Our invited guest speakers are composed of a distinguished group of business leaders, key policymakers in governmental and intergovernmental organizations, experts from academia and research institutes, and vocal activists from civil society organizations. Together they offer a comprehensive view on issues at stake with fresh perspectives from China, Europe, the U.S., as well as other developing countries.
Ahmed Abdel Latif
Ahmed Abdel Latif is Programme Manager for Intellectual Property at ICTSD.
Doaa Abdel Motaal
Doaa Abdel Motaal is Counsellor in the Office of the Director-General of the WTO, where she is responsible for a number of subjects, including Doha Round agricultural and environmental negotiations.
Arthur E. Appleton
Dr. Appleton is a Founding Partner of Appleton Luff – International Lawyers - a boutique international trade and arbitration firm with offices in Brussels, Geneva, Singapore, Warsaw and Washington, D.C.
Massimiliano Calì
Massimiliano Calì is a Research Fellow with the Overseas Development Institute.
Mireille Cossy
Mireille Cossy is a Counsellor in the Trade in Services Division of the WTO since 1995.
Thomas Cottier
Thomas Cottier, Managing Director of the World Trade Institute, Professor of European and International Economic Law at the University of Bern, Director of the Institute of European and International Economic Law.
Dr. Biswajit Dhar
Dr. Biswajit Dhar is Director General, Research and Information System for Developing Countries.
Tsidiso Disenyana
Tsidiso Disenyana is Deputy Project Head, “Development through Trade” programme at the South African Institute of International Affairs.
Antoni Estevadeordal
Antoni Estevadeordal joined the IADB in 1993 and he is currently the Manager of Integration and Trade.
Anja K. Franck
Anja K. Franck is currently writing a PhD in Economic Geography at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Hervé Guyomard
French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA)
Mark Halle
Mark Halle is global director for IISD’s Trade and Investment program, and IISD’s European Representative, based in its Geneva office.
Bernard Hoekman
Bernard Hoekman, is Director of the International Trade Department of The World Bank. Prior positions at the World Bank include Research Manager of the trade and international integration team in the Development Research Group; manager of the trade capacity building program of the World Bank Institute; and trade economist in the Middle East/North Africa and Europe and Central Asia departments.
Ni Hongxing
Dr. Ni Hongxing is currently serving as the Director-General of the Agricultural Trade Promotion Center under the Ministry of Agriculture of China, which mainly functions as providing policy analysis for China’s participation in WTO and bilateral negotiations on Agriculture.
Faizel Ismail
Faizel Ismail is currently the Head of the South African Delegation to the World Trade Organization based in Geneva.
Tim Josling
Senior Fellow and Professor Emeritus, Institute for International Studies Stanford University
IPC Member since 1997.
Konstantinos Karachalios
Scenarios Analyst at the EPO and co-editor of the 'Scenarios for the Future' work.
Jodie Keane
Jodie Keane is a Research Officer working on trade policy issues with the International Economic Development Group, Overseas Development Institute (ODI).
Pascal Kerneis
Pascal Kerneis is Managing Director of ESF (European Services Forum) since 1999. He holds a Ph. D. in European Law. He formerly was International Trade adviser in the European Banking Federation, closely involved in the WTO negotiations on financial services.
James MacGregor
James MacGregor, Team Leader, Climate Change Economics, International Institute for Environment and Development.
Gabrielle Marceau
Gabrielle Marceau is a Canadian lawyer and, currently, Counsellor with the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva where she has been working since 1994.
Ambassador Sergio Marchi
Ambassador Sergio Marchi is a Senior Fellow with the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, in Geneva. He formerly served as Canadian Minister for International Trade and Ambassador to the WTO, as well as Chairman of the WTO General Council.
Olga Nartova
Olga Nartova, Co-Leader of the Working Package 5 on Trade and Climate Change, NCCR Trade Regulation
Richard Newfarmer
Special Representative to the UN and the World Trade Organization World Bank Geneva, Switzerland
David Orden
David Orden is a senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington DC, and professor and director of the Global Issues Initiative (GII) of the Institute for Society, Culture and Environment (ISCE) at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Sheila Page
Sheila Page (Chair) is a Senior Research Associate in the Trade Programme at the Overseas Development Institute.
Supachai Panitchpakdi
Secretary-General of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
Carlos Perez del Castillo
Carlos Perez del Castillo is currently an independent senior international consultant involved in various assignments with governments, private sector, and international organisations.
Leo Peskett
Leo Peskett is a Research Fellow in ODI’s Rural Policy and Governance Group on climate change.
David Primack
Executive Director of the International Lawyers and Economists Against Poverty (ILEAP)
Sandra Polónia Rios
Sandra Polónia Rios is Director of CINDES – a centre of studies on economic integration and development issues and her areas of expertise include trade negotiations and trade policy.
Pierre Sauvé
Pierre Sauvé is Deputy Managing Director and Director of Studies at the World Trade Institute (WTI) in Berne, Switzerland, where he directs and teaches in the WTI’s MILE programme and also leads a Swiss National Foundation research project on the evolving international regulatory framework in service industries.
Hannes Schloemann
Mr. Schloemann is a trade lawyer and partner at MSBH Rechtsanwälte.
Josef Schmidhuber
Josef Schmidhuber is the Head of FAO’s Global Perspective Studies Unit.
Frank Schmidt-Hullmann
Frank Schmidt-Hullmann (IG BAU) Head of the international relations and European construction policies department.
Ambassador Nestor Stancanelli
Nestor STANCANELLI is a senior trade negotiator who has represented Argentina during both the Uruguay Round and the Doha Round.
Andrew L Stoler
Executive Director of the Institute for International Trade, University of Adelaide
Vera Thorstensen
Vera Thorstensen has been the Economic Advisor for the Mission of Brazil in Geneva since 1995.
Carlo Trojan
Former Ambassador of the European Commission to the WTO IPC Member since 2007. Chairman since 2008
Jo Vervecken
Economic Advisor at the Féderation Générale du Travail Belgique (FGTB) and to ETUC (European Trade Union Confederation)
Tu Xinquan
TU Xinquan is currently Associate Director and Associate Professor of China Institute for WTO Studies of University of International Business and Economics located in Beijing, China.
Simonetta Zarrilli
Simonetta Zarrilli, Legal Officer, Division on International Trade and Commodities, UNCTAD