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Investing in sustainable recovery
18 Oct 2021
10:00-12:30
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 15
Ms. Amina Mohammed, H.E. Ms. Mia Amor Mottley, H.E. Mr. Abdulla Shahid, Mr. John W.H. Denton, Mr. Duarte Pacheco, Ms. Nandini Sukumar, Ms. Rebeca Grynspan, H.E. Mr. Armen Sarkissian, H.E. Mr. Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi, H.E. Mr. Carlos Alvarado Quesada, H.E. Mr. Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona, Mr. Bill Winters, Mr. John Haley, Mr. Svein Tore Holsether, Mr. Laxman Narasimhan, Mr. Ignacio Galán
Gearing up the digitalization of investment promotion: strategies, good practices and lessons learnt
Knowledge Partner Ernest and Young (EY)
18 Oct 2021
12:00-13:30
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 1
in partnership with International Organization for Migration (IOM) and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
18 Oct 2021
12:30-14:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 3
in partnership with the World Economic Forum
18 Oct 2021
13:00-14:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 8
How can family business advance the sustainability agenda?
in partnership with the Family Business Network (FBN)
18 Oct 2021
13:45-15:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 7
Setting the future research and policy agenda on international investment and development
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
18 Oct 2021
14:00-16:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 6
Mr. James X. Zhan, Prof. Farok J. Contractor, Ms. Anabel González, H.E. Dr. Arkebe Oqubay Metiku, Prof. Beata Javorcik, Prof. Justin Yifu Lin, Prof. Kunal Sen, Prof. Emily Blanchard, Dr. Mariët Westermann, Prof. Laura Alfaro, Prof. Gary Gereffi, Prof. Peter Buckley, Prof. Raghu Sundaram, Prof. Yaw Nyarko
18 Oct 2021
14:30-16:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 4
organized by the Family Business Network (FBN)
18 Oct 2021
15:30-17:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 7
Investment and NIR4.0: development implications
18 Oct 2021
16:00-18:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 15
New investment strategies in the post-pandemic era
in partnership with World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA)
19 Oct 2021
08:00-09:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 1
organized by AIM
19 Oct 2021
08:30-11:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 14
in partnership with World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA)
19 Oct 2021
09:00-11:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 15
organized by the Family Business Network (FBN)
19 Oct 2021
09:00-10:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 7
Leveraging institutional investment for the post-pandemic recovery
19 Oct 2021
09:30-11:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 3
Lessons from the Asia Pacific region
in partnership with Futureproofing Healthcare
19 Oct 2021
09:30-11:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 4
Embedding sustainability into derivatives
in partnership with the World Federation of Exchanges
19 Oct 2021
11:00-12:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 9
Promoting investment in health care
19 Oct 2021
11:00-11:30
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 1
in cooperation with the Joint Chamber of Commerce Switzerland-Eastern Europe, Central Asia, South Caucasus (JCC)
19 Oct 2021
11:30-13:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 10
organized by the Family Business Network (FBN)
19 Oct 2021
12:00-13:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 7
The power of networking
organized by the ANIMA
19 Oct 2021
12:00-13:30
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 1
organized by the Family Business Network (FBN)
19 Oct 2021
13:00-14:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 7
International production and productive capacity:national strategies and global collaboration
19 Oct 2021
13:00-15:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 15
Better data for better policy advice and policy making
19 Oct 2021
14:30-16:30
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 5
in partnership with the United Nations Governance Compact (UNGC), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
19 Oct 2021
15:00-16:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 9
Channeling investment into sustainable development
in partnership with the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
19 Oct 2021
15:30-17:30
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 13
Enterprise reporting as the basis for sustainable investment
19 Oct 2021
16:00-17:30
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 11
International investment treaty-making in the new era of global economy
19 Oct 2021
16:30-19:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 1
Mr. James X. Zhan, Ms. Emily Mburu-Ndoria, Mr. Urban Rusnák, Mr. Carlo Pettinato, Ms. Meg Kinnear, Ms. Ana Novik, Ms. Anna Joubin-Bret, Mr. Moritz Lumma, Ms. Cindy Rayo Zapata, Ms. Caroline Kollau, Ms. Fareena Mazhar, Ms. Kekeletso Mashigo, Mr. Felix Imhof, Mr. Winand Quaedvlieg, Ms. Chantal Ononaiwu, Ms. Lisa Sachs, Ms. Suzy H. Nikièma, Mr. N. Jansen Calamita, Mr. Surya Deva, Mr. Shaun Donnelly, Prof. Makane Moïse Mbengue, Mr. Hamed El Kady
19 Oct 2021
16:30-18:30
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 12
Scaling up impact investing in emerging markets
in partnership with The Blended Capital Group
19 Oct 2021
16:30-18:30
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 9
19 Oct 2021
17:00-18:30
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 10
A real prospect or wishful thinking?
organised by Academy of International Business (AIB)
19 Oct 2021
17:00-18:30
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 6
Promoting good practices and initiatives in reporting by companies on their contributions to the SDGs
19 Oct 2021
17:30-19:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 11
in partnership with the Academy of International Business (AIB) and academic partners
19 Oct 2021
18:30-20:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 6
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 and the World Economic Forum
20 Oct 2021
07:00-08:30
Europe/Zurich
Virtual WIF Platform, room 5
in cooperation with the Arab-Swiss Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CASCI)
20 Oct 2021
09:00-10:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 10
organized by the Family Business Network (FBN)
20 Oct 2021
09:00-10:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 7
in partnership with UN Habitat
20 Oct 2021
09:00-10:30
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 2
organized by the Family Business Network (FBN)
20 Oct 2021
10:00-11:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 7
organized by the Family Business Network (FBN)
20 Oct 2021
11:00-12:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 7
Innovative tools for financing the SDGs
in partnership with Climate Bonds Initiative
20 Oct 2021
11:00-12:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 9
20 Oct 2021
11:30-12:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 4
Driving economic transformation in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) environment
in partnership with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ)
20 Oct 2021
12:00-13:30
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 2
20 Oct 2021
12:00-12:30
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 4
in partnership with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)
20 Oct 2021
12:00-14:30
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 9
Boosting investment in infrastructure and the SDGs
in partnership with the Global Infrastructure Hub and Project Finance International
20 Oct 2021
13:00-14:30
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 8
in partnership with Caribbean Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (CAIPA), the East African Community (EAC) and Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariats
20 Oct 2021
13:30-15:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 13
Investing in innovation-based development
in partnership with International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation
20 Oct 2021
14:00-15:30
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 2
The new frontier for multinational enterprises
organized by Academy of International Business (AIB)
20 Oct 2021
14:00-16:30
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 12
CEO roundtable and expert discussion
in partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC)
20 Oct 2021
14:30-16:30
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 9
20 Oct 2021
15:00-17:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 15
Ms. Rebeca Grynspan, H.E. Mr. Achille Bassilekin III, H.E. Mr. Lucas Palacios, H.E. Mr. Víctor Bisonó Haza, H.E. Mr. Seedy Keita, H.E. Mr. Roberto Antonio Malouf Morales, H.E. Mr. Soomilduth Bholah, H.E. Mr. Carlos Alberto Fortes Mesquita, H.E. Ms. Devika Vidot, H.E. Ms. Stella Tembisile Ndabeni-Abrahams, Hon. David Bahati, H.E. Mr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, H.E. Sithembiso G.G Nyoni, M.P, H.E. Mr. Kitti Settha Pandita Cham Prasidh, Ms. Dorothy Ng’ambi Tembo
Evaluating the implications of changes promoted by the G20
in partnership with WU Global Tax Policy Center
20 Oct 2021
15:30-17:30
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 8
in partnership with the World Economic Forum (WEF)
20 Oct 2021
16:00-17:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room
Leveraging the developmental impact
in partnership with the World Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (WUSME)
20 Oct 2021
16:30-18:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 12
in cooperation with the Latin American Chamber of Commerce in Switzerland (LATCAM)
20 Oct 2021
17:15-18:45
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 10
in partnership with European International Business Academy (EIBA) and Academy of International Business (AIB)
20 Oct 2021
18:00-19:30
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 12
in partnership with the Academy of International Business (AIB) and academic partners
20 Oct 2021
18:30-20:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room
Parallel and Side Events
closed session
20 Oct 2021
10:00-13:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 1
21 Oct 2021
08:30-09:30
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 9
Investing in vaccines production and supply for LMICs
in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO)
21 Oct 2021
09:30-11:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 8
Making special economic zones (SEZs) work for decent employment in Africa
in partnership with International Labour Oragnization (ILO)
21 Oct 2021
09:30-10:30
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 2
21 Oct 2021
10:00-14:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 1
in partnership with the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN)
21 Oct 2021
10:00-11:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 9
in partnership with the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and the Islamic Centre for the Development of Trade (ICDT)
21 Oct 2021
10:30-12:30
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 5
The role of banks
in partnership with the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF)
21 Oct 2021
11:00-12:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 9
in partnership with International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Bloomberg Foundation
21 Oct 2021
12:00-13:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 9
GASEZ: A global solution to sustainability of SEZs
in partnership with SEZs associations
21 Oct 2021
13:00-14:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 2
21 Oct 2021
13:30-16:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 15
Ms. Rebeca Grynspan, H.E. Ms. Delcy Rodríguez, H.E. Mr. Mikayil Jabbarov, H.E. Mr. Wang Shouwen, H.E. Mr. Andrés Valenciano, H.E. Dr. Rania Al-Mashat, H.E. Mr. Peter Altmaier, H.E. Mr. Muhammad Lutfi, H.E. Mr. Moon Sung Wook, H.E. Ms. Luz María de la Mora Sánchez, H.E. Mr. Kreshnik Bekteshi, H.E. Mr. Qais Mohammed Moosa Al Yousef, H.E. Ms. Devika Vidot, H.E. Mr. Zdravko Počivalšek, H.E. Mr. Ebrahim Patel, Hon. Dr. Bandula Gunawardena, H.E. Mr. Al-Hadi Mohamed Ibrahim, H.E. Mr. Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri*, Lord Grimstone of Boscobel Kt, H.E. Ms. Marina Sereni, H.E. Mr. Dragan Stevanović, H.E. Mr. Mustafa Tuzcu, H.E. Mr. Tran Quoc Phuong, H.E. Mr. Valdis Dombrovskis, Mr. Harouna Niang, H.E. Mr. Abdul Razak Dawood, Ms. Mari Pangestu, Mr. Sadi Qodirzoda, Ms. Olga Algayerova
21 Oct 2021
14:30-16:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 13
A call for investing in people, planet and prosperity
in partnership with the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) T-20
21 Oct 2021
14:30-15:30
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 8
in partnership with Planet Tracker
21 Oct 2021
14:30-15:30
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 9
organised by Academy of International Business (AIB)
21 Oct 2021
15:30-16:30
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 5
Building accounting capacity to increase MSME financial literacy and facilitate their access to financing
21 Oct 2021
16:00-17:30
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 12
in cooperation with the Swiss-African Business Circle (SABC)
21 Oct 2021
16:30-18:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 10
The future of research on international investment and production
21 Oct 2021
16:30-18:30
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 6
The rise of medtech in Latin America
in partnership with Lavca
21 Oct 2021
16:30-18:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 3
Launch of the Family Business for Sustainable Development Sustainability (FBSD) Indicators platform
in partnership with Family Business Network (FBN)
21 Oct 2021
17:00-18:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 7
Academy of International Business (AIB) and academic partners
21 Oct 2021
18:30-20:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 6
Experiences from Seychelles and Uzbekistan
22 Oct 2021
08:30-10:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 10
in partnership with the World Trade Organization (WTO)
22 Oct 2021
09:00-11:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 8
Systemic and inclusive change
22 Oct 2021
09:00-10:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 9
Unlocking digital health innovation in Africa
22 Oct 2021
10:00-11:30
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 3
Strategic capital allocation
22 Oct 2021
10:30-11:30
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 9
The role of FDI in economic recovery
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)
22 Oct 2021
11:00-13:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 15
organised by the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA)
22 Oct 2021
11:00-12:30
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 5
Delivering multistakeholder change at scale
22 Oct 2021
12:30-13:30
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 9
The concept of SDG model zones
in partnership with United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
22 Oct 2021
14:00-16:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 2
Mr. James X. Zhan, Ms. Nilgün Tas, Dr. Samir Hamrouni, Mr. Bernd Oellermann, Mr. Douglas Zhihua Zeng, Mr. Ahmed Bennis, Mr. Gustavo González de Vega, Mr. Dejene Tezera, Mr. İsmail Erşahin, Dr. Amelia U. Santos-Paulino, Mr. Richard Bolwijn, Mr. Alex Irwin-Hunt, Mr. Tony Restall, Mr. R. Preston Martin
Investment policy implications of the new industrial revolution
22 Oct 2021
14:00-16:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 8
Investing in sustainable development: the way forward
22 Oct 2021
14:00-16:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 15
H.E. Mr. Chad Blackman, H.E. Ms. Maira Mariela Macdonal Alvarez, H.E. Mr. Li Chenggang, H.E. Mr. José Valencia, H.E. Mr. Zenebe Kebede Korcho, H.E. Dr. Hans-Peter Jugel, H.E. Ms. Grata Endah Werdaningtyas, H.E. Ms. Zhanar Aitzhanova, H.E. Mr. Taeho Lee, H.E. Mr. Salim Baddoura, H.E. Mr. Omar Zniber, H.E. Mr. Khalil ur Rahman Hashmi, H.E. Ms. Xolelwa Mlumbi-Peter, H.E. Mr. Didier Chambovey, H.E. Mr. Rongvudhi Virabutr, H.E. Dr. Hector Constant Rosales, Ms. Rebeca Grynspan
22 Oct 2021
14:30-16:00
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 1
Promoting FDI for regional integration
in partnership with Regional Commissions of the UN
22 Oct 2021
14:30-15:30
Europe/Zurich
WIF Virtual Platform, room 4