2020 Annual Conference of the Global Forum on Productivity

FLAGSHIP ONLINE EVENT (8 DECEMBER 2020)

GFP WEEK - OPEN WEBINAR SERIES (30 NOVEMBER, 2 DECEMBER, 3 DECEMBER)

  Virtual Interactive Events

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VIDEO RECORDINGS AND PRESENTATIONS

Flagship event

Webinars

BACKGROUND

Digital technologies and business models drive productivity growth and are key to job creation and prosperity. However, they can also create “winner takes most” dynamics, market concentration and rising productivity gaps across firms. How do these developments affect market dynamics and competition in interconnected economies and what role can modern industrial policy play to promote structural change while maintaining a “level playing field” to ensure fair competition in global markets? The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to have an accelerating effect on these already ongoing structural changes. Against this background, government action becomes even more important and policy dialogue around these topics is more timely than ever.

BACKGROUND MATERIALS

Draft agenda

Speakers' biographies

CONTACT

For any other questions please contact Productivity@oecd.org

PARTICIPANTS AND SPEAKERS

The conference brough together high-level policy makers, top academics and experts on productivity. The event was a unique opportunity to discuss these difficult topics and reflect on how they are shaped by economic crisis following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker (Minister, BMWi), and Ángel Gurría (Secretary-General, OECD), opened the Flagship Event. Keynotes and panellists throughout the event included Philippe Aghion (College de France), Ufuk Akcigit (University of Chicago), Thomas Philippon (NYU Stern), Diane Coyle (University of Cambridge), Cristina Caffarra (Charles River Associates), Jason Furman (Harvard), Chad Bown (Peterson Institute), Jean Pisani-Ferry (Sciences Po) and many others.