Palais des Nations
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Geneva, Switzerland
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22–26 October 2018
10 Year Anniversary
2018 World Investment Forum
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Who we are
A gathering of global leaders brought together under auspices of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
What we do
Provide a global platform for engagement and dialogue on emerging and key issues related to investing for sustainable development.
Why us?
We are uniquely positioned at the intersection of the public, private and multi-lateral sectors to shape 21st century investment policies.
2018 Programme
Day 1
22 Oct 2018
Day 2
23 Oct 2018
Day 3
24 Oct 2018
Day 4
25 Oct 2018
Day 5
26 Oct 2018
Official Opening of the Investment Village
14:00 - 14:15
1st & 3rd floor
Grand Opening
15:00 – 16:00
Assembly Hall and Foyer
2018 UNITED NATIONS INVESTMENT PROMOTION AWARDS
16:00 - 16:30
Assembly Hall
Ms. Juliet Anammah
GLOBAL INVESTMENT GAME CHANGERS SUMMIT: Pioneering solutions for a better world
16:30-18:30
Assembly Hall
18:30
Welcome Reception and Cultural Performance
Global Leaders Investment Summit I: Investment in a new era of globalization
10:00 – 13:00
Assembly Hall
Ms. Alimaa Batchuluun
Talking Business Eastern Europe and Central Asia
13:15-14:45
Room XXIII
LEADERS LUNCHEON: MEETING OF THE INVESTMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL (by invitation only)
13:15 – 14:45
Delegates Restaurant
Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) Executives Luncheon (by invitation only)
13:15 – 14:45
Delegates Restaurant
Dr. Yoshinori Yamano
FOSTERING INVESTMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW ANTIBACTERIAL TREATMENTS
14:30-17:30
Room XXV
Nora K. Terrado
Investment and the Digital Economy
14:30-17:30
Room XXIV
Ms. Mpho Moloi
Investment Promotion Conference 2018
14:45 – 18:00
ROOM XXVI
Mr. Mukhisa Kituyi
Mr. Juan Antonio Samaranch
INVESTING IN SPORTS FOR SDGs
15:00 - 17:00
Room XX
Dr. Frank-Jürgen Richter
Legislating for Sustainable Development
15:30-17:30
Room XXII
Mr. Kesiuke Arai
Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) Global Dialogue
15:00-18:00
Room XVII
Empretec Director’s Meeting (by invitation only)
15:00-18:00
E-8116
H.E. Ms. Nassima Baghli
MAIN OBSTACLES AND SOLUTIONS TO INVESTMENT IN AFRICA
16:00 – 18:00
Room XI
18:30
Reception
Ms. Verena Utzinger
Talking Business Africa I
08:00-09:45
Room XXIII
INTERACTIVE BREAKFAST ENCOUNTER (by invitation only)
09:00 - 10:00
Delegates Restaurant
GLOBAL LEADERS INVESTMENT SUMMIT II: Investment in a new era of industrialization
10:00 – 12:30
Assembly Hall
Dr. Abdalla Kablan
Blockchains for Sustainable Development
10:30-13:30
Room XX
Mr. Sheku Lexmond Koroma
Talking Business Africa II
13:15 – 14:45
Room XXIII
LEADERS LUNCHEON (BY INVITATION ONLY)
13:15 - 14:45
Delegates Restaurant
NORDIC IPAs LUNCHEON (BY INVITATION ONLY)
13:15 - 14:45
Delegates Restaurant
Mr. Rahul Agarwal
Sovereign Wealth and Pension Funds Dialogue
14:30 – 17 :00
Room XXII
Mr. FRÉDÉRIC PARUTA
High-level International Investment Agreements (IIA) Conference 2018
15:00 – 19:00
Room XXVI
Mr. Alvaro Lario
Responsible Agricultural Investment
15:30-18:00
Room XXV
Mr. Usman Iftikhar
ENTREPRENEURSHIP, MIGRATION AND THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs)
15:30-18:00
Room XI
mr. Hon. Benjamin E. Diokno
THE INVESTMENT, TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT NEXUS
15:30 – 17:30
Room XXIV
Mr. Ren Hongpeng
MINISTERIAL ROUNDTABLE: LDCS & BUSINESS EXECUTIVES
16:00 – 18:00
Room XX
Mr. Owain Johnson
SUSTAINABILITY, COMMODITIES AND DERIVATIVES
16:00 - 18:00
Room XXVII
ISAR Honours 2018
17:15-18:00
XVII
18:30
Hospitality and Cultural Event
INTERACTIVE BREAKFAST ENCOUNTER (by invitation only)
09:00 - 10:00
Delegates Restaurant
Mr. Sanjay G. Mungur
Ministerial Roundtable: Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development
10:00-13:00
Room XX
Mr. Aldo Romani
SUSTAINABILITY BONDS: INNOVATIVE TOOLS FOR FINANCING THE SDGs
10:30-13:00
Room XXII
Mr. Miquel Rodriguez Planas
PEOPLE-FIRST PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS (PPPs)
10:00-13:00
Room XXIV
Mr. Kenan Bagci
Roundtable on Regional Integration and Investment Policy
10:30 - 13:30
Room XXV
Mr. Bahaa El Attar
Talking Business Middle East and North Africa
13:15-14:45
Room XXIII
Ministers Meeting: Promoting Foreign Investment to LLDCs (by invitation only)
13:15-14:45
Delegates Restaurant
Ms. Helen Hai
Ms. Martina Fuchs
WOMEN FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
14:30-17:00
XXIV
H.E. Mr. Emmanuel Fabiano
MINISTERIAL ROUNDTABLE: 21st Century Global Investment Policymaking
15:00 – 18:00
Room XX
mr. Alexis du Roy de Blicquy
FAMILY BUSINESSES AS A FORCE FOR LONG-TERM GOOD
15:00 - 17:30
Room XXV
Ms. Adrienne Klasa
Smart Beta: Passive Investment Strategies for Sustainable Development
15:30-18:00
Room XXII
Ms. Anya Berehzna
Empretec Women in Business Awards 2018
18:00
Assembly Hall
19:00 - 21:00
Reception
INTERACTIVE BREAKFAST ENCOUNTER (BY INVITATION ONLY)
8:30 – 10:00
Delegates Restaurant
Ms. Nathalie Bravo
MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ACADEMIC CONFERENCE
09:00-16:00
Room XXIV
Mr. Jacopo Dettoni
SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
10:00 – 13:00
XXIII
Ms. Diana Quintero
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE SDGS
10:00 - 13:00
Room XI
Ms. Prerna Soni
Creating more and better jobs through investment
10:00-13:00
XXVII
Mr. Roland Dominicé
USING BLENDED CAPITAL TO FINANCE THE SDGS
10:30 – 13:00
XXII
H.E. Mr. Andrew Staines
Mr. Frédéric Samama
ROLE OF CENTRAL BANKS IN GREENING THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM
14:00 – 16:30
XXII
18:00
Reception
High-level Speakers
Mr. Vasant Narasimhan
CEO, NovartisH.E. Mr. Alain Berset
President of the Swiss ConfederationMr. John W.H. Denton
Secretary-General, International Chamber of CommerceSophia
Humanoid RobotH.E. Mr. Mokgweetsi E.K. Masisi
President of the Republic of BotswanaH.E. Mr. Armen Sarkissian
President of the Republic of ArmeniaMr. Joseph C. Brandt
President and CEO, Contour GlobalMr. Thomas Bach
President of the International Olympic CommitteeH.E. Mr. Motsoahae Thomas Thabane
Prime Minister, Kingdom of LesothoH.E. Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of CambodiaMr. Mukhisa Kituyi
Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade and DevelopmentMr. Paul Andrews
Secretary-General, International Organisation of Securities CommissionsMr. Ralph Hamers
CEO, ING GroupH.E. Mr. Khaltmaagiin Battulga
President of MongoliaMs. Gabriela Cuevas Barron
President, Inter-Parliamentary UnionH.E. Mr. Milo Ðukanović
President of MontenegroMr. Michael Møller
Director-General, United Nations Office at GenevaMs. Barbara Kux
Multiple Board Member and former Member of Managing Board of SiemensMr. Tewolde GebreMariam
Group CEO, Ethiopian AirlinesMr. Paul Bulcke
Chairman of the Board of Directors, NestléH.E. Mr. Hage Geingob
President of the Republic of NamibiaMs. Amina Mohammed
Deputy Secretary-General, United NationsMs. Francesca Lavazza
Board Member, Lavazza GroupMr. Mark Wilson
CEO, AvivaMr. Bruce Cleaver
CEO, De Beers GroupH.E. Mr. Abdul Hamid
President of the People's Republic of BangladeshH.E. Prof. Faustin Archange Touadéra
President of the Central African Republic
Past High-level Speakers
Dr. Flavia Santoto Trujillo
President of PROCOLOMBIA, ColombiaH.E. Mr. Bill Clinton
President of the United States and Chairman of the William J. Clinton Foundation (WIF 2012)H.E. Mr. Mehdi Jomaa
Prime Minister of the Republic of Tunisia (WIF 2014)H.E. Mr. Xi Jinping
President of China (WIF 2010)H.R.H. Prince Charles
United Kingdom (WIF 2014)H.E. Mr. Aires Bonifacio Ali
Prime Minister of Mozambique (WIF 2010)H.E. Ms. Sheikh Hasina
Prime Minister of Bangladesh (WIF 2012)H.E. Mr. Luis Giampietri Rojas
Vice-President, Peru (WIF 2010)H.E. Ms. Tarja Halonen
President of Finland (WIF 2012)H.E. Ms. Ana Vilma Albanez de Escobar
Vice-President of El Salvador (WIF 2008)H.E. Mr. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
President of Iceland (WIF 2010)Mr. Ban Ki-moon
Secretary-General United Nations (WIF 2014)Mr. Peter Brabeck-Letmathe
Chairman, Nestlé S.A. (WIF 2014)H.E. Mr. Didier Burkhalter
President of Switzerland (WIF 2014)H.E. Mr. Angel Marin
Vice-President, Bulgaria (WIF 2010)
Location
United Nations, Geneva
Palais des Nations, 8-14, Av. de la Paix, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
+41 22 917 1234wif@unctad.org
2018 Organizational Partners
2018 Media Partners
2018 Sponsorship Partners
The Forum
The Organizer
The World Investment Forum is organized by UNCTAD’s Division on Investment and Enterprise.
The Division is recognized as a global centre of excellence on issues related to investment and enterprise for sustainable development.
James Zhan
Director, Investment and Enterprise
Lead, UN World Investment Report