The E15 engages key stakeholders – trade and investment policy makers, business and thought leaders – in policy dialogues in Geneva and around the world to explore and help validate ideas, align interests and strengthen the impetus for change.
World Economic Forum Meetings
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2017
E15Initiative policy options helped to inform trade and investment discussions at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2017 from 17-20 January in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, marking one year since the initial launch of the E15 Synthesis Report in 2016.
The following sessions relevant to E15 work took place:
Time (GMT+1) and Location | Availability of Session to Public | Description |
ICTSD participated (represented by Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz, ICTSD Chief Executive) | ||
Thursday, 19 January 8:30-10:00 |
Private | Digital Trade in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Examining e-commerce and digital trade governance in the age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Dimensions addressed:
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E15 policy options showcased | ||
Wednesday 18 January 14:00-15:30 |
Private | FDI in the new Global Rhetoric
Identifying strategic options for the 21st-century global investment regime in a fragmented world divided between investment liberalisation and protectionism. The session looked at key elements of the path ahead, including regional outlooks and innovative ways forward, such as investment facilitation. |
Select relevant trade and investment sessions | ||
Wednesday 18 January 10:45-11:45 Congress Centre, Aspen 2 |
Public | Governing Globalization
Four out of five jobs lost due to globalization have been sacrificed to technological change rather than trade. What have we learned about globalization to improve its governance? Speakers: Stefan Löfven, Dambisa Moyo, Kevin Delaney, Abidali Neemuchwala, Bradford L. Smith |
Thursday 19 January 18:00-19:00 Congress Centre, Aspen 2 |
Public | Protectionism: Back to the Future?
With current and future trade agreements in question, and business and development impact paramount, is the world heading towards a new wave of protectionism? Dimensions addressed:
Speakers: Cecilia Malmström, Gillian R. Tett, David Abney, Min Zhu, Roberto Azevêdo, David M. Cote |
Friday 20 January 11:00-12:00 Congress Centre, Hall |
Public | Global Economic Outlook
What lies ahead for the global economy in 2017? Dimensions addressed:
Speakers: Haruhiko Kuroda, Laurence D. Fink, Christine Lagarde, Martin Wolf, Wolfgang Schäuble, Philip Hammond |