Prof. Dr. Michael Hüther

The changing economy: opportunities and risks

Rates

Vita

Prof. Dr. Michael Hüther, born on 24.04.1962 in Düsseldorf, studied economics and medieval and modern history at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen from 1982 to 1987. After completing his doctorate, he became a research assistant in 1991 and Secretary General of the German Council of Economic Experts in 1995. In 1999, he moved to DekaBank as Chief Economist and was appointed Head of Economics and Communications in 2001. Since August 2001, he has been an honorary professor at the EBS Business School in Oestrich-Winkel. Since July 2004, he has held the position of Director and member of the Executive Committee at the Cologne Institute for Economic Research. He is a member of the board of Atlantik-Brücke, the administrative board of TÜV Rheinland Berlin Brandenburg Pfalz e.V., the supervisory board of Allianz Global Investors and the board of trustees of the Friedrich and Isabel Vogel Foundation. He is also on the advisory board for issues relating to small and medium-sized enterprises and the liberal professions at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology and an advisor to Commission VI of the German Bishops' Conference. From October 2010 to August 2012, he was chairman of the expert commission for the first engagement report focusing on “Corporate Citizenship” of the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth. He has been Treasurer of the “Germany Land of Ideas” association since March 2012. Since April 2013, he has been deputy chairman of the expert commission for the second engagement report focusing on “Demographic change and civic engagement: the contribution of engagement to local development” of the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.

Topics

Keynotes:

Digitalization and the impact on the German business model
More qualified immigration, more skilled workers, more economic dynamism
Unconventional monetary policy: Is Draghi costing us our pensions?
Fairness and efficiency: guidelines for social policy
Regulatory policy in the 21st century: Between rule-binding and crisis management
TTIP Transatlantic Free Trade Area: justified expectations of prosperity and stoked fears
Convergence and monetary union. How much industry does Europe need?

Topics:

Financial markets
Economic structural change
Demographic change
Economic development

References & Press

URANIA Berlin, Verband deutscher Pfandbriefbanken, Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband, Bankenverband, Europäisches Parlament Brüssel, Katholische Akademie Berlin, aba Arbeitsgemeinschaft betrieblicher Altersversorgung, Zentralverband des Deutschen Handwerks, Internationaler Club La Redoute Bonn, Deutscher Industrie- und Handelskammertag, Verein Deutsche Ingenieure, Journalistenschule Köln, IMK der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Botschaft Rom, Humboldt-Viadrina-Governance Platform, berufundfamilie GmbH, Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft, Robert Bosch GmbH, Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung, Karl Rahner Akademie Köln, Universität Graz, FIW Forschungsinstitut für Wirtschaftsverfassung und Wettbewerb, Industrie-Club Düsseldorf, RWTH Aachen, Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft, Dachverband der Fakultätentage der Ingenieurwissenschaften und Informatik an Universitäten, VDMA Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau e.V., VCI Verband der Chemischen Industrie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

2009 Awarded the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany by the Federal President
2013 Awarded the “Prize for the Social Market Economy” by the Wirtschaftspolitischer Club Deutschlands e.V., Berlin
Various publications on general economic policy, financial policy, social policy and economic history.

Media:

ARD, ZDF, N-TV, N24, RTL, WDR, MDR, NDR, BR, HR, Phoenix, Deutsche Welle, Günter Jauch, Maybritt Illner, Anne Will, Hart aber fair, Handelsblatt, Süddeutsche Zeitung, FAZ, Welt, Börsen-Zeitung, Wirtschaftswoche, Tagesspiegel, Rheinische Post, Münchner Merkur, Kölner Stadtanzeiger, Passauer Neue Presse, Bild-Zeitung,