World Investment Forum – UNCTAD

H.E. Mr. Armen Sarkissian

H.E. Ms. Mia Amor Mottley

Mr. John Haley

Mr. Svein Tore Holsether

Mr. Bill Winters

Mr. Laxman Narasimhan

Ms. Nandini Sukumar

Mr. Raido Lember

UNCTAD-WAIPA EXCHANGE PLATFORM (IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ERNST AND YOUNG (EY))

12:00-13:30

Ms. Maria Camila Moreno

Mr. Abhishek Gupta

Ms. Natalia Guerra

Mr. Ali Ercan Su

PROMOTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES FOR INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (in partnership with International Organization for Migration (IOM) and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR))

12:30-14:00

Mr. Ali Ercan Su

Dr. Margareta Drzeniek

Mr. Adel Karoui

Ms. Adrienn Gyory

Mr. Philippe Guichandut

Mr. Innocent Havyarimana

Ms. Ugoshi Daniels

Mr. Raouf Mazou

Mr. Ivan Nimac

Towards the establishment of the World Investment for Development Alliance (in partnership with the World Economic Forum (WEF))

13:00-14:00

Ms. Ana Novik

H.E. Mr. Sok Chenda Sophea

Mr. Fahad Al Gergawi

Mr. Rajesh Aggarwal

Mr. Antoine Mayaud

High-Level Roundtable: Beyond the Bottom Line (in partnership with the Family Business Network (FBN))

13:45-15:00

Mr. Antoine Mayaud

Ms. Meher Pudumjee

Ms. Isabel Hoffmann

Mr. Alfonso Libano Daurella

Dr. Amelia U. Santos-Paulino

Mr. Farhad Forbes

Dr. Amelia U. Santos-Paulino

ACADEMIC TRACK Opening plenary (in partnership with the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Academy of International Business (AIB), Oxford University Press and New York University Abu Dhabi)

14:00-16:00

H.E. Dr. Arkebe Oqubay Metiku

Prof. Raghu Sundaram

Prof. Justin Yifu Lin

Dr. Mariët Westermann

Prof. Peter J. Buckley

Prof. Emily Blanchard

Prof. Laura Alfaro

Mr. Dan Draper

INTERNATIONAL SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT FUND CONFERENCE

14:30-16:00

Mr. Dan Draper

Mr. Niall Hannigan

Mr. Jean-René Giraud

Mr. Stéphane Lapiquonne

Ms. Yimei Li

Mr. Jose Carlos Doherty

Mr. Magnus Billing

Mr. Yves Perrier

Mr. Peter Brock

FAMILY BUSINESS CONFERENCE: ACCELERATING IMPACT THROUGH FAMILY OFFICES (organized by the Family Business Network (FBN))

15:30-17:00

Mr. Benjamin Firmenich

Mr. Alexander Scott

Ms. Rebeca Grynspan

GLOBAL INVESTMENT GAME CHANGERS SUMMIT

16:00-18:00

Mr. Arunachalam Muruganantham

Mr. Christoph Gebald

Ms. Ana María Montero

Ms. Nneile Nkholise

Mr. Andrew DeLeone

Ms. Mariana Vasconcelos

Mr. Jack Sim

Mr. Jens Holstein

Mr. Cedric Grignard

IPA EXECUTIVE Meeting (in partnership with World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA))

08:00-09:00

Mr. Diego Molano Vega

Annual Investment Meeting 2021 (organized by AIM)

08:30-11:00

Mr. Diego Molano Vega

Dr. Abdelqader Abusafieh

Mr. Abhay Bhargava

Mr. Ralph R Debbas

Mr. Douglas K. Woods

Mr. Bernardo Calzadilla Sarmiento

Mr. Paschalis Bouchoris

Prof. Howard Yu

Mr. David Hobart

Mr. Zoran Lazarevic

Mr. Chavalit Frederick Tsao

FAMILY BUSINESS CONFERENCE: QUANTUM LEADERSHIP (organized by Family Business Network (FBN))

09:00-10:00

Mr. Chavalit Frederick Tsao

H.E. Mr. Mohamed Ali Al Shorafa Al Hammadi

Mr. Jose Martins

GLOBAL INVESTMENT PROMOTION CONFERENCE (in partnership with the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA))

09:00-11:00

Mr. Jose Martins

Ms. Nathalie Farrugia

Mr. Taegwon Kim

Ms. Natalia Bayona

Ms. Inge Huijbrechts

H.E. Ms. Evelyn Wever-Croes

H.E. Ms. Jacqueline Mora

Mr. Sebastien Tondeur

Mr. Simon Mundy

SOVEREIGN WEALTH AND PENSION FUNDS DIALOGUE

09:30-11:00

Mr. Simon Mundy

Mr. Deepak Bagla

Ms. Angélique Laskewitz

Mr. Uche Orji

Mr. Gordon Bajnai

Mr. Laurent Zylberberg

Ms. Sabine Döbeli

Ms. Jelena Milenkovic

Scaling Innovation in the New Health Economy (in partnership with FutureProofing Healthcare)

09:30-11:00

Ms. Jelena Milenkovic

Ms. Fifi Peters

United Nations Investment Promotion Awards 2021

11:00-11:30

Ms. Fifi Peters

Mr. Zubin Ramdarshan

THE ROLE OF DERIVATIVE EXCHANGES IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (in partnership with the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE))

11:00-12:00

Ms. Chantal Dupasquier

TALKING BUSINESS: Eastern Europe and Central Asia (in cooperation with the Joint Chamber of Commerce Switzerland-Eastern Europe, Central Asia, South Caucasus (JCC))

11:30-13:00

Ms. Norah Essam Al Muhaidib

Mr. Wilhelm Aminoff

FAMILY BUSINESS CONFERENCE: ENABLING NEXT GENERATIONS LEGACIES (organized by Family Business Network (FBN))

12:00-13:00

Mr. Wilhelm Aminoff

Ms. Patricia Saputo

Prof. Peter Jaskiewicz

Dr. Sabine B. Rau

Mr. Mohamed Shoaib

Promoting investment in Mediterranean countries (organized by the ANIMA)

12:00-13:30

Mr. Mohamed Shoaib

Mr. Philippe Yvergniaux

Ms. Vasso Kyrkou

Mr. Emmanuel Noutary

Mr. Tarak Chérif

Mr. Dmytro Gutsal

FAMILY BUSINESS CONFERENCE: Next generation (NxG) AWARD (organized by Family Business Network (FBN))

13:00-14:00

Mr. Dmytro Gutsal

Mr. Wissam El Khoury

Mr. Edouard de Saint Pierre

Dr. Dominique Otten-Pappas

Mr. Hans-Paul Bürkner

GLOBAL LEADERS’ INVESTMENT SUMMIT

13:00-15:00

Mr. Hans-Paul Bürkner

H.E. Mr. Aziz Akhanouch

H.E. Mr. Bisher Al-Khasawneh

H.E. Mr. Joko Widodo

H.E. Ms. Hala El Said

Mr. Peter Robinson

Prof. Jeffrey D. Sachs

Ms. Irene Madsen

SYMPOSIUM ON FDI STATISTICS AND DEVELOPMENT IMPACT

14:30-16:30

Ms. Irene Madsen

Mr. Andrew Jowett

Ms. Francesca Spinelli

Mr. Alexander Flühmann

Mr. Christopher Sibley

Ms. Franziska Ohnsorge

Dr. Atilla Karaman

Mr. Krzysztof Makowski

Dr. Wilson Phiri

Mr. Gian Maria Milesi Ferretti

H.E. Mr. Saber Hossain Chowdhury

Mr. Astrit Sulstarova

Mr. Emmanuel Nyirinkindi

Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) Global Dialogue (in partnership with the United Nations Governance Compact (UNGC), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI))

15:00-16:00

Mr. Emmanuel Nyirinkindi

Mr. Pradeep Mehta

TRIPARTITE DIALOGUE OF PARLIAMENTARIANS, POLICY MAKERS AND BUSINESS LEADERS (in partnership with the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU))

15:30-17:30

Mr. Pradeep Mehta

Mr. Zhandos Temirgali

H.E. Dr. Arkebe Oqubay Metiku

Mr. Martin Chungong

Ms. Saskia Slomp

Sustainability Reporting

16:00 – 17:30

Ms. Saskia Slomp

Mr. Patrick de Cambourg

Ms. Ana Güezmes

HIGH-LEVEL PANEL ON MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

16:30-18:30

Ms. Ana Güezmes

Dr. Amelia U. Santos-Paulino

Ms. Henriette Kolb

Ms. Kristin Hull

Ms. Marie-France Paquet

Ms. Reema Nanavaty

Mr. Vic van Vuuren

Prof. Anne Harrison

Dr. Mariët Westermann

Dr. Lorraine Eden

H.E. Mr. Andrés Valenciano

Ms. Asa Regnér

Ms. Karin Ireton

IMPACT INVESTING IN EMERGING MARKETS (in partnership with The Blended Capital Group)

16:30-18:30

Ms. Karin Ireton

Judge Prof. Mervyn King

Prof. Paul Q. Watchman

Ms. Archana Hingorani

Mr. Anthony Miller

Mr. Paul Clements-Hunt

Ms. Kekeletso Mashigo

HIGH-LEVEL INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS CONFERENCE 2021

Ms. Chantal Dupasquier

SHOWCASING REFORMS TO PROMOTE SDG INVESTMENT: Experiences from Côte d’Ivoire and Ecuador

17:00-18:30

H.E. Mr. Julio José Prado Lucio-Paredes

Mr. Francisco Estraluza

Mr. Hans Peter Werder

Mr. Faouzi Gsouma

Ms. Solange Amichia

H.E. Mrs. Lorena Konanz

H.E. Mr. Esmel Emmanuel Essis

Dr. Yi Wang

Aligning multinational firms for the “decade of action” (organised by Academy of International Business (AIB))

17:00-18:30

Dr. Yi Wang

Mr. Bruno Vermoesen

Mr. Karl Sauvant

Prof. Maria Alejandra Gonzalez Perez

Prof. Ari Van Assche

Mr. Edward Olowo-Okere

ISAR HONOURS

17:30-19:00

Mr. Edward Olowo-Okere

Dr. John Dilyard

ACADEMIC TRACK DAILY ROUNDUP (Academy of International Business (AIB) and academic partners)

18:30-20:00

Dr. John Dilyard

Dr. Shasha Zhao

Prof. Lilac Nachum

Mr. Jim Clifton

FAMILY BUSINESS CONFERENCE: GLOBAL GOVERNANCE INITIATIVE (organized by Family Business Network (FBN))

09:00-10:00

Mr. Jim Clifton

Mr. Omar Alghanim

Ms. Stephania Bonilla-Feret

Ms. Stephania Bonilla-Feret

FACILITATING THE SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE-CITY LINK (in partnership with UN Habitat)

09:00-10:30

Mr. Herman Pienaar

Mr. Jacopo Dettoni

Mr. Richard Bolwijn

Mr. Abdulla Al-Misnad

Mr. Musa Mbhele

Mr. Juan Pablo Rivera

Mr. Stephen Phillips

Ms. Maha El Masri

TALKING BUSINESS: Middle East and North Africa (in cooperation with the Arab-Swiss Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CASCI))

09:00-10:30

Ms. Maha El Masri

Mr. Massimo Meloni

Ms. Heather Taylor-Strauss

Mr. Bahaa El Attar

Mr. Ahmed Abdel-Hakam

Mr. Ammar Kessab

Ms. Heather Taylor-Strauss

OUTWARD FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT: POLICIES TO SUPPORT FIRM INVESTMENT AND MAXIMIZE HOME COUNTRY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

09:00-10:30

Sheikh Ali Alwaleed Al-Thani

Mr. Matthew Stephenson

Mr. Anuj Mathew

Mr. Deepak Bagla

Mr. George Richards

FAMILY BUSINESS CONFERENCE: LEVERAGING NEW PHILANTHROPIC MODELS TO ACHIEVE THE SDGS (organized by Family Business Network (FBN))

10:00-11:00

Mr. George Richards

Ms. Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza

Mr. Peter Vogel

Mr. John Blaffer Royall

WORLD ASSOCIATION OF INVESTMENT PROMOTION AGENCIES (WAIPA) GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING (closed session)

10:00-13:00

Ms. Denise Odaro

SUSTAINABILITY BONDS (in partnership with Climate Bonds Initiative)

11:00-12:00

Mr. Peter Vogel

FAMILY BUSINESS CONFERENCE: IMD GLOBAL FAMILY BUSINESS AWARD (organized by the Family Business Network (FBN))

11:00-12:00

Mr. Peter Vogel

Mr. James X. Zhan

UNCTAD SUSTAINABLE FUND AWARDS 2021

11:30-12:00

Launch of the UN Global Sustainable Finance Observatory

12:00-12:30

Hon. Mr. Micheal Okyere Baafi

Mr. Harouna Niang

SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES IN AFRICA (in partnership with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ))

12:00-13:30

Mr. Harouna Niang

H.E. Dr. Arkebe Oqubay Metiku

Prof. Andrés Rodríguez-Pose

Ms. Tanja Gönner

H.E. Mr. Albert M. Muchanga

Ms. Raluca Tircoci Craciun

Ms. Raluca Tircoci Craciun

SECURITIES MARKET REGULATORS AND SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT (in partnership with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO))

12:00-14:30

Mr. Evert van Walsum

Mr. Mark Manning

Mr. Bruno de Freitas Gomes

Mr. Jorge Arbache

INTERNATIONAL PROJECT FINANCE (in partnership with the Global Infrastructure Hub and Project Finance International)

13:00-14:30

Mr. Paddy Padmanathan

Mr. Paul Kyalimpa

High-Level Interregional Dialogue on Facilitating Investment in SDG Projects (in partnership with Caribbean Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (CAIPA) and the East African Community (EAC) and Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariats)

13:30-15:00

Dr. Khanyisile Dlamini

Mr. Roberto Marelli

Science Parks and Areas of Innovation Models (in partnership with International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation)

14:00-15:30

Mr. Roberto Marelli

Mr. Jacopo Dettoni

Ms. Lena Miranda

Ms. Deepwanwita Chattopadhyay

Mr. John Tanui

Mr. Gavin Poole

Mr. McLean Sibanda

Mr. Leandro Pompermaier

Ms. Ebba Lund

Mr. Herbert Chen

H.E. Mr. Kitti Settha Pandita Cham Prasidh

Ms. Niraja Srinivasan

DIGITAL GLOBALIZATION: THE NEW FRONTIER FOR MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES (organized by Academy of International Business (AIB))

14:00-16:30

Ms. Niraja Srinivasan

Dr. Rui Oliveira

Dr. Bernhard Dachs

Mr. Lucian Cernat

Prof. Esther Tippmann

Mr. Matthew Stephenson

Ms. Mary Porter Peschka

GENDER EQUALITY IN LISTED CORPORATIONS (in partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC))

14:30-16:30

Ms. Mary Porter Peschka

Ms. Delphine d’Amarzit

H.E. Mr. Kitti Settha Pandita Cham Prasidh

MINISTERIAL ROUND TABLE ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SUSTAINABLE RECOVERY POST-COVID-19

15:00-17:00

H.E. Sithembiso G.G Nyoni, M.P

H.E. Mr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi

Hon. David Bahati

H.E. Ms. Stella Tembisile Ndabeni-Abrahams

H.E. Ms. Devika Vidot

H.E. Mr. Carlos Alberto Fortes Mesquita

H.E. Mr. Soomilduth Bholah

H.E. Mr. Roberto Antonio Malouf Morales

H.E. Mr. Seedy Keita

H.E. Mr. Víctor -Ito- Bisonó Haza

H.E. Mr. Lucas Palacios

H.E. Mr. Achille Bassilekin III

Ms. Dorothy Ng’ambi Tembo

Mr. Richard Bolwijn

THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL TAXATION AND INVESTMENT (in partnership with WU Global Tax Policy Center)

15:30-17:30

Ms. Tove Maria Ryding

Ms. Zahira Quattrocchi

Mr. Musab Abdullah

GROWING DIGITAL FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (in partnership with the World Economic Forum (WEF))

16:00-17:00

Mr. Musab Abdullah

H.E. Dr. Muhammad Sulaiman Al Jasser

Ms. Elizabeth Rossiello

Ms. Heba Shams

Mr. Siddhant Dayal

Mr. Craig Burchell

Mr. Matthew Stephenson

H.E. Mr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi

Mr. Layhy Chhea

SUSTAINABLE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES – PART I (in partnership with the World Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (WUSME))

16:30-18:00

Mr. Christian Volpe Martincus

Ms. Barbara Terenzi

Mr. Achim Hartig

Mr. Martin G. Kaspar

Mr. Joginder Singh Juneja

Mr. Edo Offerhaus

Mr. Dogad Dogoui

Prof. Peter J. Buckley

Ms. Chantal Dupasquier

TALKING BUSINESS: Latin America (in cooperation with the Latin American Chamber of Commerce in Switzerland (LATCAM))

17:15-18:45

Prof. Antonella Zucchella

Mr. Etienne Vauchez

SUSTAINABLE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES – PART II (in partnership with European International Business Academy (EIBA) and Academy of International Business (AIB))

18:00-19:30

Mr. Etienne Vauchez

Mr. Pedro Novo

Mr. Igor Kalinić

Prof. Ulrike Mayrhofer

Prof. Pervez Ghauri

Prof. Noémie Dominguez

Prof. Maria Elo

Mr. Philippe Eyraud

Prof. Lorraine Eden

ACADEMIC TRACK DAILY ROUNDUP (Academy of International Business (AIB) and academic partners)

18:30-20:00

Prof. Lorraine Eden

Prof. Sarianna Lundan

Mr. Blake Goud

GREEN ISLAMIC FINANCE (GREEN SUKUKS)

08:30-09:30

Mr. Mohamed Rozani Osman

Mr. Anthony Miller

Mr. Stephen Obiro

DECENT WORK AND SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES: AFRICA FOCUS (in partnership with International Labour Oragnization (ILO))

09:30-10:30

Mr. Stephen Obiro

Mr. Adewale Oyerinde

Ms. Caroline Khamati Mugalla

Mr. Vic van Vuuren

Ms. Lelise Neme

Ms. Kate Abbeo

Dr. Jicui Dong

Pandemic preparedness beyond COVID-19: Investing in vaccines production and supply for LMICs (in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO))

09:30-11:00

Dr. Jicui Dong

Mr. Axel Klaphake

Mr. Stephen N. Karingi

Mr. Anthony Miller

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (in partnership with the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN))

10:00-11:00

Mr. Anthony Miller

Ms. Alessandra Stabilini

Mr. Osamu Hamada

Ms. Kerrie Waring

Mr. Ian Burger

WORLD ASSOCIATION OF INVESTMENT PROMOTION AGENCIES WORLD INVESTMENT CONFERENCE

10:00-14:00

Mr. Abdoulaye Ly

Panel discussion on FDI policies and trends in member countries of the Islamic Development Bank (in partnership with the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and the Islamic Centre for the Development of Trade (ICDT))

10:30-12:30

Ms. Latifa Elbouabdellaoui

Mr. Cem Tintin

Ms. Patience Okala

Mr. Makane Moïse Mbengue

Mr. Marcus Pratsch

LEVERAGING FINANCE, CAPITAL, AND POLICIES FOR CLIMATE ACTION IN EMERGING MARKETS: THE ROLE OF BANKS (in partnership with the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF))

11:00-12:00

Mr. Marcus Pratsch

Mr. Rodrigo Cubero Brealey

Mr. Ahmed Saeed

Ms. Sheila M’Mbijjewe

Mr. Leslie Maasdorp

Ms. Danae Kyriakopoulou

Ms. Liam Sim Yeo

TASK FORCE ON CLIMATE-RELATED FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES IMPLEMENTATION AND CLIMATE ACTION (in partnership with International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Bloomberg Foundation)

12:00-13:00

Ms. Liam Sim Yeo

Ms. Mardi McBrien

Ms. Shameela Soobramoney

Ms. Melissa Irmen

Working Together Through a Global Alliance of Special Economic Zones (GASEZ) (in partnership with SEZs associations)

13:00-14:00

Ms. Melissa Irmen

Ms. Ekaterina Evdokimova

Ms. Charito Plaza

Mr. Andrey Shpilenko

Mr. Paul Wessendorp

Mr. Gustavo González de Vega

Mr. Sadi Qodirzoda

MINISTERIAL ROUNDTABLE ON INVESTMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Mr. Peter Elwin

SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT AND NATURAL CAPITAL (in partnership with Planet Tracker)

14:30-15:30

Mr. Liliana Faccioli Pintozzi

G20 AND INVESTMENT (in partnership with ISPI-T-20)

14:30-15:30

Mr. Liliana Faccioli Pintozzi

Prof. Carlo Secchi

Prof. Bernard Hoekman

Mr. Luiz De Mello

Prof. Alejandra Cardini

Mr. Tandin Tshering

Can Digital Government Deliver Development Impact

14:30-16:00

Mr. Jonathan Ortmanns

Mr. Laurent Gangbes

Mr. Scott Paul

Future proofing sustainable Global Value Chains in the post pandemic era (organised by Academy of International Business (AIB))

15:30-16:30

Mr. Scott Paul

Mr. Sebastien Miroudot

Mr. Luke Fiske

Prof. Lilac Nachum

Prof. Ari Van Assche

Eng. Saleh Ibrahim Alrasheed

Ms. Vania Borgerth

Financial Inclusion and Policy Support for MSMEs

16:00-17:30

Prof. Lesley Stainbank

Ms. Chantal Dupasquier

TALKING BUSINESS: Africa (in cooperation with the Swiss-African Business Circle (SABC))

16:30-18:00

Ms. Stephania Bonilla-Feret

Mr. Eliud Njoroge

Mr. Laurent Padoux

Mr. Leonard Stiegeler

Mr. Ammar Kessab

Mr. Paul Clements-Hunt

Ms. Stephania Bonilla-Feret

Entrepreneurship in the New Health Economy (in partnership with Lavca)

16:30-18:00

Mr. Robin Roark

Mr. Emanuel Hernandez

Mr. Andrés Simón González-Silén

Mr. Rogério Boros

Mr. Marcel Roehrs

Ms. Fulvia Farinelli

Mr. Robin Roark

Entrepreneurship in the New Health Economy (in partnership with Lavca) Copy

16:30-18:00

Mr. Robin Roark

Mr. Emanuel Hernandez

Mr. Andrés Simón González-Silén

Mr. Rogério Boros

Mr. Marcel Roehrs

Ms. Fulvia Farinelli

Prof. Heinz Tuselmann

ACADEMIC TRACK CLOSING PANEL: THE FUTURE OF RESEARCH ON INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT AND PRODUCTION

16:30-18:30

Prof. Heinz Tuselmann

Mr. Richard Bolwijn

Ms. Christiane Stepanek-Allen

Prof. Jennifer P. Poole

Prof. Sarianna Lundan

Ms. Christiane Stepanek-Allen

The Evolving Role of Transparency in Privately Owned Family Firms: Sustainability Indicators for Family Business (in partnership with Family Business Network (FBN))

17:00-18:00

Ms. Marlies Van Wijhe

Mr. Alfonso Líbano Daurella

Prof. Ari Van Assche

ACADEMIC TRACK DAILY ROUNDUP (Academy of International Business (AIB) and academic partners)

18:30-20:00

Prof. Ari Van Assche

Prof. Rob Grosse

Ms. Xeniya Klauzan

SHOWCASING REFORMS TO PROMOTE SDG INVESTMENT: Experiences from Seychelles and Uzbekistan

8:30-10:00

H.E. Ms. Devika Vidot

Ms. Chantal Line Carpentier

Capital as a Force for Good: session 1

09:00-10:00

Ms. Chantal Line Carpentier

Mr. Joel K. Richards

THE INVESTMENT, TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT NEXUS IN THE POST-COVID-19 ERA (in partnership with the World Trade Organization (WTO))

09:00-11:00

Mr. Joel K. Richards

Mr. Sunghwan Lee

Mr. Miguel Veiga-Pestana

Ms. Stephania Bonilla-Feret

Entrepreneurship in the New Health Economy

10:00-11:30

Ms. Stephania Bonilla-Feret

Dr. Adereni Abiodun

Dr. Abdu Mukhtar

Mr. Onyenoha Chukwumerije

Mr. Nazeem Mohamed

Mr. Robert Karanja

Ms. Janet Byaruhanga

Ms. Chantal Line Carpentier

Capital as a Force for Good: session 2

10:30-11:30

Ms. Chantal Line Carpentier

Ms. Carolina Arriagada

CAPACITY-BUILDING FOR FDI PRACTITIONERS (organised by WAIPA)

11:00-12:30

Ms. Carolina Arriagada

Ms. Vera Songwe

LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES MINISTERIAL AND BUSINESS EXECUTIVE ROUND TABLE (in partnership with the United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS)

11:00-13:00

Ms. Vera Songwe

Mr. Leonard Stiegeler

H.E. Ms. Rose Kayi Mivedor

Ms. Madalitso Kazembe

Mr. Ratnakar Adhikari

Ms. Yvonne Okwara

H.E. Ms. Inácia Teixeira

H.E. Mr. Michel Patrick Boisvert

H.E. Mr. Sok Chenda Sophea

H.E. Mr. Tipu Munshi MP

Mr. Courtenay Rattray

Ms. Tanya Dos Santos

Capital as a Force for Good: session 3

12:30–13:30

Ms. Tanya Dos Santos

Ms. Chantal Line Carpentier

Mr. Tony Restall

Special Economic Zones as Engines for the Sustainable Development Goals (in partnership with United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO))

14:00-16:00

Mr. Tony Restall

Mr. Alex Irwin-Hunt

Dr. Amelia U. Santos-Paulino

Mr. Gustavo González de Vega

Ms. Nilgün Tas

Mr. Douglas Zhihua Zeng

Mr. Samir Hamrouni

Mr. Ahmed Bennis

Mr. Thomas Hahn

INVESTING IN INDUSTRY 4.0

14:00-16:00

Mr. Thomas Hahn

Ms. Laurel Ruma

Mr. Andrés Rodríguez Rowe

Mr. Stephen McKinley

Mr. Lucas Fiuza

H.E. Ms. Duangjai Asawachintachit

Mr. Stephen Mellor

Dr. Natan Linder

Mr. Patrick Van den Bossche

Ms. Rebeca Grynspan

FORUM CLOSING: Ambassadors Roundtable

14:00-16:00