IDEAS 2026
New paths towards prosperity
in the European Union.
Rethinking Governance, Integration
and Collective Well-Being
27 - 29 May 2026 | Brussels, Belgium
Conference Agenda
Overview and details of the sessions of this conference. Please select a date or location to show only sessions at that day or location. Please select a single session for detailed view (with abstracts and downloads if available).
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Agenda Overview |
| Date: Wednesday, 27/May/2026 | |
| 12:30pm - 1:00pm | Welcome Lunch - Day 1 |
| 1:00pm - 2:30pm | Governing social rights Session Chair: Prof. Paolo Graziano, University of Padua |
| 1:00pm - 2:30pm | The EU budget: challenges and prospects Session Chair: Prof. Paul Dermine, Université libre de Bruxelles |
| 1:00pm - 2:30pm | The evolving accountability and governance structures of the EU Session Chair: Prof. Ramona Coman, Université libre de Bruxelles |
| 3:00pm - 4:30pm | Greening the EU's economic costitution&finance Session Chair: Prof. David Howarth, University of Luxembourg |
| 3:00pm - 4:30pm | The EU toolbox for sustainable prosperity : innovative or toothless? Session Chair: Prof. Amandine Crespy, ULB Institut d'Etudes européennes
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| 5:00pm - 6:30pm | Europe’s expanding coordination space - Prof. Mark Dawson |
| 6:30pm - 8:00pm | Walking Dinner |
| Date: Thursday, 28/May/2026 | |
| 8:30am - 9:00am | Welcome Desk - Day 2 |
| 9:30am - 11:00am | Economic and energy security as vectors of the EU's industrial agenda Chair for the session : Areg Navasartia, ULB |
| 9:30am - 11:00am | The future of fiscal and budgetary integration in Europe Session Chair: Prof. Paul Dermine, Université libre de Bruxelles Additional Prosper Speakers
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| 11:30am - 1:00pm | Conditionality, Coordination and Surveillance Session Chair: Dr. Louise Fromont, Université libre de Bruxelles |
| 11:30am - 1:00pm | Governing Prosperity in the EU: Theoretical Perspectives and Insitutional Challanges Session Chair: Prof. Ramona Coman, Université libre de Bruxelles Additional Prosper Speakers
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| 1:00pm - 2:00pm | Lunch - Day 2 |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Fiscal and budgetary integration in the EU Session Chair: Dr. Rosalba Famà, Bocconi University |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Reconsidering the role of Growth in the European socio-economic governance Session Chair: Dr. Tiago MOREIRA RAMALHO, Université libre de Bruxelles |
| 4:00pm - 6:00pm | Policy Panel Speakers
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| 6:00pm - 8:00pm | Reception |
| Date: Friday, 29/May/2026 | |
| 8:30am - 9:00am | Welcome Desk - Day 3 |
| 9:00am - 10:30am | Decommodifying social life Session Chair: Dr. Viola Shahini, Université Libre de Bruxelles |
| 9:00am - 10:30am | European Governance towards Shared Prosperity Session Chair: Prof. Amandine Crespy, ULB Institut d'Etudes européennes |
| 9:00am - 10:30am | Reassessing the EU's legal instruments for sustainable prosperity Session Chair: Prof. Chiara Armeni, Université libre de bruxelles |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm | The EU as regulatory state in a global perspective Session Chair: Jane Arroyo, European University Institute |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm | Towards a genuine EU defence policy Session Chair: Prof. Chloé Brière, Université libre de Bruxelles |
| 12:30pm - 1:30pm | Lunch - Day 3 |
| 1:30pm - 3:00pm | Labour and skills in the EU Market and Polity Chair of this session Bastian Kenn, ULB |
| 1:30pm - 3:00pm | New pathways for EU industrial policy Chair for the session : Prof. Emmanuel Slautsky, ULB |
| 1:30pm - 3:00pm | The European Union and today's democratic challenges Session Chair: Dr. Alvaro Oleart, Université Libre de Bruxelles |
