DEVELOPMENT: AID FOR TRADE
Workshop on Women in Digital Trade
Hosted by the European Union and Trinidad & Tobago
Geneva, WTO Headquarters Room W
10:00 – 10:30
Opening session – setting the scene
Welcome words by the hosts and introduction to the speakers, followed by opening keynote interventions by high level representatives
Speakers:
- Roberto Azevêdo, Director General, WTO
- Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary General, UNCTAD
- Arancha González, Executive Director, International Trade Centre
10h30 – 15h00 (with lunchbreak)
Session 1: The Big Picture for women in digital trade: current status and trends, opportunities, challenges and key issues
10h30 - 12h00
Session 1 Panel 1 - moderator: Ambassador Makeda Antoine-Cambridge, Trinidad & Tobago
Speakers:
- Javier Lopez-Gonzalez, Senior Trade Policy Analyst, OECD
- Michael Ferratino, Lead Economist, Global Product Specialist, Trade Policy and Integration, World Bank Group
- Ankai Xu, Research Economist, WTO
Presentations - ITU (speaker, tbc)
12h00 – 14h00
Lunch break
14h00 – 15h00
Session 1 Panel 2 - moderator: Madelaine Tuininga, Head of Unit, DG TRADE, European Commission
Speakers:
- Mark Wu, Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law, Harvard
- Candace Nkoth Bisseck, eTrade for Women Project Manager, UNCTAD
- Frances Lisson, Ambassador to the WTO, Australia
- Oonagh Fitzgerald, Center for International Governance Innovation
15h00 – 17h00
Session 2: Women in digital trade from the practitioners perspective: real life stories, good practices; about challenges and overcoming them.
15h00 – 16h00
Session 2 - Panel 1 - moderator: Kimberley Botwright, World Economic Forum (WEF)
Speakers (speaking order to be confirmed) :
- Annika Lucien, Head of Business for Northern Europe, Evaneos
- Suzette Hudson, Senior Advisor, Investment Promotion, Caribbean Export Development Agency
Presentations - Nafy Diagne, Fondatrice AWALEBIZ
- James Howe, Senior Advisor, International Trade Centre
Presentations
16h00 - 17h00
Session 2 - Panel 2 - moderator: Ambassador Stephen de Boer, Canada
Speakers (speaking order to be confirmed):
- Nina Angelovska, Grouper.mk
- Olivier Prothmann,President, Bundesverband Onlinehandel e.V.
Presentations - Evelyn Namara, Founder & GEOVouch Digital
- Esther Eghobamien-Mshelia/Ms Foye Omole, KOWGO project
17h00 – 17h30
Closing session: key take-aways: Closing remarks by the moderators
17h30 – 19h00