Confirmed speakers - 2009
Dr. Carsten Fink
Senior Economist, World Bank
Carsten Fink is a Senior Economist in the Trade Team of the World Bank Institute--working out of the World Bank Office in Geneva, Switzerland. His current work program focuses on enhancing the capacity of developing countries to put in place sound national trade policies and to effectively participate in international trade negotiations. Previously, Dr. Fink was an Economist in the Trade Team of the World Bank's Development Research Group. He also has worked in Bank operations in the area of telecommunications policy reform. Dr. Fink's research work has focused on the economics of trade in services and the effects of intellectual property protection in the developing world. His research has been published in academic journals and books. Dr. Fink holds a doctorate degree in economics from the University of Heidelberg in Germany and a Master of Science degree in economics from the University of Oregon in the United States.
Source: World Intellectual Property Organization
Baris Karapinar
Senior Research Fellow, WTI
Barış Karapınar is a senior research fellow at the WTI. He pursued his undergraduate studies in political science and international relations at Bogazici (Bosphorus) University in Istanbul. He holds a PhD in development studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science. The theme of his PhD research was the role of agriculture in economic development. He is currently coordinating an international research project, funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, on the sustainability impact of Swiss agricultural and trade policies on developing countries. He is responsible for the conceptual improvement of the SIA (sustainability impact assessment) approach and the design of a field research in selected developing countries. He is also responsible for stakeholder attitude surveys on sustainable agriculture in China and Turkey.
He is the editor of ‘The End of Cheap Food and the WTO’ (WTF Series, Cambridge University Press, 2009), and ‘Rethinking Rural Development in Turkey: World Bank Strategy and Beyond’ (Nova: New York, 2009). His main research interests include international trade in agriculture, development economics, small farms and poverty, food security, technological innovation and intellectual property rights, climate change adaptation, trade and the environment.
He has worked as a consultant for the World Bank. He has also produced and hosted a series of a TV program in Turkey. The program, 'Café Academy', was aired primetime by Skyturk, a news channel broadcasting at the national level. It was a weekly debate show involving academics, politicians and successful university students, discussing a topic of global relevance such as climate change, renewable energy resources, labour markets and social security. http://www.nccr-trade.org/ip-5/karapinar-baris.html
Prof. Dr. Christoph Frei
Adjunct professor, Universität St.Gallen
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Dr. Stephan Mumenthaler
Head Economic Affairs, Novartis International AG