Cooperating on a joint project is always a great opportunity to learn from each other, to establish contacts with new people and to view one and the same topic from different angles. The impressive conference program that we have on the agenda today and tomorrow is excellent proof of the benefits of such joint ventures.
•  But changing the setting of a well-established conference series may also be somewhat risky. I am therefore very glad to see that many of the traditional participants in the OeNB’s Conference on European Integration have joined us here in Warsaw.