Program and Agenda
"Work, Welfare, and Governance in Europe and the United States: A Transatlantic Dialogue"
A workshop organized by the European Union Center of University of Wisconcin-Madison at Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St., April 14-15, 2000.
Friday, April 14
| 8:30-9:15 | Registration and Coffee |
| 9:15-10:30 | Welcome, Introduction, and
Initial Discussion of the Project Jonathan Zeitlin and David Trubek (EU Center Co-Directors) |
| 10:30-11:00 | Break |
| 11:00-12:30 | I. Work and Welfare in the
"New Economy": Labor Market Institutions and Performance in Transatlantic Perspective Joel Rogers(UW-Madison/COWS)/Richard Freeman (Harvard/LSE) Maurizio Ferrera (Bocconi University/University of Pavia) Joel Handler (UCLA Law School) |
| 12:30-2:00 | Working Lunch
II. Governing Work and Welfare at Multiple Levels |
| 2:00-3:30 | A. The European Union:
Impacts, Limitations, Possibilities Bernhard Ebbinghaus (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies/Harvard Center for European Studies) Janine Goetschy (CNRS-University of Nanterre/Institute of European Studies, Free University of Brussels) David Trubek/Jim Mosher (UW-Madison) |
| 3:30-4:00 | Break |
| 4:00-5:30 | Presentation and Discussion of "Managing Diversity for a Prosperous and Cohesive Europe", Report for the Portuguese Presidency of the EU by Maurizio Ferrera, Anton Hemerijck, Martin Rhodes |
| 7:00 | Dinner at the Wilson St. Grill, 217 S. Hamilton St., 251-3500 |
Saturday April 15
| 8:30-9:00 | Coffee
II. Governing Work and Welfare at Multiple Levels (continued) |
| 9:00-10:30 | B. The Nation-State: Obsolete or
Indispensible? Martin Rhodes (European University Institute) Anton Hemerijck (University of Leiden) Paul Osterman (Sloan School of Management, MIT) |
| 10:30-11:00 | Break |
| 11:00-12:30 | C. Local Experimentation: A Key
Site for Transatlantic Learning? Laura Dresser/Joel Rogers (COWS/UW-Madison) Louise Trubek (UW-Madison Law School) Ida Regalia (IRES Lombardia/University of Milan) |
| 12:30-2:00 | Working Lunch |
| 2:00-3:30 | III. Reconfiguring Work and
Welfare for the 21st Century Charles Sabel (Columbia Law School) Robert Salais (IDHE/Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan) Alain Supiot (University of Nantes) |
| 3:30-4:00 | Break |
| 4:00-5:30 | Wrap-up and plans for April 2001 conference/edited book |
| 7:30 | Buffet dinner at Jonathan Zeitlin's
house, 1810 Jefferson St., 255- 4564
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