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TRTA: TRADE-RELATED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, CONFERENCE, GENEVA, 21 JUNE 2011

WTO Chairs Annual Conference

The WTO Chairs Programme (WCP) was launched in January 2010 with the establishment of fourteen WTO Chairs in universities in developing and transition countries. Through this programme, the WTO seeks to enhance knowledge and understanding of the trading system among academics, citizens and policy makers in developing countries by stimulating teaching, research and public debate on international trade and trade cooperation at the level of tertiary education and research institutions.

Following the Inaugural Conference of the WCP held on 25-26 May 2010, the Chairs have made progress in the implementation of their respective projects, including on issues of common interest identified at the first Conference. This year's annual meeting takes stock of the work undertaken by Chairs since the launching of the WCP.

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Programme

Tuesday 21 June 2011


	Morning session back to top
	9h00-9h45	Opening Chairperson: Pascal Lamy, Director-General WTO- Welcoming remarks (TBC) Audio > help Introduction to the Meeting: Hakim Ben Hammouda, Director, Institute for Training and Technical Cooperation, WTO Audio > help WCP Progress: Patrick Low, Director, Economic Research and Statistics Division Audio > help
	9h45-11h15	Presentations from the WCP Chair holders Valentina Delich, Director, Program in Law and Public Goods, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) Audio > help Dorotea López Giral, Director, Centre of Trade Policy Studies, Institute of International Studies , University of Chile Audio > help Lei Zhang, Dean and Professor, School of WTO Research and Education (SWTORE), Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade (SIFT) Audio > help Riza Noer Arfani, Executive Secretary, Department of International Relations, Centre for World Trade Studies, Universitas Gadjah Mada Audio > help Taleb Awad Warrad, Director Economic Observatory Professor International Economics, Faculty of Business, University of Jordan Audio > help Jasper Okelo, Lecturer, School of Economics, University of Nairobi Audio > help
	11h30-12h30	Panel discussions Moderator: Patrick Low Discussants: Ramon Torrent Trudi Hatzenberg Ravi Ratnayake Pierre Sauve Theresa Carpenter Moustapha Kasse Audio > help

	Afternoon session back to top
	14h00-15h00	Presentations from the WCP Chair holders Verena Tandrayen-Ragoobur, Lecturer, Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Mauritius Audio > help Bradly Condon, Director Centre for International Economic Law, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) Audio > help Ghoufrane Azzedine, Vice Dean, Legal Faculty, Economic and Social Sciences, Mohammed V University-Souissi Audio > help Omu Kakujaha — Matundu, Senior Lecturer/Deputy Dean, Faculty of Economics and Management Science, University of Namibia
	15h00-16h00	Panel discussions Moderator: Gerardo Thielen Discussants: Henry Gao Olusanya Ajakaiye Keith Nurse Richard Newfarmer Dominique Njinkeu Audio > help
	16h00-16h45	Presentations from the WCP Chair holders Aly Ahmadou Mbaye, Dean, School of Economics and Management, Cheikh Anta Diop University Audio > help Sergei Sutyrin, Head of Department, World Economy, Faculty of Economics, St Petersburg State University Audio > help Vu Quoc Huy, Dean, Faculty of Development Economics, College of Economics, Viet Nam National University Audio > help
	16h45-17h30	Panel discussions Moderator: Mustapha Sadni Jallab Discussants: Vlasta Macku Giorgio Sacerdoti Antoine Bouet Audio > help
	17h30-18h30	Wrap — up Audio > help

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