Speakers

2021 Speakers

Prof. Simon Evenett, Professor of International Trade and Economic Development and MBA Director at the University of St. Gallen
Prof. Dr. Bruno Mascello, Professor of Business Law & Legal Management, and Director at the Executive School of Management, Technology and Law at the University of St. Gallen
Dr. Theresa Carpenter, Executive Director of the Centre for Trade and Economic Integration at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Ms. Anoush der Boghossian, Economic Affairs Officer in Trade and Development Division of the WTO
Ms. Simonetta Zarrilli, Chief of the Trade, Gender and Development Programme of the UNCTAD
Mr. Damien Bruckard, Deputy Director, Trade and Investment, ICC
Dr. Antony Taubman, Director of the Intellectual Property Division of the WTO

Dr. Max Schweizer, Former Deputy Permanent Representative of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs at the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the WTO, EFTA and UNCTAD
Ms. Anoush der Boghossian, Economic Affairs Officer, Gender Focal Point, Development Division, Aid for Trade Unit, WTO
Dr. Theresa Carpenter, Executive Director Centre for Trade and Economic Integration IHEID
Ms. Cheryl Spencer, Permanent representative to UN, Geneva and its specialized agencies
Mr. Thomas Pletscher, Secretary General of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Switzerland
Mr. Dennis Shea, Deputy United States Trade Representative and Chief of Mission to the WTO
Mr. Stefan Legge, postdoctoral researcher and lecturer in economics at the SIAW Institute of the University of St.Gallen and Global Future Council Fellow in the WEF
Mr. Bernard Kuiten, Head of External Relations WTO
Mr. Stephen de Boer, Canada’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the WTO in Geneva
Mr. Peter van den Bossche, Member of the Appellate Body of the WTO and Professor of International Economic Law at Maastricht University
Prof. Dr. Gabrielle Marceau, Senior Counsellor in the Legal Affairs Division of the WTO

Ambassador Hector Marcelo Cima of Argentina, Permanent Representative of Argentina to the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Office in Geneva
Mr. Pierre Sauvé, Senior Trade Specialist at the World Bank Group
Dr. Theresa Carpenter, Executive Director Centre for Trade and Economic Integration IHEID
Mr. Felipe Hees, Counselor at the Mission of Brazil to the World Trade Organization in Geneva
Mr. Thomas Pletscher, Secretary General of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Switzerland
Professor Simon J. Evenett, Professor of International Trade and Economic Development at the University of St. Gallen
Mr. Hamid Mamdouh, Former Director of the Trade in Services and Investment Division of the WTO
Mr. Bernard Kuiten, Head of External Relations WTO

Mr. Thomas Pletscher, Secretary General of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Switzerland
Ms. Mina Mashayeki, Head of the Trade Negotiations and Commercial Diplomacy at UNCTAD
Ms. Marion Jansen, Chief Economist at the International Trade Center (ITC)
Dr. Theresa Carpenter, Executive Director of the Graduate Institute’s Centre for Trade and Economic Integration
Mr. Bernard Kuiten, Head of External Relations at the WTO and former First Secretary at the WTO Unit of the Dutch Permanent Representation in Geneva
Mr. Simon J. Evenett, Professor of International Trade and Economic Development at the University of St. Gallen
Mr. Remigi Winzap, Chief Negotiator Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) at Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs
Mr. Paolo Garzotti, Deputy Permanent representative of the European Union Mission to the WTO
Ambassador Alfredo Suescum, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Panama to the WTO

Mr. Yi Xiaozhun, Deputy Director General of the WTO
Mr. Nicholas Niggli, Head of the Economic, Finance, Science and Innovation Section at the Embassy of Switzerland in the UK
Mr. Luzius Wasescha, Former permanent representative of Switzerland at the WTO
Mr. Bernard Kuiten, Head of External Relations at the WTO since 2009
Judge Marc Steiner, Judge at the Swiss Federal Administrative Court, specialist in Government Procurement
Mr. John Newham, Chairman for the Government Procurement Agreement
Mr. Robert Anderson, Team leader for Government Procurement and Competition Policy in the WTO Secretariat

Ambassador Fernando de Mateo y Venturini, Chairman of the WTO General Council and Permanent Representative of Mexico to the WTO
Ambassador Guillermo Valles Galmés, Director of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Victor do Prado, Director of the Council and Trade Negotiations Committee Division in the WTO
Dr. Sherry M. Stephenson, Senior Fellow at the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
Dr. Simon Evenett, Professor of Int. Trade & Director of the MBA at St. Gallen University, Coordinator of Global Trade Alert
Dr. Theresa Carpenter, Executive Director of the Graduate Institute’s Centre for Trade and Economic Integration
Dr. Carlos A. Primo Braga, Director of the Evian Group and Former Worldbank Director for Economic Policy and Debt

Mr. Luzius Wasescha, Former permanent representative of Switzerland at the WTO
Alejandro Jara, Former Deputy Director-General of the WTO
Andreas Maurer, Chief of the International Trade Statistics Section at the World Trade Organisation
Victor do Prado, Director of the Council and Trade Negotiations Committee Division in the WTO
Dr. Simon Evenett, Professor of Int. Trade & Director of the MBA at St. Gallen University, Coordinator of Global Trade Alert
Dr. Theresa Carpenter, Executive Director of the Graduate Institute’s Centre for Trade and Economic Integration
Dr. Carlos A. Primo Braga, Director of the Evian Group and Former Worldbank Director for Economic Policy and Debt

Dr. Doaa Abdel Motaal, Former Deputy Chief of Staff at the WTO and Advisor to the WTO DG Pascal Lamy
Dr. Thomas Cottier, Director of the World Trade Institute in Bern
Hubert Escaith, Chief Statistician at the WTO
Dr. Jean-Pierre Lehmann, Professor of Int. Political Economy at IMD and Senior Fellow at the Fung Global Institute (FGI)
Dr. Patrick Low, Former Chief Economist at the WTO
Wolf Meier-Ewert, Counsellor at World Trade Organization, Intellectual Property Division
William New, Counsellor at World Trade Organization, Intellectual Property Division
Mr. Luzius Wasescha, Former permanent representative of Switzerland at the WTO
Dr. Carlos A. Primo Braga, Director of the Evian Group and Former Worldbank Director for Economic Policy and Debt

Said El Hachimi, Counselor at the World Trade Organisation
Dr. Joost Pauwelyn, Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute IHEID
Dr. Doaa Abdel Motaal, Former Deputy Chief of Staff at the WTO and Advisor to the WTO DG Pascal Lam

Vesile Kulaçoğlu, Director of the Trade and Environment Division of the World Trade Organization
Said El Hachimi, Counselor at the World Trade Organisation
Dr. Thomas Cottier, Director of the World Trade Institute in Bern
Dr. Simon Evenett, Professor of Int. Trade and Director of the MBA at St. Gallen University, Coordinator of Global Trade Alert
Dr. Theresa Carpenter, Executive Director of the Graduate Institute’s Centre for Trade and Economic Integration