Tomorrow’s TPOs – Keeping Pace with the Drivers of Change
7th World Conference of TPOs – The Hague, The Netherlands, 2008
Conference Presentations - 13 October 2008
Opening Ceremony
Mr. Ab van Ravestein, Managing Director, EVD International Business and Cooperation - Presentation
Ms. Patricia Francis, Executive Director, International Trade Centre - Presentation
Mr. Frank Heemskerk, Minister for Foreign Trade of the Netherlands
"Making Choices in a Globalized World" - Speech - Presentation
Keynote Address
Mr. Harsha V. Singh, Deputy Director General, World Trade Organization
"The Multilateral Trading System - Where to for Doha?"
Workshop 1: Benchmarking - Learning for Future Success
Moderator: Mr. Holger Kohl, Fraunhofer Institute, Berlin
Mr. Alessandro Teixeira, Apex-Brasil
"Why should TPOs embark upon a benchmarking program?"
Mr. Christian Volpe Martincus, Inter-American Development Bank
Is Export Promotion Effective in Latin America and the Caribbean?
Mr. Jarl Frijs-Madsen, Trade Council of Denmark
Measuring Impact – To optimize the business of your TPO
Workshop 2: Overseas Representation - Positioning for Innovation
Moderator: Dato' Noharuddin Nordin, Chief Executive Officer, Malaysian External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE)
Mr. André LeBlanc, Foreign Affairs & International Trade Canada
Our People: Agents of Change
Dr. Koen Allaert, Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT)
Review of Overseas Representation
Mr. Sergi Mata, Head Coordination Unit, Catalan Agency for Competitiveness (ACC1Ó)
ACC1Ó’s International Network
Conference paper: Olivier Naray, Enterprise Institute, University of Neuchatel
Commercial Diplomacy: A conceptual view
Networking - Adding Value for the Future
Mrs. Beratiye Öncü, IGEME, Turkey
Balkans Regional Centre for Trade Promotion (BCTP)
Mr. Philip Williams, Caribbean Export Development Agency
Caribbean Export
Mr. George Penders, EVD
European Trade Promotion Organization (ETPO)
Mr. Jorge López Pérez, ProMéxico
Iberoamerican TPO Network (REDIBERO)
Conference Presentations - 14 October 2008
Plenary Presentation
Mr. Erland Riis Lavsen, CEO, Mindfactory DK
"Web Technologies - New Ways to Work with Clients"
Workshop 3: Export Strategy - The Role of the TPO
Moderator: Mr. Anton Said, Chief, Export Strategy Section, International Trade Centre
Mr. Francisco Rivadeneira, CORPEI Ecuador
Export Strategy and the Role of the TPO - CORPEI Ecuador's case
Mr. Ben Naturinda, Uganda Export Promotion Board (UEPB)
The role of a TPO in a National Export Strategy – UEPB experiences
Mr. John Mennel, Booz Allen Hamilton, Washington
Sustainable Export Strategies – How TPOs Can Play an Important Role
Mr. Wang Jinzhen, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT)
The development of China's National Trade Strategy and Policy
Workshop 4: National Export Awards - Promoting Export Impact for Good?
Moderator: Mr. Tim Gibson, Chief Executive, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE)
Ms. Olena Navas, Foreign Trade Promotion Centre of Cuba
National Awards for the Best Exporter – The Cuban experience
Mr. Seppo Laine, Finpro
The Internationalization Awards of the President of the Republic of Finland
Mr. Edward C. Boateng, Ghana Export Promotion Council (GEPC)
Ghana National Awards for Export Achievement – Motivating Ghanaian exporters for increased export revenue
WTPO Awards 2008 - Presentations from winners
Best TPO from a Least Developed Country
Export Promotion Agency of Afghanistan (EPAA)
Best TPO from a Small Country
Jamaica Trade and Invest (JTI/JAMPRO)
Best TPO from a Developing Country
Export Promotion Council (EPC), Kenya
Panellists' Surprise Award
PROCOMER Costa Rica
'Best of the Best' TPO & Best TPO from a Developed Country
New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE)
Plenary Presentation
Ms. Dahlia Khalifa, Senior Strategy Adviser, Doing Business Project, World Bank
Doing Business Report 2009
Closing Session
Mr. Dick Jan van den Berg, President, Delft University of Technology
Conference Summary
