Opening and context of the conference: Saul Levin (TIPS)
Welcome: Fiona Tregenna (SARChI, UJ)
Keynote address: Nimrod Zalk
Moderator: Lesego Moshikaro-Amani (TIPS)
SESSION 1
INDUSTRIAL POLICY AFTER THE COVID-19 DOWNTURN
Moderator: Gillian Chigumira (TIPS)
Speakers:
Nishal Robb: Domestic economic trends
Saul Levin presenting on behalf of Neva Makgetla: The political economic context for industrial policy
Itumeleng Mokoena: Trends in the global political economy and trade
Muhammed Patel presenting on behalf of Nokwanda Maseko: The climate crisis
TOWARDS A NEW INDUSTRIAL POLICY IN SOUTHERN
Speakers:
Leseko Makhetha: Industrial Policy in Southern Africa: The New Structural Economics Perspective
Sand Mba-Kalu: ndustrial policy response and trade cycle in Southern Africa
Alexish Habiyaremye: Industrial policy for technological sovereignty in the context of shifting geopolitical power balance
AN INCLUSIVE ENERGY TRANSITION
Moderator: Lutfiyah Suliman
Speakers:
Katharina Gihring: How can the Circular Economy enable a just transition for South Africa?
Nicholas van Doesburgh: A just transition and the political economy of a green industrial policy in South Africa
CHANGING SKILLS LANDSCAPE AND ITS IMPACT ON JOBS
Speakers:
David Fadiran: Persistence in employability and wages of youth post-wage subsidies: Matched firm employee level evidence from South Africa
Justin Visagie: Cities, Productivity and Jobs in South Africa
Ebrahim-Khalil Hassen: The Skills We Have and the Skills We Need: An assessment of skills planning in national government’s economic policies
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN AN ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Moderator: Shimukunku Manchishi (Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research)
Speakers:
Sören Hilbrich: The implementation of sustainability taxonomies: The case of South Africa
Jason F. Bell: Green hydrogen for sustainable (re)industrialisation in South Africa: Industrial policy for difficult-to-abate industries and linkages developmen
Nicola Wills: Domestic carbon offsetting standards and the international and institutional experience
Seutame Maimele: The European Green Deal (EGD) and its implication for African Trade
Alboricah Tokologo Rathupetsane: Nipping economic stagnation in the bud - the role of transmission infrastructure in South Africa’s green economy industrialisation
THE RESHAPING OF GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS IN MANUFACTURING
Moderator: Cornelius Dube (Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries)
Speakers:
Odwa Mtati: SMME manufacturing decline in South Africa - Drivers and lessons from other developing economies
Mohau Isaac Moahludi: How not to industrialise? Industrialisation without energy, cannot be good for economic growth and employment creation
Elvis K. Avenyo: Routes to diversification in Africa: Linkages, pulling dynamics and opportunities in medium-high tech supply chains
Vuyiswa Mkhabela: Nearshoring and reshoring: the changing sourcing strategies of South African apparel retailer
Alboricah Tokologo Rathupetsane: Nipping economic stagnation in the bud - the role of transmission infrastructure in South Africa’s green economy industrialisation
STRENGTHENING REGIONAL AGRICULTURAL VALUE CHAINS
Moderator: Phumzile Ncube (UJ)
Speakers:
Dominic Ramos: Climate change and regional trade: Promoting resilience among regional transport and agricultural supply chains
Olwethu Shedi: Market development for regional industrialisation and sustainability: the case of the soybean to poultry value chain
Wendy Engel: Climate change investment opportunities in South African agriculture
FOSTERING INNOVATION AND R&D FOR INDUSTRIAL GROWTH
Speakers:
Rendani Mamphiswana: Understanding declining business sector R&D investment in South Africa: Implications for industrial policy
Freeman Mateko: Opportunities for Southern Africa in emerging technologies: How the global South should adapt to and take advantage of emerging technologies
Rex Asiama: Drivers of medium- and high-technology manufacturing in African countries
Moderator: Baba-Tamana Gqubule (JET IP PMU)
Closing Panel Discussion:
Mbongeni Ndlovu (B&M Analyst)
Ayanda Hlatshwayo (Treasury)
Thando Vilakazi (CCRED)
Boitumelo Molete (Labour: COSATU
Closing: Tebogo Makube (the dtic)