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7th WIF Programme

Download: 7th World Investment Forum 2021_Programme at a Glance

 

Download: 7th World Investment Forum 2021_Preliminary programme

 
All events will be held virtually and are indicated under Geneva Time (CET, GMT+2).
Preliminary programme. Session and times and are subject to change.

7th WIF Programme

Day 1
18 Oct 2021
Day 2
19 Oct 2021
Day 3
20 Oct 2021
Day 4
21 Oct 2021
Day 5
22 Oct 2021

WIF OPENING SUMMIT

10:00-12:30

UNCTAD-WAIPA EXCHANGE PLATFORM (IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ERNST AND YOUNG (E&Y))

12:00-13:30

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

LAUNCHING A GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT (in partnership with the World Economic Forum (WEF))

13:00-14:00

HIGH-LEVEL ROUNDTABLE BEYOND THE BOTTOM LINE (in partnership with the Family Business Network (FBN))

13:30-15:00
Mr. Raghu Sundaram

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)

14:00-16:30
Mr. Raghu Sundaram
Prof. Kunal Sen
Prof. Yaw Nyarko
H.E. Dr. Arkebe Oqubay Metiku
Prof. Justin Yifu Lin
Ms. Beata Javorcik
Prof. Gary Gereffi
Prof. Emily Blanchard
Prof. Laura Alfaro
Ms. Anabel González
Mr. James X. Zhan
Prof. Farok J. Contractor
Dr. Peter J. Buckley
Dr. Jeffrey Owens
Mr. Niall Hannigan

INTERNATIONAL SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT FUND CONFERENCE

14:30-16:00
Mr. Niall Hannigan
Mr. Jean-René Giraud
Mr. Magnus Billing
Mr. Stéphane Lapiquonne
Mr. Yves Perrier
Ms. Yimei Li
Mr. Jose Carlos Doherty

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

15:30-17:00

GLOBAL INVESTMENT GAME CHANGERS SUMMIT

16:00-18:00

FAMILY BUSINESS CONFERENCE: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY (organized by Family Business Network (FBN))

18:00-18:30

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

08:00-09:00

Annual Investment Meeting 2021 (organized by AIM)

08:00-12:30

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

09:00-10:00

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

09:00-11:30
Ms. Gillian Tett

SOVEREIGN WEALTH AND PENSION FUNDS DIALOGUE

09:30-11:00
Ms. Gillian Tett
Ms. Angélique Laskewitz
Ms. Sabine Döbeli
Mr. Gordon Bajnai
Mr. Deepak Bagla
Mr. Uche Orji
Mr. Laurent Zylberberg

Entrepreneurship in the New Health Economy (in partnership with FutureProofing Healthcare)

09:30-11:00

FAMILY BUSINESS CONFERENCE: FAMILY OFFICE COMMUNITY (organized by Family Business Network (FBN))

10:30-11:30
Mr. Stuart Williams

THE ROLE OF DERIVATIVE EXCHANGES IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

11:00-12:00
Mr. Stuart Williams
Mr. Ed Tilly
Mr. Mark Peterson
Mr. Walt Lukken
Mr. Owain Johnson
Mr. Kyle Edwards

TALKING BUSINESS: Eastern Europe and Central Asia

11:30-13:00

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

12:00-13:00

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

13:00-14:00

GLOBAL LEADERS’ INVESTMENT SUMMIT

13:00-15:00
Ms. Lena Miranda

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

14:30-16:00
Ms. Lena Miranda
Mr. Salvatore Majorana
Ms. Deepwanwita Chattopadhyay
Mr. John Tanui
Mr. Gavin Poole
Mr. McLean Sibanda
Mr. Leandro Pompermaier
Ms. Ebba Lund
Mr. Herbert Chen
Mr. James X. Zhan

SYMPOSIUM ON FDI STATISTICS AND DEVELOPMENT IMPACT

14:30-16:30

Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) Global Dialogue (in partnership with the United Nations Governance Centre, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and Fintech.tv)

15:00-16:00

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

15:30-17:30

Sustainability Reporting

16:00 – 17:30
Ms. Henriette Kolb

HIGH-LEVEL PANEL ON MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

16:30-18:30
Ms. Henriette Kolb
Ms. Asa Regnér
Ms. Mariët Westermann
Ms. Kristin Hull
Ms. Marie-France Paquet
Prof. Lorraine Eden
Ms. Reema Nanavaty
Prof. Anne Harrison
Mr. James X. Zhan
Mr. Vic Van Vuuren
Ms. Rebeca Grynspan
Ms. Meg Kinnear

HIGH-LEVEL INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS CONFERENCE 2021

16:30-19:00
Ms. Meg Kinnear
Ms. Fareena Mazhar
Mr. Moritz Lumma
Mr. Winand Quaedvlieg
Ms. Cindy Rayo Zapata
Ms. Caroline Kollau
Mr. Shaun Donnelly
Ms. Samira Sulejmanovic
Ms. Patience Okala
Ms. Kekeletso Mashigo
Ms. Lisa Sachs
Ms. Ana Novik
Ms. Chantal Ononaiwu
Mr. Jansen Calamita
Ms. Suzy H. Nikièma
Mr. Carlo Pettinato
Mr. Makane Moïse Mbengue
Ms. Anna Joubin-Bret
Mr. Surya Deva
Mr. Urban Rusnák

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

17:00-18:00

SHOWCASING REFORMS TO PROMOTE SDG INVESTMENT: EXPERIENCES FROM SELECTED COUNTRIES-SESSION 1

17:00-18:30

ISAR HONOURS

17:30-18:00

FAMILY BUSINESS CONFERENCE: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY (organized by Family Business Network (FBN))

18:00-18:30

DAILY E-GATHERING

18:30-20:00

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

18:30-20:00

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

09:00-10:00
Mr. Juan Pablo Rivera

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

09:00-10:30
Mr. Juan Pablo Rivera
Mr. Stephen Phillips
Mr. Jacopo Dettoni

TALKING BUSINESS: Middle East and North Africa

09:00-10:30

OUTWARD FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT: POLICIES TO SUPPORT FIRM INVESTMENT AND MAXIMIZE HOME COUNTRY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (in partnership with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) and the World Economic Forum (WEF))

09:00-10:30

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

10:00-11:00

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

10:00-13:00

SUSTAINABILITY BONDS (in partnership with Climate Bonds Initiative)

10:30-11:30

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

11:00-12:00
Mr. James X. Zhan

UNCTAD SUSTAINABLE FUND AWARDS 2021

11:30-12:00
Mr. James X. Zhan
Ms. Babita Sharma

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

11:30-13:00
Ms. Babita Sharma
H.E. Mr. Harouna Niang
Ms. Tanja Gönner
Mr. Ken Poonoosamy
Mr. Pierre Voges
Ms. Amy Jadesimi
Mr. Ahmed Bennis
H.E. Mr. Albert M. Muchanga
Mr. Andrés Rodríguez-Pose
H.E. Dr. Arkebe Oqubay Metiku

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

12:00-14:30

INTERNATIONAL PROJECT FINANCE (in partnership with the G20 Global Infrastructure Hub and Project Finance International)

13:00-14:30

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

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

14:00-16:30
Ms. Patricia Torres

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

14:30-16:30
Ms. Patricia Torres
Ms. Vuyo Lee
Ms. Hope Jarkowski
Ms. Melsa Ararat
Ms. Julia Hoggett
Ms. Diana Chan
Ms. Olga Cantillo

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

15:00-17:00

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

15:30-17:30

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

16:00-17:00
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. Layhy Chhea
Ms. Biviana Riverio
Ms. Yvonne Okwara
Ms. Barbara Terenzi
Mr. Achim Hartig
Mr. Martin G. Kaspar
Mr. Joginder Singh Juneja
Mr. Edo Offerhaus
Mr. Dogad Dogoui
Dr. Peter J. Buckley
Ms. Rebeca Grynspan

TALKING BUSINESS: Latin America

17:00-18:30

EMPRETEC WOMEN IN BUSINESS AWARDS

17:30-18:30

FAMILY BUSINESS CONFERENCE: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY (organized by Family Business Network (FBN))

18:00-18:30
Mr. Philippe Eyraud

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. Philippe Eyraud
Mr. Etienne Vauchez
Mr. Pedro Novo
Mr. Igor Kalinić
Ms. Ulrike Mayrhofer
Mr. Pervez Ghauri
Prof. Antonella Zucchella
Prof. Noémie Dominguez
Prof. Maria Elo

DAILY E-GATHERING

18:30-20:00

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

18:30-20:00

GREEN ISLAMIC FINANCE (GREEN SUKUKS)

08:30-09:30
Ms. Yagana Hassan

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

09:00-10:00
Ms. Yagana Hassan
Mr. Roberto Suárez Santos
Mr. Vic van Vuuren
Ms. Lelise Neme
Ms. Caroline Khamati Mugalla
Ms. Kate Abbeo
Mr. James X. Zhan

PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS BEYOND COVID-19 (in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO))

09:30-11:00
Ms. Kerrie Waring

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

10:00-11:00
Ms. Kerrie Waring
Mr. Toshitake Inoue
Mr. Ian Burger

WORLD ASSOCIATION OF INVESTMENT PROMOTION AGENCIES WORLD INVESTMENT CONFERENCE

10:00-14:00

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))

10:30-13:00

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

LAUNCHING OF The GLOBAL ALLIANCE OF Special Economic ZoneS (GASEZS) (in partnership with regional and global associations of SEZs)

13:00-14:00

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

13:00-14:00

MINISTERIAL ROUNDTABLE ON INVESTMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

13:30-16:00

FINANCIAL INCLUSION AND MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES

14:00-16:30

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

14:30-15:30

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

14:30-15:30

Can Digital Government Deliver Development Impact

14:30-16:00

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

15:30-16:30

TALKING BUSINESS: Africa

16:30-18:00

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

16:30-18:00
Prof. Xiaolan Fu

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

16:30-18:30
Prof. Xiaolan Fu
Prof. Rob Grosse
Prof. Paul Vaaler
Dr. Brooke Guven
Prof. Kunal Sen
Prof. Yaw Nyarko
Mr. James X. Zhan
Prof. Farok J. Contractor
Prof. Ugo Panizza
Prof. Sarianna Lundan

Launch of the FAMILY BUSINESS Sustainability INDICATOR Platform (in partnership with Family Business Network (FBN))

17:00-18:00

DAILY E-GATHERING

18:30-20:00

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

18:30-20:00

STRATEGIES TO SAFEGUARD TOURISM INVESTMENT (organized by the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) in partnership with the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) (tbc))

08:30-10:00

SHOWCASING REFORMS TO PROMOTE SDG INVESTMENT: EXPERIENCES FROM SELECTED COUNTRIES

8:30-10:00

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

09:00-11:30

Entrepreneurship in the New Health Economy (in partnership with the World Health Organization Africa Innovation Challenge)

10:00-11:30

CAPACITY-BUILDING FOR FDI PRACTITIONERS (organised by WAIPA)

11:00-12:30

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
Mr. Bernd Oellermann

Special Economic Zones as Engines for the Sustainable Development Goals

14:00-15:30
Mr. Bernd Oellermann
Mr. Gustavo González de Vega
Ms. Nilgün Tas
Mr. Douglas Zhihua Zeng
Mr. Samir Hamrouni
Mr. Ahmed Bennis
Mr. James X. Zhan
Mr. Jacopo Dettoni
Mr. Bostjan Skalar

INVESTING IN INDUSTRY 4.0

14:00-16:00

ROUND TABLE ON REGIONAL INTEGRATION AND INVESTMENT PROMOTION (in partnership with Regional Commissions of the UN)

14:30-15:30
Mr. Rahul Agarwal

SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT CASES FOR EMERGING MARKETS

14:30-16:00
Mr. Rahul Agarwal
Mr. Glen Yelton
Ms. Angela Bai
Ms. Caroline Le Meaux

FORUM CLOSING

14:30-16:30

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

17:00-18:30