policy Piotr Arak, Polish Economic Institute

12:20 – 12:40  Coffee Break

12:40 – 13:40  Session 2: Inflation, Monetary Policy and Banking Sector (Part I) (in English)

Moderation: Dr. Waldemar Milewicz, SGH Warsaw School of Economics

Monetary policy effects on banking activities in Poland
Andreas Böger , CFO mBank

European Banking Union and German Preferences
Prof. Sebastian Płóciennik, Vistula University & Centre for Eastern Studies

Greening Central Bank Policies: Euro Area versus CEE-3
Prof. Uwe Vollmer, Leipzig University

13:40 – 14:10  Lunch Break

14:10 – 15:10  Session 2: Inflation, Monetary Policy and Banking Sector (Part II) (in English)

Moderation: Dr. Katarzyna Kaminska, SGH Warsaw School of Economics

Inflation and Money
Prof. Krzysztof Kalicki, Kozminski University

Where does inflation come from and how do we combat it?
Prof. Michał Brzoza – Brzezina, SGH Warsaw School of Economics

The impact of the Covid 19 pandemic on Polish and German banking sectors - a comparative analysis
Prof. Eugeniusz Gostomski & Prof. Adam Barembruch, Wyższa Szkoła Bankowa w Gdańsku

15:10- 15:20    Break

15:20 – 16:35  Session 3: Sector-specific economic developments (in English)

Moderation: Prof. Andreas Bielig, SGH Warsaw School of Economics

Priorities of German and European digital policy in times of economic crisis Tankred Schipanski, former Member of German Bundestag, Digital Policy Spokesman of CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group

Small and medium-sized enterprises in trans-border digital trade - opportunities and threats Prof. Elżbieta Czarny, SGH Warsaw School of Economics

The Strategic Behavior of Private Sector Economic Forecasters in Boom and Bust Katharina Köppl, Goethe-University Frankfurt

Government support programs for local government. Case of Poland
Dr. Adam Jarosz, SGH Warsaw School of Economics

16:35               End