Conferences and lectures

Virtual Conferences on digital trade book Smeets, M. (ed.), 'Adapting to the digital trade era: challenges and opportunities', (WTO, 2021) launches. Conference programs can be provided separately if needed.

Launch at World Trade Organization with WTO Chairs 29 Jan. 2021

Launch at Joint Vienna Institute (JVI), Vienna, July 2021

Digital trade book conference organized and held (virtually) in Bangkok with Artnet and Singapore national university in September 2021.

Digital trade book conference organizer and main speaker held with TRALAC (Stellenbosch) in South Africa 25 October 2021.

Digital trade book webinar Mexico university ITAM for Latin America and Caribbean 29 October 2021.

Cape Town book review by Smeets, M.: ‘Africa’s Digital Future’, Prof. Wilma Viviers, AOSIS publishers, March 2021.
IMF book launch on inclusive trade organized by the IMF with lead economists and opening by the executive director of the IMF. Smeets, M., Bacchetta, Cerra V., M., Piermartini, R., Trade and Inclusive Growth, chapter in ‘How to Achieve Inclusive Growth’, Cerra V., Eichengreen B., El-Ganainy A., Schindler M., editors, Oxford University Press, 2022.

IMF Working Paper inclusive trade organized through virtual conferences and webinars held at the IMF Washington DC , Joint Vienna Institute Vienna, WTO Geneva.

Key note speaker at conferences organized by WCP chairs in Vietnam at the Foreign Trade University FTU, National University of Lesotho (NUL), National University of Costa Rica (UNA), Switzerland at World Trade Institute (WTI), Uzbekistan World Economy and Diplomacy (UWED), China University of International Business and Economy (UIBE), Shanghai SUIBE,

Conference lecturer for course participants at Nyenrode Business School Netherlands.

Conference held for Saudi Arabia officials on trade negotiations and techniques

Conference for Comesa countries on trade negotiations and techniques.

WTI PhD course trade negotiations.

Rotterdam conference on international trade governance

Speaker at conference organized by the G-20 TIRN on sanctions spring 2022.

World Trade Organization organizer of WCP annual conferences and chair of the Conference and WCP board 2019. Participant in 2022. Due to COVID and transition from phase II to phase III no conference held in 2020 and 2021.

Member of the Scientific committee at SPBU annual conference every year and co-organizer and speaker.

Organiser of side event at the WTOs annual public forum

Member of a PhD assessment committees at Maastricht university.

Maastricht guest lecture 27 May 2021 on developing countries in the WTO.

Maastricht master students during their annual visits to the WTO Geneva.

Master students from HSE and SPBU during their study visits in Geneva

Society of international Economic Law (SIEL), organizer and chair of a panel of a session, June 2021.

Conference lecturer in Azerbaijan at the ADA university on WTO held in Spring 2020 and follow up in Spring 2021

Speaker at UIBE China summer course July and lecturer

UIBE guest lectures

Key note speaker and conference participant at the annual meetings of the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP).

Chairing and keynote speaker at AfCFTA conference organized by North West University in October 2021.