This conference, to be opened by Georgios Dassis, EESC president, will bring together more than 200 representatives of businesses, trade unions, regions, civil society and academia from a number of European countries, in dialogue with representatives of European and national institutions with the aim of exploring and discussing the following questions:
- Which quantitative and qualitative impact have energy and digital mutations on employment?
- Are industrial relations systems (dialogue between economic and social actors) adapting to respond to the challenges of these mutations?
- What conditions must the overhaul of these systems meet if competitiveness and social cohesion are to be safeguarded?

Discussions will focus on both the Europe-wide picture and a comparison between six countries: France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland and Sweden.