A panel of European experts will discuss economic and financial issues against the background of the COVID-19 pandemic. German State Secretary Dr. Markus Richter (Federal Ministry of the Interior) will open the Digital Conference with a video message, followed by a keynote from Mariana Kotzeva, Director-General of Eurostat. The panel under the moderation of Stefan Schweinfest (Director of the United Nations Statistics Division) will be attended by Prof. Dr. Isabel Schnabel (Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank), Stefano Palmieri (President of the ECO Section at the European Economic and Social Committee), Agnès Bénassy-Quéré (Chief Economist at the French Treasury), Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Lars P. Feld (Chairman of the German Council of Economic Experts) and Dominik Rozkrut (President of Statistics Poland). To join the live discussion go to https://destatis.behoerden-spiegel.de.