Presidency event (conference): 'Europe's Transformation: Where People Matter' – Austria, November 2018

Events of major strategic nature, well focused and with the participation of a broad spectrum of stakeholders are of outmost importance for assessing past activities, identifying policy options and priorities, and planning future actions.

The European Commission will support the organisation of the conference 'Europe's Transformation: Where People Matter' in the November 2018, in cooperation with the Austrian government, holding the EU Presidency of the European Union at the time.

The conference, the fourth international conference on 'Growth in Transition', will be part of the Trio-Presidency programme on Eco-Innovation in the EU. In exploring alternative economic pathways towards a sustainable way of life, the conference will address an issue of major relevance to Societal Challenge 5, with innovation and transformation at the core of the event.

The event will also aim to create better synergy between initiatives launched by the Commission and by the Member States, to the benefit of the