The theme of the 65th Young Königswinter Conference will be With the old world order in tatters, how do we transform our societies for the better? The up to 45 participants will discuss the following three topics:
Topic 1
The old world is dying and the new world struggles to be born. Is the global order collapsing?
- Can democracies still deliver?
- Where do new alliances for our respective countries lie? Which current ones need to be reinforced?
- A new potential of EU-UK relations?
- With international law diminishing in influence, what is next? Do we need new international institutions?
Topic 2
Innovation, transformation: how do both countries catch up?
- How do we get back to the generation of growth in our respective economies?
- Decoupling, derisking, independence
- How is the green agenda reconcilable with the view increasingly taken by all governments that economic growth is priority number 1?
- What can mainstream politics do find a radical policy agenda that in recent times seems to be the preserve of populists?
- The end of neoliberalism: what could a new economic model for our two countries look like?
- What role could migration play?
Topic 3
Do we need to change our whole approach to work/growth/wealth?
- The changing role of work in younger generations’ lives
- Whatever happened to social mobility?
- Tackling the cost of living crisis
The topics are subject to change.
The additional bullet points are suggestions for questions participants might want to consider discussing.