Global Economy – Tackling the Threats

The global economy is facing numerous challenges:

We give you a sneak preview of the Global Female Leaders Summit 2023. Look forward to inspiring contributions from Margrethe Vestager, EVP for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age and Commissioner for Competition, and Stefanie Babst, strategic advisor, author, and speaker, among others.

EVP Vestager, also known as “Iron Lady”, repeatedly causes quite a stir in her position as the European Union competition and digital commissioner. She obtains her excellent reputation through clear messages and strong statements.

In her Opening Keynote, Margrethe Vestager talks about democratic leadership and shows how Europe can take a step forward.

Margrethe Vestager | EVP for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age and Commissioner for Competition | EU Commission | Belgium 

The successive crisis of the past years left us with a clear lesson: there is no going back to the world we knew. We shut the light dark on our old model based on cheap energy, cheap raw materials, and cheap labour. The challenges ahead are certainly big, but this is our chance to shape the world the way we want it to look. This means a digital transition that makes technology work for us all. And a deep transformation of our economies where competitiveness goes hand in hand with the preservation of our planet. By achieving these two goals, we will be able to recognise ourselves in the world we’ll help to build, as consumers, as citizens, as women.

While policymakers and business leaders must cope with many other pressing global challenges, there is nothing more important than helping to liberate Ukraine from Russian invaders. If democracies won’t succeed in containing and breaking the aggressive Putin system, it will break us.

In our Executive Panel Discussion, Stefanie Babst, among others, talks about the security of the global economy.

During the past 14 months and more Stefanie Babst has been a tireless supporter of Ukraine’s extraordinary efforts to defend against Russia’s brutal military aggression. While policymakers and business leaders must cope with many other pressing global challenges, she argues there is nothing more important than helping to liberate Ukraine from Russian invaders. If democracies won’t succeed in containing and breaking the aggressive Putin system, it will break us.