ITA Symposium
25YEARS of the INFORMATION 
TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENT
16-17 SEPTEMBER 2021
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
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Day One – Thursday, 16 September 2021 – UTC +1 (CET)
OPENING SESSION 
MODERATOR, Ms KATARZYNA STECZ, Chairperson of the ITA Committee
10:00 – 10:15 OPENING ADDRESS BY DR NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA, Director-General of the World Trade Organization
10:15 – 10:30KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY AMBASSADOR MICHAEL PUNKE, Vice President of Global Public Policy, Amazon Web 
Services
SESSION ONE – Trade liberalization under the ITA and the evolution of global 
trade in ICT products
MODERATOR, Ms KATARZYNA STECZ, Chairperson of the ITA Committee
10:30 – 10:45Mr CHRISTOPHE DEGAIN , Senior Statistician and Mr ERIC NG SHING , Senior Statistician, WTO:  
“Evolution of ICT Trade over the 25 years”
10:45 – 11:00Mr JUN NAKAYA, CHAIR OF TRADE POLICY COMMITTEE,  Japan Electronics and Information Technology 
Industries Association (JEITA):  “Digital Transformation and ICT: Opportunities and Challenges”
11:00 – 11:15Mr HENDRIK ABMA, Director General of the European Semiconductor Industry Association (ESIA): 
“Perspectives from the European Semiconductor Industry on Further Expansion of Semiconductor Trade”
11:15 – 11:30Ms BING GUAN,  Director of Institution of Industry Economy, China Centre for Information Industry 
Development: “The Development of China’s Information Technology Industry and Future Challenges”
11:30 – 12:00 Q&AITA Symposium
25YEARS of the INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENT
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Day One – Thursday, 16 September 2021 – UTC +1 (CET)
SESSION TWO – Combatting the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of ITA products, ICT 
and digital solutions
MODERATOR, Mrs  SUJA RISHIKESH MAVROIDIS, Director, Market Access Division, WTO
12:00 – 12:15Mr MAGNUS NORDÉUS, Chair of DIGITALEUROPE’s Export Control and Customs Working Group and Corporate 
Head of Trade Compliance, Ericsson Group: “How the ITA has Contributed to Resilience in the COVID‑19 
Pandemic, and How to Go Forward”
12:15 – 12:30Dr TREVOR GUNN, Adjunct Professor Georgetown University and Vice President for International Relations for 
Medtronic; Founder and Chair of the USA Healthcare Alliance: “Unlocking the Potential of Lifesaving Medical 
Technologies through the ITA: Removing the Barriers to Access and Responding to the COVID Pandemic”
12:30 – 12:45Mr DANIEL SUN,  CTO, TCL Industries Holdings Co. Ltd: “Smart Display Extends the Productivity of Working from 
Home”
12:45 – 13:00Ms LARISSA HAAS, Scientific Advisor for Innovative Technologies, Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA):  
“How Switzerland became the ‘Home of Drones’”
13:00 – 13:15 Q&A
13:15 – 15:00 LUNCH BREAK
SESSION THREE – Latest advances in technologies and the ICT Sector
MODERATOR, Ms UMA MUNIANDY , former Chairperson of the ITA Committee
15:00 – 15:15Ms KAREN BLAND,  Head of Global Trade, Global Trade and Cybersecurity Counsel, HP: “3D Printing: A Vital 
Technology for Economic Development and Sustainability”
15:15 – 15:30Ms JULIA JASINSKA, Head of International Relations and Trade Policy in the government relations team of 
Nokia: “How the ITA is Key in Allowing 5G+ Technologies to Create New Value for Industries in a post‑COVID 
World”
15:30 – 15:45Mr FREDRIK FORSLUND, Vice President, Enterprise & Cloud Erasure Solution at Blancco Technology Group, 
UK: “The use of Data Protection Technology in an ICT Circular Economy”
15:45 – 16:00Mr ZIYANG DAVID FAN, Head of Digital Trade, World Economic Forum (WEF):  “TradeTech, the Future of Trade 
and Implications for the ITA ”
16:00 – 16:15Ms ANDRÉE-ANN AUDETTE, Policy Analyst, Telecom Equipment Regulatory Requirements Department of 
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED): “Conformity Assessment Procedures for 
ICT Products in Canada”
16:15 – 16:45 Q&A
END OF DAY ONEITA Symposium
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Day Two – Friday, 17 September 2021 – UTC +1 (CET)
SESSION FOUR – The role of ICT as an economic development tool
MODERATOR, Ms UMA MUNIANDY , former Chairperson of the ITA Committee
10:00 – 10:15Mr STEPHEN SU, Vice President and General Director, Industry, Science and Technology, International 
Strategic Centre (ISTI) of Industrial Technology Research Institute, Chinese Taipei:  “Contribution by the 
Semiconductor Industry in Energy Efficiency and Decarbonization”
10:15 – 10:30Mr SANTISOUK PHOUNESAVATH,  Deputy Director General, Department of Foreign Trade Policy, Ministry of 
Industry and Commerce, Lao PDR:  “Lao PDR’s Perspective on Information Technology Agreement Accession”
10:30 – 10:45Mr SAURABH GAUR, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India . 
“Developments in Information and Communications Technology (ICT)”
10:45 – 11:00Mr TORBJÖRN FREDRIKSSON, Chief of ICT Policy Section, Division of Technology and Logistics. UNCTAD:  
“Recent Trends in ICT Goods Trade and Digital Developments”
11:00 – 11:30 Q&A
SESSION FIVE  – The future of the ITA
MODERATOR, Ms KATARZYNA STECZ,  Chairperson of the ITA Committee
11:30 – 11:45Mr STEPHEN EZELL,  Vice President Global Innovation Policy, Information Technology and Innovation 
Foundation and Mr JOHN NEUFFER , President and CEO of the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA):  
“How a Third ITA Expansion Would Benefit Developed and Developing Nations Alike While Advancing Climate, 
Health, and Sustainability Goals”
11:45 – 12:00Mr PETER PROEBSTER, Senior Director, Infineon Technologies, speaking on behalf of World Semiconductor 
Council (WSC): “How an ITA ‑3 Can Facilitate a Further Expansion of Trade in Semiconductors and Related 
Downstream Products, and As Such Help Address Global Challenges around Health, Economic Recovery, 
Sustainability, Climate and Secure Connectivity”
12:00 – 12:15Ms SHIGE ZHANG, Global Trade and Corporate Strategy Expert, Huawei Technologies:  “Moving Forward to a 
Sustainable Digital Trade in the post‑COVID Era”
12:15 – 12:30RT. HON. PHILIP DUNNE MP , Chair of the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee, United Kingdom:  
“Promoting Better, Greener, and Greater Trade in ICT Goods”
12:45 – 13:00 Q&A
13:00 – 13:10 CONCLUDING REMARKS BY Ms ANABEL GONZÁLEZ, Deputy Director-General of the WTO
END OF SYMPOSIUMITA Symposium
25YEARS of the INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENT
16-17 SEPTEMBER 2021
RD/IT/30OPERATIONAL DETAILS
The Symposium will be open to WTO Members and Observers, the private sector, academia, international 
organizations, and journalists.
Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in the three official WTO languages (English, French, and 
Spanish).
Registration via the WTO website ( www.wto.org ) is mandatory in order to participate in the Symposium.
Copies of the presentations will be made available on the WTO website after the Symposium, subject to 
speaker authorization.
The Symposium will be followed by a formal meeting of the ITA Committee at 15:00 on 17 September, which 
will be open only to WTO Member Government representatives and other international organizations enjoying 
observer status.