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7th WIF Programme

 

Download: 7th World Investment Forum 2021_Preliminary timetable

 

Download: 7th World Investment Forum 2021_Preliminary programme

Preliminary programme. Session, times and venues are subject to change.
All events are indicated under Geneva Time (CET, GMT+2). Abu Dhabi, UAE time is 2:00 hours ahead of Geneva, Switzerland.

7th WIF Programme

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

Opening of the Investment Village

12:00-14:30

Grand Opening Ceremony

14:30-16:30

IPA EXECUTIVE BREAKFAST [virtual] (in partnership with WAIPA)

07:30-08:30
VIRTUAL

ECO-INDUSTRIAL PARKS (organised by UNIDO)

08:00-09:30

NYU ACADEMIC EVENT AND VISIT TO CAMPUS FOR POLICYMAKERS

08:00-09:30

INVESTMENT PROMOTION CONFERENCE (in partnership with Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, WAIPA)

08:30-11:00

FAMILY BUSINESS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT HIGH-LEVEL ROUNDTABLE (in partnership with FBN)

08:30-11:00

SUSTAINABLE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF SMES [VIRTUAL] (in partnership with the University of Lyon, IDB, WUSME)

08:30-11:00
VIRTUAL

AIM CONFERENCE [VIRTUAL]

08:30-11:00
VIRTUAL

UN INVESTMENT PROMOTION AWARDS 2021

11:00-11:30

Sustainable Stock Exchanges Global Dialogue [VIRTUAL] (in partnership with UNGC, UNEP and PRI)

11:00-12:00
VIRTUAL

GLOBAL LEADERS’ INVESTMENT SUMMIT I

12:00-14:00

INTERNATIONAL SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT FUND CONFERENCE [VIRTUAL]

14:30-16:00
VIRTUAL

ACHIEVING THE SDGS [VIRTUAL]

14:30-16:30
VIRTUAL

HIGH-LEVEL INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS CONFERENCE 2021 [VIRTUAL]

14:30-16:30
VIRTUAL

SYMPOSIUM ON FDI STATISTICS AND DEVELOPMENT IMPACT

14:30-16:30

BLOOMBERG GLOBAL INVESTORS CONFERENCE

14:30-16:30

ACADEMIC TRACK Opening plenary (in partnership with the Graduate Institute, CEPR, UNU-WIDER, AIB, Oxford University Press, NYU Abu Dhabi)

14:30-16:30

DAILY E-GATHERING [VIRTUAL]

16:30-18:00
VIRTUAL

FAMILY BUSINESS CONFERENCE (organized by FBN)

07:30-14:30

SOVEREIGN WEALTH AND PENSION FUNDS DIALOGUE [VIRTUAL]

08:30-10:00
VIRTUAL

OUTWARD FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT: POLICIES TO SUPPORT FIRM INVESTMENT AND MAXIMIZE HOME COUNTRY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (in partnership with UN ESCAP and WEF)

08:30-10:00

TALKING BUSINESS: Eastern Europe and Central Asia

08:30-10:00

LDC MINISTERIAL AND BUSINESS EXECUTIVE ROUNDTABLE (in partnership with UN-OHRLLS) (by invitation only)

08:30-10:30

WAIPA GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING (closed session)

10:00-13:00

UNCTAD SUSTAINABLE FUND AWARDS 2021

11:00-11:30

THE ROLE OF DERIVATIVE EXCHANGES IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT [VIRTUAL] (in partnership with Chicago Mercantile Exchange)

11:00-12:00
VIRTUAL

GLOBAL LEADERS’ INVESTMENT SUMMIT II

12:00-14:00

Interregional Dialogue on Facilitating Investment in SDG Projects (in partnership with CAIPA, EAC and SADC Secretariats)

12:00-14:00

SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES: SDG MODEL ZONES

12:00-14:30

INTERNATIONAL PROJECT FINANCE [VIRTUAL]

12:00-14:30
VIRTUAL

DIGITAL GLOBALIZATION: THE NEW FRONTIER FOR MNES [VIRTUAL] (organized by AIB)

12:00-14:30
VIRTUAL

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

14:30-15:30
VIRTUAL

HIGH-TECH SEZS (in partnership with International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation [TBC])

14:30-16:00

TALKING BUSINESS: Latin America

14:30-16:00

MINISTERIAL ROUNDTABLE ON INVESTMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT [VIRTUAL]

14:30-16:30
VIRTUAL

HIGH-LEVEL PANEL ON MNES AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT [VIRTUAL]

14:30-16:30
VIRTUAL

ACADEMIC TRACK DAILY ROUNDUP [VIRTUAL] (AIB and academic partners)

14:30-16:30
VIRTUAL

EMPRETEC WOMEN IN BUSINESS AWARDS

16:30-18:00

DAILY E-GATHERING [VIRTUAL]

16:30-18:00
VIRTUAL

FACILITATING THE SEZ-CITY LINK (in partnership with UN Habitat)

08:30-10:00

TALKING BUSINESS: Middle East and North Africa

08:30-10:00

SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT CASES FOR EMERGING MARKETS [VIRTUAL]

08:30-10:30
VIRTUAL

PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS BEYOND COVID-19 [VIRTUAL] (in partnership with WHO)

08:30-10:30
VIRTUAL

THE INVESTMENT, TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT NEXUS IN THE POST-COVID-19 ERA [VIRTUAL] (in partnership with WTO)

08:30-10:30
VIRTUAL

SUSTAINABILITY BONDS [VIRTUAL] (in partnership with Climate Bonds Initiative)

11:00-12:00
VIRTUAL

LAUNCHING LUNCHEON OF GLOBAL ALLIANCE OF SEZS (GASEZS) (in partnership with regional and global associations of SEZs)

11:00-12:00

WAIPA WORLD INVESTMENT CONFERENCE

11:00-15:00

SECURITIES MARKET REGULATORS AND SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT [VIRTUAL] (in partnership with IOSCO)

12:00-13:00
VIRTUAL

SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES IN AFRICA (in partnership with GIZ)

12:00-14:00

GLOBAL INVESTMENT GAME CHANGERS SUMMIT [VIRTUAL]

12:00-14:30
VIRTUAL

FINANCIAL INCLUSION AND MSMES [VIRTUAL]

12:00-14:30
VIRTUAL

TRIPARTITE DIALOGUE OF PARLIAMENTARIANS, POLICY MAKERS AND BUSINESS LEADERS [VIRTUAL] (in partnership with IPU)

12:00-14:30
VIRTUAL

Future proofing sustainable GVCs in the post pandemic era [VIRTUAL] (organised by AIB)

12:00-14:30
VIRTUAL

ROUNDTABLE ON SDG INVESTMENT MONITORING [VIRTUAL]

14:30-16:00
VIRTUAL

MINISTERIAL ROUNDTABLE ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SUSTAINABLE RECOVERY POST-COVID-19 [VIRTUAL]

14:30-16:30
VIRTUAL

GENDER EQUALITY IN LISTED CORPORATIONS [VIRTUAL] (in partnership with IFC and Bloomberg [TBC])

14:30-16:30
VIRTUAL

HOW DEVELOPING COUNTRIES CAN WIN THE DIGITAL GOVERNMENT RACE [VIRTUAL]

14:30-16:30
VIRTUAL

SHOWCASING REFORMS TO PROMOTE SDG INVESTMENT: EXPERIENCES FROM SELECTED COUNTRIES [VIRTUAL]

14:30-16:30
VIRTUAL

ACADEMIC TRACK DAILY ROUNDUP [VIRTUAL] (AIB and academic partners)

14:30-16:30
VIRTUAL

INVESTING FOR AND IN PEOPLE, PLANET AND PROSPERITY (in partnership with ISPI and T20)

14:30-16:30

ISAR HONOURS [VIRTUAL]

16:30-18:00
VIRTUAL

DAILY E-GATHERING [VIRTUAL]

16:30-18:00
VIRTUAL

GREEN ISLAMIC FINANCE (GREEN SUKUKS) [VIRTUAL]

08:30-09:30
VIRTUAL

DECENT WORK AND SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES: AFRICA FOCUS [VIRTUAL] (in partnership with ILO)

08:30-09:30
VIRTUAL

MINISTERIAL AND BUSINESS EXECUTIVES’ ROUNDTABLE ON INVESTMENT IN ARAB COUNTRIES

08:30-11:00

RESILIENT, GREEN AND INCLUSIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR POST-COVID-19 RESURGENCE [VIRTUAL] (in partnership with UNITAR)

08:30-11:00
VIRTUAL

THE ROLE OF ENTERPRISE REPORTING IN SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT [VIRTUAL]

08:30-11:00
VIRTUAL

THE FUTURE OF RESEARCH ON INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT AND PRODUCTION

08:30-11:00

THE ROLE OF CENTRAL BANKS IN GREENING THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM [VIRTUAL] (in partnership with the OMFIF)

11:00-12:00
VIRTUAL

UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES AWARD

11:00-12:00

PROMOTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES FOR INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT [VIRTUAL]

12:00-14:00
VIRTUAL

INVESTING IN INDUSTRY 4.0 [VIRTUAL]

12:00-14:30
VIRTUAL

ROUNDTABLE ON REGIONAL INTEGRATION AND INVESTMENT POLICY [VIRTUAL] (in partnership with Regional Commissions of the UN)

12:00-14:30
VIRTUAL

TCFD IMPLEMENTATION AND CLIMATE ACTION [VIRTUAL] (in partnership with LSEG and JSE [TBC])

12:00-14:30
VIRTUAL

Aligning multinational firms for the “decade of action” [VIRTUAL] (organised by AIB)

12:00-14:30
VIRTUAL

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

12:00-14:30

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

14:30-15:30
VIRTUAL

TALKING BUSINESS: Africa

14:30-16:00

INVESTMENT VILLAGE AWARD CEREMONY

14:30-16:30

CLOSING CEREMONY

14:30-16:30

Workshops

Day 1
17 Oct 2021
Day 2
21 Oct 2021

UNCTAD-WAIPA EXCHANGE PLATFORM [VIRTUAL]

12:00-13:30
VIRTUAL

Strategies to safeguard tourism investment (organised by WAIPA in partnership with UNWTO (tbc))

08:30-10:00

Capacity building for FDI practitioners (organised by WAIPA)

11:00-12:30