PwC Announces 2024 Economy Day

Luxembourg’s Ministry of the Economy, the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce,  FEDIL – The Voice of Luxembourg's Industry and the foundation IDEA, in cooperation with PwC Luxembourg, will organise the  Economy Day (Journée de l'Economie - JEcolux 2024) focusing on the theme, "Luxembourg's competitiveness: are we still in the race? Seizing the opportunities of global change" on 26 March 2024.

Registration for the Journée de l'Economie 2024 is now open, set to take place in the form of a physical event at the Chamber of Commerce in Luxembourg.

This year the event will start at noon with a walking lunch until 14:00. The conference, which will be held in English, will follow with guest speakers and panel discussions throughout the afternoon from 14:00 until 18:00, and close with a networking cocktail from 18:00 until 19:00. The detailed agenda and complete list of speakers will be disclosed in the following days. Among the speakers will feature:

• Luxembourg’s Minister of the Economy, Lex Delles;
• Lionel Fontagné, an advisor to the Economic and International Cooperation Directorate of the Bank of France and Professor of Economics at the University Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne and at the Paris School of Economics;
• Michele Cincera, Professor of Economics at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management-ULB, specialising in the economics of science and technology, industrial organisation, and applied econometrics;
• Serge Allegrezza, appointed Director of Luxembourg's statistics bureau Statec in April 2003 and previously responsible for internal market policy and general economic policy at the Luxembourgish Ministry of the Economy and Foreign Trade.

Experts will dissect Luxembourg's current competitiveness, identify critical success factors from recent years and contemplate their role in shaping the Grand Duchy's trajectory for the future.

The conference is also set to delve into the realm of innovation and emerging technologies in Luxembourg, exploring the nation's positioning in tomorrow's technological landscape and addressing the dual challenge of environmental and digital transformation. 

Registration and more information are available at the following link: https://www.jecolux.lu/events/economyday/index.html.

The proceeds from the registration will be entirely donated to a deserving organisation. Registration fees for the conference amount to €70. More information about the association will be communicated soon.