Trade Facilitation - ECI

Time Activities
12:30 - 13:00 Registration
13:00 - 13:05 Welcome Remarks
13:05 - 13:15 Keynote Address
13:15 - 14:00 Panel Discussion
Identifying Risks and Challenges in the Global Trade
14:00 - 14:30 Best Practice Presentations
Innovative Solutions in Trade Insurance
14:30 - 15:10 Crafting the Policy Proposal
15:10 - 15:50 White Paper Development
15:50 - 16:00 Closing Remarks and Next Steps

Free Trade and Challenges to Economic Regional Integration

Time Activities
10:00 - 10:30 Registration
10:30 - 10:10 Welcome Remarks
10:10 - 10:15 Opening Remarks
10:15 - 10:30 Discussion: Exchange rate and export competitiveness
10:30 - 10:45 Discussion: Investment Incentives and Social Expenditure
10:45 - 11:00 Discussion: Improving Public Finance and Debt Management
11:00 - 11:15 Discussion: Lessons from the Public-Private Partnership
11:15 - 11:30 Discussion: Technical Barriers to Trade and Trade Deficit
11:30 - 12:00 Open Discussion
12:00 - 12:15 Recommendations & Concluding Remarks

TradeTech Global Forum

Time Activities
08:30 - 09:15 Community Breakfast
09:30 - 10:00 Keynotes – Official Opening of the TradeTech Forum 2024
10:00 - 11:00 Panel Discussion – How do we boost the TradeTech ecosystem?
11:00 - 12:00 Workshops – TradeTech Futures Lab: Shaping Inclusive, Efficient, and Sustainable Global Trade
12:00 Official inauguration of the TradeTech Fair
12:00 - 13:30 Networking Lunch
12:30 - 13:30 Start-up Pitches
13:30 - 14:15 Interviews – The Thinker, the Innovator, and the Builder
14:15 - 15:15 Four Round Table Conversations – in parallel
15:15 - 15:45 Coffee Break
15:45 - 16:30 Panel Discussion: MC13 meets TradeTech: Role of International Policies in Advancing Inclusive and Sustainable Trade Through Technology
16:30 - 17:15 Panel Discussion – From Vision to Action: Building Coalitions for a Global TradeTech Boom
17:15 - 17:45 Plenary: TradeTech Forum Insights & Outlook
17:45 - 18:00 Closing Remarks
17:45 - 18:30 TradeTech Fair and Networking Reception

Trade Finance - HSBC

Closed meeting by invite only

Time Activities
08:30 - 09:30 Networking Breakfast
09:30 - 10:15 Global Trade Finance – Economic Outlook
10:30 - 12:00 Future of Global Trade Finance: Digitalization
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 14:30 Re-Shaping Supply Chains: Resilience, Transparency & Sustainability
14:45 - 15:00 End – Closing Remarks

Philanthropy and Trade Roundtable

Time Activities
09:00 - 09:10 Welcome Remarks and Introduction
09:10 - 09:30 Session 1
Keynote Presentation:
Strategic Philanthropy and Trade - Setting the Scene
09:30 – 10:00 Session 2
Roundtable Discussion:
Streamlining Trade Processes through Philanthropy
10:00 - 10:10 Networking Break
10:10 - 10:40 Session 3
Roundtable Discussion:
Empowering the Global South/Global Majority through Strategic Philanthropy
10:40 – 11:10 Session 4
Discussion:
Philanthropy and the WTO - Collaborative Pathways
11:10 - 11:30 Closing Remarks and Way Forward

SME Side Event

Time Activities
09:30 - 10:00 Introduction
Fireside Chat
10:00 - 10:45 Panel Discussion
Innovation & Digital Transformation
10:45 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:00 Globalization: Export Opportunities & Challenges
The International Trade Game
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch & Informal Networking
13:30 - 14:00 Transitioning towards the Green Economy
Masterclass
14:00 - 14:45 Inclusion, Equity, & Diversity
Workshop
14:45 - 15:30 Panel Discussion
Access to Finance & Cross Border Payments
15:30 - 16:00 Pitching Session
16:00 - 17:00 Networking

WLP Logistics Challenge - DP World

Time Activities
10:00 - 10:15 Welcome & Introduction
10:15 - 10:30 Ice Breaker Session
10:30 - 11:00 1st Session: Understanding the challenges
11:00 - 11:15 Break
11:15 - 11:50 2nd Session: Finding the solution
11:50 - 12:20 3rd Session: Developing your roadmap
12:20 - 13:20 Lunch
13:20 - 13:50 4th Session: Presenting the solution
13:50 - 14:00 Wrap Up and Close

Sustainable Trade Africa

Time Activities
09:00 - 09:30 Arrival of Guest
09:35 - 09:40 Welcome Remarks
09:45 - 09:50 Address
09:55 - 10:00 Remarks
10:05 - 10:10 Keynote Remarks – UAE
10:15 - 10:20 Keynote Remarks – Africa
10:25 - 10:30 Presentation “The UAE-Africa Trade Gateway”
10:35 - 10:55 Ministerial Talks: Igniting Opportunities: Exploring Africa’s Potential
11:00 - 11:10 Establishment of The Africa Policy Center in Abu Dhabi
11:15 - 12:00 Panel Discussion 1 – Economic Zones
Promoting Africa's Economic Zones: Journey Towards Green Growth and Innovation
12:05 - 12:50 Panel Discussion 2 – CROSS-BORDER TRADE
Strategic Trade Bridge: Enhancing Cross-Border Connectivity in Africa
12:55 – 13:00 Closing Remarks

Future of Cargo

Time Activities
09:00 - 09:30 Registration and Refreshments
09:30 - 09:35 Welcome Remarks
09:35 - 09:45 Keynote Address
09:45 - 10:00 Fireside chat
10:00 - 10:55 Panel Discussion
10:55 - 11:00 Closing Remarks
11:00 - 15:00 Networking and closed door business side meetings