events

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Monday October 26

  • Registration and Coffee
    time:08:15 - 09:00
    location:WMO
  • keynote address:Welcome Remarks and keynote address of Current Situation and the Future of the Chinese Economy
    time:09:00 - 10:00
    location:WMO
    description:

    Ricardo Melendez-Ortiz, ICTSD Chief Executive Ambassador

    Zhenyu Sun, Permanent Representative of China to the WTO

     

    speakers:Sergio Marchi
  • Coffee Break
    time:10:00 - 10:30
    location:WMO
  • Plenary Session 1:Global Economic Recovery and the Role of China
    time:10:30 - 12:15
    location:WMO
    description:

    This session will analyze China’s policy responses to the financial crisis and their impacts on global economic recovery. How are they affecting China’s trade and investment policies? How do they change China’s economic landscape and its ties with the recovery of the rest of the world?

    Chair: Guy de Jonquière, Senior Fellow, European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE); Former Chief Asia Columnist at the Financial Times (confirmed)

  • Networking Lunch
    time:12:30 - 14:00
    location:WMO
  • Special Address:The WTO: What will it take to move forward?
    time:14:00 - 14:40
    location:WMO
    speakers:Pascal Lamy
  • Conversation with Ambassadors: Conversation with Ambassadors: China in Global Economic Governance(GEG)
    time:14:40 - 16:00
    location:WMO
    description:

    In the wake of the upheavals in international financial markets, commentators are expecting the emerging economies to play a bigger role in international economic institutions. How does China perceive its position in the reform of global economic governance? What can international players do to leverage China’s contribution ?

    Moderator: Jonathan Lynn, Chief Correspondent, Reuters News

    Introduction to Geneva Global Economic Governance Scenarios, Winfried Veit, Director, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

    speakers:Eckart Guth , Zhenyu Sun
  • Coffee break
    time:16:00 - 16:30
    location:WMO
  • Plenary Session 2:A Global New Deal on Climate Change and China
    time:16:30 - 18:00
    location:WMO
    description:

    What would be the implications of a global new deal on climate change for China? How would it affect the Chinese economy as well as business in China and with China?

    Chair: Miguel Rodriguez Mendoza, Senior Fellow at ICTSD; Former Deputy Director-Ebert-Stiftung

  • Networking Cocktail
    time:18:30 - 20:30

Tuesday October 27

  • Registration & Coffee
    time:08:15 - 09:00
    location:WMO
  • Keynote Address:Energy Conservation Priorities in China and Europe
    time:09:00 - 09:30
    location:WMO
    description:

    Introduction by: Lanlan Sun, Director-General, Department of International Cooperation, DRC, China

  • Plenary Session 3:Opportunities for Investment in China’s Sustainable Projects
    time:09:30 - 10:45
    location:WMO
    description:

    With greater prioritization of sustainable development, China’s $586 billion stimulus package and newly installed regulation frameworks provide enormous opportunities for international business. What are key investment areas and potential projects? What are development strategies of major Chinese investors and manufacturers?

    Chair: Miguel Rodriguez Mendoza, Senior Fellow at ICTSD; Former Deputy Director-General of the WTO

     

    speakers:Fei Feng
  • Coffee and Break
    time:10:45 - 11:15
  • Plenary Session 4:Investment Mechanisms for Sustainable Projects
    time:11:15 - 12:30
    location:WMO
    description:

    What are pros and cons of major investment mechanisms available for green projects in China? How can executives decide which investment tool is suitable for a specific project? What are legal perspectives on investment in green project?

    Chair: John H. McCall MacBain, Chairman, European Climate Foundation; Founder of the McCall MacBain Foundation and Pamoja Capital SA

  • Networking Lunch
    time:12:30 - 14:00
  • Special Session:Prospects for Energy Technology
    time:14:00 - 14:30
    location:WMO
    description:

    This session will present the latest energy technology development in the world and have a discussion about its implications for the future of energy and business.

    Introduction by: Hui Liu, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, 21st Century Business Herald

    speakers:Hans B. (Teddy) Püttgen
  • Keynote speech:The role of China and of Chinese Financial Institutions in a Global Recovery
    time:14:30 - 15:00
    location:WMO
    speakers:Jacques Mechelany
  • Coffee break
    time:15:00 - 15:30
    location:WMO
    description:

     

     

     

  • Plenary Session 5:Green Finance and China: Regulatory Frameworks and Practices
    time:15:30 - 17:00
    location:WMO
    description:

    How do regulatory frameworks for the financial sector in China limit pollution and climate change and encourage lenders and investors to take a long term and broader view of risk? What are implications for  banks? What are opportunities and challenges for global carbon trade with relation to China?

     

    speakers:Shuaihua Cheng
  • Special session:Chinese Oversea Investment and Global Sustainable Recovery
    time:16:00 - 17:00
    location:WMO
    description:

    This session will discuss the global value of ‘going-out’ of Chinese investment. What are the strategies, opportunities and challenges of Chinese oversea investment?  How will it affect global recovery?

     

  • Dialogue Conclusion
    time:17:00 - 17:30
  • Press conference
    time:17:30 - 18:00

Wednesday October 28

  • Site visit opportunities to renewable energy and sustainable technology projects in Vaud
    time:09:00 - 17:00