Theme of the Forum: “Inclusive solutions for the green transition: Competitiveness, jobs/skills and social dimensions”. Topics: - Competitiveness impacts of environmental policies, - Distributional consequences of environmental policies, - Green industrial policy, - Employment implications...

Thematic tracks: Macroeconomics; Business and Management; International Politics; Europe and the World; Forum of Regions; Society; Security Forum; Energy Forum; Innovations and Sustainable Development; The European Union and its Neighbours; New Economy; State and Reforms; Health Care Forum.

Systems innovation is a horizontal policy approach that mobilises technology, market mechanisms, regulations and social innovations to solve complex societal problems in a set of interacting or interdependent components. They are characterised by disrupting or complementary types of knowledge...

Topics: - Does competition kill or create jobs? The links and drivers between competition and employment - Competition law and policy in Kazakhstan - The impact of disruptive innovations on competition law enforcement - Serial offenders: Why do some industries seem prone to endemic collusion?

Environment and development concerns will remain on the agendas, although the financial and economic crises have diverted attention from global and local environmental threats and natural resource management issues in developing and developed economies. The IPCC will release its 5th Assessment...