Key Outcomes and Way Forward (Closing Session)

This session will provide a summary of concrete actions presented during the E-Commerce Week in the policy areas of eTrade For All, which can contribute to making e-commerce more inclusive.

There will be room for participants in the audience to express their views on what we should focus on in the next year to make the most progress in unlocking the potential of e-commerce for development.

Chair: Shamika N. Sirimanne, DTL Director, UNCTAD

15:00 - Explaining the format and purpose of this session

15:05 - Opening remarks by Torbjorn Fredriksson, UNCTAD

15:15 - Reporting from sessions (5-6 min per session)

• Session on gender and e-commerce: Frances Lisson, Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organisation, AustraliaAmbassador of Australia
• Special session on LDCs: Jonathan Werner, Enhanced Integrated Framework
• Session on measurement, Michael J. Ferrantino, World Bank
• Session on consumer protection, Teresa Moreira, UNCTAD
• Session on trade logistics, Mohammad Saeed, ITC
• Session on payments, Nick Ashton-Hart, UNCTAD Advisor
• Session on SMEs, James Howe, ITC
• Session on broadband development, Anna Polomska, ITU
• Session with Youth, Laura Beltran Morales
  

16:00 - Open discussion moderated by the Chair

• Lessons learned
• Priorities for the coming year
• Ways to improve the E-Commerce Week
  

17:45 Closing remarks by Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General, UNCTAD