During the three-day Summit, over 700 participants will engage in interactive workshops and sessions to set priorities for the most compelling ideas to improve the state of the world and identify the latest trends, risks and innovative solutions to address the world’s challenges. The outcomes...

Theme: Climate change, food security and resilience of food and agricultural systems in developing countries: Mitigation and adaptation options. The objective of this seminar is to bring together agricultural economists and other scientists working in the field of rural and agricultural...

The programme for this year’s Summit will convene under the theme “Implementing India” and will pay particular attention to how the necessities for inclusive social and economic progress can be delivered and serve as a model for other developing economies.

The meeting will provide an extraordinary opportunity to identify and leverage best-in-class North African business models and public policies at a time when the region is seeking new modalities for growth vis-à-vis an unprecedented global economic transformation. The meeting will pay...

Auf der Tagung wird der aktuelle Stand der Debatte zur tariflichen Unterbietungskonkurrenz zusammengefasst und auch die deutsche Rechtsprechung unter Bezugnahme auf Art. 2 des ILO-Übereinkommens 87 kritisch hinterfragt. Es wird thematisiert, ob Deutschland seinen mit Ratifikation des...

The Annual Meeting of the New Champions, the “Summer Davos”, is the foremost global business gathering in Asia. Driving growth through sustainability is fundamental for global, national and business competitiveness in the 21st century. This year’s programme will focus on how to increase...

The seminar will focus on the external costs of farming activities with particular emphasis placed on both on-farm and external agricultural input use like pesticides, chemicals, water, animal waste in terms of damage control to farm output, adverse long-term effects on the environment, and...

Theme: "Rural development: governance, policy design and delivery" Topics: - changing and increasingly complex rural governance models and approaches, - paradigm shift and new approaches in rural development policy design and delivery, - rural livelihoods and structural change – socioeconomic...

Theme: Sustainability in the Food Sector: Rethinking the Relationship between the Agro-Food System and the Natural, Social, Economic and Institutional Environment. Topics: - Methodologies for Measuring Sustainability in the Food System - Integrated Life-Cycle Assessment and Performance...

Öffentliche Dienstleistungen werden von Menschen in Bundes-, Landes- und Kommunalverwaltungen erbracht. Doch ist unsere föderale Struktur den Aufgaben noch gewachsen? Die Beantwortung dieser Frage wird ein zentrales Thema des Potsdamer Forums für Führungskräfte im öffentlichen Dienst 2010...