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Dear AIB members,
We would like to invite you cordially to the various activities that AIB has planned at this year’s Virtual UNCTAD World Investment Forum (https://worldinvestmentforum.unctad.org/) that runs from October 18-22. Registration is free for the conference.
This year’s conference theme is “Investing in Sustainable Development”. You can peruse the full program on the WIF website, however, select AIB highlights are included below (all times in CET - GMT+2):
June 18 – 2pm-4pm
Academic Track Opening Plenary
Setting the future research and policy agenda on international investment and development
Opening Speaker:
-Farok Contractor, Rutgers University (AIB President)
Panel includes following AIB members:
-Gary Gereffi, Duke University
-Peter Buckley, University of Leeds
June 19 – 5pm-6:30pm
Chair:
-Ari Van Assche, Full Professor, HEC Montréal
Panelists:
-Maria Alejandra Gonzalez Perez, Professor, Universidad EAFIT
-Karl Sauvant, Resident Senior Fellow, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI)
-Bruno Vermoesen, Head of Office Governmental Affairs for Circular Economy, SA BSH Home Appliances
-Yi Wang, Associate Professor, Leeds University
June 19 - 6:30pm-8pm
Panelists:
-Jeremy Clegg, Professor, Leeds University
-Lilac Nachum, Professor, Baruch College
June 20 – 2pm-3:30pm
Digital Globalization: The New Frontier for Multinational Enterprises (AIB Panel)
Chair:
-Esther Tippmann, National University of Ireland Galway
Panelists:
-Lucian Cernat, Head of Global Regulatory Cooperation and International Procurement Negotiations, European Commission
-Bernhard Dachs, Senior Scientist, Austrian Institute of Technology
-Rui Oliveira, Senior Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology
-Niraja Srinivasan, NERA Economic Consulting
-Matthew Stephenson, Policy and Community Lead International Trade & Investment, World Economic Forum
June 20 - 6:30pm-8pm
Panelists:
-Sarianna Lundan, Professor, Universität Bremen
-Lorraine Eden, Professor Emerita, Texas A&M University
June 21 – 3:30pm-4:30pm
Future Proofing Sustainable Global Value Chains in the Post Pandemic Era (AIB Panel)
Chair:
-Ari Van Assche, Full Professor, HEC Montréal (chair)
Panelists:
-Farok Contractor, Distiguished Professor, Rutgers University
-Luke Fiske, Doctoral Student, Queen’s University
-Lilac Nachum, Professor, Baruch College
-Sebastien Miroudot, Senior Trade Policy Analyst, OECD
-Scott Paul, Director, Natural Resource Sustainability, Taylor Guitars
June 21 – 4:30pm-6:30pm
The Future of Research on International Investment and Production
AIB Member Panelists include:
-Farok Contractor, Rutgers University (AIB President)
-Robert Grosse, Professor, Thunderbird School of Global Management
-Sarianna Lundan, Chair in International Management and Governance, University of Bremen
-Heinz Tuselmann, Professor of International Business, Manchester Metropolitan University
June 21 – 6:30pm-8pm
Panelists:
-Ari Van Assche, Full Professor, HEC Montréal
-Rob Grosse, Professor, Thunderbird School of Global Management