Chairperson:

Mr. Mondher Z ENAIDI, Minister of Tourism, Trade and Handicrafts, Tunisia

Mr Ray McDONAGH, Senior Adviser, World Customs Organization (WCO)

Speakers:

Sharing the gains of globalization

Mr. Pascal LAMY, Trade Commissioner, European Commission

Trade facilitation in the multilateral trade negotiations

Mr. Roderick ABBOTT, Deputy Director-General, World Trade Organization (WTO)

Trade facilitation : benefits and capacity building in customs

Mr. Kunio MIKURIYA, Deputy Secretary-General, World Customs Organization (WCO)

The development dimension of trade facilitation 

Mr. John BURLEY, Director, Division for Services Infrastructure for Development and Trade Efficiency, UNCTAD

How can developing countries receive a better share of the benefits of trade facilitation?

Mr. Hardeep S.PURI, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of India to the Offices of the United Nations in Geneva

Practical measures for future trade facilitation

Mr. Alberto Di LISCIA,  Assistant Director-General, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and Director of the UNIDO Geneva Office

Costs and benefits of trade facilitation

Mr. Anthony KLEITZ,  Head, Trade Liberalisation and Review Division, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

The economic impact of trade facilitation measures

Mr. John WILSON,  Lead Economist, Development Research Group, The World Bank

Discussion paper:

Income distribution impact of trade facilitation

Mr. Adrian HEWITT,  Senior Research Fellow, Director of the ODI Fellowship Scheme and Research Adviser to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Overseas Development, United Kingdom

13:15  - 15:00   LUNCH BREAK