UNCTAD Ecommerce Week 2021 – 24 April – 28 April 2021
Subsequent week sees the third annual UNCTAD Ecommerce Week.
What Is UNCTAD Ecommerce Week?
UNCTAD Ecommerce Week is the title of the yearly week held by the United Nations Convention On Commerce And Improvement that focuses on a very related theme within the present ecommerce local weather.
When Is The UNCTAD Ecommerce Week 2017 Being Held?
UNCTAD’s Ecommerce Week is being held between 24 April and 28 April 2017. It’s being held on the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Initially headquarters of the League of Nations, it has now served as the house of the United Nations in Geneva since 1946. It’s the third 12 months the week is being held.
What Is The Theme Of This Yr’s Ecommerce Week?
The theme of this 12 months’s occasion is “In the direction of Inclusive E-Commerce”. We’re at an important second within the digital age with many international locations nonetheless grappling with the influence of the rising digital financial system and ecommerce and the challenges and alternatives that they characterize. With ecommerce being an important driver of innovation, job creation and development, Ecommerce week 2017 is a platform for considering and dialogue and the place main authorities representatives, enterprise leaders, thinkers and teachers can come collectively to share perception and experiences.
Spotlight Of The Week: “Digital Transformation for All: Empowering Entrepreneurs and Small Enterprise”
This occasion is on 25 April and can set the scene for the remainder of the week. The varied audio system will present various views on how societies have and can adapt to the altering financial panorama that has been led to by the evolution of the digital revolution and ecommerce.
Contributors on the occasion will embody:
- Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-Basic of UNCTAD
- Jack Ma, Particular Adviser of UNCTAD for younger entrepreneurs and small enterprise and founder and chairman of Alibaba Group
- Juan Sebastian Viteri Guillen, Minister of Manufacturing of Ecuador
- Okechukwu Enelamah, Federal Minister of Trade, Commerce and Funding of Nigeria
- Khurram Dastgir Khan, Minister of Commerce of Pakistan
- Susana Malcorra, Minister of International Affairs of Argentina
- Lyonpo Leki Dorji, Minister for Financial Affairs of Bhutan
- Sorasak Pan, Minister of Commerce of Cambodia
- Alexander Mora, Minister for International Commerce of Costa Rica
- Winichai Chaemchaeng, Vice-Minister of Commerce of Thailand
- Amanda Lengthy, Director Basic of Customers Worldwide
- Roberto Azevêdo, Director-Basic of the World Commerce Group
- Houlin Zhao, Secretary-Basic of the Worldwide Telecommunications Union
- Francois Kanimba, Minister for Commerce and Trade of Rwanda
- Alioune Sarr, Minister of Commerce, Trade and the Casual Sector of Senegal
The Relaxation Of The Week
The remainder of Ecommerce Week 2017 will function quite a few occasions which are co-held with non-public companies and worldwide organisations. All of those classes will give attention to numerous coverage areas of the eTrade for All Initiative and can have a look at ways in which growing international locations can profit from ecommerce. Key themes will embody:
- Preparing for ecommerce
- Infrastructure for ecommerce
- Etrade facilitation
- Cyberlaw
- Financing ecommerce
- Together with all within the digital revolution
Ecommerce Week 2017 is being held on the Palais des Nations in Geneva between 24 April and 28 April 2017.
