THE WIF 2023 Academic TRACK
The WIF 2023 Academic Track, to be held during the 2023 World Investment Forum in Abu Dhabi, will consist of several thematic sessions over 4 days (October 16-19, 2023).
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Opening of the Academic Track: Research Policy Dialogue (Monday 16 October 11:30-12:45) with Amelia U. Santos-Paulino, UNCTAD
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Academic Track (session I) (Tuesday 17 October 16:30-18:00)
with Prof. Ari Van Assche, Ms. Fernanda Garcia, Dr. Shasha Zhao, Dr. Elizabeth Yi Wang, Prof. Christos Pitelis, Prof. Robert Grosse, Mr. Detlef Zühlke and Ms. Anila Noor
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Academic Track (session II) (Wednesday 18 October 9:30-12:30)
with Prof. Tommaso Ferretti, Prof. Elizabeth M. Moore, Mr. Steven A. Altman, Ms. Kristin Brandl, Prof. Roberta Rabellotti, Dr. Zarlasht Muhammad Razeq, Dr. Abderaouf Bouguerra, Prof. Kunal Sen, Ms. Lea Tschan, Prof. Melissa Vergara-Fernández, Prof. Andrew Mackenzie, Dr. Beatriz Calzada Olvera, Prof. Paul Vaaler, and Prof. Sarianna Lundan (Moderator)
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Academic Track (session III) (Wednesday 18 October 15:00-18:00)
With Prof. Ugo Panizza, Mr. Ignacio Marra, Ms. Yselle Kuete, Prof. Konstantin M. Wacker, Ms. Stephania Mageste, Mr. Zakaria Boulanouar, Mr. Mongbet Zounkifirou, Prof. Claire Brunel, Mr. Brad Handler, Mr. Sodiq Arogundade and Mr. Mark Akrofi
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Academic Track (session IV) Thursday 19 October 12.30-13:30)
With Prof. Aurelie Dariel, Dr. Julia Calvert, Dr. Shruti Sharma and Ms. Wendy Teleki
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Academic Track Closing (Thursday 19 October 16:30-18:00)
With Prof. Ugo Panizza, Prof. Caroline Flammer, Prof. Xiaolan Fu, Prof. Jennifer P. Poole, Prof. Sarianna Lundan, Dr. Amelia U. Santos-Paulino
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
UNCTAD, AIB, Geneva Graduate Institute's Centre for Finance and Development, UNU-WIDER, CEPR, NYU, NYU Abu Dhabi, SIEL and CCSI.
THE WORLD INVESTMENT FORUM
The 8th World Investment Forum, organized by UNCTAD’s Division on Investment and Enterprise, will be held from 16 to 20 October 2023 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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Previous editions took place in Accra (2008), Xiamen (2010), Doha (2012), Geneva (2014), Nairobi (2016), Geneva (2018) and Online (2021). The Forum was set up to fill the investment institutional gap in the international economic governance architecture. Since its inception it has served as the leading forum to leverage investment policy for sustainable development.
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