EVENTS

For a more comprehensive list of events in trade and sustainable development, please refer to ICTSD's web calendar at: http://www.ictsd.org/cal/index.htm. If you would like to submit an event, please email events@ictsd.ch.

Coming Up: 7 - 13 June

3-15 June, The Hague, Netherlands. FOURTEENTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO CITES. Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) will consider 40 new proposals for rules changes regarding the protection of specific species. Participants will also discuss enforcement of CITES regulations, the control of illicit trafficking, and the effects of CITES rules on the rural poor. The meeting's agenda also includes the establishment of a new strategic vision for 2008 to 2013. For more information, email cites@unep.ch. internet: http://www.cites.org/eng/cop/index.shtml

6-8 June, Heiligendamm, Germany. G8 SUMMIT 2007. Heads of state and government from the Group of 8 (G8) leading industrialized nations will meet in Germany, which holds the current G8 presidency. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has declared growth and responsibility, including transparency, freedom of investment, protection of intellectual property, and sustainable resource consumption, to be the central concerns of her G8 presidency. internet: http://www.g-8.de/Webs/G8/EN/Homepage/home.html

8 June, Geneva, Switzerland. WATER AND FREE TRADE. This panel discussion will be co-hosted by the Permanent Mission of Bolivia, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Agua Sustenable and ECLAC (the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean). This half day event (15-18h) will look at issues related to the treatment of water in international trade agreements. The event will take place in UNCTAD, E - Building, Room XXVII. A reception will follow. For more information or to confirm your attendance, please contact denisse.rodriguez@bluewin.ch.

11-14 June, Riksgränsen, Sweden: SWEDISH "MIDNIGHT SUN" DIALOGUE ON CLIMATE CHANGE. Swedish Environment Ministers Andreas Carlgren has invited some thirty of his counterparts from elsewhere in the world to an informal ministerial conference in Riksgränsen. The purpose of the meeting is to engage informally in discussions and dialogue on how a future climate regime should be designed. internet: http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/8757

WTO Events

An updated list of forthcoming WTO meetings is posted at: http://www.wto.org/meets_public/meets_e.pdf. Please bear in mind that dates and times of WTO meetings are often changed, and that the WTO does not always announce the important informal meetings of the different bodies. Unless otherwise indicated, all WTO meetings are held at the WTO, Centre William Rappard, rue de Lausanne 154, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland, and are open to WTO Members and accredited observers only.

4-8 June: NAMA WEEK

4-8 June: SERVICES WEEK

7 June: COMMITTEE ON SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS

7 June: COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN SERVICES

8 June: COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN SERVICES - SPECIAL SESSION

11-12 June: COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND ENVIRONMENT - SPECIAL SESSION

Other Upcoming Events

15 June, London, UK. IMPACT OF EXTRATERRITORIAL REGULATION ON THE CROSS-BORDER FINANCIAL MARKETS. This event will focus on attempts being made on both sides of the Atlantic to resolve the current challenge of regulation. It will examine specific issues such as Sarbanes-Oxley, the impact of the evolving consolidation within the financial markets and the convergence of reporting standards. The conference, hosted by Chatham House, will bring together influential policymakers, business leaders and legal professionals to discuss the approaches being taken by the respective governments and the future outlook for cross-border investment. Internet: http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/index.php?id=5&cid=114.

25-26 June, London, UK. CLIMATE CHANGE: POLITICS VERSUS ECONOMICS. Climate change is global, both in cause and consequence, and the response requires international action. Yet environmentalists, scientists, economists, foreign policy and security experts and investors all speak different languages and have different understandings of how best to tackle the issue. The aim of this conference, hosted by Chatham House, is to bring together well-respected representatives from each of these fields to discuss the connections and to debate whether it is international politics or economics or a mixture of both that will deliver a measurable progress in the global response to climate change. For information on the conference contact conferences@chathamhouse.org.uk.

25-26 June, Macau, China: 8th IEEM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SEMINAR ON INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW AND PHARMACEUTICALS. This seminar, hosted by the Institute of European Studies of Macau (IEEM), will feature lectures on the pharmaceutical industry in Asia, antitrust laws, and the effects of medicinal patents on public health in developing countries. For more information contact Beatrice Lam at beatrice@ieem.org.mo. internet: http://www.ieem.org.mo/courses/ipl/index.html.

25-27 June, Stanford, California. INTERNATIONAL ENERGY WORKSHOP (IEW). IEW is a network of global energy experts that meet annually to discuss a wide range of topics, with particular emphasis on global as well as regional energy issues. The annual IEW meetings focus on energy assessments and try to understand the reasons for diverging views of development in the energy sector. For more information contact John Weyant at weyant@leland.stanford.edu. internet: http://www.internationalenergyworkshop.org/Workshop_2007.html