Due to the pandemic, women dropped out of the labor market to an alarming extent. So how do we work together to help ensure women don’t keep falling behind? What can be done right now, not just after the pandemic, to help women continue pursuing equality in spite of COVID 19? Join our discussion as we talk about what’s holding women back and help us figure out how together we can try to turn this tide.

The Covid-19 pandemic is a global experience unprecedented in modern history. Studies of mental health issues during the pandemic show that young adults are particularly at risk. The first results of the studies will be presented and discussed in this virtual coffee break.

In any discussion with friends or acquaintances about the future of work, the topic of digitalisation is bound to come up at some point. This issue is so omnipresent that some people are starting to wonder: will IT specialists soon be the only job-seekers in demand everywhere, while all other professions lose significance? Will jobs only be created in the technology sectors? Must we therefore learn programming in order to be fit for the future?

A static EU would be an inauspicious EU. That the European project has a future is certainly not a self-evident given; this future relies upon the decisions that would guarantee it — or upon an inactivity that could sentence it to rather dim prospects. Join us in a virtual discussion about Europe with Dr Sotiris Mitralexis.

With the digital platform "Earth Speakr", children are given the opportunity to be heard. From 1 July 2020, they will be able to express their wishes and ideas on climate change, the world and politics.

MUNICH CREATIVE BUSINESS WEEK (MCBW), organized annually by bayern design in the first quarter, is the largest German design event with over 120 dedicated program partners that creates a platform for design-savvy companies, designers and design agencies in all disciplines - including architecture and advertising - as well as for people interested in design.