Following the publication of the European Commission's Update to the New Industrial Strategy, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has been carrying out a series of activities to fulfil its role of representing the views of organised civil society. A key event in this process has been a conference held on 17 June 2021, from 2.30 to 6 p.m., on Updated industrial strategy: towards a more resilient and strategically autonomous EU industry. The overarching objective of the conference was to discuss the extent to which the updated industrial strategy contains sufficient elements to enhance EU industry's resilience and strategic autonomy. In particular, the topic has been tackled through two panels: the first panel dealing with strategic autonomy in strategic value chains; the second panel dealing with the impacts of the updated industrial strategy on the health industrial ecosystem.
