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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

Ahmed Abdel Latif is Programme Manager for Intellectual Property at ICTSD.

Doaa Abdel Motaal

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

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

Massimiliano Calì is a Research Fellow with the Overseas Development Institute.

Mireille Cossy

Mireille Cossy

Mireille Cossy is a Counsellor in the Trade in Services Division of the WTO since 1995.

Thomas Cottier

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.

simon crean

Simon Crean

Simon Crean is Minister for Trade in the Australian Government.

Biswajit Dhar

Dr. Biswajit Dhar

Dr. Biswajit Dhar is Director General, Research and Information System for Developing Countries.

Tsidiso Disenyana

Tsidiso Disenyana

Tsidiso Disenyana is Deputy Project Head, “Development through Trade” programme at the South African Institute of International Affairs.

Antoni Estevadeordal

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

Anja K. Franck is currently writing a PhD in Economic Geography at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Hervé Guyomard

Hervé Guyomard

French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA)

Mark Halle

Mark Halle

Mark Halle is global director for IISD’s Trade and Investment program, and IISD’s European Representative, based in its Geneva office.

John Hilary

John Hilary

John Hilary is Executive Director of War on Want.

Bernard Hoekman

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

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

Faizel Ismail is currently the Head of the South African Delegation to the World Trade Organization based in Geneva.

Tim Josling

Tim Josling

Senior Fellow and Professor Emeritus, Institute for International Studies Stanford University
IPC Member since 1997.

Konstantinos Karachalios

Konstantinos Karachalios

Scenarios Analyst at the EPO and co-editor of the 'Scenarios for the Future' work.

Jodie Keane

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

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.

Pascal Lamy

Director-General of the World Trade Organization

James MacGregor

James MacGregor

James MacGregor, Team Leader, Climate Change Economics, International Institute for Environment and Development.

Gabrielle Marceau

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

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.

Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz

Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz

Co-founder and Chief Executive of ICTSD

Olga Nartova

Olga Nartova

Olga Nartova, Co-Leader of the Working Package 5 on Trade and Climate Change, NCCR Trade Regulation

Richard Newfarmer

Richard Newfarmer

Special Representative to the UN and the World Trade Organization World Bank Geneva, Switzerland

David Orden

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

Sheila Page (Chair) is a Senior Research Associate in the Trade Programme at the Overseas Development Institute.

Supachai Panitchpakdi

Supachai Panitchpakdi

Secretary-General of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

Perez del Castillo

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

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)

Susan Prowse

Susan Prowse

Susan Prowse leads ODI’s Trade Programme.

Sandra Polónia Rios

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

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

Hannes Schloemann

Mr. Schloemann is a trade lawyer and partner at MSBH Rechtsanwälte.

Josef Schmidhuber

Josef Schmidhuber

Josef Schmidhuber is the Head of FAO’s Global Perspective Studies Unit.

Frank Schmidt-Hullmann

Frank Schmidt-Hullmann

Frank Schmidt-Hullmann (IG BAU) Head of the international relations and European construction policies department.

Benjamin Simmons

Benjamin Simmons

Legal Officer with UNEP’s Economics and Trade Branch.

ambassador nestor stancanelli

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

Andrew L Stoler

Executive Director of the Institute for International Trade, University of Adelaide

Datuk Maniam Supperamaniam

Former Ambassador of Malaysia to WTO

Vera Thorstensen

Vera Thorstensen

Vera Thorstensen has been the Economic Advisor for the Mission of Brazil in Geneva since 1995.

Nikolaus Thumm

Nikolaus Thumm

Chief Economist, European Patent Office

Carlo Trojan

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)

Jeff Vogt

Jeff Vogt is the Global Economic Policy Specialist for the American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)

Lori Wallach

Lori Wallach

Lori Wallach: Director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch division.

Tu Xinquan

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

Simonetta Zarrilli, Legal Officer, Division on International Trade and Commodities, UNCTAD