May 26th 2025
CAPE is pleased to invite you to the 1st international Beamm conference in public finance and public policy evaluation.
Beamm.conf25 gathers outstanding researchers, policy makers and civil society to discuss Belgian and international issues in fiscal and social public policy. Beamm.conf is to reflect the spirit of the Beamm project: a friendly, collaborative, and academically rigorous atmosphere, with a commitment to societal impact, strong roots in Brussels and a taste for fun. We aim to grow Beamm.conf as a yearly event, and we would be delighted to have you with us for Beamm.conf’s maiden voyage.
Program
09:00 - 09:20 Welcome & coffee
09:20 - 10:00 Mark Delanote - Ghent University : How to develop a fair tax system? The Belgian case
10:00 - 10:40 Antoine Bozio - Institut des Politiques Publiques - Paris :How to tax capital : income tax, wealth tax and corporate tax
10:40 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 11:40 Paola De Agostini - European Commission :The Challenges of Population Ageing on Healthcare Funding :Exploring Potential Sources and their Distributional Implications
11:40 - 12:20 Erik Schokkaert - KU Leuven :Do people have preferences? If yes, can we measure them?
12:20 - 14:00 Gourmet lunch & Poster session
14:00 - 14:40 Daria Popova - ISER / University of Essex :Taxation, Social Transfers, and Gender Inequality in Europe :A Microsimulation-Based Analysis
14:40 - 15:20 Clement Joubert - World Bank :Women in the Pipeline. A Dynamic Decomposition of Firm Pay Gaps
15:20 - 15:40 Coffee break
15:40 - 16:20 Peter Haan - DIW Berlin :Income Effects of Disability Benefits.
16:20 - 17:10 Tom Truyts & Cédric Heuchenne - UCLouvain / CAPE :The Beamm policy evaluation platform : present and future
17:10 - 18:30 Drinks + Brussels delicacies & Poster session