The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has impacted nearly all facets of humanity and will most certainly result in changes in how economic and trade activities will be undertaken beyond the pandemic. A key change that all countries have had to undergo is the increased utilization of digital technologies and models to sustain economies and social livelihoods.  On a whole the pandemic which resulted in unprecedented threats and lockdown globally – pushed organizations and enterprises to overcome any doubts they may have had regarding digital solutions.

Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils (GFCC) is pleased to invite you to to the 2021 Global Innovation Summit (GIS 2021), to be held on December 01-02, in partnership with the U.S. Council on Competitiveness.

Thematic even "Revival of industrial policy – prospects for establishing a global industrial policy forum for multilateral policy learning and knowledge sharing" as part of the 19th session of the UNIDO General Conference

When: 2 December 2021 at 1:50 – 2:50 p.m. (CET)

When: 29 November 2021 at 3 – 4:30 p.m. (CET)

Where: The event will be accessible online through the Interprefy platform and will be open to participants registered to the Conference. Non-registered participants will be able to follow the livestream on the UNIDO website.

Target participants:

Thematic event "The post-pandemic world will be digital: implications of 4IR for developing countries" as part of the 19th session of the UNIDO General Conference

When: 1 December 2021 at 1:50 – 2:50 p.m. (CET)

Thematic event "New forms of investments as drivers for a sustained post-COVID-19 recovery" as part of the 19th session of the UNIDO General Conference

When: 2 December 2021 at 8:20 – 9:20 a.m. (CET)