The Roscongress Foundation presents a sports news digest about the rescheduling of the 2021 world championships following the postponement of the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo next year. In this issue we answer:
— Which world championships were not initially scheduled for 2021?
— Which world championships will still be held in 2021?
— Which world championships will be held in the same year as the Olympic Games for the first time?
— Which world championships have been postponed to 2022?
In 2011 Eric Schmidt — one of the most renowned figures in the IT industry and at the time Executive Chairman of Google — spoke at the session «The World According to Google» at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. What he said turned out to be remarkably prophetic, particularly when viewed from the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic and our experience of self-isolation.
As part of the digitalization of the economy, satellite signals and data play an increasingly pivotal role in economic development. However, with the COVID-19 crisis, this positive trend could be reversed. There is a risk that the crisis could lead to more industry concentration, eliminating smaller and younger firms.
In this publication, the consulting company PwC looks at the current state of the global services trade and the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on this sector.
