SESSION 1:
INDUSTRIAL POLICY AFTER THE COVID-19 DOWNTURN

• Domestic economic trends, Nishal Robb - Presentation
• The climate crisis, Nokwanda Maseko
• Trends in the global political economy and trade, Itumeleng Mokoena
• The political economic context for industrial policy, Neva Makgetla - Presentation

SESSION 2:
TOWARDS A NEW INDUSTRIAL POLICY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

• Industrial Policy in Southern Africa: The New Structural Economics Perspective, Leseko S. Makhetha and Eric Nii Amu Okotokata DodooAmoo
  Presentation by: Leseko Makhetha - Presentation | Paper
• Industrial policy for technological sovereignty in the context of shifting geopolitical power balance, Alexish Habiyaremye - Presentation
• Industrial policy response and trade cycle in Southern Africa, Sand Mba-Kalu and Moses Odumu
  Presentation by: Sand Mba-Kalu  - Presentation | Paper
• The African Continental Free Trade Area and regional developmentalism in Southern Africa: Turning point for transformative trade policy or new wine in old bottles? Torqué Mude - Paper

SESSION 3:
AN INCLUSIVE ENERGY TRANSITION

• How can the Circular Economy enable a just transition for South Africa?, Katharina Gihring, Katharina Mono and Sally-Anne Käsner
  Presentation by: Katharina Gihring - Presentation | Paper
• A just transition and the political economy of a green industrial policy in South Africa, Nicholas van Doesburgh and Prof. Harald Winkler
  Presentation by: Nicholas van Doesburgh - Presentation | Paper
• Systems Assessment of Inclusivity of Energy Transition Investments: A Comparative Assessment of Industrial Policy Ecosystems in South Africa & India, Aishwarya Sharma and Sarthak Shukla
  Presentation by: Aishwarya Sharma

SESSION 4:
CHANGING SKILLS LANDSCAPE AND ITS IMPACT ON JOBS

• Persistence in employability and wages of youth post-wage subsidies: Matched firm employee level evidence from South Africa, David Fadiran, Godfrey Kamutando and Lawrence Edwards
  Presentation by: David Fadiran
• Cities, Productivity and Jobs in South Africa, Justin Visagie and Ivan Turok
  Presentation by: Justin Visagie - Presentation
• The Skills We Have and the Skills We Need: An assessment of skills planning in national government’s economic policies, Ebrahim-Khalil Hassen - Presentation

SESSION 5:
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN AN ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE

• The energy transition, climate emergency, and industrialisation: Implications for Southern Africa's industrial policy, Yakhuluntu Dubazana
• The implementation of sustainability taxonomies: The case of South Africa, Sören Hilbrich, Giovanna Artmann, Sam Ashman, Kathrin Berensmann, Theresa Herbold, Steffen Lötters-Viehof, Agnese Monti, Felix Paffhausen, Lee-Ann Steenkamp , Stephanie Roigk
  Presentation by: Sören Hilbrich - Presentation | Paper
• Green hydrogen for sustainable (re)industrialisation in South Africa: Industrial policy for difficult-to-abate industries and linkages development, Jason F Bell, Simon Roberts and Antonio Andreoni
  Presentation by: Jason F. Bell - Presentation
• Domestic carbon offsetting standards and the international and institutional experience, Nicola Wills, Theo Covary and Linton Reddy
  Presentation by: Nicola Wills - Presentation
• The European Green Deal (EGD) and its implication for African Trade, Seutame Maimele - Presentation
• Nipping economic stagnation in the bud - the role of transmission infrastructure in South Africa’s green economy industrialisation, Alboricah Tokologo Rathupetsane - Presentation | Paper

SESSION 6:
THE RESHAPING OF GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS IN MANUFACTURING

• SMME manufacturing decline in South Africa - Drivers and lessons from other developing economies, Odwa Mtati - Presentation | Paper
• How not to industrialise? Industrialisation without energy, cannot be good for economic growth and employment creation, Mohau Isaac Moahludi - Presentation | Paper
• Routes to diversification in Africa: Linkages, pulling dynamics and opportunities in medium-high tech supply chains, Antonio Andreoni and Elvis K. Avenyo
  Presentation by: Elvis K. Avenyo - Presentation | Paper
• Nearshoring and reshoring: the changing sourcing strategies of South African apparel retailer, Vuyiswa Mkhabela and Anthony Black
  Presentation by: Vuyiswa Mkhabela - Presentation | Paper

SESSION 7:
STRENGTHENING REGIONAL AGRICULTURAL VALUE CHAINS

• Climate change investment opportunities in South African agriculture, Wendy Engel - Presentation | Paper
• Climate change and regional trade: Promoting resilience among regional transport and agricultural supply chains, Dominic Ramos - Presentation
• Market development for regional industrialisation and sustainability: the case of the soybean to poultry value chain, Grace Nsomba and Olwethu Shedi
  Presentation by: Olwethu Shedi - Presentation | Paper

SESSION 8:
FOSTERING INNOVATION AND R&D FOR INDUSTRIAL GROWTH

• Aligning innovation and industrial policy: contextual evidence from measuring firm innovation capabilities in South Africa, Glenda Kruss, Amy Kahn and Il-haam Petersen
  Presentation by: Glenda Kruss
• Understanding declining business sector R&D investment in South Africa: Implications for industrial policy, Rendani Mamphiswana - Presentation
• Opportunities for Southern Africa in emerging technologies: How the global South should adapt to and take advantage of emerging technologies, Freeman Mateko
• Drivers of medium- and high-technology manufacturing in African countries, Elvis K. Avenyo, Rex Asiama
  Presentation by: Rex Asiama - Presentation