Annual Forum

The TIPS Annual Forum is a vehicle to help to create and sustain a network of researchers in the area of trade and industry and other related fields. It provides a platform for dialogue between researchers, policymakers and other stakeholders around policy-relevant issues resulting from research.

See: forum.tips.org.za 

Papers presented at Annual Forums hosted by TIPS are available in archive.

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TIPS FORUM 2024 - CALL FOR PAPERS Small Business, Inclusive Growth, and Industrial Policy in South Africa30-31 July 2024 Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) will host its Annual Forum on Tuesday and Wednesday 30 – 31 July 2024. The theme is Small Business, Inclusive Growth and Industrial Policy in…
  The 2023 TIPS Forum will be held in a hybrid format allowing for both in-person and virtual participationThe in-person event will be held at the DBSA Vulindlela Conference Centre (1258 Lever Road, Midrand) - space is limited   CLICK HERE TO REGISTER   DOWNLOAD THE FORUM PROGRAMME SPEAKER AND MODERATOR BIOS   Trade…
Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) will host its Annual Forum on Monday and Tuesday, 1-2 August 2022. The theme is Towards a Just Transition: The Role of Industrial Policy. The Forum seeks to facilitate knowledge sharing and deepen the understanding of the dynamics of moving towards a Just Transition. It will consider…
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a slowdown in international trade, and disrupted global supply chains and the organisation of work. In addition, pre-existing inequalities and structural constraints on growth have been exacerbated. Economic policy interventions that have been implemented in response to the pandemic have highlighted pre-existing tensions between…
Due to COVID-19 the format for the annual TIPS Forum will be changing. The TIPS Forum 2020 on Regional Industrial Development will be held as digital sessions, and in two parts: Part 1 Day 1: 28 July 202010:00 – 10:15 Welcome 10:15 – 10:30 Keynote address10:30 – 11:30 Session 1:…
Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) In partnership with the DST/NRF South African Research Chair in Industrial Development (SARChI Industrial Development) based at the University of Johannesburg, the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), Department of Science and Technology (DST), and the Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) will be hosting its 2019 Annual Forum…
Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) in partnership the South African Research Chair in Industrial Development based at the University of Johannesburg and the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), and in association with the Department of Trade and Industry (the dti), will be hosting its 2018 Annual Forum on 6-7 June…
TIPS in partnership with the South African Research Chair in Industrial Development, based at the University of Johannesburg, and in association with the Green Economy Coalition (GEC), hosting the 2017 Annual Forum from 13 to14 June, 2017. Supported by the European Union and the Department of Trade and Industry. The…
The TIPS Annual Forum 2016 was held in partnership with the Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development and the SARChI Chair in Industrial Development at the University of Johannesburg, and the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), and in association with the Departments of Trade and…
Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) in partnership with the University of the Witwatersrand, United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) and the USAID Southern Africa Trade Hub Program, and in association with the Department of Trade and Industry, National Treasury and the Department of Performance Monitoring…
The Conference will be hosted by the Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU) and Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) As with most other emerging market economies, South Africa has not escaped the real economy effects of the global financial crisis. The impact on economic growth, foreign and domestic investment and…
The 2008 Forum was held in partnership with the Western Cape Department of Economic Development and Tourism and The Competitiveness Institute (TCI). TCI's Conference was entitled: Clusters Meeting the Challenge of Globalisation The full conference programme can be found at: http://www.sbs.co.za/tci2008 Forum Theme: After a number of years of strong economic…
The Forum is an annual event bringing together members of the research, academic and policy communities to discuss economic policy issues of South African and regional interest. The Forum is generally attended by upwards of 150 delegates, including senior academics and government officials from South Africa and the region. The…
TIPS and DPRU, in association with Cornell University, sponsored an international conference to bring the best global research on issues around macro- and micro-economic linkages to the attention of African policy-makers. The Conference had a broad remit, covering theory, empirics and policy, while addressing individual countries, groups of countries, and…
The annual forum serves as a platform for researchers, policy-makers and other stakeholders to discuss ongoing research and to enter into dialogue on policy-relevant issues resulting from research. TIPS hosted its seventh annual forum in September 2003 together with the Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU). This year's forum focussed on…
The South African economy has undergone drastic changes since the establishment of democracy in 1994. The new Government embarked on the following restructuring process comprising of the following: macroeconomic stability; trade liberalisation; foreign exchange control reform; privatisation; deregulation of certain sectors and the establishment of sector-specific regulators; a revamped competition…
This forum provides an opportunity for national and international researchers, policy makers and other stakeholders to dialogue on important policy-relevant trade and industrial policy and broader economic policy issues. The fourth conference deals with the critical issue of employment. Unemployment is the most important social and economic issue in South…
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