Programme EISS Conference 2025

“Climate Change, Natural Disasters and Social Security”

Thursday 25 September – EISS Day 1

Venue: Anemon Hotel, Manisa

Time	Programme
09:00 – 09:30	Registration
09:30 – 10:00	Opening Speeches
10:00 – 10:45	Climate Change and Social Security: Effects on Unemployment, Migration, and Poverty Prof. Dr. Oğuz Karadeniz
10:45 – 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:30	Climate Crisis, Health Risks, and Social Security: New Threats in a Warming World Prof. Dr. Toomas Kotkas – University of Helsinki (on ‘an economic sustainability perspective’) Ms. Cecilia Costella – University of Twente / Netherlands Enterprise Energy
12:30 – 13:30	Lunch
13:30 – 15:00	Fair Transition within the Scope of Social Security Right and Suggestions for Legal Amendments in Turkish Law Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dilek Dulay Yangın, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sevil Doğan Fair Transition – EU Perspective: Dr. Sebastiano Sabato – OSE Rethinking Social Security in the Green Transition: Dr. Alberto Barrio – Københavns Universitet
15:00 – 15:30	Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:00	Young Researchers Forum • YR 1: Beyza Aydin – İzmir Katip Çelebi Üniversitesi • YR 2: Sacha Henet – UC Louvain • YR 3: Kasper Daenen – KU Leuven
17:00	EISS General Assembly
19:00	Dinner with Turkish Sounds and Dance

Friday 26 September – EISS Day 2

Venue: Anemon Hotel, Manisa

Time	Programme
09:00 – 09:30	Coffee and Biscuits
09:30 – 10:45	The Impact of Natural Disasters on Social Security Systems: Crisis Management and Policies Example from Belgium: Dr. Koen Vleminckx – FPS Social Security (Belgium) Example from Spain: Prof. Dr. Daniel Pérez del Prado – Charles III University of Madrid
10:45 – 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:45	Panel: Climate Change, Natural Disasters, and Social Security: Building Resilient Societies
12:45 – 13:00	Conclusions and Closing Address Em. Prof. Dr. Danny Pieters (President EISS)
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00	Excursion: Manisa City Tour