AGENDA
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Timing for all sessions is in Central European Time (CET)
| Wednesday, December 1, 2021 | |||
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| Opening Plenary: The Multilateral Trade Regime in Contending Narratives about Economic Globalization | International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Queen’s University and Australian National University | 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM | |
| Session 01: Cancelled | 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM | ||
| Session 02: Greening small business, greening trade | International Trade Centre (ITC) | 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM | |
| Session 03: Will all Services be an Environmental Service in the Future? | UK Professional and Business Services Council | 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM | |
| Session 04: Exploring the African Continental Free Trade Area and the Resilient Economic Recovery | Overseas Development Institute (ODI) / TULIP Consulting | 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM | |
| Session 05: Sustainable Trade in Supporting Global Green Value Chains | China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) | 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM | |
| Session 06: Role of the G20 in Sustaining and Improving WTO Rules for Sustainable Development Purposes | G20 - TIRN (Trade and Investment Research Network) | 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM | |
| Session 07: Environment initiatives at the WTO: regional views on ways forward | Forum on Trade, Environment & SDGs (TESS) | 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM | |
| Session 08: Promoting inclusiveness in e-commerce negotiations through capacity building | DiploFoundation / International Trade Centre (ITC) / CUTS International, Geneva | 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM | |
| Session 09: Natural Disasters, Trade Policy and Trade Negotiations: Challenges, Solutions and Resilience Building for Small Island Developing States and Others | Commonwealth Secretariat / Shridath Ramphal Centre at the University of the West Indies / WTI Advisors | 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM | |
| Session 10: Why is “WTO reform” still a work in progress? | European University Institute (EUI) | 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM | |
| Thursday, December 2, 2021 | |||
| Plenary 2: A WTO Fisheries Subsidies Deal: From Conclusion to Implementation | International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) / The Pew Charitable Trusts / Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden | 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM | |
| Session 11: Plastic Pollution and Trade: WTO, Basel Convention and a Global Treaty on Plastic Pollution | Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) / Forum on Trade, Environment & the SDGs (TESS) | 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM | |
| Session 12: Industrial Policy in the Age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution | South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment (SAWTEE) | 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM | |
| Session 13: CISDL Roundtable on Trade and Investment Rules and Sustainability in COVID Recovery | Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL) | 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM | |
| Session 14: International Support Measures for the Graduating LDCs: Perspectives from South Asia | Citizen’s Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh; South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment (SAWTEE); Centre for Research on Bhutanese Society, Bhutan | 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM | |
| Session 15: Aligning Trade and Climate Policy for LDCs and Graduates | Overseas Development Institute (ODI) / International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) | 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM | |
| Session 16: Humanizing the WTO: Seeking a sustainable, just, and integrative trade agenda | Quaker United Nations Office / Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) / Africa Trade Programme at LSE Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa | 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM | |
| Session 17: Carbon Pricing, the WTO and CBAM after COP 26: Can we connect the dots? | International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) / WTI Advisors / Climate Capital | 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM | |
| Session 18: Action for Better Trade | World Economic Forum (WEF) | 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM | |
| Session 19 (High-level Panel): A Multi-Billion Dollar Opportunity to Reform Farm Subsidies at the World Trade Organization | International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) / Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) / International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) | 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM | |
| Session 20: Trade in Circularity: Perspectives of Developing & Transition Economies | Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) / The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra / United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) | 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM | |
| Friday, December 3, 2021 | |||
| Plenary 3: Agriculture in a Post-pandemic World: How can Trade, Resilience, and Inclusivity Support Food for All? | International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) / Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) / CUTS International, Geneva | 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM | |
| Session 21: Minimum Environmental Standards at the WTO: A way to avoid a fractured environmental turn of trade policy that disadvantages vulnerable developing countries? | UKRI GCRF Trade Hub / TULIP Consulting | 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM | |
| Session 22: Resilient and Sustainable Supply Chains: Role of Efficient Connectivity and Trade Facilitation Measures for Food and Nutrition Security in the BBIN Sub-region | CUTS International and Indian Institute of Sustainability | 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM | |
| Session 23: Advancing the Race to Net Zero: How Trade Policy Can Support Climate Action | German Development Institute (DIE) / University of Sussex / United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) | 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM | |
| Session 24: The Future of Special and Differential Treatment for Developing Countries in the WTO | Maastricht University / Global Public Policy Institute | 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM | |
| Session 25: Sustainability Standards & Smallholder Farmers: Opportunities to Address Poverty Through Trade | International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) / United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) | 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM | |
| Session 26: Quantity and Quality: Assessment of Sustainability Impacts of Trade | Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Berne / International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) | 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM | |
| Session 27: The Role of Trade Policy in Reducing Commodity-driven Deforestation | International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) / Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern / Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO), United Kingdom | 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM | |
| Session 28: Investment Facilitation for Development: Identifying key policy issues for facilitating responsible, inclusive and resilient investment | South Centre | 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM | |
| Session 29: Cancelled | 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM | ||
| Session 30: How to Ensure a Positive Development Impact of a Future Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement? | German Development Institute (DIE) and International Trade Center (ITC) | 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM | |