ifo Industry Colloquium 2018
IHK Academy Munich, Orleansstraße 10–12, 81669 Munich
The ifo Industry Colloquium is a platform for current topics from an industry-specific perspective. In its four sector forums – Industry, Trade, Construction, and the Service Sector – experts from companies, associations, politics, and research discuss current industry developments, trends, and challenges. The conference, which the ifo Institute holds regularly in cooperation with the Chamber of Industry and Commerce for Munich and Upper Bavaria, is sponsored by the Bavarian State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development, and Energy.
In addition to industry forecasts for individual economic sectors, this year's industry dialogue focused on the topics of (digital) transformation from manufacturers to service providers, the role of services in global competition, the challenges of trade logistics in a digital environment and capacity bottlenecks in the construction industry.
Program
| 07.11.2018 | |
| 9:15 a.m. |
Welcome Remarks Dr. Eberhard Sasse |
| 9:30 a.m. |
Words of welcome Franz Josef Pschierer |
| 9:30 a.m. |
The German Economy: Economic Situation and Need for Economic Policy Action Prof. Clemens Fuest |
| 10:30 a.m. | Coffee break |
| 11:00 a.m. | Forum 1 – Industry
Forum 2 – Trade |
| 12:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30 p.m. |
Labour market effects of automation Prof. Dr. Jens Südekum |
| 2:30 p.m. | Coffee break |
| 3:00 p.m. | Forum 3 – Construction
Forum 4 – Service Sector |
| 4:30 p.m. | Wrap-up |
Industry Forum
Transformation to Service Provider and New Requirement Profiles in the Industry
Global competition is changing fast: important digital industries are increasingly dominated by a handful of US giants, while China is striving for global technology leadership in ten key technologies through massive state intervention. Germany’s Federal Minister of Economics and Technology has now responded to these challenges with his “National Industrial Strategy 2030,” thereby triggering a lively debate: do we really need a more active industrial policy to promote the competitiveness of Germany and Europe?
| Moderator | Harald Schultz, ifo Institute |
| Industry development | Simon Litsche, ifo Institute |
| Expert contributions | Prof. Dr. Oliver Falck, ifo Institute Dr. Andreas Fier, Deutsche Telekom AG Dr. Robert Obermeier, Chamber of Industry and Commerce for Munich and Upper Bavaria |
Trade Forum
Trade Logistics - Challenges on the Last Mile
The online trade is growing rapidly and with it the amount of goods shipments. Every year, more than 3 billion deliveries are made to customers, who demand ever faster and on-time delivery. The complexity on the last mile is growing and poses far-reaching challenges for retailers, logistics companies and local authorities. But how does online retailing organize its sales processes to be profitable and customer-oriented? How does a future-proof logistics processing in e-commerce work? Which urban trade logistics concepts relieve traffic?
| Moderator | Wolfgang Fischer, CityPartnerMünchen e.V. |
| Industry development | Sabine Rumscheidt, ifo Institute |
| Expert contributions | Sabine Rumscheidt, ifo Institute Rolf Meyer,Meyer & Meyer Gruppe, CityWOW Frank Gallus,otto.de |
Construction Forum
Capacity Shortages are Increasing - What is to be done?
In particular, the strong revival of new residential construction and increased efforts to modernize the transport infrastructure have pushed capacity utilization in the construction industry to undreamt-of heights. While there have been complaints about a shortage of skilled tradesmen for some time now, the situation in the main construction industry also worsened considerably last year. Added to this are the pronounced capacity bottlenecks in public administration. The more difficult it is to recruit qualified workers, the more important measures for more efficient project execution will become in the future.
| Moderator | Dr. Josef Wallner, Bavarian Construction Industry Association e.V. |
| Industry development | Ludwig Dorffmeister, ifo Institute |
| Expert contributions | René Rimpler, German Confederation of Skilled Crafts (ZDH) Prof. Dr. Peter Racky, University of Kassel |
Service Sector Forum
Services in Global Competition
Rapid developments in information and communication technologies and the increasing integration of companies along global, digital process chains make services more and more tradable across borders. But how well are German service providers integrated into global value chains? Is Germany an attractive location for service providers from different countries? And where are options for action for politics and business to promote cross-border trade in services?
| Moderator | Dr. Robert Obermeier, Chamber of Industry and Commerce for Munich and Upper Bavaria |
| Industry development | Przemyslaw Brandt, ifo Institute |
| Expert contributions | Anita Wölfl, ifo Institute Prof. Gabriel Felbermayr, Ph.D., ifo Institut Dr. Indre Pohl/Joachim Ullerich, NTT DATA GmbH |
Conference Report
ifo Branchen-Dialog 2018 (ifo Industry Colloquium)
ifo Institut, München, 2019
ifo Schnelldienst, 2019, 72, Nr. 01, 36-39
