"WTO AFTER 10 YEARS: GLOBAL PROBLEMS AND MULTILATERAL SOLUTIONS "

20 to 22 April 2005

WTO Public Symposium – programme

Centre William Rappard154, rue de Lausanne

1211 Geneva, Switzerland

WEDNESDAY 20 APRIL 2005Room CR (Council Room)

07.30 – 10.00 Badge Collection - Centre William Rappard

10.00 – 11.00

PLENARY OPENINGChairperson:

Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi – WTO Director-General

Speakers:

H.E. José Manuel Barroso – President, European Commission H.E. Paul Kagame – President, Republic of Rwanda

11.00 – 13.00

High Level Session on Trade, Economics and Growth

(ROOM W)Moderator: Jean-Pierre Lehmann – Director, The Evian Group

Speakers : Abdou Diouf – Secretary General, Organisation

internationale de la Francophonie Dr. Edward Leamer – Professor, UCLA Dr. Mariama Williams – Institute for Law and Economics,

Jamaica; Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era, IGTN and Center of Concern

Victor Chu – Chairman, First Eastern Investment Group

High Level Session on WTO's Institutional Challenges (CR ROOM)

Moderator: Afsane Bassir-Pour - Geneva correspondent, Le Monde

Speakers: KIM Hyun-chong – Minister for Trade, Republic of

Korea Peter Sutherland – former GATT & WTO Director-

General Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane - Archbishop of

Cape Town; Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance Renato Ruggiero – former WTO Director-General James Bacchus – former member WTO Appellate

Body; Chairman trade practice group, Greenberg Traurig

13.00 - 15.00BREAK

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13.00 – 15.00 ROOM A, 13.00 -15.00Brown bag lunch meeting– organized by European Commission (speakers: Matthew Baldwin, Marta Moya Diaz – DG Trade)

"Expanding developing countries export - Presentation of the EU helpdesk"

Room CR Room W Room D Room E Room A

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15.00 - 18.00

(1) "Trade in Cultural Goods and Services; Assessing the compatibility between trade rules and UNESCO's cultural diversity convention"

Organizers: International Network for Cultural Diversity - INCD

Moderator:

Speakers: * Jane Kelsey – Professor, University of Auckland* Garry Neil – Executive Director, INCD* Roy Mickey Joy - Rotational Representative,Permanent Delegation of the Pacific Islands Forum to the WTO* Jacques Béhanzin – Secretary General of the Panafrican

(2) "A world in development? Workers, adjustment policies and employment in textiles and beyond"

Organizers: International Confederation of Free Trade Unions – ICFTU, WCL1

Moderator:Anna Biondi – Director, ICFTU Geneva Office

Speakers:* John Evans – General Secretary, TUAC2

* Neil Kearney – General Secretary, ITGLWF3

* H.E. Charles Mutalemwa – WTO Ambassador, Tanzania* Nazma Akter – General Secretary, BIGUF4

(3) "Completing the Doha Round – Who needs to do what to ensure success?"

Organizers: National Foreign Trade Council - NFTC

Moderator: John Weekes – Senior Policy Advisor, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP, Geneva

Speakers* Celine Charveriat – Oxfam International, Geneva* John Disharoon – Director, Public Affairs, Caterpillar Brussels * Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz – Executive Director, ICTSD* T.S. Vishnawath – Confederation of Indian Industry, Geneva office

(4) "Agricultural Dumping, Import Surges and the Price Crisis – What reforms are needed?"

Organizers: Coordination Sud, ROPPA6, CSA7, IATP8

The Case of Soy Beans

Moderator: Alexandra Strickner - IATP

Speakers:* Altemir Tortelli - FETRAF SUL, Brasil* Larry Mitchell – NRTV, US* Daryll Ray – University of Tenessee* Gerard Choplin – CPE, Europe

The Chicken case

(5) "Transparency and Participation in the National Trade Policy Process"

Organizers: International Institute for Sustainable Development -IISD9

Moderator: Mark Halle - IISD

Speakers:* Susan Aaronson – Kenan Centre, University of North Carolina* Robert Wolfe – Queens' University, Canada* Yash Tandon – South Centre* H.E. Toufik Ali – WTO Ambassador, Bangladesh* Anthony Hill - former Ambassador of Jamaica to UN, Geneva

1 World Confederation of Labour2 Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD3 International Textiles, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation4 Bangladesh Independent Garment Workers Union Federation6 Réseau des Organisations Paysannes et de Producteurs Agricoles d'Afrique de l'Ouest 7 Collectif Stratégies Alimentaires8 Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy9 International Institute for Sustainable Development

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Federation of Directors, Benin

* Chhorn Sokha – CCAWDU, Cambodia* Tanya van Meelis - COSATU5

* Liam McCreery – President, Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance

Moderator: Fabrice Ferrier – Coordination Sud

Speakers* Benedicte Hermelin – GRET, France* Ndiogou Fall – ROPPA* Gerard Choplin – CPE* Germano Battista – DESER, Brazil* H.E. Ousmane Camara – WTO Ambassador, Senegal (tbc)* H.E. Gusmardi Bustani – WTO Ambassador, Indonesia (tbc)

* H.E. Manzoor Ahmad – WTO Ambassador, Pakistan* Caroline Dommen – Executive Director, 3D (Trade, Development and Human Rights)

18.00 - 20.00 RECEPTION FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS IN THE LOBBY OF THE COUNCIL ROOM

5 Congress of South African Trade Unions

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THURSDAY 21 APRIL 2005

Room CR I Room CR II Room W Room D Room E Room B

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10.00 - 13.00 (6) "Outstanding Issues in Agriculture and Impacts on Farm Policies"

Organizers: IFAP10

Moderator: Jack Wilkinson – President, IFAP

Panel I:* H.E. David Spencer – WTO Ambassador Australia* H.E. Dr. Toufiq Ali – WTO Ambassador Bangladesh* H.E. Carlo Trojan – WTO Ambassador EC* H.E. Luzius Wasescha –

(7) "10 years of Trade and Environment in the WTO: What has been achieved, and what next?"

Organizers: European Commission, DG Trade

Moderator:Rupert Schlegelmilch – EC, DG Trade

Speakers: * Mark Halle – IISD* John Audley – German Marshall Fund* Richard Tarasofsky – RIIA* Doaa Abdel-Motaal – WTO * Bernice Lee – ICTSD

(8) "Re-Thinking the Energy Paradigm"

Organizers: UN Foundation

Moderator: Mohamed T. El-Ashry - Senior Fellow, UN Foundation

Speakers:* Dr. Mersie Ejigu – President and CEO, PAES11

* Dr. Hermann Scheer – German House of Parliament; General Chairman, The World Council for Renewable Energy* Ambassador Ira Shapiro – Of Counsel, Global Trade Practice

(9) NAMA is key!: A debate on civil society concerns about the NAMA negotiations"

Organizers: Greenpeace International, IATP, FOE Int.12, ICFTU, PSI13, TWN14, Seatini15, IMF16, ActionAid Int., CIEL17, IFG18

Moderator: Daniel Mittler – Greenpeace International

Speakers:* Martin Khor – TWN* Tanya van Meelis - COSATU* Carla Coletti – International

(10) "Making Trade Support Development: Global Problems and Viable Alternatives"

Organizers: South Centre

Speakers:* South Centre* Dr. Nagesh Kumar – Director-General, RIS, India* Johnny Gaudia – Vice Director, Association of the Footwear Industry, SMP, the Philippines* Representative of Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Starting time: 9.30!

(11) "The small and vulnerable economies in the WTO and the Doha negotiations"

Organizers: ABEPG19, AITIC20

Introduction:* Dr. Esperanza Durán- Executive Director, AITIC* Susanne Köhler – Executive Director, ABPEG

Speakers:* H.E. Alvaro Moscoso Blanco – Permanent Representative of Bolivia* Dr. Roman

10 International Federation of Agricultural Producers11 Partnership for African Environmental Sustainability12 Friends of the Earth International13 Public Services International14 Third World Network15 Southern and Eastern Africa Trade Information Negotiating Institute16 International Metalworkers Federation17 Center for International Environmental Law18 International Forum on Globalization19 Asociacion Boliviana de Economia Politica de la Globalizacion20 Agency for International Trade Information and Cooperation

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Switzerland* H.E. Linnet F. Deily – WTO Ambassador US

Panel II:* Robert Friesen – Canadian Federation of Agriculture* Peter Gaemelke – Ctee of Agricultural Organisations, EU* Tom Lambie – Federated Farmers, Ireland* Fernando Lopez - Comision Nacional de Fomento Rural, Uruguay* Raul Montemayor - Federation of Free Farmers Cooperatives, Philippines* Ajay Vashee – Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions

Group, Greenberg-TRaurig LLP* Dr. Hari Sharan – Chairman and CEO, DESI Power Ltd., India

Metalworkers Federation* Pedro Avendano – World Forum of Fisherfolk* Ronnie Hall – FOE International* Temistocles Marcelos Neto – CUT, Brazil

Grynberg – Deputy Director, Commonwealth Secretariat* H.E. Trevor Clarke – Permanent Representative of Barbados; former chair dedicated session of CTD* H.E. Eduardo Ernesto Sperisen-Yurt – Permanent Representative of Guatemala* Dr. Sheila Page – Overseas Development Institute

13.00 – 15.00 BREAK

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Room CR I Room CR II Room W Room D Room E Room A

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15.00 - 18.00 (12) "Trade Policy and the farm income crisis in the context of WTO negotiations"

Organizers: Canadian Federation of Agriculture

Moderator:H.E. Don Stephenson – Permanent Representative of Canada to the WTO

Speakers:* Bob Friesen – President, Canadian Federation of Agriculture* Daryll E.Ray – University of Tenessee* Ndiogou Fall –

(13) "Development Perspectives on the Current WTO Negotiations"

Organizers: Third World Network

Moderator:

Speakers:* Martin Khor – TWN, Malaysia* Nagesh Kumar- RIS, India* John Hilary – War on Want, UK* Jacques Berthelot Mouvement de Solidarité* Charles Abugre – Christian Aid

(14) "Africa in the WTO – Does the first 10 years give any hope for an African Trading Future?"

Organizers: TRALAC21

Moderator: Trudy Hartzenberg – Executive Director, TRALAC

Speakers:* H.E. Amina Chawahir Mohamed – Permanent Representative of Kenya to the WTO* Tenu Avafia – TRALAC* Paul Kalenga – TRALAC* Calvin Manduna – TRALAC* Petina Gappah - ACWL22 * Hilton Zunckel - TRALAC

(15) "Beijing + 10 meets WTO + 10"

Organizers: IGTN23, Action Aid

Moderator: Maria Riley – Center of Concern; IGTN

Speakers:* Naty Bernardino – IGTN-Asia* Mariama Williams – Center of Concern; IGTN* Marianne Hochuli – Berne Declaration; IGTN-Europe* Aftab Alam – Action Aid, Pakistan* Yassine Fall – UNDP; IGTN Africa

(16) "Trade Facilitation: A Tool For Development"

Organizers: UNECE24, AITIC

Introduction:* Dr. Esperanza Durán – Executive Director, AITIC* Dr. Carol Cosgrove-Sacks – Director, Trade, Development and Timber Division, UNECE

Speakers:* Jean Kubler – Acting Chief, Global Trade Solutions Branch, UNECE* David Wakeford – Chief Executive, SITPRO* H.E. Peter Brnõ –

(17) "Disclosure Requirements: Incorporating the CBD Principles in the TRIPS Agreement On the Road to Hong Kong"

Organizers: IUCN25, CIEL, ICTSD26, IDDRI27, Quakers

Moderators:* Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz – ICTSD

Speakers:* Begoña Venero – Peruvian Patent Office*Felix Addor – Swiss Patent Office* Michel Gollin – Venable LLP* N.S. Gopalakrishnan – Cochin University of Science and Technology* Graham Dutfield

21 Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa22 Advisory Centre on WTO Law23 International Gender and Trade Network24 United Nations Economic Commission for Europe25 The World Conservation Union26 International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development27 Institut de Développement durable et des Relations Internationales

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President, ROPPA, Senegal* Dave Frederickson – President, National Farmers Union, US* Kari Redse Haskjold – VP, Norwegian Farmers Union* Allan Burgess – National Farmers' Federation of Australia* Laurent Pellerin – President, l'Union des Producteurs Agricoles* Daniel-Mercier Gouin – Professeur, Université Laval, Québec* Peter Clark – President, Grey, Shih and Associates

Permanent Representative of the Slovak Republic* H.E. Valentine Rugwabiza – Permanent Representative of Rwanda (tbc)* H.E. Rigoberto Gauto Vielman – Permanent Representative of Paraguay (tbc)* Alexy A. Kaulbars – Director, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, Russian Federation * Alexey Portanskiy – Director, Information office on Russia's accession to WTO* Jadranka Zenić-Zeljković – Head of Department, Ministry of International Economic Relations, Rep. of Serbia

– Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute* Athul Kaushik – Indian Mission to the WTO

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FRIDAY 22 APRIL 2005

Room CR I Room CR II Room W Room D Room E Room A

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10.00 - 13.00 (18) "The WTO at 10: The perceived loss off sovereignty due to WTO accords: should parliamentarians be concerned?"

Organizers: Inter-Parliamentary Union - PU

Moderator: Erika Mann – member of the European Parliament

Speakers:* Enrique Barón Crespo – member of European Parliament* Laurence Boisson de Chazournes – Professor, University of Geneva* Ahmed Ezz – member of Parliament, Egypt

Starting time: 9.30!

(19) "SOLIDAR: Women Talk! – Decent Work: Decent Life"

Organizers: SOLIDAR

Introduction:* Zita Gurmai – President, PES Women* Namrata Bali – Secretary General, SEWA28

* Zohra Khan – One World Action

Panel Moderator:Giampiero Alhadeff – Secretary General, SOLIDAR

Speakers:* Barbro Budin -IUF* Coral Pey – Director, ACCJR29

* Bernard Kuiten –

(20) "NAMA and Agriculture: What would a pro-development outcome look like?"

Organizers: Oxfam International, TWN

Moderator: Phil Bloomer – Oxfam Great Britain

Speakers:* Rajesh Aggarwal – Permanent Mission of India to WTO* Darlan Fonseca – South Centre* Martin Khor – Third World Network

(21) " The REACH debate: regulating chemicals and the WTO"

Organizers: FOE Int., Greenpeace Int., WECF31, FIELD32, EEB33, CIEL, ETUC34

Moderator: Mary Taylor – FOE/Chemical Reaction Coalition

Speakers:* Alice Palmer –FIELD* Stephen Johnson – Boots* Estefania Blount – ETUC* Vinuta Gopal – Greenpeace India

(22) "Mercantilism vs. Trade liberalization: Time for a Change of Mindset"

Organizers: The Evian Group

Moderator:Carlos Braga – Senior Advisor, World Bank

Speakers:* Herbert Oberhänsli – Head Economics And International Relations, Nestlé SA* Razeen Sally – Head, International Trade Policy Unit, LSE* Jean-Pierre Lehmann – Director, The Evian

(23) "The TRIPS Agreement Ten Years Later: The Relationship Between Trademarks and GIs"

Organizers: GMA35

Moderator:Dr. Justin Hughes – Assistant Professor, Cardozo Law School, New York University

Speakers:* Dr. Burkhart Goebel – Lovells LLP* Lynne Beresford – Deputy Commissioner for Trademark, USPTO* Clay Hough – Senior Vice President and General Council, International Dairy Foods Association

28 Self Employed Women's Association29 Alianza Chilena por un Comercio Justo y Responsable31 Women in Europe for Common Future32 Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development33 European Environment Bureau34 European Trade Union Congres35 Grocery Manufacturers of America

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* Anthony Hill – former Ambassador of Jamaica to UN, Geneva* Mohammed Khoshchehreh – member of Parliament, Islamic Republic of Iran* Jai Prakash Meenowa – member of Parliament, Mauritius * Kimmo Sasi – member of parliament, Finland; member of Parl. Assembly of Council of Europe

WTO* Nazneen Kanji- IIED30

(coffee break at 11:30)

Discussion:* Eva Kaluzynska – EC, DG Trade (Moderator)* Zohra Khan – OWA* Juan Carlos Vargas – PLADES* David Dorkenoo – TUC* Namrati Bali – SEWA

Conclusions:Rodney Bickerstaffe – Chair, SOLIDAR / IFWEA/ Global Network

Group; Professor, IMD* Duncan Green – Head of Research, Oxfam GB

30 International Institute for Environment and Development - UK

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