ifo Branchen-Dialog 2015 (Ifo Industry Colloquium)

This year’s Ifo Industry Colloquium took place on 28 October 2015. The event was once again supported by the Bavarian State Ministry for Economics and the Media, Energy and Technology, as well as the Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Munich and Upper Bavaria. After a welcome speech by the President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Munich and Upper Bavaria, Eberhard Sasse, Hans-Werner Sinn, President of the Ifo Institute, gave a speech on: “The economic situation in Germany and the world”. This speech was followed by the four branch forums. Oliver Falck, Interim Head of the Ifo Center for Industrial Organisation and New Technologies, wound up the event with a discussion of the issue of: “Innovation and technological change in a digital world”. This article summarises the conference.