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  • Message from CEO

    Our world has changed radically in the past few months, resetting our notion of normality. Our social fabric has been torn apart, trade has transformed, and we must adapt, faster than we've ever had to. To understand how best to do so, we have brought together leading experts from more than ten key industry sectors to offer guidance and insights. Through recorded interviews, live webinars, and an online exhibition, you will be able to piece together your own roadmap towards a sustainable recovery.

    Because only together can we build a new way of working, living, and trading.

  • The Covid-19 Impact

    The World Trade Organization predicts that global trade will contract by up to 30% as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. The US Congress recently passed the CARES Act to unlock an unprecedented U$2 trillion of funding to help support individuals and businesses through this pandemic emergency. Facebook announced that all of its employees worldwide will now have the right to choose remote working configurations for their jobs. Our way of life, and of doing business, is changing before our very eyes. To survive, private companies in every sector will need to develop new business models adapted to the shifting conditions that will emerge as we face the pandemic threat.

  • The Way Forward

    The World Free Zones Organization (World FZO) is the voice of over 3,000 zones around the globe that enable a quarter of global trade flows. Zones host over 3 million private companies worldwide and employ over 70 million people. As a global organization, the World FZO brought together world-class multinational corporate CEOs, leading industry experts, and senior decision-makers to provide insights on the road ahead to the millions of private sector companies and businesses operating worldwide. This online collection of webinars, interviews, panel discussions, and industry reports is collectively the beginning of the ‘NEW WORLD MODEL’ (NWM).

  • The Roadmap

    The event explored the different angles of the new industry business models likely to emerge in a post-pandemic landscape. Executives from large global corporate groups, along with senior experts from global NGOs and multi-lateral organizations, offered solutions and approaches to current challenges, emerging opportunities, and future threats across multiple industries and sectors. The result of these conversations will be featured in thoroughly compiled industry reports being published on the platform 15th October.

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Unique Mixed-format Online Event
  • 35 Expert Video Interviews
  • 10 Industry Panel Videos
  • 6 Live
    Webinars
  • 10 Industry Reports
  • 40 Exhibiting Partners

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50+ Speakers, 10 Industry Sectors

10 industry sectors showcased in dedicated panels videos featuring CEOs, decision makers, andexperts from global corporate & public sector entities

Speakers

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  • Keynote Speakers

    • Dr. Mohammed Alzarooni

      Chairman

      World Free Zones Organization

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  • Plenary Sessions
    Future of Global Value Chains

    GVCs are morphing and the process has been hastened by a combination of trade friction, the pandemic and of course revival of protectionist tendencies. There seems to be a pause in globalization, with limited clarity about its future. Countries are seen moving more towards regional cooperation.

    • Dr. Martin Koers

      Managing Director

      German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA)

    • Yves van der Straaten

      Secretary General

      The International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers

    • Jean Todt

      President

      Fédération Internationale de l'Automobiles

    • Andres Tschiesner

      Senior Partner

      McKinsey & Company

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  • Aviation

    • Mikail Houari

      President AME

      Airbus

    • Sebastian Mikosz

      Senior Vice President Member and External Relations

      IATA

    • John Selden

      General Manager

      Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

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  • CROSS-BORDER TRADE

    • John W.H. Denton AO

      Secretary General

      International Chamber of Commerce

    • Dr. Liam Fox

      former International Trade Secretary UK

    • John Mein

      Coordinator

      Alliança Procomex; Chairman of Private Sector Consultative Group WCO

    • Alan Wolff

      Deputy Director General

      World Trade Organization

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  • DIGITAL COMMUNICATION

    • Xavier Anglada

      Managing Director - Strategy & Consulting Lead, Middle East

      Accenture

    • Mats Granryd

      Director General

      GSMA

    • Bishar A. Hussain

      Director General

      Universal Postal Union

    • Vinod Kumar

      CEO

      Vodafone Business

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  • ENERGY

    • Joseph McMongile

      Secretary General

      International Energy Forum

    • Sanda Ojiambo

      Executive Director and CEO

      UN Global Compact

    • Dietmar Siersdorfe

      Managing Director, Middle East and UAE

      Siemens Energy

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  • FINANCE

    • Cheryl Buss

      Chief Executive: Absa International

      Absa

    • Tim Fox

      Former Chief Economist at

      Emirates NBD

    • Ayman Amin Sejiny

      CEO

      Islamic Corporation for the Development of the private sector (ICD)

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  • HEALTHCARE

    • Thomas B. Cueni

      Director General

      International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA)

    • Carlos Nueno

      President

      Teledoc Health International

    • Majid Kaddoumi

      President CEMEA

      Medtronic

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  • LOGISTICS

    • David Abney

      Executive Chairman of Board of Directors

      UPS

    • Christopher Logan

      Managing Director, Freight & logistics Lead - Growth Markets

      Accenture

    • Umberto de Pretto

      Secretary General

      IRU

    • Sultan Bin Sulayem

      Group Chairman & CEO

      DP World

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  • MANUFACTURING

    • Mohanud Helal

      Secretary General

      Economic Cities and Special Zones Authority

    • Christian Hoffmann

      Head of Geopolitics & International Relations

      Siemens

    • Jacek Olczak

      Chief Operating Officer

      PMI

    • Li Yong

      Director General

      UNIDO

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  • WORKFORCE

    • Sharan Burrow

      General Secretary

      International Trade Union

    • Moussa Oumarou

      Deputy Director-General for Field Operations & Partnerships

      International Labour Organization

    • Roberto Suarez-Santos

      Secretary-General

      International Organization of Employers

    • Johnny C. Taylor Jr

      President & CEO

      Society of Human Resource Management

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  • WEBINAR SPEAKERS

    WEBINAR 1 CLASSICAL AND INNOVATIVE ZONE MODELS

    • Jacopo Detton

      Editor,

      fDi Magazine

    • Dr Mohan Guruswamy

      Chief Knowledge Officer

      World FZO

    • B. Charito Plaza

      Director General

      Philippines Export Processing Zones Authority

    • Shankar Singham

      CEO

      Competere

    • Jean Paul Gautier

      CEO

      Locus Economica

    • James Zhan

      Director Investment

      UNCTAD

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  • WEBINAR 2 PROMOTING CLEAN TRADE ACROSS SECTORS

    • Irene Mia

      Editor

      IISS

    • Ziyad bin Mohammed Al-Shiha

      Deputy Chair

      B20 Saudi

    • Pamela Coke Hamilton

      Director of Trade UNCTAD and Executive Director designate of the International Trade Centre

      UNCTAD

    • Torrey Chambliss

      Director, FTZ & Cargo

      Business Development Port Tampa Bay

    • Wamkele Keabetswe Mene

      Secretary General

      African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat

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  • WEBINAR 3 E-COMMERCE

    • Walter Trezek

      Chairman of the Consultative Committee of the Universal Postal Union

      Advisor to the European Commission

    • Abdel Ilah Bousseta

      Director of Postal Operations

      UPU

    • Luca Casetti

      Secretary General

      Ecommerce Europe

    • Sven Callebaut

      E-commerce Lead Advisor

      TradeWorthy – DFAT Ecommerce Grantee

    • Martin Ibarra

      President

      Araujo Ibarra & Asociados S.A

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  • WEBINAR 4 CUSTOMS AND BORDERS MANAGEMENT UNDER SHRINKING SUPPLY CHAINS

    • Christopher Clague

      Managing Editor

      The Economist Intelligence Unit

    • Poul Hansen

      Chief of Trade Facilitation Section

      UNCTAD

    • Loay Mashabi

      Deputy Governor for planning and development

      Saudi Customs

    • Lars Karlson

      CEO

      KGH Global Consulting

    • Umberto de Pretto

      Secretary General

      IRU

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  • WEBINAR 5 BUILDING RESILIENCE THROUGH DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE

    • Courtney Fingar

      Editor-in-Chief

      NS Media Group

    • Xavier Anglada

      Managing Director - Strategy & Consulting Lead, Middle East

      Accenture

    • Tanja Richter

      Technology Director Consumer Products & Services

      Vodafone

    • Juan Pablo Rivera

      CEO

      Zona Franca de Bogotá S.A.

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