The WTI is pleased to host a series of special lectures delivered by experts and open to the public.
Registration may be required as space is limited. To attend a lecture, please follow the registration information on the event's individual listing.
Please check back soon for upcoming expert lectures in 2019.
Recent special lectures at the WTI, with links to presentations when available:
14 December, Lothar Ehring, Senior Expert in the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Trade: National security safeguards, trade wars and WTO dispute settlement in crisis, Global Economic Governance Seminar Series.
11 December, Hong Zhao, Member of the WTO Appellate Body: China and the multilateral trading system, Global Economic Governance Seminar Series.
3 December, Victor do Prado, Director of Council and TNC Division at the WTO: Negotiation and decision-making in the WTO II, Global Economic Governance Seminar Series.
26 November 2018, Susan Emmenegger, Professor of Law and the Director of the Institute of Banking Law at Bern University: Recent developments in international monetary and financial law and policy, Global Economic Governance Seminar Series.
20 November 2018, Ujal Singh Bhatia, Member of the WTO Appellate Body: India and the multilateral trading system, Global Economic Governance Seminar Series.
13 November 2018, Didier Chambovey, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the WTO: Switzerland and the multilateral trading system, Global Economic Governance Seminar Series.
7 November 2018, Thomas Graham, Member of the WTO Appellate Body: US and the multilateral trading system, Global Economic Governance Seminar Series.
6 November 2018, Victor do Prado, Director of Council and TNC Division at the WTO. Global Economic Governance Seminar Series.
Presentation: Negotiation and decision-making in the WTO I
30 October 2018, Shree Servansing, Member of the WTO Appellate Body: Defending Development: The Politics of Developing Country Coalitions at the WTO, Global Economic Governance Seminar Series.
22 October 2018, Muliaman Hadad, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Global Economic Governance Seminar Series.
Presentation: Global financial reform and crisis management protocols: Indonesia's Experience
13 September 2018, Ambassador Markus Schlagenhof, Delegate of the Federal Council for Trade Agreements and head of the World Trade Division in the Foreign Economic Affairs Directorate, SECO. Graduate programmes opening ceremony.
Presentation: The Shape of International Trade to Come: Challenges and Opportunities
29 June 2018, Ambassador Alan Wolff, Deputy Director-General, WTO. Graduate programmes closing ceremony.
Presentation: The Rule of Law in an Age of Conflict
25 April 2018, Stephen de Boer, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the WTO. Special lecture.
Presentation: Canada's Progressive Trade Agenda
23 June 2017, Marc Vanheukelen, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the European Union to the WTO. MILE closing ceremony.
Presentation: Winning the Argument on Trade
22 June 2017, Francois Crépeau, Professor at the Faculty of Law of McGill University, and Director of the McGill Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, and former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants. Special lecture.
Presentation: Populism and Migration: The Need for a Principled Response to Migration Challenges
16 September 2016, Peter Van den Bossche, Director of Studies WTI and former WTO Appellate Body Member. Graduate programmes opening ceremony.
Presentation: Introduction at MILE 17 opening ceremony,