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A trade Dialogues CONFERENCE AT THE WTO
Technology, Globalisation and World Trade Governance
Organized by The Graduate Institute Geneva and Centre for Trade and Economic Integration.

Programme
Registration
08.00 ONWARDSWelcome and Opening Remarks
10.00-10.30H.E. Roberto Azev阣o, Director General WTO
Speech
Richard Baldwin, Professor of International Economics, Graduate Institute; and Co-Director CTEI
SESSION 1
Robots, trade and jobs
A look at rapidly changing technologies and what they mean for trade and employment
10.30-12.00Moderator: Theresa Carpenter, Executive Director, CTEI
- Richard Baldwin, Professor of International Economics, Graduate Institute
- Saadia Zahidi, WEF
- Ambassador J.S. Deepak, Ambassador & Permanent Representative of India to the World Trade Organisation
- Anurag Varma, InfoSys
SESSION 2
Trade and the digital economy
A look at the interactions including: eCommerce, Online Offshoring, data services, platforms, privacy and cyber security issues
12.00-13.30Moderator: Robert Koopman, Chief Economist and Director of the Economic Research and Statistics Division at the World Trade Organization
- Cheng Ouyang, Alibaba
- Michael Kende, Graduate Institute, Geneva
- Alvaro Cedeno Molinari, Ambassador & Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the World Trade Organisation
Sandwich Lunch (Gallery)
SESSION 3
Digital trade and the WTO
An all-stakeholder discussion of policies at all levels of government affect digital trade in all its forms
15.00-16.30Moderator: Daniel Crosby, King & Spalding
- Gabrielle Marceau, President of SIEL; Professeure Associ閑, Faculty of Law, University of Geneva; and Senior Counsellor, Legal Affairs Division, WTO
- Andrew Wilson, Chief of Staff, International Chamber of Commerce
- Ambassador Marc Vanheukelen, Permanent Mission of the European Union to the World Trade Organisation
Coffee Break
SESSION 4
High level policy panel
This session puts that day's work into the broader perspective of historical, technological, social and global governance and political considerations
17.00-18.30Moderator: Richard Baldwin, Professor of International Economics, Graduate Institute; and Co-Director CTEI
- Joachim Reiter, Vodafone
- Arancha Gonzalez, Executive Director, ITC
- Dr. Syed Tauqir Shah, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the WTO
Networking Reception (Gallery)
18.30-19.30For further enquiries about this event, please visit the event webpage.