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Monday 29 April
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8:00 ?10:00 p.m. |
Registration of participants |
CR Building |
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10:00 - 12:30 p.m. |
Opening Session |
CR Room |
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2:30
- 4:30 p.m. |
Development Opportunities from Doha > Summary report |
CR Room |
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Moderator: |
Ernesto Zedillo ?former President of Mexico > Photo |
| Discussants: | - Jeremy
Hobbs ?Executive Director, OXFAM
International > Photo - Thomas Aquino, Under Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry, Philippines > Paper > Photo - Peter Eigen ?Chairman, Transparency International > Paper > Photo |
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4:00
- 6:00 p.m. |
Market Access ?What is at stake? > Summary report |
Room W |
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Moderator: |
Jos? Maria Figueres-Olsen ?Managing Director, World Economic Forum > Photo |
| Discussants: | - Professor
Jagdish Bhagwati ?Columbia University > Photo - Bijit Bora ?Development and Economic Research Division, WTO Secretariat > Photo - Christopher Padilla ?Eastman Kodak Company > Presentation > Photo - Noreena Hertz ?University of Cambridge ?author of The Silent Takeover > Photo |
Tuesday 30 April ?Morning
10:00 - 1:00 p.m.: Parallel Work Sessions
|
Work
Session |
Trade and Environment after Doha> Summary report |
Room CR I |
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Moderator: |
Daniel Esty ?Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy > Photo |
| Discussants: | - Bjorn
Lomborg > Photo - Tony Juniper > Photo |
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Work
Session
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The WTO: The role of Parliamentarians? > Summary report |
Room E |
| Moderators: |
- Dr.
Caroline Lucas ?Member of the European Parliament > Photo
- Dr. Lockwood Smith ?Member of Parliament, New Zealand > Photo - Mike Moore ?Director-General, WTO > Photo |
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Themes: |
- Parliamentarians
as the accountable representatives of civil society - The role of parliamentarians in the multilateral trading system-ensuring monitoring and reporting - Future ratification by parliaments of the results of the Doha Development Agenda ?challenges and opportunities |
|
Work
Session |
Globalization and Trade: a Union's View > Summary report |
Room D |
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Moderator: |
Guy Ryder ?General Secretary, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions > Photo |
| Discussants: |
- Giampi
Alhadeff, SOLIDAR > Photo |
|
Work
Session |
New Issues in the Trading System > Summary report |
Room W |
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Moderator: |
Richard Eglin ?Trade and Finance Division, WTO Secretariat |
| Discussants on Trade & Investment: | -
Prof. V. Balasubramanyam ?University of Lancaster > Photo - Konrad von Moltke ?IISD > Photo |
| Discussants on Trade and Competition: | -
Prof. Fr閐閞ic Jenny ?France > Photo - Phil Evans ?UK Consumer Association > Photo - David Ongolo ?Spellman & Walker, Kenya > Photo |
Tuesday 30 April ?Afternoon
3:00 ?5:30 p.m.: Parallel Work Sessions
|
Work
Session |
Functioning and Financing of the WTO > Summary report |
Room CR I |
|
Moderator: |
Clayton Yeutter ?Hogan & Hartson > Photo |
| Discussants: | - Arthur
Dunkel ?former GATT Director-General > Photo - H.E. Edwin Laurent ?Ambassador, Eastern Caribbean States Mission to the EU > Photo - H.E. K錼e Bryn ?Ambassador of Norway in Geneva > Paper > Photo - Stuart Harbinson ?Permanent Representative to the WTO, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China > Photo - Luis de la Calle ?former Under-Secretary, Mexican Ministry of the Economy > Paper > Photo - Rashid Kaukab ?South Centre, Geneva > Photo - H.E. K.M. Chandrasekhar ?Ambassador, Permanent Mission of India to the WTO > Photo - H.E. Carlo Trojan ?Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the European Commission to the WTO > Photo |
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Work
Session |
Dumping and the WTO ?food security implications > Summary report |
Room CR II |
| Moderator: | Celine Charveriat ?Oxfam International, Geneva office > Photo |
| Discussants: | - Ndiogou
Fall ?Reseau des Organisations Paysannes et des Producteurs
Agricoles de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (ROPPA) - Sophia Murphy ?Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, US > Photo - Caroline Emond ?Dairy Farmers of Canada > Photo - Herbert Oberhaensli ?Nestle > Photo |
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Work
Session |
Business and the Digital Promise for Development > Summary report |
Room W |
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Moderator: |
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| Discussants: | - Philip
Wintrebert ?AT&T > Photo - Hasan Irfan Khan ?ICC Pakistan, > Photo - Claudio Murri ?EMEA > Photo |
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Work
Session |
Services Trade and the WTO: Unpacking the new GATS negotiations > Summary report |
Room E |
| Moderator: |
Vice Yu, - Friends of the Earth International > Photo |
| Discussants: |
- Syed
Habib Ahmed ?Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of
Pakistan, Geneva > Photo |
|
4:00-6:00
p.m. |
The WTO, Poverty Alleviation, and the Environment > Summary report |
Room D |
| Moderator: |
Daniel Esty ?GETS > Photo |
| Discussants: |
- Ruosi
Zhang ?Chinese Academy of Social Sciences > Photo |
Wednesday 1 May
9:00 - 11:30 a.m.: Parallel Work Sessions
|
Work
Session |
An Emerging Southern Agenda on Trade and Environment |
Room CRI |
| Introduction: |
- David
Runnalls ?President, IISD > Photo - Ricardo Mel鑞dez-Ortiz ?Executive Director, ICTSD |
| Presentation: | 揈lements
of an Emerging Agenda??Adil Najam ?Pakistan Institute
for Environment-Development Action Research > Photo
揟he Nature and Prospects of the post-Doha Debate on Trade and Environment in the WTO??Ambassador K.G. Anthony Hill, ICTSD > Photo |
| Discussants: | -
A. de Aguiar Pariota ?Mission of Brazil, Geneva > Photo - Martin Loken ?Mission of Canada to the UN > Photo |
|
Work
Session |
Trade and Social Development: A Southern Viewpoint > Summary report |
Room E |
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Moderator: |
- Phil Evans > Photo |
| Discussants: |
-
Muchkund Dubey ?former Foreign Secretary of India > Photo |
|
Work
Session |
Lessons Learned from Relations Between International Organizations and Civil Society > Summary report |
Room W |
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Moderator: |
- John Audley ?Carnegie Endowment for International Peace > Paper > Photo |
| Discussants: |
-
Janine Ferretti ?North American Commission for Environmental
Cooperation > Photo |
|
Work
Session |
Doha's impact on TRIPS: Balancing Geographical Indications protection > Summary report |
Room CR II |
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Moderator: |
- Clark Lackert ?INTA > Presentation > Photo |
| Discussants: |
-
Anne Richard ?Confederation Generale des Producteurs de lait
de brebis et des industriels de Roquefort > Photo |
|
Work
Session |
Internal Transparency and Decision-making processes at the WTO: Critical Issues and Recommendations > Summary report |
Room D |
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Moderator: |
Rashid Kaukab ?South Centre, Geneva > Photo |
| Discussants: |
-
H.E. Nathan Irumba ?Ambassador of Uganda, Geneva |
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11:45?:00 p.m. |
Closing session > Photo |
CR I |
Notes:
1. Action Aid, Institute for Agricultural & Trade Policy, Australian Council for Overseas Aid, CAFOD, German NGO Forum Environment and Development, Oxfam International, Consumers International back to text
2. International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development; International Institute for Sustainable Development back to text