View this email in your browser [https://wiiw.ac.at/files/mailings/event-202305091136-en.html]   The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) invites you to our SPRING SEMINAR 2023 & FRIENDS OF WIIW ANNIVERSARY EVENT. As the number of seats is limited, PLEASE MAKE A RESERVATION VIA THIS LINK [https://wiiw.ac.at/spring-seminar-2023-friends-of-wiiw-anniversary-event-er-...].   UKRAINE AND THE FUTURE OF EUROPE WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023, 10:00 A.M. (CET)   VENUE: EUROPAHAUS WIEN, LINZER STRAßE 429, 1140 WIEN As keynote speakers we are happy to announce: * DARIA KALENIUK, Executive Director,_ _Anti-Corruption Action Center, Kyiv * MISHA GLENNY, Rector, Institute for Human Sciences (IWM), Vienna Other discussants: * FLORIAN BIEBER, Professor of Southeast European History and Politics, University of Graz * MARIA DEMERTZIS, Senior Fellow, BRUEGEL, Brussels * CAROLINE DE GRUYTER, Europe Correspondent, NRC Handelsblad, Amsterdam * CENGIZ GÜNAY, Director of the Austrian Institute for International Affairs (oiip) * CLAIRE JONES, Business Editor, Financial Times, London (tbc) * CATHRIN KAHLWEIT, Correspondent for Central and Eastern Europe, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Vienna * MIRIAM KOSMEHL, Senior Expert Eastern Europe and EU Neighbourhood, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Berlin * PAUL LENDVAI, Journalist & Author, Vienna * VERONIKA MOVCHAN, Academic Director, The Institute for Economic Reseach and Policy Consulting - IER, Kyiv * SHALINI RANDERIA, President and Rector, Central European University (CEU), Vienna * DEBORA REVOLTELLA, Director of the Economics Department, European Investment Bank, Luxembourg * HELENE SCHUBERTH, Head of the Economics Unit, Austrian Trade Union Federation (ÖGB), Vienna * SANDRA ŠVALJEK, Deputy Governor, Croatian National Bank (HNB), Zagreb * BALÁZS TRENCSÉNYI, Professor, Department of History, Central European University, Vienna * JULIA WÖRZ, Head of the CESEE Analysis Unit, Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Vienna   FRIENDS OF WIIW ANNIVERSARY EVENT THURSDAY, 1 JUNE 2023, 10:00 A.M. (CET)   VENUE: EUROPAHAUS WIEN, LINZER STRAßE 429, 1140 WIEN As the number of seats is limited, PLEASE MAKE A RESERVATION VIA THIS LINK [https://wiiw.ac.at/friends-of-wiiw-anniversary-event-er-630.html]. On 1 JUNE we will have our FRIENDS OF WIIW ANNIVERSARY EVENT with prominent EXPERTS FROM REKNOWNED INSTITUTIONS IN CENTRAL, EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE to celebrate 50 years of the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw). As a highlight the Anniversary Event will include a small concert of 'The Silk Road Symphony Orchestra' conducted [https://www.silkroadsymphonyorchestra.com/] by Jan Moritz Onken [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Moritz_Onken].   Please find attached the preliminary programme of both events. We look forward to seeing you there.   Yours sincerely, For the President Dr. Mario Holzner Executive Director wiiw wiiw The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies Rahlgasse 3, 1060 Vienna, Austria wiiw@wiiw.ac.at, wiiw.ac.at [https://wiiw.ac.at] T: +43 1 533 66 10 [tel:+4315336610] [https://www.facebook.com/wiiw.economic.studies] [https://www.twitter.com/wiiw_ac_at] [https://www.linkedin.com/company/vienna-institute-for-international-economic...] [https://www.youtube.com/c/wiiwacat] [https://wiiw.ac.at/rss.php] Copyright ©2023 wiiw, all rights reserved.