Programme of the Third SEEK Conference "Engines for More and Better Jobs in Europe" now Available

The international research programme "Strengthening Efficiency and Competitiveness in the European Knowledge Economies" (SEEK) at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) is running successfully in its fourth year. ZEW is delighted to announce the programme for the third SEEK conference on "Engines for More and Better Jobs in Europe" on April 25–26, 2013.

The conference will bring together international scientists and decision makers from the areas of politics, business and public administration to discuss how labour markets and welfare institutions should be reformed to meet the targets of the EU's strategy "Europe 2020" - inclusive growth providing more and better jobs. Highlights of the 2013 conference will be the policy keynote speech by Frank-Jürgen Weise, Chairman of the Federal Employment Agency, and special lectures by distinguished scholars.

The first conference day will be dedicated to a politico-economic debate. On the second conference day, international researchers will present their research on the conference topic in a comprehensive programme of parallel sessions.