Conference Description:

The biennial European Conference CONCORDi is a science-to-policy forum for leading academics and policymakers to discuss issues relevant to present and future EU policy agendas arising from frontier scientific knowledge on Corporate R&D and Innovation.
CONCORDi conferences have been organised by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) Directorate for Fair and Sustainable Economy in Seville since 2007.

The JRC will host the 9th edition of CONCORDi (2023) in cooperation with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). For more information, see here: https://iri.jrc.ec.europa.eu/concordi-20 23.

The 2023 edition of the conference will focus on the topic Open Strategic Autonomy in the context of the current transition to a green and digital economy, as this is now at the core of the EU’s industrial policy agenda. The EU’s Open Strategic Autonomy policy aims to alleviate vulnerabilities and reinforce technological sovereignty of the EU in strategic sectors of the economy, such as energy, mobility, health, food supply, digital technologies and space-defence-security.

In light of the above, CONCORDi 2023 will focus on the role of corporate investment in Research & Innovation (R&I), sustainable practices and related policies, and how they can address issues relating to open strategic autonomy and technological vulnerabilities in key sectors and technologies.

It is expected that the conference will inform the on-going pursuit of the EU’s policy priorities including the Industrial strategy for Europe, the New European Innovation Agenda, the European Green Deal and the recent Green Deal Industrial Plan, as well as Strategic Autonomy and Technological Leadership policy objectives.

Call for papers
We invite you to submit an original paper proposal that fits one or more of the broad thematic tracks indicated below:

1. Industrial innovation to alleviate vulnerability and reinforce technological sovereignty in strategic sectors

2. Industrial innovation in critical technologies and for the reduction of key dependencies

3. Identification of territorial opportunities linked to industrial innovation for competitiveness, regional cohesion and social inclusion

4. Creation and growth of firms in prominent technological fields.

For more information, see here: https://iri.jrc.ec.europa.eu/concordi-20 23.