Launch event

Date and time: Thursday, 20 September 2018, 13:30 – 15:00
Buffet lunch from 13:00

Location: Room W, Centre William Rappard, World Trade Organization
154 Rue de Lausanne, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland

Programme

13:00-13:30         Sandwich lunch buffet

13:30-13:40         Welcome remarks: Ms. Arancha González, Executive Director, ITC

13:40-13:50         Keynote remarks: Mr. Houlin Zhao, Secretary-General, ITU

13:50-14:00         Presentation of the report findings: Ms. Marion Jansen, Chief Economist,
                            ITC

14:00-15:00         SME Competitiveness Outlook: Business Ecosystems for the Digital Age
                            Panel discussion and Q&A

Panellists

H.E. Ms. Cheryl Spencer, Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the United Nations and its Specialized Agencies
Mr. Nicholas Niggli, Director General, Directorate General for Economic Development, Research and Innovation, Republic and State of Geneva
Ms. Ndeye Fatou Njie, Founder, TiGA, The Gambia
Mr. Jovan Kurbalija, Executive Director and Co-lead Secretariat of the UN Secretary General High Level Panel on Digital Cooperation

Moderated by Ms. Jacqueline Coté, Director Public Relations, Graduate Institute