eCommerce Week 2019: From Digitalization to Development

1 Apr 2019 - 5 Apr 2019

Geneva, Switzerland

Session reports

11:30 - 13:00 Data sharing and single window in the Eurasian Economic Union, using UNECE standards
11:30 - 13:00 Growing trust deficits online: Implications and responses
13:15 - 14:45 Setting global trade rules on e-commerce – opportunities, challenges, perspectives, and the Impact on developing countries
13:30 - 15:00 Parallel event on digital inclusion for persons with disabilities
14:00 - 17:30 Expanding the horizon for MSMEs in international trade: Role of e-services
15:00 - 16:30 Technology, data, and global trade: New pathways of development
15:00 - 16:30 WTO e-commerce negotiations: The consumer trust challenge
15:00 - 18:00 Enhancing the digital dimension in development co-operation strategies
16:00 - 17:15 The African e-commerce landscape through the eyes of digital entrepreneurs
16:30 - 18:00 Free flow of data and data protection - How do we square the circle?
10:00 - 11:30 Building an inclusive digital economy with local business communities
10:00 - 11:30 How can e-commerce, international trade, and data flows contribute to development
10:00 - 11:30 Investment and funding situation for e-commerce value chain in developing countries
10:00 - 13:00 Ministerial roundtable on trade, data, & digitalisation
11:30 - 13:00 African continental integration and sustainable development in the digital era
11:30 - 13:00 E-commerce, technology, and trade promotion: Creating opportunities for all
11:30 - 13:00 Trusted universal connectivity and innovative partnerships to drive inclusive digital transformation
15:00 - 17:30 High-level dialogue: From digitalisation to development
09:00 - 12:30 Latest technology trends: Impacting e-business, internet trading, and trade facilitation
10:00 - 11:30 Global standards for an efficient, sustainable, and inclusive cross-border e-commerce
10:00 - 13:00 Digitalisation and the realisation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) for Africa’s digital transformation
10:00 - 13:00 Industry dialogue on trade facilitation for e-commerce development
11:30 - 13:00 International co-operation on consumer protection in cross-border e-commerce
13:15 - 14:45 Globalisation - Perception vs. reality: why opposition to international trade and open borders is misplaced, counter-productive, and harmful to our future security and prosperity
13:15 - 14:45 Monetising big data in Africa
13:15 - 14:45 Sustainable tax policy in the digital era: Implications of technology-enabled trade
15:00 - 16:30 Collaborating for success in e-commerce: How jointly managed services can enable small and medium sized enterprises to conduct international e-commerce
15:00 - 18:00 Industry dialogue on trade facilitation for e-commerce development - continued
10:00 - 11:30 Digital platforms and the rise of informal work in Africa
10:00 - 11:30 Trade-related aspects of e-Commerce: What to expect?
11:30 - 13:00 The role of online platforms in digital transformation: The EU's experience
11:30 - 13:00 Round table on cyberlaw, cybercrime, & cybersecurity
13:15 - 14:45 Stengthening MSMEs and creating jobs through digital industralisation: What policies work?
13:15 - 14:45 Updating the rules for the digital economy – in support of an ambitious outcome of WTO e-commerce negotiations
15:00 - 16:30 Blockchains in trade logistics – implications for developing country Integration in global supply chains
15:00 - 16:30 Intellectual property and development in the digital economy
10:00 - 11:30 Implications of algorithmic decision-making for cartel enforcement: challenges and opportunities for young competition authorities
10:00 - 11:30 Intergovernmental Group of Experts on E-commerce and the Digital Dconomy (third session)
10:00 - 13:00 Trade logistics and e-commerce
11:30 - 13:00 Panel discussion on the development implications of the proposed WTO plurilateral negotiations on electronic commerce
11:30 - 13:00 Sustainable development goals in the age of AI and digital trade

Event report

The 2019 edition of the United Nations Commission on Trade and Development’s (UNCTAD) eCommerce Week was held under the theme ‘From Digitalization to Development’ on 1-5 April in Geneva, Switzerland. The GIP Digital Watch observatory provided just-in-time reporting from over 40 sessions.

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The 2019 edition of the United Nations Commission on Trade and Development’s (UNCTAD) eCommerce Week will focus on the theme ‘From Digitalization to Development’.

The event represents a forum where ministers, senior government officials, CEOs and other business representatives, international organisations, development banks, academics, and civil society gather for multistakeholder discussions about developments, opportunities, and risks of the digital economy.

For more information about the event, visit the dedicated web page.

 

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