Parallel events on site

Friday, 11 June 10h00 Room I Group of 77 | Special Ministerial Meeting to Commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Group Saturday, 12 June 10h00 Room I Group of 77 | Special Ministerial Meeting to Commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Group 15h00 Room A Workshop on Alternative Economic Strategies for Latin America Sunday, 13 June 09h30 Room II FAO Symposium on The Role of Agriculture in Development Agricultural development and agricultural trade promote sustained economic growth, poverty reduction and food security. 09h30 Room A High-Level Panel on Creative Industries and Development Participating Agencies: ILO, ITC and UNESCO. 10h00 Room B Symposium on the trade dimension of international development initiatives Organised by the Agency for International Trade Information and Cooperation (AITIC) and the Secretariat of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States on the occasion of UNCTAD XI 14h00 Room C Launch of the World Investment Directory: Latin America and the Caribbean | Global Investment Prospects 2004-2007 Press conference launch 15h00 Room B Ministerial Meeting of LDCs 16h30 Room B Ministerial Meeting of Landlocked Countries Monday, 14 June 15h00 Room A The Role of Competition Policy in Promoting Competitiveness and Development 15h00 Room II Round Table on Harnessing Emerging Technologies to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDG's) Organized by UNCTAD and UNIDO, in collaboration with the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD). Tuesday, 15 June 10h00 Room II Trade and Gender (UN Task Force) Millennium Development Goals. Mainstreaming the gender perspective into development policies at all levels and in all sectors. Integrated treatment of trade and development, including the trade and gender nexus. 10h00 Auditorium Regina High-level Round Table on Innovative Financing for Development Organized by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) 10h00 Auditorium Regina WAIPA Annual Conference 13h00 Room II Using Competitiveness and Social Efficiency for Sustainable Human Development | Experiences in Bolivia, Morocco, Senegal and Viet Nam Organized by the UNCTAD-UNDP Global Programme on Globalization, Liberalization and Sustainable Human Development 14h00 Auditorium Ipiranga Forum on International Trade and Tourism Co-organized with: Ministry of Tourism, Brazil and World Torurism Organization 15h00 Room C "Development and Globalization: Facts and Figures" (DGFF) Presentation of a new statistical publication on the occasion of UNCTAD XI. 15h00 Room II Biotrade Initiative: Trade and Biodiversity Partnerships UNCTAD BIOTRADE focuses on private-sector involvement and partnerships to promote sustainable use of biodiversity through trade. 15h00 Room A Commodities, Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Development Wednesday, 16 June 09h00 Room C Implementing the WSIS Plan of Action | Issues for Trade and Development Co-organized with the UN ICT Task Force Secretariat 10h00 Room D EMPRETEC Side events 10h00 Room C Meeting of the Trade Points of the Americas Co-organized with the Inter-American Trade Point Forum (IATPF) 10h00 Room II The Regional Dimension of Trade and Development | Round Table with Executive Heads of Regional Economic Commissions 10h00 Auditorium Regina WAIPA Annual Conference 14h30 Room II Workshop on Accountancy and Economic Development Co-organized with BOVESPA, IBRACON, IBGC, APIMEC and FIPECAFI 15h00 Room E Trade Related E-Finance for SMEs 15h00 Auditorium Regina Launch of UNCTAD/ITC Joint Website for Trade and Investment Analysis Map | WAIPA Annual Conference 18h00 Room II International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) | Tropical Timber Trade and Development Dialogue Is the tropical timber trade contributing to sustainable development? 18h30 Room A Special Session at Ministerial level of the Committee of Participants of the GSTP Global System of Trade Preferences Among Developing Countries (GSTP) Thursday, 17 June 09h30 Room II Forum on Assessment of Trade in Services and Development Gains Assessment of Benefits for Developing Countries and Development Strategies 10h00 Room C Meeting of the Trade Points of the Americas Co-organized with the Inter-American Trade Point Forum (IATPF) 10h00 Auditorium Regina High-Level Panel on Trade and Development Strategies for LDC's 10h00 Room A Globalization of the Tobacco Epidemic | Tobacco Control and Development Tobacco control is an important instrument for improving development, particularly in developing countries. Tobacco Free Initiative organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) 13h00 Room G Intellectual Property Rights and Challenges for Development Organized by: The International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) 14h00 Room C ASYCUDAWorld Presentation 14h30 Auditorium Regina Panel on Trade for Human Development | Trade liberalization, economic growth and poverty reduction: the empirical relationship Organized by: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 14h30 Room II Building Business Competitiveness | An Interactive Debate Oganized by the International Trade Center (ITC) 15h00 Room A Round Table on Promoting Trade for Sustainable Development (45) Co-organized with: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Ministry of the Environment, Brazil and Ministry of External Affairs, Brazil. Friday, 18 June 09h30 Room II Seminar on International Trade in Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) | Trends and Capacity-Building Needs 10h00 Room A JITAP Meeting | Capacity Building in Assuring Developmental Gains from the Multilateral Trading System Co-organized with ITC, WTO and JITAP Coordination Unit