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Opening session

• Speech by Angel Gurría, Secretary General, OECD
  
  

Keynote presentation

• Prof. Jagdish Bhagwati, Columbia University
  
  

Session I

• Trade, Employment and Growth, Gary Banks, Productivity Commission
  
  
• Making Globalisation Socially Sustainable, Stephen Pursey, ILO
  
  
• Trade and Employment in Asia, Doug Brooks, ADB
  
  

Session II, Part I

• Trade integration and income inequality: links and policy responses, Stefano Scarpetta, OECD
  
  
• Trade, international trading system and inclusive development, Mina Masheyekhi, UNCTAD
  
  

Session II, Part II

• Trade and Inclusive Growth, Bernard Hoekman, World Bank
  
  
• Connectivity, trade facilitation and inclusive growth: Some lessons from the Greater Mekong Subregional cooperation program, Jean-Pierre Verbeist, Asian Institute of Technology
  
  

Session III

• Multilateralising RTAs - Labour Market Implications, Alejandro Jara, World Trade Organisation
  
  
• Employment implications of regional trade integration: Is it all about trade policy?, Paolo Giordano, IADB
  
  
• Asian and Transpacific Paths to the Asia-Pacific Economic Community, Michael Plummer, OECD
  
  

Session IV

• Labour Market policy and Trade, John Martin, OECD
  
  
• Trade and Employment: From Myths to Facts, Marion Jansen, ILO
  
  
• Trade, Adjustement and Labour Market Policies, Steven J. Matusz, Michigan State University
  
  

Technical Seminar

• OECD Policy Brief - Key Themes Arising from ICITE Work To-Date, Douglas Lippoldt and Monika Sztajerowska, OECD
  
  
• Trade, employment and structural change in Australia, Patrick Jomini, Australian Productivity Commission
  Discussant: Ralf Peters, UNCTAD
  
  
• Trade and Labour Market Adjustment, Susan Stone, OECD
  Discussant: Marion Jansen, ILO
  
  
• Trade, Offshoring and U.S. Multinational Employment in the Manufacturing Sector, 1999-2008, Samira Salem, USITC
  Discussant: Cosimo Beverelli, WTO, comments
  
  
• Growth in Per Capita GDP: 25 Years of Empirical Evidence on the Role of Market Openness, Daniel Lederman, World Bank
  Discussant: Nick Vink, University of Stellenbosch
  
  
• Productivity Growth in Latin American Manufacturing: What role for international trade intensities?,  Nanno Mulder, ECLAC
  Discussant: Niny Khor, ADB, comments