Past event, WITA event

Digital Trade and the WTO eCommerce Initiative

Thursday, May 9, 2019 at 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM (EST)

Polaris Suite | Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW

Digital trade is essential to 21st century businesses and commerce. With a WTO digital trade and eCommerce initiative taking shape, what are companies and sectors looking for from these talks? What might a plurilateral agreement look like? Please join WITA as we discuss some of the critical issues that should be on the menu when countries meet in later this month?

Featuring

Welcome by Elisabeth Bowes, Minister-Counselor, Embassy of Australia

Panel I

Christine Bliss, Coalition of Services Industries

Anupam Chander, Georgetown Law

Josh Kallmer, Information Technology Industry Council

Moderator, Christopher Melly, AIG

Panel II

Katie Hays, Caterpillar

Adam Hemphill, Walmart

Jennifer Sanford, Cisco Systems, Inc

Arun Venkataraman, Visa

Moderator, Jake Colvin, National Foreign Trade Council