|
Time |
Meeting
Room |
Theme |
Organizer |
Title of Session/Speakers |
Wednesday 15 September — Morning Sessions |
7:30
10:00 |
Control and Identification Office |
Registration |
Information and External Relations Division |
Registration of Participants and Badge Collection |
10:00
10:30 |
CR |
Inaugural Speech
 Audio:
Opening Session
|
Inaugural Speech:
Mr Pascal Lamy, Director-General of the World Trade
Organization
News item |
10:30
12:30 |
Plenary Opening
Audio:
Plenary Opening
 Video:
Opening
Session — Highlights |
Development Division
— WTO |
The forces shaping world trade:
How to use them to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals
and contribute to Millennium Development Goal 8: A global
partnership for development
Moderator:
Mr Gideon Rachman, Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator of the
Financial Times
Speakers:
Dame Billie Miller, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of
Foreign
Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados
Mr Jeremy Hobbs, Executive Director, Oxfam International
Mr Festus Mogaes, former President of Botswana
Mr Ravi Kant, Vice-Chairman, Tata Motors
Mr Pascal Lamy, Director-General of the World Trade Organization
Abstract
News item
Official summary
More:
> Millennium
Development Goals
> development
|
Wednesday 15 September — Lunch Sessions |
12:30
14:00 |
D |
Lunch Session 1:
Sub‑theme IV:
Looking to the future: What post‑crisis agenda for the WTO in a shifting power scenario?
Audio:
Lunch Session 1 |
BUSINESSEUROPE
—
The Confederation of European Business
BDI — Federation of German Industries |
Open
and rule-based global markets:
The role of government procurement and the
government procurement agreement
Introductory
remarks:
Dr Hubertus Erlen, Chairman, International Relations Committee,
BUSINESSEUROPE
Moderator:
Mr Jonathan Lynn, Reuters World Trade Correspondent, Geneva
Speakers:
Mr Harsha Vardhana Singh, WTO Deputy Director General
Mr Atsuyuki Oike, Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan to
the WTO
Mr John Clarke, Acting Head, Permanent Delegation of the
European Union to the WTO
Ms Catherine Minard, Director for International Affairs, MEDEF
(Mouvement des Entreprises en France)
Abstract
News
item
Official
summary
More:
government
|
12:30
14:00 |
E |
Lunch Session 2:
Sub‑theme II:
The economic, political and technological factors shaping world trade and the role of the rules‑based multilateral trading system in contributing to the global economic recovery
Audio:
Lunch Session 2 |
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) & Quaker UN Office, Geneva |
Agricultural trade and investment rules
for the 21st century
Moderator:
Ms Caroline Dommen, Representative, Global Economic Issues,
Quaker UN Office
Speakers:
Mr Ben Hobbs, Senior Policy and Advocacy Officer, Asia and
Middle East Division, Christian Aid
Mr Daniel De La Torre Ugarte, Professor of Agricultural
Economics, University of Tennessee
Discussants:
Mr Djibo Bagna, Chairman, ROPPA (R閟eau des organisations
paysannes et de producteurs de l’Afrique de l’Ouest)
Mr Jerome Dimayuga Bunyi, Agriculture Attach? Permanent Mission
of the Philippines to the WTO
Abstract
News
item
Official summary
More:
agriculture
|
12:30
14:00 |
W |
Lunch Session 3:
Sub‑theme II:
The economic, political and technological factors shaping world trade and the role of the rules‑based multilateral trading system in contributing to the global economic recovery
Audio:
Lunch Session 3 |
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) |
The role of the multilateral trading system in contributing to the global economic recovery and the future of global trade:
A world business perspective
Moderator:
Mr Stefano Bertasi, Director, Department of Policy and Business
Practices, ICC
Speakers:
Mr R. V. Kanoria, Chair, ICC Commission on Trade and Investment
Policy; Chairman and Managing Director, Kanoria Chemicals &
Industries Ltd
Mr Geoffrey Gamble, Vice-Chair, ICC Commission on Trade and
Investment Policy; Director of International Government Affairs,
the DuPont Company
Mr Knut S鴕lie, Member, ICC Commission on Trade and Investment
Policy; Assistant Director, International Affairs and Trade
Policy, Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO)
Mr Cliff Sosnow, Member, ICC Commission on Trade and Investment
Policy; Partner, Practice Group Leader, International Trade and
Investment Group, Blake, Cassels & Graydon, LLP
Abstract
News
item
Official summary
More:
economic research
|
**** 12:30 — 14:00 LUNCH BREAK **** |
Wednesday 15 September — Afternoon Sessions |
15:00
17:00 |
CR |
Session 1:
Sub‑theme III:
Coherence between the WTO and other areas of global governance
Audio:
Session 1 |
Trade and Environment Division
— WTO and World Energy Council |
Sustainable energy use and trade
Moderator:
Mrs Vesile Kula鏾ğlu, Director, Trade and Environment Division,
WTO
Speakers:
Professor Mark Maslin, Director,
Environment Institute, University College London (UCL)
Mr Richard Bradley, Head, Energy Efficiency and Environment
Division, International Energy Agency (IEA)
Mr Ronald Steenblik, Senior Trade Policy Analyst, Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Trade and
Agriculture Directorate
Mr Timothy Richards, Chairman, Rules of Trade Study, World
Energy Council (WEC) (Videoconference)
Mr Lawrence Herman, Director, Rules of Trade Study, WEC
(Videoconference)
Abstract
News
item
Official summary
More:
> environment
> coherence |
14:00
16:00 |
W |
Session 2:
Sub‑theme IV:
Looking to the future: What post‑crisis agenda for the WTO in a shifting power scenario
Audio:
Session 2 |
3D > Trade — Human Rights — Equitable Economy (3D) and
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) |
The right to development — a tool to boost coherence between trade, development and human rights?
Moderators:
Mr Ayuush Bat-Erdene, Chief, Right to Development Section, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Ms Violette Ruppanner, Director, 3D
Speakers:
H.E. Mr Md Abdul Hannan, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of
the People’s Republic of Bangladesh to the WTO
Dr Jo雔le Hivonnet, Head of UN Section, Permanent Delegation of
the
European Union
Professor Dr Nicolaas Schrijver, Faculty of Law, Leiden
University
Mr Vicente Paolo Yu, Programme Coordinator, South Centre
Abstract
News
item
Official summary
More:
> development
> Lamy on human
rights |
14:00
16:00 |
D |
Session 3:
Sub‑theme I:
The WTO and the players that influence the multilateral trading system
Audio:
Session 3 |
CUTS International |
Role of non state actors in the WTO
Moderator:
Mr Pradeep S. Mehta, Secretary General, CUTS International
Speakers:
Mr Pascal Kerneis, Managing Director, European Services Forum (ESF)
>
Presentation
Mr Ricardo Mel閚dez-Ortiz, Chief Executive, International Centre
for Trade and Sustainable Development
Mr Michael Hindley,
former Member of the European Parliament
>
Presentation
H.E. Mr Ujal Singh Bhatia, former Ambassador of India to the WTO
>
Presentation
Professor Abul Barkat, Professor and Chair, Economics
Department, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
>
Presentation
Abstract
News
item
Official summary
More:
WTO and NGOs |
14:00
16:00 |
E |
Session 4:
Sub‑theme II:
The economic, political and technological factors shaping world trade and the role of the rules‑based multilateral trading system in contributing to the global economic recovery
Audio:
Session 4 |
Agency for International Trade Information and Cooperation
(AITIC) |
Global production chains Transformation of international trade in
the 21st century: The need for predictable and impartial rules of
origin
Moderator:
Mrs Gayatri KANTH, Acting Deputy Executive Director, Agency for
International Trade Information and Cooperation (AITIC)
Speakers:
H.E. Dr Anthony Mothae Maruping, Ambassador and Permanent
Representative of Lesotho to the WTO
Mr Paulo Estivallet de Mesquita, Deputy Permanent
Representative, Permanent Mission of Brazil to the WTO
Dr Octavia Cerchez, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Romania to
the WTO
Mr Richard Newfarmer, Special Representative of the World Bank
to the WTO and UN in Geneva
Abstract
News
item
Official summary
More:
rules of origin |
16:15
18:15 |
W |
Session 5:
Sub‑theme III:
Coherence between the WTO and other areas of global governance
Audio:
Session 5 |
Intellectual Property Division
— WTO |
From trade related aspects of intellectual property (IP), to IP
related aspects of trade? Locating the Trade-Related Aspects of
Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement in today’s global
trade system
Moderator:
Ms Jayashree Watal, Counsellor, Intellectual Property Division,
WTO
Opening remarks:
Mr Antony Taubman, Director, Intellectual Property Division, WTO
Speakers:
Professor Keith Maskus, Department of Economics, University of
Colorado
Dr Carsten Fink, Chief Economist, WIPO
Professor Timothy Josling, Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli
Institute for International Studies, Stanford University
Dr Dwijen Rangnekar, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for the
Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, University of
Warwick
Ms Daniela Benavente, Graduate Institute of International and
Development Studies, Geneva
Professor Fan Cui, Associate Professor, University of
International Business and Economics, Beijing
Mr Pedro Roffe, Senior Fellow, ICTSD
Abstract
News
item
More:
> intellectual
property
> coherence |
16:15
18:15 |
D |
Session 6:
Sub‑theme III:
Coherence between the WTO and other areas of global governance
Audio:
Session 6 |
Our World Is Not For Sale (OWINFS) |
How do the General Agreement on
Trade in Services (GATS) rules relate to countries’ post-crisis
financial regulatory policies?
Moderator:
Mr Wamkele Mene, Economic Counsellor, Permanent Mission of South
Africa to the WTO
Speakers:
Dr Pedro Paez, President of the Technical Commission on New
Regional Financial Architecture; member of the UN Commission of
Experts on Reforms of the International Monetary and Financial
System
Mr Abdel-Hamid Mamdouh, Director of Trade in Services, WTO
Ms Ellen Gould, Research Associate, Canadian Centre for Policy
Alternatives
Ms Lori Wallach, Director, Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch
Abstract
News
item
Official summary
More:
> services
> coherence |
16:15
18:15 |
E |
Session 7:
Sub‑theme III:
Coherence between the WTO and other areas of global governance
Audio:
Session 7 |
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) & Swedish National Board of Trade |
Beyond border carbon adjustment measures: Standards, labelling and
the issue of emission allowances
Introductory
remarks:
Mr Ricardo Mel閚dez-Ortiz, Chief Executive, International Centre
for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
Moderator:
Mr Rafael Benke, Senior Executive, Corporate Affairs and
Sustainability, Vale International
Speakers:
Mr Alexander Kasterine, Senior Advisor in Trade, Biodiversity
and Climate Change, International Trade Centre (ITC)
Ms Anna Sabelstr鰉, Legal Adviser and Project Coordinator,
Climate Standards, Swedish National Board of Trade
Mr Lucas Saronga, Minister Plenipotentiary, Permanent Mission of
Tanzania to the WTO
Dr Luca Rubini, Lecturer in Law, Deputy Director of the
Institute of European Law, Birmingham Law School
Mr Fl醰io Soares Damico, Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission
of Brazil to the WTO
Abstract
News
item
Official summary
More:
> environment
> technical barriers
> coherence |
**** 18:15 — 20:15 RECEPTION **** |
Thursday 16 September — Morning Sessions |
10:00
12:00 |
CR |
Session 8:
Sub‑theme II:
The economic, political and technological factors shaping world trade and the role of the rules‑based multilateral trading system in contributing to the global economic recovery
Audio:
Session 8 |
WTO Gender Network |
Doing it differently: Reshaping the global economy
Moderator:
Deborah Berlinck, Journalist, O Globo
Speakers:
Dame Billie Miller, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of
Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados
Ms Navanethem Pillay, High Commissioner for Human Rights, Office
of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Ms Nonkululeko Nyembezi-Heit, CEO ArcelorMittal, South Africa
Ms Valentine Rugwabiza Sendanyoye, WTO Deputy Director-General
Abstract
News
item
Official summary
More:
> Lamy's speeches |
9:00
11:00 |
W |
Session 9:
Sub‑theme IV:
Looking to the future: What post-crisis agenda for the WTO in a shifting-power scenario?
Audio:
Session 9 |
International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) |
Coherence
and the crisis: Decent work, the WTO and better world governance
Moderator:
Ms Esther Busser, Deputy Director, Geneva Office, International
Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
Speakers:
Mr James Howard, Director, Economic and Social Policy Department,
International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
Professor Gabrielle Marceau, Counsellor, Legal Affairs Division,
WTO
Mr Robert Kyloh, Senior Economic Advisor, International Labour
Office (ILO)
Mr Stephen Hale, Head of Office, Deputy Campaign and Advocacy
Director, Oxfam International
Abstract
News
item
Official summary
More:
> trade and
labour |
9:00
11:00 |
D |
Session 10:
Sub‑theme II:
The economic, political and technological factors shaping world trade and the role of the rules‑based multilateral trading system in contributing to the global economic recovery
Audio:
Session 10 |
Commonwealth Secretariat |
Africa’s benefits and challenges to regional and international trade
Moderator:
Dr Cyrus Rustomjee, Director, Economic Affairs Division,
Commonwealth Secretariat
Speakers:
H.E. Dr Anthony M. Maruping, Permanent Representative of Lesotho to the WTO
Ms Aileen Kwa, Coordinator, Trade for Development Programme, South Centre
Dr Nichodemus Rudaheranwa, Economic Adviser, Commonwealth Secretariat
Abstract
News
item
Official summary
More:
development |
9:00
11:00 |
E |
Session 11:
Sub‑theme I:
The WTO and the players that influence the multilateral trading system
Audio:
Session 11 |
Economic Research and Statistics Division
— WTO
and University of Melbourne |
Governments, non state actors and trade policy making: Negotiating
preferentially or multilaterally?
Moderator:
Professor Ann Capling, University of Melbourne, Australia
Speakers:
Dr Patrick Low, Director, Economic Research and Statistics, WTO
Dr Alexander Chandra, Trade Knowledge Network, Jakarta, Indonesia
Dr Sebasti醤 Herreros, International Trade and Integration
Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and
the Caribbean, Santiago, Chile
Mr Riad al Khouri, Dean of the Business School, Lebanese French
University, Erbil, Iraq
Ms Mar韆 P閞ez-Esteve, Counsellor, Information and External
Relations Division, WTO (unable to present due to a scheduling conflict)
Abstract
News
item
Official summary
More:
economic research |
|
Launch of the
WTO/Cambridge University Press co-publication
Government, Non-State Actors and Trade Policy Making:
Negotiating Preferentially or Multilaterally?, edited by Ann Capling and Patrick Low.
The launch, sponsored by Cambridge University Press, will take place
on 16 September 2010 during session 11 and will be followed by
coffee and croissants, courtesy of Cambridge University Press.
Session participants will be entitled to a discount on the purchase
price.
|
11:15
13:15 |
W |
Session 12:
Sub‑theme III:
Coherence between the WTO and other areas of global governance
Audio:
Session 12 |
International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP) |
Policy coherence between trade, global food security and poverty
reduction goals
Moderator:
Mr Peter Gaemelke, Farmer leader, Denmark, and Treasurer of
IFAP
Speakers:
Dr Josef Schmidhuber, Senior Economist, FAO Liaison Office, Geneva
Mr Fran鏾is Riegert, Permanent Representative of France to the WTO
Mr Fl醰io S. Damico, Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Brazil to the WTO
Mr Enrique Dom韓guez Lucero, Agriculture Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Mexico to the WTO
Mr Ravi Bangar, Deputy Permanent Representative to the Permanent Mission of India to the WTO
Abstract
News
item
Official summary
More:
> agriculture
> coherence |
11:15
13:15 |
D |
Session 13:
Sub‑theme III:
Coherence between the WTO and other areas of global governance
Audio:
Session 13 |
Environment and Trade in a World of Interdependence (Entwined) |
Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) and the WTO
Moderator:
Mr Mark Halle, Executive Director, Trade and Investment, IISD-Europe
Speakers:
Professor Petros Mavroidis, Columbia Law School and University of
Neuch鈚el
Marceil Yeater, Chief, Legal Affairs and Trade Policy Support,
CITES Secretariat
Benjamin Simmons, Head, Trade, Policy and Planning Unit, Economics
and Trade Branch, United Nations Environment Programme
Abstract
News
item
Official summary
More: environment |
11:15
13:15 |
E |
Session 14:
Sub‑theme IV:
Looking to the future: What post‑crisis agenda for the WTO in a shifting power scenario?
Audio:
Session 14 |
Global Development and Environment Institute (GDAE), Tufts University, USA |
The world trading system in the wake of the financial crisis
Moderator:
Mr Timothy A. Wise, Director of Policy Research, Global Development and Environment Institute (GDAE), Tufts University
Speakers:
Mr Umberto Celli, University of S鉶 Paolo, Brazil
Mr Mehdi Shafaeddin, affiliated with University of Neuchatel, formerly with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Mr Timothy A. Wise, Director of Policy Research, GDAE, Tufts University
Mr Andrew Cornford, formerly of UNCTAD (unable to attend)
Abstract
News
item
Official summary
More:
services |
**** 12:30 — 14:00 LUNCH BREAK **** |
Thursday 16 September — Afternoon Sessions |
14:15
16:15 |
CR |
Session 15:
Sub‑theme III:
Coherence between the WTO and other areas of global governance
Audio:
Session 15 |
Oxfam International |
Small farmers and global food-security governance:
Waiting for coherence
Moderator:
Mr Stephen Hale, Head of Office, Deputy Campaign and Advocacy
Director, Oxfam International
Speakers:
Mr Fran鏾is Riegert, Permanent Representative of France to
the WTO
Mr Richard Kozul-Wright, Director, Unit on Economic Cooperation
and Integration among Developing Countries, United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Mr Paulo Estivallet de Mesquita, Deputy Permanent
Representative, Permanent Mission of Brazil to the WTO
Mr Jeremy Hobbs, Executive Director, Oxfam International
Abstract
News
item
Official summary
More:
> agriculture
> coherence |
14:15
16:15 |
W |
Session 16:
Sub‑theme IV:
Looking to the future: What post‑crisis agenda for the WTO in a shifting power scenario?
Audio:
Session 16 |
National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC) and Winston & Strawn LLP |
Beyond the Doha Round? Shaping the global trading system to
encourage innovation and solve global challenges
Moderator:
Mr Stuart Harbinson, Senior Trade Policy Adviser, Sidley Austin LLP
Speakers:
H.E. Mr Roberto Carvalho de Azev阣o, Ambassador, Permanent
Representative of Brazil to the WTO
Mr Thaddeus Burns, Senior Intellectual Property Counsel, General
Electric
Mr Ricardo Mel閚dez-Ortiz, Chief Executive, International Centre
for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
Mr William A. Reinsch, President, National Foreign Trade Council,
U.S.
Abstract
News
item
Official summary
More:
> Doha Round
> Lamy's speeches |
14:15
16:15 |
D |
Session 17:
Sub theme IV:
Looking to the future: What post crisis agenda for the WTO in a
shifting power scenario?
Audio:
Session 17 |
Inter‑Parliamentary Union and European Parliament |
Can the existing multilateral trading system cope with the emerging
challenges?
Moderator:
Professor Gabrielle Marceau, Counsellor, Legal Affairs Division, WTO
Speakers:
Mr Vital Moreira, Chair of the Committee on International Trade of
the European Parliament
Mr Beno顃 Ouattara, MP, Former Minister of Commerce, Burkina Faso
Senator Luis Alberto Heber, Uruguay
Professor Laurence Boisson-de-Chazourne, Head of the Department of
Public International Law and International Organization,
University of Geneva
Abstract
News
item
Official summary
More: Lamy's
speeches |
14:15
16:15 |
E |
Session 18:
Sub‑theme II:
The economic, political and technological factors shaping world trade and the role of the rules‑based multilateral trading system in contributing to the global economic recovery
Audio:
Session 18 |
Institute for International Trade, University of Adelaide |
Regionalism's role in integrating the Pacific into the global
trading system
Moderator:
Mr Raul Torres, Counsellor, Development Division, WTO
Speakers:
H.E. Mr Tim Yeend, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of
Australia to the WTO
H.E. Mr Sergio Marchi, Senior Fellow, International Centre for
Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
Mr Keith Wilson, Senior International Trade Law Counsellor,
Institute for International Trade (IIT), University of Adelaide
Abstract
News
item
Official summary
More:
regional trade
agreements |
16:30
18:30 |
W |
Session 19:
Sub‑theme I:
The WTO and the players that influence the multilateral trading system
Audio:
Session 19 |
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) |
Rethinking accountability in and of the WTO
Moderator:
Mr Mark Halle, Executive Director, Trade and Investment, IISD-Europe
Speakers:
Professor Robert Wolfe, School of International Studies, Queen’s University, Canada
Professor Jens Steffek, University of Darmstadt, Germany
Mr Rashid S. Kaukab, Deputy Director and Research Coordinator, CUTS (Consumer Unity & Trust Society) Geneva Resource Centre
Professor Gabrielle Marceau, Counsellor, Legal Affairs Division
Abstract
News
item
Official summary
More:
> Lamy's speeches
> Economic
research |
16:30
18:30 |
D |
Session 20:
Sub‑theme III:
Coherence between the WTO and other areas of global governance
Audio:
Session 20 |
Institute of Economic Affairs, Kenya |
WTO rules and public health in developing countries:
The "Achilles' heel" or a pillar for development?
Moderator:
Mr Kwame Owino, Programme Coordinator, Institute of Economic
Affairs, Kenya
Speakers:
Ms Miriam W. Orio Omolo, Trade Programme Officer, Trade Information Programme,
Institute of Economic Affairs, Kenya
Mr Atul Kaushik, Director, CUTS Geneva Resource Centre; Adviser -
Projects, CUTS International, India
Mr Makiese Kinkela Augusto, Third Secretary, Permanent Mission of
Angola to the UN in Geneva
Abstract
News
item
Official summary
More:
intellectual property and health |
16:30
18:30 |
E |
Session 21:
Sub‑theme III:
Coherence between the WTO and other areas of global governance
Audio:
Session 21 |
Agriculture and Commodities Division
— WTO, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable
Development (ICTSD) and
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) |
What kind of trade policy framework is needed to support
food-security goals?
Moderator:
Mr Ricardo Mel閚dez-Ortiz, Chief Executive, International
Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
Speakers:
Mr Prabhu Pingali, Deputy Director, Agricultural Development
Division, Gates Foundation
Mr Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla, Executive Director for Argentina and
Haiti, Inter-American Development Bank
H.E. Mr Roberto Azev阣o, Permanent Representative of Brazil to the WTO and other Economic Organizations in Geneva
Mr Zhang Xiangchen, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of China to the WTO
Abstract
News
item
Official summary
More:
> agriculture
> coherence |
Friday 17 September — Morning sessions |
9:00
11:00 |
CR I |
Session 22:
Sub‑theme III:
Coherence between the WTO and other areas of global governance
Audio:
Session 22 |
FES Geneva and 3D > Trade — Human Rights
— Equitable Economy (3D) |
Social standards and human rights clauses in trade agreements:
Window-dressing, hidden protectionism or furthering the cause?
Moderators:
Mr Felix Kirchmeier, Senior Program Officer, FES Geneva
Ms Violette Ruppanner, Director, 3D
Speakers:
H.E. Ambassador Eduardo Mu駉z G髆ez, Permanent Mission of Colombia
to the WTO
Mr John Clarke, Acting Head, Permanent Delegation of the European
Union to the WTO
Mr Pradeep S. Mehta, Secretary General, CUTS International
Ms Claudia Hofmann, Research Associate, University of Kassel,
Germany
Abstract
News
item
Official summary
More:
> trade and
labour
> Lamy on human rights |
9:00
11:00 |
CR II |
Session 23:
Sub‑theme IV:
Looking to the future: What post‑crisis agenda for the WTO in a shifting power scenario?
Audio:
Session 23 |
European Commission |
A pathway to recovery — a case for the further development of the
multilateral trading system?
Introductory
remarks:
Lord Brittan, Trade advisor to UK Prime Minister, former
Vice-President of the European Commission and Trade Commissioner
Moderator:
Mr Lucian Cernat, Chief Economist, DG Trade, European Commission
Speakers:
H.E. Mr Ujal Singh Bhatia, former Ambassador of India to the WTO
Mr Robert B. Koopman, Chief Economist, United States International Trade Commission (USITC)
Mr Denis Redonnet, Head of Unit, WTO; DG Trade, European
Commission
Abstract
News
item
Official summary
More:
> development
> environment |
9:00
11:00 |
D |
Session 24:
Sub theme IV:
Looking to the future: What post crisis agenda for the WTO in a
shifting power scenario?
Audio:
Session 24 |
International
Chamber of
Commerce (ICC) |
The post crisis agenda for growth in
developing and emerging economies: unlocking the potential of
telecommunications
Moderator:
Iain MacVay, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson, London
Speakers:
Mr Mike Corkerry, Executive Director, EMEA Government Affairs,
AT&T
Mr Tilmann Kupfer, Vice President, Trade & International Affairs,
BT Group plc
Ms Lee Tuthill, Counsellor, Trade in Services Division, WTO
Mr Wamkele Mene, Economic Counsellor, Permanent Mission of South
Africa to the WTO
Mr Makhtar Fall, Regulatory Division, International Telecoms Union
Andrew Wilson, Policy Manager, ICC United Kingdom
Abstract
Official summary
News
item
|
9:00
11:00 |
W |
Session 25:
Sub‑theme II:
The economic, political and technological factors shaping world trade and the role of the rules‑based multilateral trading system in contributing to the global economic recovery
Audio:
Session 25 |
World Trade Institute (WTI), University of Bern |
Much ado about what?
Do preferential agreements create trade?
Moderator:
Mr Pierre Sauv? Deputy Managing Director, World Trade Institute,
University of Berne, Switzerland
Speakers:
Mr Anirudh Shingal, Senior Research fellow, World Trade Institute,
University of Berne
Mr Michael Gasiorek, Unit Director, Centre for the Analysis of
Regional Integration at Sussex (CARIS), University of Sussex
Mr Javier Lopez-Gonzales, Research Affiliate, Centre for the
Analysis of Regional Integration at Sussex (CARIS), University of
Sussex
Discussant:
Mr Bernard Hoekman, Director, Trade Department, The World Bank,
Washington, D.C.
Abstract
News
item
Official summary
More:
> regional
trade agreements
> special
treatment for developing countries |
9:00
11:00 |
E |
Session 26:
Sub‑theme III:
Coherence between the WTO and other areas of global governance
Audio:
Session 26 |
Third World Network (TWN) |
Key issues in trade, development and climate change
Moderator:
Ms Sanya Reid Smith, Legal Adviser and Senior Researcher, Third
World Network
Speakers:
Ms Aileen Kwa, Coordinator, Trade for Development Programme, South
Centre
Mr Vicente Paolo Yu, Coordinator, Global Governance for
Development Programme, South Centre
Ms Sanya Reid Smith, Legal Advisor and Senior Researcher, Third
World Network
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13:15 |
CR I |
Session 27:
Sub‑theme I:
The WTO and the players that influence the multilateral trading system
Audio:
Session 27
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World Trade Institute (WTI) & American Society of International Law (ASIL) International Economic Law Interest Group (IEcLIG) |
The role of the G20 in WTO governance
Moderator:
Professor Sungjoon Cho, Associate Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College
of Law
Speakers:
Professor Dr Marion Panizzon, Assistant Professor of Law,
University of Bern/ World Trade Institute
Professor Claire Kelly, Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School
Ms Carolyn Deere-Birkbeck, Senior Researcher, Global Economic
Governance Programme, University of Oxford
Ms Doaa Abdel Motaal, Counsellor, Office of the Director-General,
WTO
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11:15
13:15 |
CR II |
Session 28:
Sub‑theme II:
The economic, political
and technological factors shaping world trade and the role of the rules‑based multilateral trading system in contributing to the global economic recovery
Audio:
Session 28 |
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva |
Climate change,
trade and competitiveness: Issues for the WTO
Moderator:
Dr Theresa Carpenter, Graduate Institute of International and
Development Studies
Speakers:
Mr Peter Wooders, Senior Economist, International Institute for
Sustainable Development
Mr Aaron Cosbey, Associate and Senior Climate Change and Trade
Advisor, International Institute for Sustainable Development
Professor Gabrielle Marceau, Counsellor, Legal Affairs Division, WTO
Ms Sheila Page, Senior Research Associate, Overseas Development
Institute
Mr Ronald Steenblik, Senior Trade Policy Analyst, Organization for
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
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11:15
13:15 |
W |
Session 29:
Sub‑theme III:
Coherence between the WTO and other areas of global governance
Audio:
Session 29 |
CropLife International |
Trade, the environment and 9 billion hungry people: Coordinating the
efforts of the WTO and other international organizations to ensure
food security and to mitigate the impact of climate change
Moderator:
Thaddeus Burns, Senior Counsel, Intellectual Property & Trade,
General Electric
Speakers:
Hon. Professor Ruth Oniang'o, Ph.D., Founder, Rural Outreach
Program (ROP); Editor-in-Chief, African Journal of Food,
Agriculture, Nutrition and Development (AJFAND)
Ms Gretchen Stanton, Senior Counsellor, Agriculture and Commodities
Division, WTO
Mr Anatole Krattiger, Director, Global Challenges Division, World
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
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> environment
> coherence |
11:15
13:15 |
D |
Session 30:
Sub‑theme I:
The WTO and the players that influence the multilateral trading system
Audio:
Session 30 |
OCEANA |
The
future of trade and the environment:
Creating the WTO's solution for trade,
development and sustainable oceans
Moderator:
H.E. Mr Peter Allgeier, Ambassador, President, C&M International,
Washington, D.C.
Speakers:
Dr Rainer Froese, Senior Scientist/Fisheries Biologist,
Leibniz-Institute f黵 Meerewissenschaften (IFM-GEOMAR), Kiel,
Germany
Dr Anthony Charles, Professor, Environmental Studies Programme and
School of Business, St Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia,
Canada
Mr Ricardo Mel閚dez-Ortiz, Chief Executive, International Centre
for Trade and Sustainable Development
Abstract
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11:15
13:15 |
E |
Session 31:
Sub‑theme IV:
Looking to the future: What post‑crisis agenda for the WTO in a shifting power scenario?
Audio:
Session 31 |
Regional Export Promotion Trust
Zimbabwe |
Campaign for participation and representation of women’s issues in
trade: Strengthening responses to create wealth
and reduce poverty for women in informal
cross border trade in Southern Africa
Moderator:
Mr Marlon Zakeyo, Zimbabwe Advocacy Office, Geneva
Speakers:
Ms Ottilia Chikosha, Executive Director, Regional Export Promotion Trust Zimbabwe
Ms Naome Chimbetete, Executive Director, Zimbabwe Women Resource Centre and Network
Ms Tendai Makanza, Research and Information Coordinator, ANSA Secretariat
Ms Kwanele Ona Jirira, Commissioner for Human Rights, Zimbabwe; Lecturer/Researcher, University of Zimbabwe, Institute of Development Studies Department of Agrarian and Labour Studies
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**** 13:15 — 14:15 LUNCH BREAK **** |
Friday 17 September — Afternoon Sessions |
14:15
16:15 |
CR I |
Session 32:
Sub‑theme I:
The WTO and the players that influence the multilateral trading system
Audio:
Session 32 |
The Evian Group at IMD |
Greater China and the future of the multilateral trading system
Moderator:
Professor Jean-Pierre Lehman, Professor of International
Political Economy at IMD; Founding Director of The Evian Group at IMD
Speakers:
Mr Michael Garrett, Co-Chairman, The Evian Group at IMD; Former
Executive Vice President Asia-Oceania-Africa and Middle East,
Nestl?S.A.
Dr Arthur E. Appleton, Partner, Appleton Luff, Geneva
Professor James Tang, Professor and Director of the Master of
International and Public Affairs Programme in the Department of
Politics and Public Administration, University of Hong Kong
Professor Yong Wang, Professor, School of International Studies,
Director, Center for International Political Economy, Peking
University
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14:15
16:15 |
CR II |
Session 33:
Sub‑theme III:
Coherence between the WTO and other areas of global governance
Audio:
Session 33
|
International Law Association, Canadian Branch |
Coherence and incoherence of the international trade regime:
Who
profits from it? Can we change anything? How?
Moderator:
Mr Bernard Colas, LL.D., Partner, Colas Moreira Kazandjian
Zikovsky
Speakers:
Professor Olivier de Schutter, Universit?de Louvain, United
Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
Professor Gabrielle Marceau, Counsellor, Legal Affairs Division,
WTO
Mr Johanne Brodeur, Partner, Brodeur Hotte and Associates
Abstract
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14:15
16:15 |
W |
Session 34:
Sub‑theme III:
Coherence between the WTO and other areas of global governance
Audio:
Session 34 |
The Federation of Norwegian Agricultural Co‑operatives and Norwegian Farmers Union
JA Zenchu (Japan)
Copa‑Cogeca (European Union)
Canadian dairy, poultry and egg producers
UPA — Union des Producteurs agricoles du Quebec
ROPPA — Reseau des Organisations Paysannes et des Producteurs agricoles de l`Afrique de l`Ouest
Nation Farmers Union (US)
EAFF — Eastern African Farmers Federation
Schweizerischer Bauernverband (Switzerland) |
Seeking coherence: How can international agreements influence
agriculture and world trade positively for the coming generation in
the face of global trends?
Moderator:
Mr Robert Carlson, President of the North Dakota Farmers?Union
and Director of International Relations, National Farmers Union,
USA
Speakers:
Mr Christian Anton Smedshaug, Senior Adviser, Norwegian Farmers Union
Mr Niek Koning, Assistant Professor of the Agricultural Economics and Rural Policy Group, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Mr Djibo Bagna, Chairman, ROPPA (R閟eau des organisations paysannes et de producteurs de l’Afrique de l’Ouest)
Mr Jacques Bourgeois, Swiss Farmers’ Union – Switzerland
Mr Christian Lacasse, Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA) – Quebec, Canada
Mr Marcos Rochinski, FETRAF (Federa玢o dos Trabalhadores na Agricultura Familiar (Federation of Rural Workers and Family Farmers)) – Brazil
Mr Padraig Walshe, Copa-Cogeca (European Farmers and European Agri-Cooperatives) – European Union
Mr Hirofumi Kobayashi, JA ZENCHU (Central Union of Agricultural Co-operatives) – Japan
Mr Philip Kiriro, Eastern African Farmers’ Federation (EAFF)
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14:15
16:15 |
D |
Session 35:
Sub‑theme II:
The economic, political and technological factors shaping world trade and the role of the rules‑based multilateral trading system in contributing to the global economic recovery
Audio:
Session 35 |
International Food & Agricultural Trade Policy Council
(IPC) |
Biofuels
subsidies and standards: WTO considerations
Moderator:
Dr Stefan Tangermann, University of Gottingen, International Food & Agricultural Trade Policy Council (IPC) Member
Speakers:
Dr Tim Josling, Stanford University, IPC Member
Mr Ronald Steenblik, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Dr Harsha Vardhana Singh, WTO
Commentator:
Mr Harsha Vardhana Singh, WTO Deputy Director General
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14:15
16:15 |
E |
Session 36:
Sub‑theme IV:
Looking to the future: What post‑crisis agenda for the WTO in a shifting power scenario?
Audio:
Session 36 |
Federal Competition Commission, Mexico (CFC) |
Antidumping Regime:
A view From the competition policy perspective
Moderator:
Mr Eduardo P閞ez Motta, President, Federal Competition Commission,
Mexico
Speakers:
Mr Allan Fels AO, Dean of the Australia and New Zealand School of
Government, Australia.
Mr Bernard Hoekman, Sector Director, Trade Department, Poverty
Reduction and Economic Management Vice-Presidency, World Bank.
Seung Wha CHANG, Professor of Law, Seoul National University,
Republic of Korea
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16:30
18:30 |
CR I |
Session 37:
Sub‑theme II:
The economic, political and technological factors shaping world trade and the role of the rules‑based multilateral trading system in contributing to the global economic recovery
Audio:
Session 37 |
Trade in Services Division
— WTO |
Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Africa:
Should services linkages be expanded?
Moderator:
Ms Valentine Rugwabiza Sendanyoye, WTO Deputy Director-General
Speakers:
H.E. Mr. Darlington Mwape, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of
Zambia to the WTO
Mr. Jonathan Mitchell, Programme Leader, Overseas Development
Institute
Mr Kalman Kalotay, Investment Issues Section, UNCTAD
Mr Fabrice Leclercq, Senior Trade Promotion Advisor, ITC
(was unable to participate due to a flight delay)
Commentators:
Mr Abdoulaye Sanoko, Permanent Mission of Mali to the United
Nations Office in Geneva
Mr Abul Barkat, Chair, Department of Economics, University of
Dhaka
Mr Dale Honeck, Counsellor, Trade in Services Division, WTO
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16:30
18:30 |
CR II |
Session 38:
Sub‑theme III:
Coherence between the WTO and other areas of global governance
Audio:
Session 38 |
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) |
The (elusive?) quest for coherence in global negotiations and norms:
the case of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual
Property Rights (TRIPS) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
Moderator:
Mr Ahmed Abdel Latif, Intellectual Property and Technology
Programme Manager, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable
Development (ICTSD)
Speakers:
Mr Martin Girsberger, Head of Intellectual Property and
Sustainable Development Unit, Swiss Federal Institute of
Intellectual Property
Ms Maria Julia Oliva, Senior Adviser on access and benefit
sharing, Union for Ethical BioTrade
Dr Dwijen Rangnekar, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for the Study
of Globalisation and Regionalisation, University of Warwick
Mr Frederick Abbott, Professor of Law, Florida University College
of Law
Mr Jean-Fr閐閞ic Morin, Professor of Political Science, Universit?
Libre de Bruxelles
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16:30
18:30 |
W |
Session 39:
Sub‑theme II:
The economic, political and technological factors shaping world trade and the role of the rules‑based multilateral trading system in contributing to the global economic recovery
Audio:
Session 39 |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development (OECD) |
The role of trade in fostering a recovery that is supportive of
employment
Moderator:
Mr Jonathan Lynn, World Trade Correspondent, Chief Correspondent,
Geneva, Reuters
Speakers:
Mr Michael Plummer, Head, Development Division, Trade and
Agriculture Directorate, OECD
Mr Peter H. Chase, Senior European Representative, U.S. Chamber of
Commerce
Ms Esther Busser, Deputy Director, Geneva Office, International
Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
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16:30
18:30 |
D |
Session 40:
Sub‑theme I:
The WTO and the players that influence the multilateral trading system
Audio:
Session 40 |
Latin American Trade Network (LATN)
and University of S鉶 Paulo (USP)
|
The new geography of trade: South-south agreements, south-south
asymmetries and the WTO
Moderator:
Ms Adriana Verdier , ICTSD, Geneva
Speakers:
Mr Umberto Celli, USP, Brazil
Ms Juliana Peixoto Batista, LATN-FLACSO, Argentina
Mr Rolf Traeger, UNCTAD, Geneva
Mr Timothy A. Wise, Director of Policy Research,Global Development and Environment Institute (GDAE), Tufts
University
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