High Level Symposium on Trade and Environment
Tuesday, 16 March 1999

 

Programme and archives

 

9:00 PANEL 2: SYNERGIES BETWEEN TRADE LIBERALIZATION,
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, SUSTAINED ECONOMIC
GROWTH AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT


Moderator: Mr. C. Fred Bergsten,

Director, Institute for International Economics, USA

MAIN SPEAKERS
Mr. Martin Khor,

Third World Network , Malaysia


Mr. Dan Esty,

Yale Law School, USA

9:30  DISCUSSANTS
Mr. Stefan Bogdan Salej,

President Federation of Industries of Minas Gerais and President of the Environmental Council of the National Confederation of Brazilian Industries, Brazil
Ms. Vandana Shiva,

Research Foundation for Science and Technology and Ecology, India
Mr. David Spencer,

Deputy Secretary, Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry, Australia
Mr. David Schorr,

Director, Sustainable Commerce Program, World Wildlife Fund, USA

10:15 DISCUSSION WITH PARTICIPANTS

14:00 PANEL 3: INTERACTION BETWEEN THE TRADE AND ENVIRONMENT COMMUNITIES


Moderator: Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan,

President, Bellerive Foundation, Switzerland

MAIN SPEAKERS


Mr. David Runnalls,

Interim President, International Institute for Sustainable Development, Canada
Mr. Michael Windfuhr,

Coordinator of German NGO Working Group on Trade and Environment, Vice President of German Watch

14:30 DISCUSSANTS


Ms. Taimoon Stewart,

Research Fellow, Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago
Mr. James Currie,

Director-General, Directorate for Environment, Nuclear Safety and Civil Protection, EC Commission, Brussels
Mr Gary Sampson,

Visiting Academic, London School of Economics, UK
Mr Hajime Ohta,

Executive Counsellor, Keindanren, Japan
Mr. Konrad von Moltke.,

Senior Fellow at the World Wildlife Fund, Washington, D.C., and Senior Fellow at the Institute for International Environmental Governance at Dartmouth College, USA

15:15 DISCUSSION WITH PARTICIPANTS

17:30 CLOSING REMARKS BY RENATO RUGGIERO