Trade Facilitation - ECI

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

Free Trade and Challenges to Economic Regional Integration

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

TradeTech Global Forum

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

Trade Finance - HSBC

Closed meeting by invite only

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

Philanthropy and Trade Roundtable

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

SME Side Event

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

WLP Logistics Challenge - DP World

TimeActivities
10:00 - 10:15Welcome & Introduction
10:15 - 10:30Ice Breaker Session
10:30 - 11:001st Session: Understanding the challenges
11:00 - 11:15Break
11:15 - 11:502nd Session: Finding the solution
11:50 - 12:203rd Session: Developing your roadmap
12:20 - 13:20Lunch
13:20 - 13:504th Session: Presenting the solution
13:50 - 14:00Wrap Up and Close

Sustainable Trade Africa

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

Future of Cargo

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