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Trade and Sustainable Development Symposium

The biennial Trade and Sustainable Development Symposium, organised by the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) and held alongside the WTO ministerial conference for over a decade, is the leading multi-stakeholder platform for intellectual enquiry and dialogue on sustainable development and the global trade and investment system. It acts as an inclusive platform outside of the WTO negotiating setting for sharing ideas, engaging in dialogue, and influencing trade policy negotiations. Drawing in participants from government, business and civil society, the Symposium helps to maintain and elaborate a global vision of sustainable development in trade and investment policymaking.

Lerato Ntlopo

Southern African Customs Union
Deputy Director Trade Negotiations
WINDHOEK NAMIBIA

I am an African trade negotiator and trade policy experts. Been in the sector for 13 years and my areas of interest are trade and development, trade facilitation, and trade in service

9:00am GMT-03

Getting the Future Africa-UK Trade Partnership Right Breakout Room 2 - SarmientoJodie Keane • Chiedu Osakwe (Ambassador) • Hon Amelia Kyambadde • Dr. Maximiliano Mendez-Parra • Brendan Vickers

10:45am GMT-03

Trade Rules for the Digital Economy: regional, plurilateral and multilateral approaches to achieving binding disciplines where they are most needed Theater - San MartinJames Lockett • Martina Ferracane • Rupa Ganguli • Constance Chidiogor Ikokwu • Pascal Kerneis

12:25pm GMT-03

Plenary: The Global Economy, the 2030 Agenda, and Prospects for Trade Theater - San MartinShawn Donnan • Roberto Azevêdo • Sigrid Kaag • Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz • Félix Peña • Richard Samans

1:30pm GMT-03

Services and inclusive economic transformation: The role of regulations Breakout Room 3 - RivadaviaDeborah Vorhies • Theresa Carpenter • Mere Falemaka • Jacqueline Musiitwa • Felipe Sandoval • Sherry Stephenson

5:00pm GMT-03

New Industrial Policy in the 21st Century Breakout Room 1 - BelgranoRicardo Meléndez-Ortiz • Mario Cimoli • Daniel Gomez Gaviria • Rebecca Liao • Jingxia Shi • Colette van der Ven • Gustavo Zentner

9:00am GMT-03

Importance of cross-border data flows for international trade Breakout Room 3 - RivadaviaMark Wu • Nicholas Bramble • Sebastián Cabello • Torbjorn Fredriksson • Robert Koopman

10:45am GMT-03

Making trade work for gender equality: From evidence to action Theater - San MartinRicardo Meléndez-Ortiz • Alicia Bárcena • François-Philippe Champagne • Isabelle Durant • H.E. Terhi Hakala • Rodolfo Nin Novoa • Oscar Stenström • Simonetta Zarrilli

3:15pm GMT-03

Development and E-commerce: Rules and Cooperation Beyond Buenos Aires Breakout Room 1 - BelgranoAndrew Crosby • Felipe Sandoval • Alvaro Cedeño • Felipe Hees • Constance Chidiogor Ikokwu • Marion Jansen • Pierre Sauvé • Hong Song • Kati Suominen

5:00pm GMT-03

Rapid e-Trade Readiness Assessments: A tool to help the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) drive economic growth, inclusive trade and job creation from e-commerce Breakout Room 3 - RivadaviaShamika N. Sirimanne • Ratnakar Adhikari • Isabelle Durant • Chandra Kumar Ghimire • Peseta Noumea Simi • Teppo Tauriainen • Dominik Ziller

6:30pm GMT-03

Book Launch “Future of the Global Trade Order” Breakout Room 2 - SarmientoNick Ashton-Hart • Carlos A. Primo Braga • Andreas Esche • Bernard Hoekman • Douglas Lippoldt • Félix Peña • Diana Tussie

9:00am GMT-03

Regulatory Cooperation and Coherence: The New Frontiers in Trade and Investment Breakout Room 2 - SarmientoJacqueline Musiitwa • William Burke-White • Bernard Hoekman • Denis Redonnet • Xavier Seuba • Sherry Stephenson • Rufus Yerxa

10:45am GMT-03

E-commerce: Maximising Benefits Through Regional and Multilateral Rules Breakout Room 1 - BelgranoAdy Beitler • Julian Braithwaite • Jake Colvin • Ibrahima Nour Eddine Diagne • Deborah Elms • Felipe Henriquez • Amy Porges • Mark Wu