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Mr. James X. Zhan
Director, Investment and Enterprise Division, UNCTAD
Mr. James X. Zhan
Director, Investment and Enterprise Division, UNCTAD
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PREVIOUS SESSIONS BY Mr. James X. Zhan
6th WIF 2018
Grand Opening
22 October 2018
17:00
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18:00
Europe/Zurich
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2018 UNITED NATIONS INVESTMENT PROMOTION AWARDS
22 October 2018
18:00
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18:30
Europe/Zurich
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Investment and the Digital Economy
23 October 2018
16:30
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19:30
Europe/Zurich
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Investment Promotion Conference 2018
23 October 2018
16:45
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20:00
Europe/Zurich
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Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) Global Dialogue
23 October 2018
17:00
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20:00
Europe/Zurich
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Investment Policies and Practices for Global Value Chain Upgrading
24 October 2018
11:00
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12:00
Europe/Zurich
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Blockchains for Sustainable Development
24 October 2018
12:30
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15:30
Europe/Zurich
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Sovereign Wealth and Pension Funds Dialogue
24 October 2018
16:30
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19:00
Europe/Zurich
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High-level International Investment Agreements (IIA) Conference 2018
24 October 2018
17:00
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21:00
Europe/Zurich
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Responsible Agricultural Investment
24 October 2018
17:30
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20:00
Europe/Zurich
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SUSTAINABILITY, COMMODITIES AND DERIVATIVES
24 October 2018
18:00
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20:00
Europe/Zurich
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Global Enterprise Registration (GER) Award
24 October 2018
20:30
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22:00
Europe/Zurich
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SUSTAINABILITY BONDS
25 October 2018
12:30
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15:00
Europe/Zurich
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Roundtable on Regional Integration and Investment Policy
25 October 2018
12:30
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15:30
Europe/Zurich
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FAMILY BUSINESSES AS A FORCE FOR LONG-TERM GOOD
25 October 2018
17:00
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19:30
Europe/Zurich
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Smart Beta
25 October 2018
17:03
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22:00
Europe/Zurich
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SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES
26 October 2018
12:00
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15:00
Europe/Zurich
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Opening of the Investment Village
22 October 2018
14:00
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14:15
Europe/Zurich
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Financing the SDGs
22 October 2018
12:00
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20:00
Europe/Zurich
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Investment Promotion Agencies (IPA) Workshop
22 October 2018
12:00
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15:00
Europe/Zurich
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INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS OF ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING (ISAR) WORKSHOP
22 October 2018
12:00
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15:00
Europe/Zurich
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MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ACADEMIC CONFERENCE
26 October 2018
11:00
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18:00
Europe/Zurich
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7th WIF 2021
Towards the establishment of the World Investment for Development Alliance
18 October 2021
15:00
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16:00
Europe/Zurich
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High-Level Roundtable: Beyond the Bottom Line
18 October 2021
15:45
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17:00
Europe/Zurich
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ACADEMIC TRACK Opening plenary
18 October 2021
16:00
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18:00
Europe/Zurich
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INTERNATIONAL SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT FUND CONFERENCE
18 October 2021
16:30
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18:00
Europe/Zurich
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GLOBAL INVESTMENT PROMOTION CONFERENCE
19 October 2021
11:00
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13:00
Europe/Zurich
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SOVEREIGN WEALTH AND PENSION FUNDS DIALOGUE
19 October 2021
11:30
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13:00
Europe/Zurich
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THE ROLE OF DERIVATIVE EXCHANGES IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
19 October 2021
13:00
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14:00
Europe/Zurich
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United Nations Investment Promotion Awards 2021
19 October 2021
13:00
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13:30
Europe/Zurich
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SYMPOSIUM ON FDI STATISTICS AND DEVELOPMENT IMPACT
19 October 2021
16:30
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18:30
Europe/Zurich
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HIGH-LEVEL INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS CONFERENCE 2021
19 October 2021
18:30
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21:00
Europe/Zurich
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ISAR HONOURS
19 October 2021
19:30
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21:00
Europe/Zurich
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UNCTAD SUSTAINABLE FUND AWARDS 2021
20 October 2021
13:30
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14:00
Europe/Zurich
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SECURITIES MARKET REGULATORS AND SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT
20 October 2021
14:00
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16:30
Europe/Zurich
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Launch of the UN Global Sustainable Finance Observatory
20 October 2021
14:00
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14:30
Europe/Zurich
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High-Level Interregional Dialogue on Facilitating Investment in SDG Projects
20 October 2021
15:30
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17:00
Europe/Zurich
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Science Parks and Areas of Innovation Models
20 October 2021
16:00
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17:30
Europe/Zurich
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Working Together Through a Global Alliance of Special Economic Zones (GASEZ)
21 October 2021
15:00
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16:00
Europe/Zurich
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G20 AND INVESTMENT
21 October 2021
16:30
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17:30
Europe/Zurich
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ACADEMIC TRACK CLOSING PANEL
21 October 2021
18:30
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20:30
Europe/Zurich
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The Evolving Role of Transparency in Privately Owned Family Firms: Sustainability Indicators for Family Business
21 October 2021
19:00
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20:00
Europe/Zurich
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Special Economic Zones as Engines for the Sustainable Development Goals
22 October 2021
16:00
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18:00
Europe/Zurich
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ROUNDTABLE ON REGIONAL INTEGRATION AND INVESTMENT PROMOTION
22 October 2021
16:30
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17:30
Europe/Zurich
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2nd WIF 2010
International Investment Agreements Conference 2010 Session 1 (by invitation only)
8 September 2010
10:00
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12:30
Asia/Shanghai
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International Investment Agreements Conference 2010 Session 3 (BY INVITATION ONLY)
8 September 2010
16:00
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20:00
Asia/Shanghai
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Sustainable Stock Exchanges 2010 Session 1 (by invitation)
8 September 2010
12:30
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14:30
Asia/Shanghai
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Sustainable Stock Exchanges 2010 Session 4 (by invitation)
8 September 2010
18:30
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19:30
Asia/Shanghai
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3rd WIF 2012
World Investment Forum Grand Opening and Welcome Banquet, followed by the UNCTAD Investment Promotion Awards
20 April 2012
21:00
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23:30
Asia/Qatar
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2012 International Investment Agreements (IIA) Conference
22 April 2012
11:00
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14:30
Asia/Qatar
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4th WIF 2014
Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality
14 October 2014
17:30
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19:30
Europe/Zurich
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Shaping a New Policy Research Agenda
15 October 2014
15:00
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20:00
Europe/Zurich
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Sovereign Wealth Fund Round Table
15 October 2014
16:30
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19:30
Europe/Zurich
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Empretec Women in Business Awards 2014 Ceremony
15 October 2014
20:30
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21:45
Europe/Zurich
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Reforming the International Investment Agreements Regime
16 October 2014
11:00
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15:00
Europe/Zurich
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Business Schools for Impact
16 October 2014
11:30
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15:00
Europe/Zurich
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Investment in Landlocked Developing Countries
16 October 2014
12:00
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15:00
Europe/Zurich
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Follow-up Expert Meeting on Transformation of the International Investment Agreement Regime: the Path Ahead
25 February 2015
11:00
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19:00
Europe/Zurich
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5th WIF 2016
Workshop on Investment Promotion
17 July 2016
12:00
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15:00
Africa/Nairobi
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Sustainable Stock Exchanges Executive Dialogue on Green Finance
20 July 2016
17:00
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20:00
Africa/Nairobi
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Lunch Session: Access to Medicines in Africa (Invitation only)
21 July 2016
15:00
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17:00
Africa/Nairobi
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Follow-up Expert Meeting on Taking stock of IIA Reform
16 March 2016
11:00
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19:00
Europe/Zurich
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2020
ISAR HONOURS 2020
3 November 2020
17:30
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19:00
Europe/Zurich
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UNCTAD Virtual IIA Conference 2020 “IIA Reform in Times of COVID-19”
26 November 2020
12:00
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15:00
Europe/Zurich
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Global Investment Promotion Conference - Session 1
7 December 2020
15:00
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17:00
Europe/Zurich
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Empretec WBA Ceremony 2020
10 December 2020
15:00
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16:30
Europe/Zurich
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2021
Family Business for Sustainable Development
25 February 2021
14:00
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16:00
Europe/Zurich
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Pandemic preparedness beyond COVID-19
3 March 2021
14:00
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16:00
Europe/Zurich
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Beyond Covid-19: Rebuilding SDG-Aligned Business and Investment-Session 1
28 January 2021
09:00
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11:00
Europe/Zurich
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Beyond Covid-19: Rebuilding SDG-Aligned Business and Investment-Session 2
28 January 2021
16:00
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18:00
Europe/Zurich
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ICGN Governance of Sustainability Dialogue - Part A
23 June 2021
09:00
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19:00
Europe/Zurich
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8th WIF 2023
Opening of the Academic Track
16 October 2023
15:45
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17:15
Asia/Dubai
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SSE Global Dialogue
17 October 2023
11:30
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14:30
Asia/Dubai
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Investment Promotion Executive luncheon (by invitation only)
17 October 2023
14:30
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16:30
Asia/Dubai
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Financing the Climate Transition: The way forward
20 October 2023
13:00
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15:00
Asia/Dubai
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Family Business Conference (session I)
18 October 2023
11:30
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13:00
Asia/Dubai
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High-level International Investment Agreements Conference 2023
18 October 2023
17:30
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20:00
Asia/Dubai
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Investing in Vaccine Supply Chain Resilience and Local Production
18 October 2023
18:30
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20:00
Asia/Dubai
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SDG Model Zones
18 October 2023
16:00
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17:30
Asia/Dubai
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Academic Track Closing
19 October 2023
18:30
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20:00
Asia/Dubai
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Meeting of the World Investment for Development Alliance (by invitation only)
19 October 2023
16:15
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17:45
Asia/Dubai
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Implications of Tax Reforms for IPAs and SEZs
20 October 2023
10:30
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12:00
Asia/Dubai
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World Economic Forum-UNCTAD joint breakfast event: Invest Tech (by invitation only)
17 October 2023
10:00
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11:00
Asia/Dubai
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World Economic Forum-UNCTAD joint breakfast event: Services and investment facilitation (by invitation only)
18 October 2023
10:00
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11:00
Asia/Dubai
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Accelerating Green Investments in Tourism for Sustainable Development
19 October 2023
12:30
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14:30
Asia/Dubai
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International Investment Support Center for the LDCs
17 October 2023
18:30
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20:00
Asia/Dubai
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B-READY! Understanding the World Bank’s new business-readiness assessment
18 October 2023
16:00
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18:00
Asia/Dubai
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The Winning Formula
18 October 2023
19:00
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20:00
Asia/Dubai
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The Youth Forum
18 October 2023
11:00
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22:30
Asia/Dubai
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Promoting Climate Action Through Trade and Investment Policy
19 October 2023
12:00
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13:00
Asia/Dubai
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PREVIOUS SESSIONS MODERATED BY Mr. James X. Zhan
6th WIF 2018
LEADERS LUNCHEON: MEETING OF THE INVESTMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL (by invitation only)
23 October 2018
15:15
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16:45
Europe/Zurich
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP, MIGRATION AND THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs)
24 October 2018
17:30
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20:00
Europe/Zurich
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7th WIF 2021
WIF OPENING SUMMIT
18 October 2021
12:00
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14:30
Europe/Zurich
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Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) Global Dialogue
19 October 2021
17:00
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18:00
Europe/Zurich
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MINISTERIAL ROUND TABLE ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SUSTAINABLE RECOVERY POST-COVID-19
20 October 2021
17:00
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19:00
Europe/Zurich
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2nd WIF 2010
Networking Lunch and UNCTAD Investment Promotion Awards
8 September 2010
12:30
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14:00
Asia/Shanghai
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3rd WIF 2012
Investment Advisory Council Breakfast (by invitation only)
21 April 2012
10:00
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11:00
Asia/Qatar
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8th WIF 2023
High-level Closing Roundtable on Investing in Sustainable Development: The Way Forward
20 October 2023
13:00
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15:00
Asia/Dubai
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