Programme and documents


Preliminary Programme

 

DAY 1

Opening plenary: Beyond the Crisis: International Investment for a Stronger, Cleaner, Fairer Global Economy

  • Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary General, OECD
  • Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary General, UNCTAD
  • H.E. Paavo Väyrynen, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development, Finland
  • H.E. Mahmoud Mohieldin, Minister of Investment, Egypt
  • H.E. Marco Vinicio Ruiz, Minister for Trade, Costa Rica
  • Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, Chief Executive Officer, NEPAD
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs, designate, United States

Session 1.1. Beyond the Crisis: challenges and opportunities for global players from emerging markets

Chair:

  • Dr. Karl P. Sauvant, Executive Director, Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment

Speakers to be confirmed


Session 1.2. Unlocking investment potential in Africa: What role for the OECD after the Doha review of the Monterrey Consensus? 

Chair:

  • Mr. Eckhard Deutscher, Chair, OECD Development Assistance Committee


Keynote speaker:

  • Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, Chief Executive Officer, NEPAD

 

Discussants to be confirmed

 

Session 1.3. Special lecture on exploring the interface between responsible business conduct and corporate governance: lessons from the Japanese experience

Keynote speaker:

  • Professor Haruo Funabashi, Visiting Professor at Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Tokyo, and author of “Timeless Ventures: 32 Japanese Companies that Imbibed 8 Principles of Longevity”

 

Discussant:

  • Mr. Anant G. Nadkarni, Vice President of the Tata Council for Community Initiatives

 

Session 1.4. Harnessing international investment in support of green growth strategies

 

Session 1.5. World Investment and Political Risk

 

DAY 2

Session 2.1. Foreign investment and national security: future challenges to a balanced approach

Chair to be confirmed

Speakers:

  • Professor Theodore H. Moran, Georgetown University: “Foreign Acquisitions and National Security: What are Genuine Threats?  What are Implausible Worries?”
  • Professor Nicolas Veron Bruegel: “Sovereign Wealth Funds and National Security: Devising an Optimal Strategy”
  • Mrs. Kathryn Gordon, Head of “Freedom of Investment” unit, OECD: “The Guidelines for Recipient Country Investment Policies relating to National Security”
  • Mr. Daniel M. Price, former Assistant to the US President and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs
  • Mr. Hareb Al-Darmaki, Executive Director, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority

 

Session 2.2. Promoting responsible international investment in agriculture

 

Session 2.3. Investment policy challenges and priorities in Latin America

Chair:

  • Mr. Manfred Schekulin, Chair, OECD Investment Committee


Speakers:

  • Mr. Marco Vinicio Ruiz, Minister of Trade, Costa Rica
  • Mr. Fernando Cepeda Ulloa, Ambassador of Colombia, Paris, France
  • Mrs. Beatriz Nofal, Director, National Investment Agency, Argentina
 

Session 2.4. Measuring country performance in attracting FDI: useful guides for policy or a beauty contest?

 

Special plenary consultation on the Review of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

 

Further material relating to this event will be posted on this page as it becomes available.

 

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