events

Our invited guest speakers are composed of a distinguished group of business leaders, key policymakers in governmental and intergovernmental organizations, experts from academia and research institutes, and vocal activists from civil society organizations. Together they offer a comprehensive view on issues at stake with fresh perspectives from China, Europe, the U.S., as well as other developing countries.

pierre-alain avoyer

Pierre-Alain Avoyer

Vice President
Government Affairs, Mercuria Energy Group

Shusong Ba

Deputy Director General, Research Institute of Finance, Development Research Centre of China’s State Council

Anne Baldock

Global head of the Projects, Energy and Infrastructure Group, Allen OveryInternational Law Firm

Tao Bie

Director General, Policy and Regulation Department, Ministry of Environmental Protection of China (MEP)

Kim Carstensen

Leader, Global Climate Initiative, WWF International

Sanjeev Chaurasia

Director
Renewable Energy Investment Banking
Credit Suisse Securities LLC

Shuaihua Cheng

Strategic Analysis and China Programme Officer at ICTSD

Robert Coyle

Senior Environmental Adviser, European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD)

Martyn Davies

Director, China Africa Network
Asia Corporate Network
Centre for Business & Academic Research
Gordon Institute of Business Science
University of Pretoria

Guy de Jonquières

A writer and a senior fellow of the European Centre for International Political Economy

Simon J Evenett

Director,professor of International Trade and Economic Development,University of St. Gallen, Switzerland  

Fei Feng

Fei Feng

The Director of the Industrial Economics Research Department, and Research Fellow at Development Research Center (DRC) of the State Council of PRC. Eng.

Eckart Guth

Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the European Communities to the WTO

Jeff Jingsheng Huang

Assistant Chairman, Tianjin Carbon Exchange; Global Vice President, Chicago Climate Exchange

Felicitas Kraus

Head of the newly founded division International Cooperation at dena

Pascal Lamy

Director-General, the World Trade Organisation (WTO)

Yangzhe Li

Director-General, National Energy Conservation Centre, China National Development and Reform Commission

 

Meng Liu

China Network Manager，UN Global Compact Office，United Nations

Hui Liu

Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the 21st Century Business Herald

Jonathan Lynn

World Trade Correspondent and Chief Correspondent, Geneva

Josef M. Mueller

 President of Swiss Chinese Chamber of Commerce Geneva Chapter

John McCall MacBain

the Founder of the McCall MacBain Foundation and Pamoja Capital SA

Sergio Marchi

Ambassador, ICTSD Senior Fellow, Former Canadian Ambassador to the WTO; President of Canada-China Business Council

Andrei Marcu

Head of Regulatory Affairs—Environment and Climate Change,  Mercuria Energy

 

Jacques Mechelany

CEO of Bank of China (Suisse) SA, and Chairman of BOC (Suisse) Fund Management SA

Ricardo Melendez-Ortiz

Ricardo MELÉNDEZ-ORTIZ is ICTSD’s co-founder and its Chief Executive Officer since 1996.

Michael Müller

Deputy Minister at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Germany

Richard Newfarmer

Special Representative of the World Bank to the UN and the WTO

Hans B. (Teddy) Püttgen

Professeur, Chaire de Gestion des Systèmes Energétiques
Directeur, Energy Center Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Bernd Schanzenbaecher

Director of EBG Capital AG

Ralf C. Schlaepfer

Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers AG
Head Consulting, Head Energy, Utilities & Mining

Zhenyu Sun

Ambassador, Permanent Representative of China to the WTO

Lanlan Sun

Director-General of the International Cooperation Department
Development Research Center of the State Council
P.R China.

Pierre-François Unger

State Councillor in charge of the  Department of Health and Economy, Republic and State of Geneva.

Alexander Van de Putte

Senior Director & Head of Scenario Processes & Applications at PFC Energy International; an Associate with the US National Intelligence Council, a Professor of Scenario Planning & Strategic Early Warning at the Geneva School of Diplomacy, a Visiting Professor of Energy Economics and Energy Delta Institute and a Visiting Professor of Scenario Planning at IE Business School.

Winfried Veit

Director, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

Xiuchen Wang

Chairman, China Yantai Economic Development Area (YEDA)

Changjun Xie

an Executive Director of the Board and President of China Longyuan Power Group Corporation Limited (“CLYPG”)

Yanfei Ye

Deputy Director General, Department of Statistics, China Banking Regulatory Commission

Zhao Yuan

President, Jinshang International Investment Limited
CEO, Jinshang Energy Asset Management Limited
Founder and Chief Secretary-General, Jinshang International Cooperation Association

 

Linda Yueh

Linda Yueh

Fellow in Economics at St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford；a visiting professor at the London Business School and an associate of the Globalisation Programme at the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Simon Zadek

Managing Partner and Director at AccountAbility, Visiting Senior Fellow at the Centre for Government and Business of Harvard University’s Kennedy School

Yutai Zhang

Yutai Zhang

Minister and President, Development Research Centre of the State Council (DRC), China

Jian Zhang

Deputy Director，Pudong Institute for the US Economy，Pudong Academy of Development