Speakers
PGS22 is bringing together today’s decision-makers, from politicians, political advisers and strategists, leaders from civil society and social movements to progressive thinkers. Click on their profile to learn more about them.
Secretary General, Party of European Socialists
State Secretary and Plenipotentiary of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg to the Federation, the European Union, and for Foreign Affairs
Princesa de Asturias Chair and Professor of Economic Geography at the LSE
Director for Research and Training at the Foundation for European Progressive Studies
Advisory Council at Das Progressive Zentrum Professor of Public Policy at the Hertie School
Social and Economic Policy Consultant at Unicef Office of Research
Journalist at DIE ZEIT
Member of the Hungarian Parliament, Momentum Movement
Foreign Editor at DIE ZEIT
Staff Writer at The Atlantic
Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities for the Labour Party
Professor of Political Philosophy and Theory at TU Munich
Deputy leader of the New Left Party, Poland
Director of Coalitions and Community Engagement at the Democratic National Committee, USA
Vice President of Studies at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Chair of Democrats Abroad
Executive Vice President at the Bertelsmann Foundation
Founder and CEO at DemocracyNext
Director of Policy and Stakeholder Relations at Broadbent Institute
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Democratic Party
State Secretary to the Minister of Education, Finland
Vice-Chair of the Social Democratic Party (ČSSD), Czech Republic
Deputy General Counsel of Les Gracques
Member of the German Parliament, Alliance 90/The Greens
Professor of International Politics, University of Konstanz
Italian Member of the European Parliament, Socialists & Democrats
Vice President of Policy at the Multicultural Media and Telecommunication Internet Council
Division Director at the Europe and Eurasia Programme of the Open Society Foundations
Executive Director of Next Century Cities
Executive Vice-President of the European Commission
Head of the Structural, Industry and Service Policy Department at the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB)
Deputy Secretary General of the Party of European Socialists
Member of the German Parliament, Free Democratic Party
Member of the Canadian Parliament, New Democratic Party
Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Germany
Impact Investor at MSquared
Editor-in-Chief of the Green European Journal
Member of the German Parliament, Social Democratic Party (SPD)
Party Leader of the GreenLeft, Netherlands
Senior Fellow at CAP and Director at Global Progress
Chief Sustainability & Resilience Officer for the City of Boulder
Deputy Director for Policy and Research at Center for NYC Neighborhoods
Ass. Professor of Marketing at the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business
Vice-President of the European Parliament, Socialists & Democrats
Senior Advisor at the Friedrich Ebert Foundation
Freelance Journalist and Moderator
Editor-in-chief of the Guardian
Mayor of the City of Wausau, USA
Dutch Member of the European Parliament, Greens/EFA Group
Senior Expert & Co-Project Lead at reframe[Tech]
Professor of International Politics at Queen Mary University of London
Member of the German Parliament, Social Democratic Party
Secretary General, Foundation for European Progressive Studies
Member of the UK Parliament, Labour Party
Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, Germany
Founder and Director of Union of Justice
Political Director at Data for Progress
President of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies
Policy Fellow at Das Progressive Zentrum and Research Associate at Institut für Europäische Politik
Chief Assistant to the Mayor of Rochester Hills
Chair of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation
Senior Applied Scientist at Zalando Research
Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress
Member of the Portuguese Parliament, Socialist Party
Parliamentary State Secretary to the Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany
Member of the Finnish Parliament, Social Democratic Party
German Member of Parliament, Alliance 90/The Greens
Chancellor of Germany
Strategic Advisor at the Progressive Policy Institute
Award-Winning Journalist, Writer and Filmmaker
Member of the UK Parliament, Scottish National Party
General Director, European Trade Union Institute
Director at Placemaking Europe
Member of the German Parliament, Free Democratic Party
Party Co-Leader of Alliance 90/The Greens, Germany
Principal Planner for the City of Alexandria
Policy Fellow at Das Progressive Zentrum and CEO at econnext
Member of the Dutch Parliament, GreenLeft
Assistant Professor of Comparative Social Policy at the University of Konstanz
Co-Chair of the Green Youth Schleswig-Holstein
Energy and Environmental Economist at the German Council of Economic Experts
State Secretary at the Saxon State Ministry for Economy, Labour and Transport, Germany
Secretary of State for European Affairs, Portugal
Member of the German Parliament, Alliance 90/The Greens
Deputy Mayor for General Service at the City of Leipzig, Germany
Mayor of the City of Wuppertal, Germany
Assistant Professor in Sociology at the Polish Academy of Sciences
President and Founder of the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI)
