The main topics to be discussed during the conference include (but are not limited to):
- the recent trends in the development of technological knowledge
- the effects of digital technologies on productivity and economic growth
- technology creation/technology adoption patterns across countries/regions/firms
- technology vs. inequality and income/wealth distribution
- labour market effects of automation, digitalisation and AI (employment, wages, skills, tasks)
- the quantification of innovation and digital progress (novel methodology and data)
- spatial distribution of innovation/patenting activity; technological specialisation/concentration
- technology/innovation/AI in economic growth models
