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Public Forum

The Public Forum is the WTO’s largest annual outreach event, which provides a platform for participants to discuss the latest developments in world trade and to propose ways of enhancing the multilateral trading system. The event regularly attracts over 1,500 representatives from civil society, academia, business, the media, governments, parliamentarians and inter-governmental organizations.

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WTO Public Forum

2015: 30 September — 2 October “Trade Works”
2014: 1-3 October “Why trade matters to everyone”
2013: 1-3 October “Expanding Trade through Innovation and the Digital Economy”
2012: 24-26 September “Is Multilateralism in Crisis?”
2011 “Seeking answers to global trade challenges”
2010 “The Forces Shaping World Trade”
2009 “Global Problems, Global Solutions: Towards Better Global Governance”
2008 “Trading into the Future”
2007 “How the WTO can help harness globalization?”
2006 “What WTO for the XXIst Century?”

The Public Forum was previously known as the Public Symposium, which was first held in 2001.

2005 “WTO After 10 Years: Global Problems and Multilateral Solutions”
2004 “Multilateralism at a crossroads”
2003 “Challenges Ahead on the Road to Cancún”
2002 “The Doha Development Agenda and beyond”
2001 “Symposium on issues confronting the world trading system ”

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