Health and Wellbeing in a Competitive Landscape
Warsaw, October 24, 2024 (Thursday), 1 pm – 5 pm
The event will take place in a hybrid format. For attendees in person, the location is room 3A of the SGH building C, Al. Niepodległości 128.
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The World Economy Research Institute at the SGH Warsaw School of Economics is delighted to announce the 19th Annual Conference on Innovation and Competitiveness.
Global economy is facing many challenges, such as environmental degradation, climate change, natural disasters, unfavorable demographic trends and problems related to population migration. In the face of new challenges and high-risk and uncertainty, the question arises as to the adequacy of the concept of competitiveness to explain why some countries are raising their welfare levels and improving their citizens’ quality of life faster than others? In the context of the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, health seems to be an important area of focus for societies, especially scientists, entrepreneurs and politicians. The concept of competitiveness links health to welfare and quality of life, but studies devoted directly to this topic in the context of the competitiveness of economies are scarce. Health is mostly conceived as a component of human capital and is considered in this broader dimension, combined with education, in research on competitiveness. For this reason, the conference addresses the issue of health as a factor of competitiveness and also focuses on more subjective health-related elements, such as happiness and well-being.
Numerous economic studies are driven by the complex idea of competitiveness, which reveals new factors influencing socioeconomic development and their interactions. Among other topics covered in the discourse on competitiveness are:
• the theoretical background of the issue of international competitiveness, taking into account the latest scientific developments;
• the international competitive position of Poland compared to selected countries; including the area of health.
• the importance of the factors crucial to the competitive ability of the Polish economy.
We hope that the World Economy Research Institute’s 19th Annual Conference will provide inspiration for further discussion on shaping the competitiveness of economies, its traditional and novel factors, and the role of health in this process.
Keynote Lecture
Mark Parascandola, Ph.D., M.P.H., is Director of the Research and Training Branch in the Center for Global Health at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). He received his Doctorate in Philosophy of Science from Cambridge University and his Master of Public Health degree in Epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health. He has authored over 75 published articles on global cancer prevention, implementation science, tobacco control, and epidemiologic research methodology. He served as an editor for the NCI/WHO report The Economics of Tobacco and Tobacco Control (2016), the NCI/CDC report Smokeless Tobacco and Public Health: A Global Perspective (2014), and the two-volume encyclopedia Tobacco: Its History and Culture (2005). Dr. Parascandola has served as an Embassy Science Fellow and expert advisor on tobacco control, air pollution and health at the U.S. Embassies in Beijing, China, and Warsaw, Poland.
William Milner, MSc, Accociate Director, WCC, IMD, is a social economist, currently working on the competitiveness of nations and abridging its vast dataset into easily understandable stories and visualizations. As the Associate Director of the IMD World Competitiveness Center, he oversees the production of the country competitiveness rankings, ensuring that the annual reports and commissioned projects run smoothly. He has a degree in Economic and Social History and a master’s degree in Information Management. He brings a multidisciplinary, holistic, approach to macro-economic theory and a long experience in supporting higher education research.
William was raised and studied in the United Kingdom but has lived in Niger, Chad, Serbia and Switzerland, where he was naturalized in 2009.
Professor Scott W. Hegerty, Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Anthropology, Economics, Geography & Environmental Studies, Global Studies, and Philosophy at Northeastern Illinois University (USA). He is a renowned economist, economic geographer, and data scientist based in Milwaukee and Chicago. He specializes in international macroeconomics and urban/economic geography, and he conducts research on financial issues from both perspectives.
The Conference is a hybrid event, participation is free of charge for registered participants. Please use the following link to register to participate in person or on online .
Registration
Scientific Committee
- Professor Marzenna Anna Weresa, Ph.D., SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland (Co-chair)
- Associate Professor Arkadiusz Michał Kowalski, Ph.D., SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland (Co-chair)
- Associate Professor Thomas Apolte, Ph.D., University of Münster, Germany & SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
- Associate Professor Scott W. Hegerty, Ph.D., Economics and Geography & Environmental Studies, Northeastern Illinois University, the USA
- Associate Professor Mariusz-Jan Radło, Ph.D., SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
- Associate Professor Jurgen Wandel, Ph.D., SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
Organizing Committee
- Anna Maria Dzienis, Ph.D., SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland (coordinator) anna.dzienis@sgh.waw.pl
- Katarzyna Kamińska, Ph.D., SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
- Artur F. Tomeczek, Ph.D., SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
- Katarzyna Faber, M.A., SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland katarzyna.faber@sgh.waw.pl
Conference Program
- WERI Conference 2023
Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Competitiveness: How Are They Connected and Why Do They Matter?
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The World Economy Research Institute at the SGH Warsaw School of Economics is delighted to announce the 18th Annual Conference on Innovation and Competitiveness.
In today’s world, sustainable competitiveness is no longer built on such staple elements as economies of scale, but rather on curve-jumping and curve-defining innovations. Entrepreneurship serves as the cornerstone for both innovation and inter-firm competition, playing a pivotal role within the broader national economy. The future of entrepreneurship is heavily dependent on how well countries will handle the economic turbulence caused by the threat of recession, pandemic, and war in Ukraine.
Competitiveness, a multifaceted concept, drives diverse economic research uncovering new determinants of socio-economic development and their interrelationships. This conference will serve as a forum for the discussion about competitiveness, innovation and entrepreneurship during times of multiple crises, which will encompass, among other things:
- the theoretical background of the issue of international competitiveness, taking into account the latest scientific developments;
- the international competitive position of Poland and other EU countries ;
- the importance of the factors crucial to the competitive ability of the economy, and their analysis in terms of linkages with entrepreneurship;
- the trends in entrepreneurship development in Poland and in other EU member states, with particular emphasis on new business formation, technological entrepreneurship, innovation, and clusters.
We hope that the World Economy Research Institute’s 18th Annual Conference will provide inspiration for further discussion on shaping the competitiveness of economies, its traditional and novel factors, and the role of entrepreneurship in this process.
The keynote speech titled “Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Public Policy: Evidence from Major U.S. Cities” will be delivered by Professor Scott W. Hegerty, PhD, who currently serves as the Chair of the Department of Anthropology, Economics, Geography & Environmental Studies, Global Studies, and Philosophy at Northeastern Illinois University (USA).
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Professor Scott W. Hegerty, PhD, is a renowned economist, economic geographer, and data scientist based in Milwaukee and Chicago. He specializes in international macroeconomics and urban/economic geography, and he conducts research on financial issues from both perspectives. You can access Professor Hegerty’s CV here.
We also invite conference participants to take part in the workshop preceding the conference, which the World Economy Research Institute organizes jointly with Northeastern Illinois University on October 17-18, 2023. It is the 22nd Mathematical and Statistical Modeling Workshop designed to provide participants with hands-on experience in interdisciplinary quantitative and qualitative analysis related to modeling complex economic systems, including digital innovation and health-related issues. The workshop is supported by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange under the Strategic Partnerships programme (grant number BPI/PST/2021/1/00069/U/00001). More information along with the workshop’s agenda can be found here.
Both the Conference and the Workshop are hybrid events, participation is free of charge for registered participants. Please use the following link to register to participate in person or on online.
Registration
Scientific Committee
- Professor Marzenna Anna Weresa, Ph.D., SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland (Co-chair)
- Associate Professor Arkadiusz Michał Kowalski, Ph.D., SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland (Co-chair)
- Associate Professor Scott W. Hegerty, Ph.D., Economics and Geography & Environmental Studies, Northeastern Illinois University, the USA
- Associate Professor Laivi Laidroo, Ph.D., Department of Economics and Finance, TalTech School of Business and Governance, Estonia
- Professor Saman Sarbazvatan, Ph.D., École des Ponts Busienss School, France
- Associate Professor Mariusz-Jan Radło, Ph.D., SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
- Associate Professor Jurgen Wandel, Ph.D., SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
Organizing Committee
- Anna Maria Dzienis, Ph.D., SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
- Artur F. Tomeczek, Ph.D., SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
- Katarzyna Faber, M.A., SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
Conference Program