Global Trade Virtual Week 2021 | The Economist Events | 28 June 2021 | Virtual Event

Prosperity powered by trust: technology, data and supply chain resilience

Together, we can build trade back better.

Bridging the gap between high-level geopolitical debate, digital innovation and the day-to-day realities of managing supply chains and logistics, this event will offer a unique opportunity to advance global trade dialogue and trust between key stakeholders.

As liberalism falls out of favour in the West, can the current rules-based order survive the next century? What have we learned about supply chain resilience? Is Blockchain the fools gold or a panacea for paperless cross-border trade? Will EU carbon border taxes be a protectionist weapon in a green disguise? If data is the new oil, should it be valued as a commodity? How is global trade driving post-pandemic economic recovery and what is the exit strategy for easing Covid-19 export restrictions?

Who should attend?
Policymakers, government representatives, trade experts, analysts, economists and global business leaders from functions including: general management, finance, operations, marketing, technology, manufacturing, supply chain, government, academia, CSR, legal.

From industries including:
• Government, Policymakers, Regulation, Multilaterals
• Supply Chain, Logistics and Freight, Manufacturing, Ports and Airports, Transportation, Security, Cybersecurity, Financial Services, Legal Services
• Academia, Consultancies
• Trade and Industry Associations, Chambers of Commerce

2021 Speakers

Ambassador Katherine Tai
United States Trade Representative

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Director-general, World Trade Organisation

Anthony Scaramucci
Founder and co-managing partner, Skybridge Capital and founder and chairman, SALT

Anabel González
Deputy director-general, WTO and Senior fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics

Dr. Kai-Fu Lee
Chairman and chief executive officer, Sinovation Ventures

Mary Ng PC MP
Minister of small business, export promotion and international trade, Government of Canada

Angela Qu
Chief procurement officer, Lufthansa Group

Jack Cheng
Chief executive officer, MIH Alliance at Foxconn and co-founder of NIO, Inc.

John Neuffer
President and chief executive officer, The Semiconductor Industry Association

Ranil Jayawardena
Minister for international trade, UK Parliament

Jacklyn (Jackie) Sturm
Corporate vice president, Global supply-chain operations, Intel Corporation

Reinhard Bütikofer
Chair of the European Parliament delegation for relations with China

Carola Schouten
Deputy Prime Minister, Dutch Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, Government of The Netherlands

Hildegarde Naughton TD
Minister of state for transport, Government of Ireland

Sally Jones
Trade strategy leader, EY UK & Ireland

Amanda Lacaze
Managing director and chief executive officer, Lynas

Siddharth Chatterjee
United Nations resident coordinator in China

Mike Corbo
Chief supply-chain officer, Colgate Palmolive

Victor Gao
Vice president, Center for China & Globalization and former interpreter for Deng Xiaoping

Meri Stevens
Worldwide vice president supply-chain, consumer health & deliver, Johnson & Johnson

Mari Pangestu
Managing director for development policy and partnerships, World Bank and former Indonesian trade minister

Quentin Roach
Chief procurement officer, Mondelēz International

Kay Oswald
President of International, SmileDirectClub

Jennifer Hillman
Senior fellow for trade and international political economy, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

Hamid Zarringhalam
Corporate vice president, Nikon and chief executive officer of Nikon Ventures Corporation

Carlos Londono
Vice President and Head of Supply-Chain, Chipotle Mexican Grill

Michael Froman
Vice chairman, Mastercard

Hon Phil Twyford
Minister of state for trade and export growth, New Zealand Government

Opeyemi Olomo
Product development, trade digital capabilities and transformation, Citi

Richard Wilding OBE
Professor of supply-chain strategy, Cranfield School of Management

Zanny Minton Beddoes
Editor-in-chief, The Economist

The Hon Dan Tehan MP
Minister for trade, tourism and investment, Parliament of Australia

Roland Cloutier
Chief security officer, TikTok

Pini Althaus
Chief executive officer, USA Rare Earth

Natasha Condon
Managing director, global head of core trade, JP Morgan Chase

Geoff Jiang
President of intelligent technology business group, Ant Group

Sami Naffakh
Chief supply officer, Member of the group executive committee, Reckitt Benckiser

Penny Naas
President international public affairs and sustainability, UPS

Dr. Ann Cavoukian
Executive director, Global Privacy & Security by Design Centre and former information and privacy commissioner of Ontario

Roberto Azevêdo
Chief corporate affairs officer, PepsiCo

Atty. Allan B. Gepty
Assistant secretary for international trade policy and trade negotiation, Department of Trade and Industry, Government of the Philippines

Thomas Udesen
Chief procurement officer, Bayer and Founder, The Sustainable Procurement Pledge

Christoph Schell
Chief commercial officer, HP Inc.

Marc Engel
Chief supply-chain officer, Unilever

Leila Aridi Afas
Director, International public policy, Toyota

Stuart M. Whiting FCILT, MSc
Senior vice president of logistics and planning, Schneider Electric

The Rt Hon Dr Liam Fox
Member of parliament for North Somerset, International trade secretary (2016-19), UK Parliament

Sarah Thorn
Senior director, global government affairs, Walmart

Gustavo Burger
Chief Supply Officer International, Kraft Heinz

Karan Bhatia
Vice president government affairs and public policy, Google

Jehiel Oliver
Chief executive officer and founder, Hello Tractor

Roger Atkins
Founder, Electric Vehicles Outlook

Cecilia Malmström
Former European Commissioner for Trade

Tilman Eichstadt
Senior vice president, supply, product and sustainability, HelloFresh

Emer Cunningham
Vice president internal medicine global supply-chain, Pfizer

Marion Jansen
Director of the trade and agriculture directorate, OECD

Masamichi Kono
Deputy secretary-general, OECD

Dr. Dirk Holbach
Corporate senior vice president global supply-chain laundry & home care, Henkel

Martin Tisné
Managing director, Luminate

Niclas Mårtensson
Chief executive officer, Stena Line

Vijay Vaitheeswaran
US Business Editor, The Economist

Dr. Yossi Sheffi
Director, Center for Transportation and Logistics, MIT

Bogolo Kenewendo
Managing director, Kenewendo Advisory and Former Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry of Botswana

Soumaya Keynes
Trade and globalisation editor, The Economist

Carissa Véliz
Associate professor in philosophy, Institute for Ethics in AI, University of Oxford and Author: Privacy is Power

Fredrik Carlsson
Senior vice president, purchasing strategy and digitalization, Volvo Group

Tetsuya Watanabe
Vice President, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)

Eva Gouwens
Chief executive officer, Fairphone

Matthew Schruers
President, Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA)

Zhiqun Zhu PhD
Professor of political science and Chair of the department of international relations, Bucknell University

Simon J. Evenett
Professor of international trade and economic development, University of St. Gallen

Grete Faremo
Under-secretary general, United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)

Anand Menon
Director, UK in a Changing Europe

Kamissa Camara
Senior Visiting Expert for the Sahel, United States Institute of Peace and Former Foreign Minister of Mali

Dr. Giuseppe Scionti PhD
Founder and chief executive officer, NovaMeat

Dr. Susan Aaronson
Research professor and Director of the digital trade and data governance hub, Elliott School of International Affairs

Paul Schoenmakers
Head of impact, Tony's Chocolonely

Jake Jennings
Assistant vice president and head of global trade policy, AT&T

Oswald Kuyler
Managing director, digital standards initiative (DSI), International Chamber of Commerce

Darci Vetter
GM Public Affairs, Vice Chair Agriculture and Trade, Edelman and Former Chief Agricultural Negotiator for the Office of the USTR

Dr. Hanna Norberg
Founder and chief executive officer, Trade Economista

H.E. Mohammed Ali Al Shorafa Al Hammadi
Chairman, Abu Dhabi Economic Development Department

Dr. Adam S. Posen
President, Peterson Institute for International Economics

Debra Steger
Senior fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation

Dr. Inu Manak
Research Fellow, Cato Institute

Matthew Reisman
Director of international trade, Microsoft

Nicolás Schubert
Senior Policy Adviser, Digital Economy, Undersecretariat for International Economic Affairs of Chile

Captain Alexander N. Soukhanov
Managing director, Moran Cyber

Kim Pedersen
Senior vice president of global sales, Maersk

Lanre Oloniniyi
Co-founder and chief executive officer, Orbitt Capital

Rachel Wanyoike
Managing director of east and central Africa, Solidaridad

Richard Baldwin
Professor of international economics, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Geneva and author of 'Globotics'

Richard Griffiths
Chief executive officer, British Poultry Council

Stephanie Honey
Trade policy consultant and Former trade negotiator for the New Zealand Government

Dr. Totis Kotsonis
Competition, EU & trade partner, Pinsent Masons and member of the European Commission expert group on public procurement

Ed Barribal
Partner, McKinsey and Company

Sophie Öhrström
Executive vice president, global logistics, GANT

Alex Capri
Senior fellow and lecturer, National University of Singapore

James Thornton
Founder and chief executive officer, ClientEarth

Martijn Rasser
Senior fellow, technology and national security program, Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

Rodrigo Yáñez
Vice minister of trade, General Directorate of International Economic Relations, Chile

Sherry Madera
Chief industry and government affairs officer, London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)

Vivienne Artz OBE
Chief privacy officer and managing director, London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)

Alexandra Suich Bass
Senior correspondent for politics, technology and society, The Economist

Dr Anna Jerzewska
Founder and director, Trade and Borders

David Henig
Director, UK trade policy project, European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE)

Burcu Kilic PhD
Director, digital rights program and research director, access to medicines, Public Citizen

Bud Darr
Executive vice president maritime policy & government affairs, MSC Group

Dr. Deborah Elms
Executive director, Asian Trade Centre

Dr. Shirley Yu
Director, China-Africa Initiative, FLCA, LSE; Asia Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School

Karen Betts
Chief executive officer, Scotch Whisky Association

Pauline Bastidon
Director, trade and economic affairs, SpiritsEUROPE

Sabine Müller
Chief executive officer and executive vice president, DHL Consulting

Jonathan Rosenthal
Africa editor, The Economist

Ludwig Siegele
US technology editor, The Economist

Christopher Elliott OBE
Professor of food safety, Queen's University Belfast

Eugene Gholz
Associate professor of political science, University of Notre Dame

Jeremy Kingsley
Senior editor, The Economist Intelligence Unit

John Ferguson
Practice Head, Globalisation, trade and finance, The Economist Intelligence Unit

Kerry Contini
Partner, Baker McKenzie LLP

Dr. Mona Paulsen
Assistant professor in international economic law, LSE

Kumi Naidoo
Special advisor, Green Economy Coalition and global ambassador, Africans Rising for Justice, Peace and dignity

Lora Cecere
Founder, Supply Chain Insights

Lysa John
Secretary-general, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation

Simon Cox
Emerging markets editor, The Economist

Callum Williams
Senior economics writer, The Economist

Christian Holzer
Chief procurement officer and head of supply chain, Siemens Energy

Christian Lanng
Chief executive officer and chairman, Tradeshift

David M. Luna
President and ceo, Luna Global Networks & Convergence Strategies LLC

Diane Gilpin
Founder and ceo of Smart Green Shipping

Emma Hogan
Americas editor, The Economist

Essa Abdulla Al Ghurair
Founder and chairman, Essa Al-Ghurair Investment, United Arab Emirates

Evan Quasney
Global vice president, supply-chain solutions, Anaplan

Francesco Tramontin
Vice President group Public Policy center and EU Institutional Relations, FERRERO

Guy Platten
Secretary-general, International Chamber of Shipping

Ian Howells
Senior vice president, Honda Motor Europe

Isabelle Conrot
Head of global logistics and supply-chain operations, Roche

Jennifer Bisceglie
Founder and chief executive officer, Interos

Jeroen Scholten
Partner and global leader of global trade practice, EY

Joost Vreeswijk
Managing partner, operating model transformation, EY

Kai Fehr
Global head, trade and working capital, Standard Chartered Bank

Laura Basagni
Program manager, wider Atlantic, The German Marshall Fund of the United States

Louise Fresco
President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University Research, The Netherlands

Mahmoud Mohieldin
Executive director, International Monetary Fund

Matt Stevens
Geotab board member and Electric vehicle strategist

Matthieu Favas
Finance correspondent, The Economist

Mike Jette
Vice president, consulting, GEP

Neil Cawse
Chief executive officer, Geotab

Pervinder Johar
Chief executive officer, Blume Global

Peter Mattis
Senior advisor for global democratic resilience, National Democratic Institute and former CIA counterintelligence analyst

Pins Brown
Head of responsible procurement, Natura &Co

Pramod Gupta
Vice president, supply-chain consulting, GEP

Rem Koolhaas
Founder, partner, Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), The Netherlands

Robert Bodor
President and chief executive officer, Protolabs

Samir Bantal
Director of AMO, research branch of OMA, The Netherlands

Santosh Nair
Global head, software professional services, GEP

Satvinder Singh
Deputy secretary-general, ASEAN Economic Community

Simon Wright
Industry editor, The Economist

Soren Toft
Chief executive officer, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company

Stephen Olson
Senior research fellow, The Hinrich Foundation

Tali Rosman
Vice president and general manager, 3D Printing, Xerox

Terry Wohlers
President, Wohlers Associates Inc.

Toyin Abiodun
Manufacturing & investment advisor, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change and former embedded strategic advisor to Ministry of Trade and Industry, Rwanda

Vince Roche
President and chief executive officer, Analog Devices

Volker Roelofsen
Vice president, consulting, GEP

Xin Yi Lim
Executive director of sustainability and agricultural impact, Pinduoduo Inc.

Yoav Zeif
Chief executive officer, Stratasys

Ziyang David Fan
Head of Digital Trade, World Economic Forum

2021 Sponsors

FOUNDING SPONSOR:
• EY

LEAD SPONSORS:
• GEP
• Standard Chartered

DIAMOND SPONSOR:
• Geotab

PLATINUM SPONSOR:
• Interos

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Citi
• J.P Morgan
• Stratasys

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Anaplan
• Blume Global
• Hinrich Foundation
• Maersk
• MSC
• Orbitt
• Protolabs
• Tradeshift

KNOWLEDGE SUPPORTER:
• McKinsey & Company

SUPPORTERS:
• CABC
• China General Chamber of Commerce - USA
• Digital Trade & Data Governance Hub
• International Chamber of Shipping
• ICISA
• Trade Experettes
• World Trade Centers Association