At the XII.Astana Economic Forum in Nur-Sultan /Kazakhstan Prof.Dr.B.Hallier pointed out the importance of the Eurasian Region for Peace Building and Economic Innovation. The forum was visited among others by the first President of Kazakhstan and the Presidents of Armenia and Georgia, the Managing Director of IMF Christine Lagarde, bankers like Herman Gref/Russia and Nobel Laureates.

In an interview with the business-channel Atameken Prof.Hallier explained that the area has developed within the last 12 years from a follower of innovation towards a driver. There can be seen in Eurasia dramatic investments into new technologies and human resources.
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The Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists (Association) was established in 2008 as an initiative of the first President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev. Among its members are the Nobel Laureates of Economics : Robert Aumann, Finn Kydland, Eric Maskin, Sir James Mirrless, Robert Mundell, John Nash (1928-2015), Edmund Phelps, Christop Pissarides and Edward Prescott. The European Retail Academy is presented at EECSA by the professors Hanon Barabaner/Estonia, Mikhail Fedorov/Russia and Bernd Hallier/Germany.

In 2019 the 2018 Laureate Prof.Dr.Paul Romer (photo) reflekted in Astana/Nur-Sultan about the proper role of governments within market economies which is of utmost importance to switch economic thinking from short-term profit-goals towards long-term sustainability-goals.
 

Since 1800 the Trade Sector in Europe has run through major innovation cycles roughly every 25 years as Prof.Dr.B.Hallier showed in his former research on Applied Sciences. Now he defined the forthcoming changes for the distribution systems in the period 2025 - 2050.

Logarithms/AI will dominate the whole ordering, storing and distribution processes; the limitation of store-sizes will be challenged by unlimited assortments on Sales Platforms supported by the Internet of Things or influencers; neuro -marketing 02 will not only analyze the human brain of consumers but directly intervene in decisions; brick-and-stone markets will become cash-zone free; robotic delivery will go into first major field applications; know-how and investment will be bundled by across-sector mergers/joint ventures between retail/wholesale/data-pools/technology experts/ logistics/label-manufacturers and others : becoming partners in a world-wide "distribution machine".

Originated in Sweden in 2018 political protests of young people started under the slogan "Fridays for Future". Meanwhile it became a worldwide movement and shows how concerned the young generation is about the climate change and green issues.

It is worth mentioning that already in May 2013 student delegates on the way from Yekaterinburg/Russia to the Astana Economic Forum/ Kazakhstan drafted a declaration under the leadership of Prof.Dr.M.Fedorov/USUE and Prof.Dr.B.Hallier/ERA which was signed by the Nobel Laureate Prof.Dr.R.Chung/Korea as the first external professor - and which ended by the Site www.european-retail-academy.org/GGU/ (Global Green University) designed by Dr.Alina Pukhovskaya.

After a nearly thirty years long hyper globalization cycle as a driver for innovation, world-trade and modern liberal society now there is the danger of an upcoming period of protectionism by populist, protectionist and national oriented platforms.

The Astana Economic Forum 2019 will focus on dangers like trade-wars or Brexit for the world economy. This hot topic of the AEF is for Prof.Dr.Hallier a chance to defend open market systems and the global growth of the wealth of nations. The Conference will be opened by the first President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev; key-speakers among others are Christine Lagarde/Managing Director IMF and Paul Romer/ Nobel Laureate Economics in 2018. More about the Program (Link).