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WTO Public Symposium
Challenges ahead on the road to Cancún
16, 17 and 18 June 2003
World Trade Organization,
Centre William Rappard, Geneva, Switzerland
DRAFT PROGRAMME – SPEAKERS AND TITLES OF WORK
SESSIONS SUBJECT TO CHANGE
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MONDAY, 16 June
[all meetings will take place at the WTO in Rooms CR, W, E or A]
07:30 – 10:00 Registration and Badge Collection (Lobby Conference Room)
OPENING
10:00 – 10:20 - CRWelcome by WTO Director-General Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi
10:20 – 11:50 - CRKey note speakers:
Dr. Claude Martin, Director General, WWF International
Ambassador Yolande Biké (Gabon), Chair of the WTO Committee on Trade and Environment in Special Session
Mr. Raymond Gilmartin, President & CEO, Merck & Co., Inc.
Ms. Thorhild Widvey, State Secretary for Trade, Norway
Mr. John Jackson, Professor of Law Georgetown University
11:50 - 13:00 - CROpen discussion with questions from the floor
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Session I:15:00 – 16:30 – CR "Relationship between MEAs and the WTO: Where are the negotiations heading?" - WTO organized session
Moderator: Mr. Kym ANDERSON, Professor
Executive Director School of Economics and Centre for International Economic Studies, University of Adelaide
Discussant: Mr. Richard G. TARASOFSKY
Senior Advisor on Trade and Bio-diversity – International Union for
the Conservation of Nature
Discussant: Ms Magda SHAHIN, Ambassador, Embassy of Egypt, Greece
Session II:16:30 – 18:00 - CR "The effects of environmental regulations on developing country exports: What are the concerns and what can be done?" - WTO organized session
Moderator: Mr. Kym ANDERSON, Professor
Executive Director School of Economics and Centre for International Economic Studies, University of Adelaide
Discussant: Dr. Veena JHA, Co-ordinator, UNCTAD Programme, New Delhi
Discussant: Ms. Ritu Kumar Environmental Economist Consultant to the Commonwealth Science Council, UK
Session III:15:00 – 18:00 - W "Women as Economic Players in Sustainable Development" organized by Geneva Women in International Trade (GWIT) with the support of the Canadian International Development Agency and the Women Ambassadors in Geneva
Welcome by WTO Director-General Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi
Moderator: Ambassador Yolande Biké (Gabon)
Discussant: Dr. Mariama Williams, an economist, Research Adviser for the International Gender and Trade Network and an Adjunct Associate at the Center of Concern..
Discussant: Reema Nanavaty, General Secretary of the Self Employed Women's Association, India.
Discussant: Tembeka Nkamba-van Wyk, founder of Talking Beads, and a successful entrepreneur in South Africa.
Discussant: Heather Gibb, Senior Researcher at the North-South Institute, Ottawa, Canada.
Session IV: 15:00 – 18:00 - E "Cancún: Next Stop on the Road to the 2015 Millennium Development Goals – Young Evian & Developing a Global Partnership for Development" - organized by the Young Evian Group
Moderator: Professor Jean-Pierre Lehmann (France), Professor of International Political Economy, IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland and Founding Director, The Evian Group.
Panel:
Ms Inez Colyn (Belgium), Business Development Director, The Evian Group
Ms Valérie Engammare (Switzerland), Doctoral Candidate in Law, Zürich University, Research Fellow, The Evian Group
Dr Stephen Green (UK), Head of Asia Programme, Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, London, UK.
Mr Koray Gül (Turkey), Project Director, Turkmen Holdings, Istanbul
Mrs Roberta Noronha (Brazil), Consultant, The Energy Consulting Group, Baden, Switzerland
Mr Kamal Quadir (Bangladesh), Founder and Creative Director, GlobeKids Inc, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Ms Lydia Rupprecht (Canada), Gender Programme Specialist, UNESCO, Paris, France
Mr Mills Soko (South Africa), Doctoral Candidate, International Politics, University of Warwick, Warwick, UK.
Professor Ruosi Zhang (China), Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor of Law, China Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing & Visiting Scholar, Cambridge University, UK
Session V:15:00 - 18:00 - A"Sustainable Trade, Social Development and Decent Work" - organized by Global Unions
Moderator: Philip Jennings, Chair of the General Conference of the Global Union Federation
Speakers:
Guy Ryder, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU): "What unions want in Cancún"
Neva Makgetla, COSATU, South Africa : "Development Issues including TRIPS"
John Evans, Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC) : "The Singapore Issues"
G. Rajasekaran, Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC) : "Trade and Fundamental Workers’ Rights"
Mike Waghorne, Public Services International (PSI): "Quality Public Services and the GATS"
Anja Osterhaus, Solidar : "Building alliances for Cancún between trade unions and NGOs"
18:00 - 20:00 Reception - Lobby, Main Conference Room
TUESDAY, 17 June
Session VI:10:00 – 11:30 - CR I "WTO and GMOs: A Clear Case for Contamination" - organized by Greenpeace International
Moderator: Stephen Porter, CIEL[1]
Speakers:
Dr. Doreen Stabinsky, Science Advisor, Greenpeace International GE Campaign
"The US GMO Complaint: Preemptive Strike on Consumer Freedoms
Devinder Sharma, Chair of Forum for Biotechnology and Food Security
"GMOs: Machinations at Play for Control over the Global Food Chain-Perspectives from the South"
Dr. Caroline Lucas, MEP, Greens
"GMOs: Co-existence or Contamination? - The implication of lifting the EU Moratorium"
Aileen Kwa, Focus on the Global South
"GMO, Industrial Agriculture and the Impact and Small Farmers' livelihoods in the South"
Dr. Mwanyanda Lewenika, Chair of SADC Advisory Committee on Biosafety
"Food Aid and International Instruments"
Session VII:11.30 - 13.30 - CR ISession on Non-Trade Concerns – organized by
the Global Animal Welfare Movement - “Sustainable Agriculture and
Animal Welfare: Opportunities and Challenges for International Trade
and the WTO”
Moderator: Dr. David Wilkins, Director of Eurogroup for Animal Welfare
Speakers:
Representative of New Zealand
Joao Pacheco, European Commission, DG Agriculture, Head of Unit for International Trade, negotiator on WTO AoA in Geneva
Representative(s) of developing countries
Dr. Alexander Thiermann, OIE – International Animal Health Organization, Chairman of the Code Commission, APHIS representative to international organizations, former WTO SPS Chairman
Mara Burr, International trade counsel to HSUS (Humane Society of the United States)
Session VIII:10:00 – 13:00 - CR II"Investment in the WTO? Myths and Realities?" - organized by CIEL, TWN, IATP, WWF, PSI, OXFA[M, IGTN (2) ]
Part I (10 am - 11:30 am)
Moderator: Celine Charveriat, OXFAM International
Speakers:
Martin Khor, Third World Network - "A development perspective on WTO investment negotiations"
Tom Cromptom, WWF
"What is the EU's real agenda on investment at the WTO: Transparency or Market Access?"
Peter Hardstaff
"Myths of the GATS-type flexibility approach"
Part II (11:30 am - 1 pm)
Moderator: Daniela Perez-Gavidia, International Gender and Trade Network
Speakers:
Kevin Watkins, OXFAM International
"The proposed WTO investment agreement: an economic analysis"
Luke Peterson, IISD
"Bilateral investment treaties and a WTO investment agreement: trade-off or adverse synergy?"
Mike Waghorne, PSI
"The labor perspective on WTO investment negotiations"
Shefali Sharma
"Investment at the WTO? The decision-making process and the single undertaking"
Session IX: 10:00 – 11:30 - WSession on Agriculture - organized by the
Agricultural Trade Task Force of the World Economic Forum
"Equitable Agricultural Trade Reform: A Call from Businesses and NGOs for Action"
A strong outcome on agriculture is critical not only to the success of the Doha multilateral trade negotiations but also to the future of global poverty alleviation. A unique coalition discusses the imperative of agricultural trade liberalization and capacity building
Moderator: Richard Samans, Director, Global Issues; Associate Member of the Board, World Economic Forum , Geneva
Panelists:
Kel Currah, Senior Policy Advisor, World Vision International, United Kingdom
Herbert Oberhaensli, Head, Economic and International Relation, Nestlé SA, Switzerland
Dhruv M. Sawhney, Chairman and Managing Director, Triveni Engineering & Industries Ltd, India
Rasmus Kjeldahl, Executive Director of the Danish Consumer Council, Denmark (Consumers International)
Session X:11:30 – 13:30 - W "Trade & Competition: Looking Ahead to
Cancún" – WTO organized session
Moderator: Mr. Adrian Otten, WTO Director
Discussant: Mr. Julian EDWARDS, Director-General, Consumers International, United Kingdom
Discussant: Mr. Calvin GOLDMAN, Q.C., Blake, Cassels &
Graydon LLP, Toronto, Canada / Chair, ICC Task Force on
Competition and Trade
Discussant: Mr. Mauro PETRICCIONE, European Commission, DG Trade
Discussant: Mr Rajesh AGGARWAL, Counsellor, Government of
India
Session XI: 10:00 – 13:00 - D "Eco-labelling: Trade Opportunities and
Challenges" – organized by the Consumer's Choice Council
Chair: Sergio Marchi, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the WTO
Discussants:
1) John Polak, Chair, Global Ecolabelling Network
"Trade as an Environmental Policy Tool? GEN, Eco-labelling and Trade"
2) Ping Xia, Director, China Ecolabelling Center
"China Environmental Labelling Program"
3) Raquel Breda, National Forest Program, Ministry of Environment, Brazil
4) Pradeep S. Mehta, Secretary General, Consumer Unity & Trust Society (CUTS), India
"Eco-labelling and Trade: A Southern Viewpoint"
5) The Hon. Dr. Godfried K. Siaw, District Chief Executive, Asuogyaman District Assembly, Ghana
"Fair Trade and Sustainable Rural Livelihoods"
6) Jorge Larson Guerra, Coordinator, Collective Biological Resources Program, Mexican National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity (CONABIO)
"Labels that Tell Stories: Building Bridges Between Producers and Consumers"
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Session XII:15:00 – 18:00 - CR I "Trade in Services: What's at stake and for
whom?" – WTO organized session
Moderator: H.E. Ambassador Alejandro Jara, (Chile)
Discussant: Mr. James Hodge, Professor, University of Cape Town
Discussant: Mr. Barry Coates, Director, World Development
Movement
Discussant: Mr. Christopher Roberts, Covington & Burlington,
London
Session XIII:15:00–18:00 - CR II “Can negotiations on Agriculture deliver pro-development reforms? The case of West African Cotton” - organized by OXFAM/Intl. Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development / Ideas Centre
Agenda
1. Welcome remarks by organisers
2. Statements by resource persons:
Kevin Watkins, OXFAM
Eric Hazard, ENDA Tiers Monde (to be confirmed)
H.E. Amb. Samuel Amehou, Permanent Mission of Benin (to be confirmed)
François Traoré, UNPCB, Burkina Faso
Ibrahima Malloum, Assocation of Cotton Industries of Africa (to be confirmed)
Session XIV:15:00 - 16:30 – W "Session on GM Food/ Bio-Safety Protocol "–
University of Geneva
Moderator: Mr. Urs Thomas, University of Geneva
Discussant: Makane Mbengue, Faculty of Law, University of Geneva
The Role of the Precautionary Principle in WTO case law
Discussant: Jerri Husch, World Health Organization - The 2002 Evaluation Process of the Codex Alimentarius
Discussant: Prof. Richard Braun, University of Berne, Microbiologist, emeritus former director of Gen Swiss Foundation
Session XV:16:30 – 18:00 – W “Making Trade Sustainable – the role of Sustainability Impact Assessment of trade agreements” – organized by the European Commission
Moderator:tbc
Speakers:
Robert Madelin, Director, DG Trade, European Commission
Aaron Maltais, Stockholm Environment Institute
Edward C. Sefuke, Zambia
Anju Sharma, Centre for Science and Environment India
Keith Tyrell, WWF
Session XVI:15:00 – 18:00 – D "Parliaments and the WTO", organized with
the assistance of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) 5
Welcome by WTO Director-General Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi (to be
confirmed)
Moderator: Mr. Geert Versnick, MP (Belgium)
Panellists:
Mr. John Dupraz, MP (Switzerland)
Mr. Michel Hansenne, member of the European Parliament
Mr. Ricardo Melendez-Ortiz, Executive Director of the International
Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
Debate themes:
- Growing threats to multilateralism: should parliaments be concerned?
- Missed deadlines in the Doha Round: how can parliaments help to advance the negotiations
WEDNESDAY, 18 JUNE
Session XVII:10:00 – 13:00 – CR I "Fulfilling the Doha Development Agenda:
Key issues for developing countries" - WTO organized session
Moderator: Carlos Fortin UNCTAD, Deputy Secretary General
Discussant: Dr. Bhagwati, Professor, Columbia University
Discussant: Mrs Dianna Melrose, Head, International Trade
Department, Department for International Development, UK
Discussant: Martin Khor, Director, Third World Network, Malaysia
Discussant: Mr. Faizel Ismail, Head of South African Delegation to
the WTO)
Session XVIII:10:00 – 11:30 - CR II "The State of Trade and Environmental
Law" - organized by IIS[D (6) ]
Moderator: David Runnalls, President, IISD
Speakers:
Steve Porter, CIEL
Duncan Brack/ Kevin Gray, Royal Institute for International
Affairs
Maria Rita Fontes Faria, Permanent Mission of Brazil, Geneva (invited)
Session XIX:11:30 – 13:00 – CR II "Beyond agriculture: Business perspectives on the DDA" - organized by UNICE
- Market Access (Mr. Ahmad – SAAR; Mr. Glania – BDI German Industry Confederation)
- Services
- Investment (Mr. van den Hoven – UNICE tbc)
- Trade Facilitation (Ms Recknagel – CEFIC – European Chemical Industries)
- Development/S&DT
- Mr. Muñoz (University of Liège)
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Session XX:15:30 – 17:30 - CR I"Trade and Agriculture: Delivering the Doha
Mandate" - WTO organized session
Moderator: Celso Lafer, Professor, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Discussant: Minister of Trade Mark Vaile, Australia
Discussant: Ambassador Zhenyu SUN, China
Discussant: Amb. Luzius Wasescha, Switzerland
Discussant: Minister of Trade of Morocco (to be confirmed)
Session XXI:14:30 – 16:00 – CRII "Civil Society's role in promoting Competition and Fair Trading " - organized by CUT[S (7) ]
Speakers:
Allan Asher, Office of Fair Trading, UK
Philippe Brusick, Head, Competition and Consumer Policy Branch, UNCTAD
Simon Evenett, Director, World Trade Institute, Switzerland
Pradeep Mehta, Secretary General, CUTS, India
Session XXII:16:00 – 17:30 – CRII "Session on Services Market Access" –
organized by the American Chamber of Commerce to the EU (AmCham EU)
Moderator: Claudio Murri, Electronic Data Systems, on
Electronic Commerce
Discussant: Mark van der Horst, UPS on Express Delivery Services;
Discussant:Philippe Wintrebert, AT&T on Telecommunications;
Discussant: Richard O'Toole, Goldman Sachs on Financial Services.
17:30 – 18:15 - CRII Symposium Closing Session
[1] Center for International Environmental Law
[M, IGTN (2) ]2 Third World Network, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, World Wide Fund for Nature, Public Services International, International Gender and Trade Network.
[D (6) ]6 International Institute for Sustainable Development
[S (7) ]7 Consumer Unity and Trust Society