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From the Midwest to the Former East: Strategies to Empower the Regions that Matter

From the Midwest to the Former East: Strategies to Empower the Regions that Matter
17 June, 2024

From the Midwest to the Former East: Strategies to Empower the Regions that Matter

21 June | 13:15 – 14:30 (CEST) | Boardroom

About the Session

Significant geopolitical shifts and deindustrialisation in the last decades have left a deep social, economical and political mark on the industrial heartlands in the US, Germany and other European countries. As a result, inequalities have deepened, support for right-wing populists has risen, and the middle class has been hollowed out. New industrial policy concepts and legislation, most notable the Inflation Reduction Act in the US, seek to counteract these trends. Yet, despite this shift in economy policymaking, support for the far right is unbroken. This session aims to discuss potential policies and strategies that can pave the way for a promising and hopeful narrative about industrial heartlands as regions with economic and political potential - as regions that matter and that are built more inclusively and resilient, for younger and older generations, for marginalised groups and those who are concerned with the decline of former industries.

The Speakers

Research Officer, Nowak Metro Finance Lab at Drexel University, US
Chief of Staff and Director General for Policy and Coordination, Saarland Ministry of Finance and Science | Honorary Professor of Public Policy and Business, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Germany
Policy Officer “Transformation Rheinisches Revier”, NABU North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Team Lead for the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program, U.S. Department of Commerce, US
Policy Advisor for Economic and Structural Policy, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Germany
Director, Michigan Economic Center, US

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