Higher Education Forum

Please join the Ministry of Higher Education, the Chamber of Commerce, Sacred Heart University and others on May 23 from 12:00 - 8:30pm at the Chamber of Commerce, 7, rue Alcide de Gasperi.

Free entrance, parking available in the Chamber of Commerce garage

Information
- Alfred Steinherr, Academic Director, will give a presentation of our programs in conference room 4 from 3:30 - 4:00pm
- Antoine Rech, Associate Director, will be on site and available for individual information on our programs from 12:00-8:30pm
- Financial help information will be available

Salon: Etudes et carrieres Benelux

Join the French Embassy on Friday, June 7, 2013 from 10:00am to 6:00 pm at the Chamber of Commerce, 7, rue Alcide de Gasperi.

For more information, please click here.

"Luxembourg - where we came from; where we are; where lies our possible future?"

Are you interested in understanding the country, its success and to discuss the vision for the future of Luxembourg at a time of dramatic uncertainties and change? Then attend the cycle of conferences that Sacred Heart University supported by paperJam, the Chamber of Commerce of Luxembourg and the American Chamber of Commerce has elaborated.

Full conference cycle program available here.

Next Conference

Conference 9 – Summing up: A tentative sketch of Luxembourg in 2030 – June 12th

Chamber of Commerce - 7, rue Alcide de Gasperi, 6:30-8:00pm

Panel Discussion:
Didier Mouget, Managing Partner, PwC Luxembuorg

Guy Kirsch, Professor Emeritus, University of Freiburg

Guy Harles, Partner, Arendt & Medernach

Nicolas Schmit, Minister, Ministry of Labor, Employment & Immigration

Alvin Sold, Administrateur délégué, Editpress Luxembourg

Alfred Steinherr, Academic Director, Sacred Heart University Luxembourg

Marc Wagener, General Coordinator, 2030.lu – Ambition for the future

To register, please contact Rachel Niebeling rniebeling@shu.lu.

Previous Conferences

Conference 1 – Looking back with satisfaction – October 24th

BGL BNP Paribas - Avenue Monterey, 6:30-8:00pm

Welcome
Jean-Louis Margue, BGL BNP Paribas

A historical/institutional look back: 1815 to 1956
Emile Haag, Professor or history, Miami University Differdange
Denis Scuto, Professor of history, University of Luxembourg

Immigration: For 100 years a source of growth
Serge Kollwelter, Founder and past Preseident, ASTI     view presentation

Is there poverty in Luxembourg?
Antoine Haag, Professor of economics, Universite de Paris Ouest - Nanterre La Defense

Conference 2 – Statistics do not always lie – November 15th

Hotel le Royal, 6:30-8:00pm

Welcome
Maria Luisa Ferreira, Economic Advisor, EIB Institute

What do the Statistics say about Luxembourg?
Guy Schuller, Member of the Executive Committee, STATEC     view presentation

A sharp eye on the public sector budget
Carlo Thelen, Chief Economist, Chamber of Commerce of Luxembourg     view presentation

What are the main favorable factors of the pension scheme at present? Are these factors due to prevail in the future?
Robert Kieffer, President, Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Pension     view presentation

View pictures from event

Conference 3 – The European destination of a small country – December 13th

Jean Monnet Building - European Commission, 6:30-8:00pm

Welcome
Georges Bingen, Representative of the European Commission in Luxembourg

Luxembourg's role in building Europe
Jacques Santer, former Prime Minister of Luxembourg and former President of the European Commission

The advantages of being small
Mario Hirsch, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, European Union Institute for Security Studies

Conference 4 –  Industry means steel in Luxembourg. Still true? – January 17th

ArcelorMittal, Boulevard d’Avranches, 6:30-8:00pm

Welcome
Federico Galizia, Deputy Director, Risk Management & Monitoring, European Investment Fund

The historic role of industry for Luxembourg’s economy and society
Charles Barthel, Director, Centre Robert Schuman

The past and future importance of the steel industry
Michel Wurth, Member of Executive Committee, ArcelorMittal

The industrial policy of Luxembourg
Rene Winkin, Secretary General, Fedil

Conference 5 – Finance & Technology: Two pillars of the Luxembourg economy – February 21st

Forum da Vinci, Boulevard Grande Duchesse Charlotte, 6:30-8:00pm

Welcome
Marc Solvi, President, ALIAI

The finance industry: Looking Back
Alfred Steinherr, Professor of economics and finance; Academic Director, Sacred Heart University

The finance industry: From here to eternity?
Ernst Wilhelm Contzen, CEO Deutsche Bank; Chairman, ABBL

Dare to Dream... Why tech is the place to be
Mark Tluszcz, Co-Founder & CEO, Mangrove Capital Partners; Member of the Board of Regents, Sacred Heart University

How to remain what we are - a global superpower in commercial space activities
Romain Bausch, President & CEO, SES; Member of the Board of Regents and Doctor of Laws (h.c.), Sacred Heart University

Conference 6 – Champions League: Regional and urban development – March 14th

European Investment Bank - 100, boulevard Konrad Adenauer, 6:30-8:00pm

Welcome
Rémy Jacob, Dean of the EIB Institute

Luxembourg – on borrowed size and flawed urbanization
Markus Hesse, Professor urban studies, University of Luxembourg

An emerging metropolis?     view presentation
Paul Helminger, former Mayor of Luxembourg City, Doctor of Laws (h.c.), Sacred Heart Univeristy

Luxembourg: The "epicenter" of the Greater Region     view presentation
Claude Gengler, Director, Forum EUROPA Foundation, Luxembourg

Conference 7 – Brain-driven future? – April 18th

University of Luxembourg - Campus Kirchberg, 6, rue Richard Coudenhove Kalergi - 6:30-8:00pm

Welcome
Alfred Steinherr, Academic Director, Sacred Heart University

How effective is education as a growth policy: what we learn from the literature
Hilmar Schneider, Director CEPS/INSTEAD

Education = Growth?
David de la Croix, Professor of economics, Université Catholique de Louvain

The significance of the University for Luxembourg's society
Rolf Tarrach, Presidetn, University of Luxembourg

Conference 8 – The beauty and the beast – May 16th

Résidence épiscopale - 3, Avenue Marie-Thérèse, Luxembourg-ville, 6:30-8:00pm

Welcome
Jean-Claude Hollerich, Archbishop, Église Catholique á Luxembourg

What Spirituality for a Cosmopolitan Luxembourg in the Heart of Europe?
Father Jean Ehret, Professor of theology, Sacred Heart University

Petit pays - grande diversité culturelle
Paul Bertemes, Partner, mediArt