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New Frontiers of Sustainable Structural Transformation and Industrial Policy
Key information
- Date
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- Time
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9:30 am to 5:00 pm
- Venue
- SOAS University of London (Senate House)
- Room
- Alumni Lecture Theatre and Wolfson Lecture Theatre
- Event type
- Conference
About this event
In February 2024 the Centre for Sustainable Structural Transformation (CSST) was established at SOAS University of London thanks to the support of HMG.
CSST reimagines and promotes structural transformation in developing countries in an age of ecological and social crises through industrial policy that is long-term-oriented and frameshifting. By acting as an action-oriented hub for research, learning, and policy development for the Global South, especially Africa, CSST has conducted path-breaking research on structural transformation, industrial dynamics, and economic diversification strategies and on how to make them environmentally and socially sustainable.
Over the last two years, CSST has developed partnerships with key organisations, including the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa and the Brazilian Development Bank BNDES, and explored new research venues with the support of the Open Society Foundation.
This two-day hybrid conference offers an opportunity to disseminate research findings from a two-year contract research programme with HMG covering six streams of work across Africa: energy transition, critical minerals, infrastructure development, supply chains restructuring, business models, and industrial policy. The workshop will also feature keynotes and panel discussions involving thought leaders in academic research and policy practice, as well as parallel session featuring contributions from researchers working on Africa and other regions of the Global South.
The aim of the conference is to explore new frontiers of sustainable structural transformation and industrial policy at a time when the demand for these transformations and policies is growing across countries and regions in the Global South.
Speakers include Ha-Joon Chang (SOAS), Carlos Lopes (University of Cape Town), Fiona Tregenna (UNU-MERIT), Antonio Andreoni (SOAS), Robert Wade (LSE), Chris Pitelis (University of Southampton), Pepe Fortunato (UNCTAD), and Richard Kozul-Wright (SOAS), alongside a range of leading scholars and policy experts working on Africa and other regions of the Global South.
Header image credit: James Wiseman via Unsplash.
Programme
First Day
| Time | Event | |
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9.30 S113 | Registration | |
| 10.00 – 10.15 SALT | Welcome and introduction
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10.15 – 11.30 SALT | Strategies for Sustainable Structural Transformation in Africa - Seizing opportunities, shaping pathways and navigating risks.
CSST Synthesis Report Launch
Q&A and Discussion | |
11.30 – 13.00 SALT | Keynote on Sustainable Structural Transformation in Africa – Carlos Lopes (40min) – on-line
Q&A and Discussion | |
13.00 – 14.30 Senate house | Lunch break | |
| Parallel sessions | ||
| 14.30 – 16.00 | Session 1 (SALT): Energy transition and Industrialisation
3 Presenters (20 min each):
| Session 2 (SWLT): Value chain, trade and industrial policy
3 Presenters (20 min each):
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16.00 – 16.30 S113 | Coffee break | |
| 16.30 – 18.00 | Session 3 (SALT): Resources governance, dependence and criticality
3 Presenters (20 min each):
| Session 4 (SWLT): Africa-China engagements and infrastructure development
3 Presenters (20 min each):
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18.00 – 19.00 SALT
| Panel discussion on the ‘return’ of industrial policy
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19.00 Senate house
| Drinks reception for all participants | |
| 20.00 | Dinner for speakers
Antalya Restaurant, 103-105 Southampton Row, Holborn, London WC1B 4HH
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Second Day
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9.30 – 10.00 SALT | Taking stock from parallel sessions of Day 1
Highlights reporting from session chairs (7min each)
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10.00 – 11.30 SALT
| Keynote on Structural Transformation and Industrial Policy – Fiona Tregenna (UNU-MERIT) (40min)
Q&A and Discussion | |
| Parallel sessions | ||
| 11.30 – 13.00 | Session 5 (SALT): Venture Capital and Digital Platforms
3 Presenters (20 min each):
| Session 6 (SWLT): Development finance and resource mobilisation
3 Presenters (20 min each):
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13.00 – 14.00 Senate house | Lunch break
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| 14.00 – 15.30 | Session 7 (SALT): Businesses in structural transformation
3 Presenters (20 min each):
| Session 8 (SWLT): Industrial policy for structural transformation
3 Presenters (20 min each):
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15.30 – 16.00 S113
| Coffee break | |
16.00 – 16.30 SALT | Taking stock from parallel sessions of Day 2
Highlights reporting from session chairs (7min each) | |
16.30 – 17.00 SALT
| New Frontiers: an open discussion
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17.00
| Closing | |
Online meeting details
SALT (Senate House Alumni Lecture Theatre)
| SWLT (Senate House Wolfson Lecture Theatre)
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