Entrepreneurship in the New Health Economy (in partnership with the Association for Private Capital Investment in Latin America)
Date: Thursday, 21 October 2021 Time: 16:30-18:00 The rise of medtech in Latin America Governments in developing countries have increasingly turned to the private sector... Read More
The Evolving Role of Transparency in Privately Owned Family Firms: Sustainability Indicators for Family Business (in partnership with Family Business Network)
Date: Thursday, 21 October 2021 Time: 17:00-18:00 Launch of the Family Business for Sustainable Development Sustainability (FBSD) Indicators platform While family businesses account for two... Read More
GREEN ISLAMIC FINANCE (GREEN SUKUKS)
Date: Thursday, 21 October 2021 Time: 08:30-09:30 Islamic finance has witnessed a rapid growth in recent years. In 2019, the value of Islamic banking assets... Read More
ACADEMIC TRACK DAILY ROUNDUP (Academy of International Business and academic partners)
Date: Thursday, 21 October 2021 Time: 18:30-20:00 The daily roundup sessions will address, though an academic lens, the key issues and themes debated at the... Read More
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (in partnership with the International Corporate Governance Network)
Date: Thursday, 21 October 2021 Time: 10:00-11:00 Companies and investors have a mutual responsibility to preserve and enhance long-term corporate value. In doing so they... Read More
G-20 AND INVESTMENT (in partnership with the Italian Institute for International Political Studies-T-20)
Date: Thursday, 21 October 2021 Time: 14:30-15:30 A call for investing in people, planet and prosperity Following a year of unprecedented crisis, the international community... Read More
Panel discussion on FDI policies and trends in member countries of the Islamic Development Bank (in partnership with the Islamic Development Bank and the Islamic Centre for the Development of Trade)
Date: Thursday, 21 October 2021 Time: 10:30-12:30 Global FDI collapsed in 2020, falling by 42% to an estimated USD859 billion, from USD1.5 trillion in 2019.... Read More
ACADEMIC TRACK CLOSING PANEL: THE FUTURE OF RESEARCH ON INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT AND PRODUCTION
Date: Thursday, 21 October 2021 Time: 16:30-18:30 The session will feature an agenda-setting academic panel that will discuss themes based on the overall World Investment... Read More
Future proofing sustainable Global Value Chains in the post-pandemic era (organised by the Academy of International Business)
Date: Thursday, 21 October 2021 Time: 15:30-16:30 Impetus of the pandemic on trends of changing landscape and issues of sustainability, resilience and changes in the... Read More
WORLD ASSOCIATION OF INVESTMENT PROMOTION AGENCIES WORLD INVESTMENT CONFERENCE
Date: Thursday, 21 October 2021 Time: 10:00-14:00 The twenty-fifth World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) World Investment Conference was held alongside the virtual World... Read More