Monday, 16 May 2022 - Wednesday 18 May 2022
What motivates younger people and what are their future prospects in an ageing society? Over 50 international experts from the fields of politics, science and society will discuss with you the topic in the contexts of Germany, Europe and worldwide.
The Berlin Demography Days will be held online and in the afternoon, so you can participate from anywhere in the world. The opening event at the WissenschaftsForum Berlin at the Gendarmenmarkt will take place live. The prestigious European Demographer Awards will also be presented at this event.
Monday, 16 May 2022
Berlin Demography Forum
12:00 - 12:15 | Welcome Session
12:15 - 13:15 | Younger People’s Voice in Politics
Keynote: Wolfgang Schröer, University of Hildesheim, Institute for Social and Organization Pedagogy, Managing Director and Professor, Hildesheim, Germany
Discussant: Jörn Thießen, Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community, Head of Department, Berlin, Germany
Discussant: Clara Föller, Young European Federalists Germany, President, Berlin, Germany
Moderator: Andreas Edel, Population Europe, Executive Secretary / Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Research Scientist, Berlin, Germany
13:30 - 14:30 | Attitudes, Aspirations and Crisis Resilience
Keynote: Jörg Tremmel, Institute for Political Science, Professor, Tübingen, Germany
Discussant: Doreen Siebernik, German Education Union, Member of the Managing Board, Berlin, Germany
Moderator: Jens Pothmann, German Youth Institute, Head of the Department Youth and Youth Services, Munich / Halle a.d. Saale, Germany
14:45 - 15:45 | Younger People and the Life Course
Keynote: Klaus Hurrelmann, Hertie School, Professor of Public Health and Education, Berlin, Germany
Discussant: Georg Pirker, Association of German Educational Organizations, Berlin, Germany
Discussant: Susanne Keuchel, German Federation for Arts Education, Chairwoman, Remscheid & Berlin, Germany
Moderator: Andreas Edel, Population Europe, Executive Secretary / Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Research Scientist, Berlin, Germany
16:00 - 17:00 | Policies Supporting Younger People
Keynote: Birgit Reißig, German Youth Institute, Head of the Research Unit “Youth Transitions”, Munich & Halle a.d. Saale, Germany
Discussant: Karin Böllert, Child and Youth Welfare Association, Chairwomen, Berlin, Germany
Discussant: Sabine Schutter, SOS Children’s Villages, President, Munich, Germany
Moderator: Monika Queisser, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Head of Social Policy Division / Leiterin der Abteilung Sozialpolitik, Paris, France
Hybrid Evening Event
17:30 | In-Person Registration
18:00 - 18:15 | Welcome Session
Lisa Paus, German Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, Berlin, Germany
Juliane Seifert, State Secretary, German Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community, Berlin, Germany
Ulrich Lilie, Diakonie Deutschland, President, Berlin, Germany
Andreas Edel, Population Europe, Executive Secretary / Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Research Scientist, Berlin / Rostock, Germany
18:15 - 19:45 | Public Debate
Dubravka Šuica, European Commission Vice President for Democracy and Demography, Brussels, Belgium
C. Katharina Spieß, Director, Federal Institute for Population Research, Wiesbaden, Germany
Sabine Walper, Director, German Youth Institute, Munich, Germany
School students from Austria, Czechia, Germany, France and Poland
Moderation: Susanne Höb, Population Europe, Berlin, Germany
19:45 - 20:00 | Prize Ceremony for the European Demographer Award
Laudation: Helga De Valk, President of the European Association for Population Studies, Director of the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute, The Hague, Netherlands
Award Ceremony: Dubravka Šuica, European Commission Vice President for Democracy and Demography, Brussels, Belgium
20:00 - 21:00 | Reception
Tuesday, 17 May 2022
European Demography Forum
13:00 - 13:15 | Welcome Session
Andreas Edel, Population Europe, Executive Secretary / Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Research Scientist, Berlin / Rostock, Germany
Nico van Nimwegen, European Association for Population Studies, Executive Director / International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, Secretary General, The Hague, The Netherlands
Christian Oelschlägel, Diakonie Deutschland, Personal Advisor to the President, Berlin, Germany
13:15 - 14:15 | Younger People’s Voice in Politics
Keynote: Miriam Allam, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Deputy Head of the Governance Reviews and Partnership Division in the Public Governance Directorate, Paris, France
Discussant: Janis Fifka, European Youth Parliament, Member of the Governing Body, Berlin, Germany
Moderator: Daniela Vono de Vilhena, Population Europe, Deputy Executive Secretary / Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Research Scientist, Berlin / Rostock, Germany
14:30 - 15:30 | Attitudes, Aspirations and Crisis Resilience
Keynote: Ingrid Schoon, University College London, Professor of Human Development and Social Policy, London, United Kingdom / Berlin Social Science Centre, Berlin, Germany
Discussant: Olli Holmstrom, Eurodiaconia, Chairperson of the Supervisory Board, Brussels, Belgium
Discussant: Tanya Basarab, Council of Europe / Europarat, EU-CoE Youth Partnership, Brussels, Belgium
Moderator: Shunta Takino, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Directorate of Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, Policy analyst, member of the Young Associates Programme 2019-2021, Paris, France
15:45 - 16:45 | Younger People and the Life Course
Keynote: Trude Lappegård, University of Oslo, Professor of Sociology, Oslo, Norway
Discussant: Dan Moxon, People, Dialogue and Change, Director, Macclesfield, United Kingdom
Discussant: Ivailo Kalfin, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound), Executive Director, Dublin, Ireland
Moderator: Daniela Vono de Vilhena, Population Europe, Deputy Executive Secretary / Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Research Scientist, Berlin / Rostock, Germany
17:00 - 18:00 | Policies Supporting Younger People
Keynote: Veerle Miranda, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Senior Economist, Paris, France
Discussant: Sebastian Gonzalez Hajdu, European Committee of the Regions, Administrator in charge of Youth, Social Economy and Education policies, Brussels, Belgium
Discussant: Antonio Ranieri, European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, Head of Department for VET and Skills, Thessaloniki, Greece
Moderator: Ruth Santos-Brien, Inner City Fund (ICF), Director, Public Policy, London, United Kingdom
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
Global Demography Forum
13:00 - 13:15 | Welcome Session
Andreas Edel, Population Europe, Executive Secretary / Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Research Scientist, Berlin / Rostock, Germany
Nico van Nimwegen, European Association for Population Studies, Executive Director / International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, Secretary General, The Hague, The Netherlands
Christian Oelschlägel, Diakonie Deutschland, Personal Advisor to the President, Berlin, Germany
13:15 - 14:15 | Younger People’s Voice in Politics
Keynote: Jennifer Dabbs Sciubba, Stanley J. Buckman Professor of International Studies, Rhodes College, Memphis, United States
Discussant: Stuart Gietel-Basten, The Hongkong University of Science & Technology, Professor of Social Science and Public Policy, Hongkong, China
Moderator: Rintaro Mori, Regional Adviser for Population Ageing and Sustainable Development, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Asia Pacific Regional Office, Bangkok, Thailand / Kyoto University, Graduate School of Medicine, Professor, Kyoto Japan
14:30 - 15:30 | Attitudes, Aspirations and Crisis Resilience
Keynote: Shireen Jejeebhoy, Aksha Centre for Equity and Wellbeing, Director, Mumbai, India
Discussant: Lorence Kabasele, African Youth and Adolescents Network (AfriYAN) for Eastern and Southern Africa, President, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Discussant: Katarina Vuckovic, Institute for Youth Development KULT, Head of Department for Youth Work, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Moderator: Nico van Nimwegen, European Association for Population Studies, Executive Director / International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, Secretary General, The Hague, The Netherlands
15:45 - 16:45 | Younger People and the Life Course
Keynote: Nkechi S. Owoo, University of Ghana, Department of Economics, Senior Lecturer, Accra, Ghana
Discussant: Joice Melo Vieira, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Department of Demography, Professor, São Paulo, Brazil
Moderator: Daniela Vono de Vilhena, Population Europe, Deputy Executive Secretary / Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Research Scientist, Berlin / Rostock, Germany
17:00 - 18:00 | Policies Supporting Younger People
Keynote: Akanni Ibukun Akinyemi, Obafemi Awolowo University, Professor of Demography and Social Statistics, Ile Ife, Nigeria
Discussant: Mathieu Brossard, United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), Office of Research – Innocenti, READ (Research on Education And Development), Chief, Florence, Italy
Discussant: O’Neall Massamba, World Bank, World Bank Youth Summit 2022, Washington, D.C., USA
Moderator: Christian Oelschlägel, Diakonie Deutschland, Personal Advisor to the President, Berlin, Germany
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