Technology, Globalisation and World Trade Governance

Registration

Welcome and Opening Remarks

H.E. Roberto Azevêdo, Director General WTO
Speech

Richard Baldwin, Professor of International Economics, Graduate Institute; and Co-Director CTEI

SESSION 1

Robots, trade and jobs

A look at rapidly changing technologies and what they mean for trade and employment

Moderator: Theresa Carpenter, Executive Director, CTEI

• Richard Baldwin, Professor of International Economics, Graduate Institute
• Saadia Zahidi, WEF
• Ambassador J.S. Deepak, Ambassador & Permanent Representative of India to the World Trade Organisation
• Anurag Varma, InfoSys

SESSION 2

Trade and the digital economy

A look at the interactions including: eCommerce, Online Offshoring, data services, platforms, privacy and cyber security issues

Moderator: Robert Koopman, Chief Economist and Director of the Economic Research and Statistics Division at the World Trade Organization

• Cheng Ouyang, Alibaba
• Michael Kende, Graduate Institute, Geneva
• Alvaro Cedeno Molinari, Ambassador & Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the World Trade Organisation

SESSION 3

Digital trade and the WTO

An all-stakeholder discussion of policies at all levels of government affect digital trade in all its forms

Moderator: Daniel Crosby, King & Spalding

• Gabrielle Marceau, President of SIEL; Professeure Associée, Faculty of Law, University of Geneva; and Senior Counsellor, Legal Affairs Division, WTO
• Andrew Wilson, Chief of Staff, International Chamber of Commerce
• Ambassador Marc Vanheukelen, Permanent Mission of the European Union to the World Trade Organisation

SESSION 4

High level policy panel

This session puts that day's work into the broader perspective of historical, technological, social and global governance and political considerations

Moderator: Richard Baldwin, Professor of International Economics, Graduate Institute; and Co-Director CTEI

• Joachim Reiter, Vodafone
• Arancha Gonzalez, Executive Director, ITC
• Dr. Syed Tauqir Shah, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the WTO

Networking Reception (Gallery)