Information Seminar for English-Speaking Journalists on World Trade and Sustainable Development from 06 December until 10 December 2010, Geneva, Switzerland Sunday, 05 December 2010 Arrival at Geneva Airport How to get from the airport to your hotel? You can pick up a free ticket for public transport in the airport from the machine in the baggage collection area at the Arrival level. This Unireso ticket allows you to use public transport in Geneva for free for a period of 80 minutes. Kindly use the bus number 28 from the airport to Jardin Botanique (botanic garden), which takes approx. 20 minutes. The hotel is in 2 minutes walking distance from the bus stop Jardin Botanique. Hotel Mon Repos At the hotel you will receive a folder with all necessary information at the reception. During Sunday, 05 December 2010, FES Geneva staff will welcome you at the hotel. MON REPOS Hôtel & Résidence 131, rue de Lausanne 1202 Genève Tel.: +41(0)22 909 3 909 Fax: +41(0)22 909 3 993 Email: reservations@hmrge.ch Website: www.hmrge.ch 1 P age
Part I: WTO Monday, 06 December 2010 (WTO) 08:30 09:00 Registration 09:00 09:15 Welcome Keith Rockwell, Director, Information and Media Relations Division 09:15 10:30 WTO activities Keith Rockwell 10:30 11:30 WTO and the Doha Development Agenda: Malaysia's perspectives Hiswani Harun, Ambassador Malaysia 11:30 12:30 Agriculture Clemens Boonekamp, Director, Agriculture and Commodities Division 12:30 14:00 Lunch (WMO Cafeteria) 14:00 15:15 Non-Agricultural Market Access Suja Rishikesh Mavroidis, Economic Affairs Officer, Market Access Division 15:15 15:45 Coffee break 15:45 17:00 Trade in Services Hamid Mamdouh, Director,Trade in Services Division 19:00 Informal get together Bar-Restaurant Les Brasseurs (with home brewery) 20 Place Cornavin (opposite of the central train station Gare Cornavin ) 2 P age
Part I: WTO Tuesday, 07 December 2010 (WTO) 09:00 10:30 International Trade RTAs Rohini Acharya, Counsellor, Trade Policies Review Division 10:30 11:00 Coffee break 11:00 12:00 Doha Development Agenda, developing countries' perspectives Faizel Ismail, Ambassador Republic of South Africa 12:00 13:00 WTO development committees and working groups Pascal Lamy, Director-General 13:00 14:00 Lunch (WMO Cafeteria) 14:00 15:15 Doha negotiations Michael Punke, Ambassador The United States of America 15:15 16:00 Coffee break 16:00 17:00 Aid for Trade Shishir Priyadarshi, Director, Development Division 3 P age
Part I: WTO Wednesday, 08 December 2010 (WTO) 08:30 09:30 Accessions Chiedu Osakwe, Director, Accessions Division 09:30 10:00 Coffee break 10:00 11:00 Rules (subsidies, anti-dumping and safeguards) Mark Koulen, Counsellor, Rules Division 11:00 12:00 Dispute Settlement Gabrielle Marceau, Counsellor, Legal Affairs Division 12:00-13:00 WTO and Intellectual Property Rights Antony Taubman, Director, Intellectual Property Division 13:00 13:15 Final remarks Keith Rockwell, Director, Information and Media Relations Division 13:15 14:30 Lunch (WMO Cafeteria) Afternoon At your free disposal (Possibility to conduct interviews, write articles etc.) 19:00 21:00 Dinner (half-time evaluation) 4 P age
Part II: UN Organizations, trade unions, civil society Thursday, 09 December 2010 09:00 Meeting at Hôtel Mon Repos to go together to UNEP 10:00 11:30 The Green Economy Initiative and the Global Green New Deal Anna Autio, Associate Legal Officer, Economics and Trade Branch United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 11:30 12:30 Transport from UNEP to FES Geneva Office by bus 12:30 12:45 Media 21 - Global Journalism Network Geneva Daniel Wermus, President Media 21 12:45 14:00 Lunch (Restaurant La Colombe ) 14:00 15:30 The concept of an Inclusive Trade Policy: National Ownership in Developing Countries Rashid Kaukab, Deputy Director and Research Coordinator CUTS Geneva Ressource Centre 15:30 16:15 Coffee Break & Walking from FES to ITC 16:15 17:45 Trade for Sustainable Development: Enhancing Transparency Joseph Wozniak, Programme Manager, Trade for Sustainable Development (T4SD), Market Analysis and Research International Trade Centre (ITC) 5 P age
Part II: UN Organizations, trade unions, civil society Friday, 10 December 2010 08:30 Meeting at Hôtel Mon Repos to go together to UNCTAD 09:15 10:45 Finance&Trade: After the Financial Crisis Detlef Kotte, Head, Macroeconomic and Development Policies Branch, Division on Globalization and Development Strategies United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) 10:45 11:00 Break 11:00 12:30 Make Private Standards Work for You Dominika Dor, Assistant Industrial Officer United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) 12:30 14:15 Lunch 14:15 15:45 The Crisis: Impact on Labour Markets Pierre Laliberté, Research Officer, Bureau for Workers Activity (ACTRAV) International Labour Organization (ILO) 15:45 16:00 Break 16:00 17:00 Trade and Trade Liberalisation in Sustainable Recovery Esther Busser, Assistant Director ITUC-CSI Geneva Office 17:00 18:00 Evaluation Yvonne Theemann, Program Officer for Trade and Development FES Geneva Office Organization: Yvonne Theemann, FES Geneva Office; Tel.: 0041 (0) 22 733 3450; Fax: 0041 (0) 22 733 3545; E-Mail: ytheemann@fes-geneva.org www.fes-geneva.org. 6 P age