01 September 2026 at 18h00 (SAST)
26 Degree South Hotel | Muldersdrift | South Africa
Online via Zoom
Alice Amsden, was a leading thinker on Industrial Policy and an expert in economic development. She served as the Barton L. Weller Professor of Political Economy in MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning. Amsden wrote extensively about the process of industrialization in emerging economies, particularly in Asia. Her work has shaped thinking in how developing countries approach industrialisation and she was influential in understanding the importance of the state as a creator of economic growth. Her work challenged the idea that globalization had produced generally uniform conditions in which emerging economies could find a one-size-fits-all path to prosperity.
Keynote Speaker
Professor Fiona Tregenna is Director of the United Nations University–Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) in the Netherlands. An internationally recognised economist, her work focuses on industrial development, structural transformation, industrial policy and inclusive growth. She has advised governments and international organisations, including UNIDO, UNCTAD and the ILO, and serves on South Africa’s Presidential Economic Advisory Council.
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