Two Part Launch of NextGenTrade™ Signature Series on the Future of Trade: Save 20% By Buying Tickets to Both Events

By Washington International Trade Association (WITA)

Date and time

April 28, 2017 · 9am - May 3, 2017 · 10:30am EDT

Location

Horizon Ballroom - Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center

1300 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest Horizon Ballroom Washington, DC 20004

Refund Policy

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Description

WITA's NextGenTrade™

Two Part Launch of its Signature Series

on the Future of Trade and Global Value Chains

Part 1: The Future of Trade, Business, Work and Politics in a 5G World

Friday, April 28, 2017

9:00 AM

Please Join WITA as we kickoff NextGenTrade’s™ signature series on the Future of Trade and Global Value Chains with a special event looking at five mega trends that are shaping the future of trade, business, and work.

Featuring:
(follow links to learn more about the speakers and their work)

Robert Moran, Brunswick Insight
Presenting their landmark project: The Five G’s that Define the World

Colin Bradford, Brookings
Speaking on The Impact on Work from Digitization and Artificial Intelligence

Elizabeth Vazquez, We Connect International
Speaking on The Role of Women in Corporate Value Chains

Josh Kraushaar, National Journal,

Speaking about Politics and Media

Additional Speakers TBA

Part 2: Global Value Chains and the Trade Policy of the Future

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

9:00 AM

What are the changes we see happening or are imminent in global value chains, and what will those changes mean for supply chains and the nature of global trade?

In Part 2 of our Launch of WITA's signature series on the Future of Trade and Global Value Chains, we will examine how trade policy should be adapted to anticipate the future of global value chains and supply chains

Featuring:

(follow links to learn more about the speakers and their work)

Ted Moran, Georgetown University

Jose Guilherme Reis, The World Bank

Magnus Rentzhog, Swedish National Board of Trade author of the papers

3D printing, blockchain, and trade negotiations

and Trade Regulation in a 3D Printed World

Moderator: Maria Luisa Boyce, UPS

Additional Speakers TBA

If you'd like to find out how to sponsor WITA's NextGenTrade™ Series on the Future of Trade and Global Value Chains, please contact Diego Anez danez@wita.org.

If you are Hill staff and wish to attend, please email Diego Anez danez@wita.org.

WITA has a 48-hour cancellation policy. Any cancellations made within 48 hours of this event will be charged to cover costs.

Organized by

Washington International Trade Association (WITA)

WITA is Washington’s premier trade forum. It is the largest non-profit, non- partisan organization in the world dedicated to providing a neutral forum for an open and robust discussion of international trade and economic issues.

Our growing membership consists of over 2,200 international trade professionals, including business people, diplomats, academics, government employees, attorneys, consultants, and others interested in international trade.

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