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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