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Thursday 4 October
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Time |
Room |
Subject |
Organizer |
Title of Session |
07:30
10:30 |
CR
Lobby |
Registration |
WTO — External
Relations Division |
Registration of Participants |
10:30
12:30 |
CR |
Plenary Opening
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WTO — External
Relations Division |
High Level Panel: “How Can the WTO Help Harness Globalization?”
Mr. Pascal Lamy — WTO Director-General
H.E. Ms. Tarja Halonen, President, Republic of Finland
H.E. Ms. Olubanke King-Akerele, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Republic of Liberia
Mr. K. Mahbubani, Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore |
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**** 13:00 — 14:00 Lunch break **** |
14:00
16:00 |
CR |
Session 1:
Global Governance |
Global Economic Governance (GEG) Programme, Oxford University
and
Graduate Institute of International Studies, (HEI) University
of Geneva |
A Governance Audit of the WTO: Roundtable Discussion on
Making Global Trade work for Development |
16:15
18:15 |
CR |
Session 2:
Coherence |
Appellate Body Secretariat |
WTO Dispute Settlement — Its Impact on the Multilateral
Trading System and its Role in a Globalized World |
14:00
16:00 |
W |
Session 3:
Economic Growth |
European Services Forum |
How can Services Trade Contribute to Harnessing Economic
Growth
for Sustainable Economic Development? |
16:15
18:15 |
W |
Session 4:
Sustainable Development |
The Evian Group at IMD |
Restoring Morality to the Global Market |
14:00
16:00 |
D |
Session 5:
Global Governance |
The National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR)
International Trade |
Harnessing Globalization: Unpacking the Concept |
16:15
18:15 |
D |
Session 6:
Sustainable Development |
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and European Parliament |
Trade and climate change: Is trade killing our planet? |
14:00
16:00 |
E |
Session 7:
Economic Growth |
Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance (CAFTA) |
Building and Expanding Opportunities for Agriculture |
16:15
18:15 |
E |
Session 8:
Sustainable Development |
Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL) |
Natural resources, sustainable development and trade rules:
New instruments to promote sustainable development through
trade agreements |
14:00
16:00 |
F |
Session 9:
Economic Growth |
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development
(ICTSD) |
Addressing Vulnerabilities and Competitiveness of Small and
Vulnerable Economies (SVEs)
in trade negotiations |
16:15
18:15 |
F |
Session 10:
Sustainable Development |
MISEREOR and
Heinrich B鰈l Stiftung |
Slow Trade ?Sound Farming: A Multilateral Framework for
Sustainable Markets in Agriculture |
14:00
16:00 |
B |
Session 11:
Economic Growth |
Agriculture Accountability Initiative (AAI) |
Supply Management in Support of Rural Livelihoods under the
WTO |
16:15
18:15 |
B |
Session 12:
Coherence |
International Gender and Trade Network (IGTN) |
Global Governance, International Trade and Development
Discourses and National Policy-Making |
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**** 18:15 - 20:15 Reception **** |
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Friday 5 October
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Time |
Room |
Subject |
Organizer |
Title of Session |
09:00
11:00 |
CR I |
Session 13:
Sustainable Development |
WTO — Trade and Environment Division |
The Role of Trade in Supporting International Efforts to
Mitigate Climate Change |
11:15
13:15 |
CR I |
Session 14:
Coherence |
European Commission, DG Trade |
The rapid development of FTAs:
Challenges and Opportunities for future multilateral trade
negotiations |
09:00
11:00 |
CR II |
Session 15:
Economic Growth |
Eurochambres / Eurocommerce |
WTO and SMEs: What is needed to have a win-win situation? |
11:15
13:15 |
CR II |
Session 16:
Sustainable Development |
International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP) |
An agreement on agriculture that promotes global
development |
09:00
11:00 |
W |
Session 17:
Global Governance |
South Centre and
Research and Information Services for Developing Countries (RIS) |
Global Trade Governance and the Role of the South:
Theory and Practice in Enhancing the Role of the South: Part I |
11:15
13:15 |
W |
Session 18:
Coherence |
Evian Group and CUTS International |
Mainstreaming International Trade into National Development
Strategy |
09:00
11:00 |
D |
Session 19:
Economic Growth |
Overseas Development Institute (ODI) |
The contribution of Services to Development, the role of
regulation and trade liberalisation |
11:15
13:15 |
D |
Session 20:
Sustainable Development |
DLA Piper UK LLP |
What role can the WTO play in the fight against climate
change? |
09:00
11:00 |
E |
Session 21:
Global Governance |
The Panos Institute |
Trade stories, trade perceptions: media coverage and public
views of trade and development |
11:15
13:15 |
E |
Session 22:
Coherence |
Agency for International Trade Information and Cooperation (AITIC) |
The Trade Dimension of Globalization: Multilateral (WTO) or
Regional (RTAs) |
11:15
13:15 |
F |
Session 23:
Sustainable Development |
Rainforest Alliance |
Making Globalization Sustainable: How business and NGO
partnerships can contribute to conservation and sustainable
livelihoods: a look at African and Latin American experiences |
14:15
16:15 |
F |
Session 24:
Global Governance |
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) |
The role of Social Standards in Promoting Fair Trade |
09:00
11:00 |
B |
Session 25:
Economic Growth |
BUSINESSEUROPE |
Non-Tariff Barriers to International Trade and Economic
Growth — What can the WTO do? |
11:15
13:15 |
B |
Session 26:
Coherence |
International Chair WTO/Regional Integration |
A Missing Instrument: A WTO/Regional Integration Global
Academic Network |
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**** 13:00 — 14:00
LUNCH BREAK **** |
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14:15 16:15 |
CR I |
Session 27:
Coherence |
Centre for International Governance Innovation |
Does the Single Undertaking still underpin the coherence of
the global trading system? |
16:30
18:30 |
CR I |
Session 28:
Global Governance |
South Centre and
Research and Information Services for Developing Countries (RIS) |
Global Trade Governance and the Role of the South:
Theory and Practice in Enhancing the Role of the South: Part
II |
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14:15 16:15 |
CR II |
Session 29:
Coherence |
European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) |
Coherent Strategies for Trade Liberalization ?Bottom-up
policies regional agreements and WTO-system compatibility |
16:30
18:30 |
CR II |
Session 30:
Global Governance |
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) and Center
for International Environmental Law (CIEL) |
Rebalancing Trade with Global Norms |
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14:15 16:15 |
W |
Session 31:
Sustainable Development |
Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), Friends of
Earth Europe, German Development Institute, German NGO Forum on
Environment and Development, Germanwatch, Greenpeace,
International Forum on Globalization (IFG) |
Trade and Climate Change: Peril or promise? |
16:30
18:30 |
W |
Session 32:
Economic Growth |
International Institute for Sustainable Development
(IISD) |
The WTO's record in addressing trade-distorting subsidies:
An Assessment of its record and proposals for improving its
performance |
14:15
16:15 |
D |
Session 33:
Coherence |
Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) |
WTO dispute settlement: A vehicle for Coherence? |
16:30
18:30 |
D |
Session 34:
Economic Growth |
Third World Network (TWN) |
Globalisation and the WTO: Impact on Development |
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14:15 16:15 |
E |
Session 35:
Global Governance |
International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) |
How Can Globalization Work for Workers? |
16:30
18:30 |
E |
Session 36:
Global Governance |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
(OECD) |
The Role of Innovation and Technical Change in Harnessing
Globalisation: Challenges and Opportunities |
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16:30 18:30 |
F |
Session 37:
Coherence |
Latin American Trade Network (LATN) and International Development Research Centre (IDRC) |
The Challenges of Coherence: Do we need a critical
analysis? |
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14:15 16:15 |
B |
Session 38:
Sustainable Development |
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) |
Trade Rules for Sustainable Development in Latin America
and the Caribbean:
Understanding the Linkages |
16:30
18:30 |
B |
Session 39:
Global Governance |
Global Business Dialogue (GBD) |
Capitals and the Global Economic Commons |
