Centre for Research and Labour Market Studies at the University of Economics in Katowice is pleased to invite you to the seventh edition of the scientific conference “Dilemmas of the Contemporary Labour Market” which will be held on 14 to 16 September 2015 in the “Kocierz” Hotel and Spa in the mountain resort of Targanice.

The conference is organised under the patronage of Prof. Leszek Żabiński, Rector of University of Economics in Katowice, Prof. Kazimierz Frieske, Director of the Institute of Labour and Social Studies, and Prof. Józef Dubiński, President of the Branch of Polish Academy of Sciences in Katowice. The conference will be structured in three plenary sessions and will focus on the difficult issues related to the functioning of the modern labour market in the context of technological development, growing unemployment (also youth unemployment and underemployment), and universal operating principles of modern market economies.

The conference will proceed to publish submitted papers after positive reviews in the “Studia Ekonomiczne Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Katowicach”, which provides a valuable basis for conclusions and recommendations pertaining to the contemporary labour market.

Conference Program:

14.09.2015 (Monday):
11:00-13:30 Registration of participants
13:30-14:30 Lunch
15:00-15:30 Opening ceremony
15:30-18:45 1st plenary session
19:00 Gala dinner and gettogether meeting in Klub K2

15.09.2015 (Tuesday):
7:00-9:30 Breakfast
10:00-12:00 2nd plenary session
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:15-18:00 3rd plenary session
19:00 Open air dinner

16.09.2015 (Wednesday):
7:00-9:30 Breakfast
10:00-11:40 4th plenary session
11:40-12:10 Conference summary
12:20 Lunch

Conference topics:

1. Labour market against the background of globalisation and modern technologies
2. Labour market in boom and bust periods
3. Global and regional problems of the labour market
4. Changes in employment structures
5. Economic policy and the labour market
6. Labour market determinants (macroeconomic, structural, demographic, educational, integrationrelated)
7. Human and social capital in today’s economy
8. Labour resources management in micro and macro dimensions
9. Employment policy and labour market policy
10. Labour market institutions
11. Labour market deregulation and flexible forms of employment
12. Mobility of labour resources (labour migrations)
13. Role of EU funds in labour market equilibrium
14. Combating unemployment