The two-day seminar had four sessions dealing with the different dimensions of the topic, with participation from the private sector, governments, international agencies and academia.

 

27 March
Session 1 — Private Sector

• Mr. Josué Gomes da Silva, CEO of Coteminas, Brazil
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• Mr. Stewart Jennings, CEO of PG Group, South Africa
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• Mr. Ruogu Li, President Exim Bank of China
  > presentation

• Mr. Philip Mosimann, CEO of Bucher Management, Switzerland
  > presentation

 

Session 2 — Public Sector

• Mr. Peter Bekx, Director of International Economic and Financial Relations, European Commission
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• Mr. Rajan Goyal, Director of International Trade and Finance, Reserve Bank of India
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• Mrs. Ömur Demir Kizilarslan, Director-General of Economic Research and Analysis, Ministry of Economics, Turkey
  > presentation

 

28 March
Session 3 — International Organizations

• Mr. Gian Maria Milesi-Ferreti, Assistant-Director of Economic Research, IMF
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• Mr. Otaviano Canuto, Vice-President and Head, PREM, World Bank Group
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• Mr. Rintaro Tamaki, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD
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• Mr. Heiner Flassbeck, Director of Globalization and Development Strategies, UNCTAD
  > presentation

 

Session 4 — Academic

• Professor Philip Lane, Head of Economics Department, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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• Professor Philippe Martin, Head of Economics Department, Sciences Po, Paris
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• Professor Alberto Trejos, INCAE Business School, Costa Rica

• Professor Shang-Ji Wei, Director Chazen Institute of International Business, Columbia University, New York
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