AGENDA
AGENDA
  • Friday 2nd December, 2022
  • 08:00 - 12:00
  • 1.0 Registration
  • 09:00 - 10:30
  • 1.1 Opening Ceremony
    • Welcome Remarks:
      - Leaders of the organizer & the host region
      Opening Remarks:
      - Chinese and international leaders

  • 10:30 - 12:00
  • 1.2 Opening Assembly:
    – The Ever-Changing World: Reshaping Our Shared Future
    • Explore the global landscape and development trends in the context of the changing world with the multiple challenges from the pandemic, economic development and climate change. Discuss what countermeasures and strategic adjustments could the international community apply. Analyze the relationship between competition, reform and cooperation in the new global landscape and provide policy recommendations on global symbiosis and reconstruction towards comprehensive sustainable development.

  • 18:00 - 20:00
  • 1.4 The Night of Guangzhou
    – Welcome Banquet by Guangzhou Municipal Government
  • 20:00 - 21:00
  • 1.5 IFF Membership Meeting (closed session)
    • - IFF 2022 Work Report: Retrospect and Prospect
      - IFF 20th Anniversary Plan & Development Strategy
      - IFF 5th Committee Nominations
  • 16:30 - 18:00
  • 1.5 IFF Roundtable III
    – Global Financial Stability, Challenges, and Implications
    • This session discusses global financial stability, including persistently high inflation and the ongoing monetary policy tightening by major central banks in advanced economies. It also discusses the broader implications of these policy actions for the global economy, particularly emerging markets and developing countries.
  • 20:00 - 21:00
  • 1.7 IFF Membership Meeting (closed session)
    • - IFF 2022 Work Report: Retrospect and Prospect
      - IFF 20th Anniversary Plan & Development Strategy
      - IFF 5th Committee Nominations 
  • 21:00 - 22:30
  • 1.8 Green Finance Working Group (GFWG) Annual Meeting
    – Global Green Finance Cooperation (closed session)
    • Dialogue on the global green financial cooperation and development by executives of Green Finance Working Group (GFWG) member companies.
  • 21:00 - 22:30
  • 1.9 China's Policy and Economic Outlook in the New Era of 20th National Congress of the CPC
  • Saturday 3rd December, 2022
  • 08:30 - 10:00
  • 2.1 IFF Leaders Dialogue I
    – New Global Landscape and Prospects
    • Dialogue on the current global economic landscape, challenges, and policy priorities with the heads of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, and New Development Bank.

  • 10:30 - 12:00
  • 2.2 IFF Leadership Dialogue II
    – Global Debt Crisis and Risk Prevention
    • Risk prevention for countries with high debt under rising global inflation and tightening Fed monetary policy. Exploring the similarities and differences in the debt between developed and developing economies, and the strategies that the public and private sectors could adopt to deal with the debt risks.

  • 10:30 - 12:00
  • 2.3 IFF Leadership Dialogue III
    – Global Climate Investment and Financing Prospects
    (Co-hosted with the International Capital Market Association (ICMA))
    • Under the consensus of global climate governance and "carbon neutral" policy, how to seek the structural adjustment of climate based assets, how to establish an incentive and constraint mechanism for global climate investment and financing, and the opportunities and challenges brought by climate transition financing.

  • 14:00 - 16:00
  • 2.4 IFF Seminar I
    – New Landscape of Global Economy: Prospects, Challenges and Policy Responses
    • Global economic development, challenges and policy responses. Discussion on global economy, financial markets, monetary policy, inflation trends and policy responses.

  • 14:00 - 16:00
  • 2.5 IFF Seminar II
    – New Landscape of China's Economy: Prospects, Challenges and Policy Responses
    • The resurgences of epidemic and the escalating international conflicts have imposed various challenges on China's economy. This session will discuss the impact of recent international and domestic situations on the reform and trend of China's economy and policies.

  • 16:30 - 18:00
  • 2.6 IFF Policy Dialogue I
    – Reshaping Global Trade, Industry Chains and Supply Chains
    • The impact of the pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and the China-US strategic competition on global trade, investment, industry chains, and supply chains, and their reconstruction. How to maintain a balanced set of policies that reconcile "security" and "efficiency" in the process of globalization?

  • 16:30 - 18:00
  • 2.7 IFF Policy Dialogue II
    –Global Carbon Pricing Meeting 2022
    (Co-hosted with Task Force on Carbon Pricing in Europe)
    • Taking stock of the COP27 debates in Sharm El-Sheikh: GHG emissions are on a trajectory which is far above what should be necessary to limit the rise of temperature to 2oC. For the UN, ”best estimate of peak temperature in the 21st century is in the range of 2.1-2.9oC”.This event will address: 1. the gap between current emissions and what should be necessary and how to incentivise firms which emit carbon to contribute to bridge the gap; 2. the methane, a very powerful GHG representing a 30% impact on the global rise of temperature. According to the IEA, reducing its emissions is “the most effective means available for limiting global warming”. 

  • 18:30 - 20:00
  • 2.8 IFF Gala Dinner (by invitation only)
    — IFF 2022 Global Green Finance Award Ceremony
    • IFF 2022 Global Green Finance Award Ceremony. The winning institutions and representatives will make speeches.

  • 20:00 - 21:30
  • 2.9 IFF Evening Dialogue I
    – Challenges and Response of Developing Countries
    (Co-hosted with Center for Global Development (CGD))
    • Exploring the economic slowdown of developing countries in the face of epidemic and conflict, especially the major challenges of energy crisis and food safety issues and the corresponding countermeasures and actions.

  • 20:00 - 21:30
  • 2.10 IFF Evening Dialogue II
    – Tackle Global Climate Change (closed session)
    cum The Release of The Green Finance Working Group White Paper
    • Release of the Green Finance Working Group White Paper. Experts and executives share their views on green technology, green finance, green policies and green measurement.

  • Sunday 4th December, 2022
  • 09:00 - 10:30
  • 3.1 IFF Summit I
    – Silk Road International Association (SRIA) Summit I
    • Guided by the principles of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits, BRI has attracted increasing participation in the international market and been expanding investment and financing channels. Under the backdrop of the current changing world, how to further ensure the stability and connectivity of industrial and supply chains along the routes of BRI to navigate global uncertainties and promote economic and trade exchanges and cooperation? How to further improve diversified investment and financing system for the BRI development?

  • 09:00 - 10:30
  • 3.2 IFF Summit II
    – International Sustainable Development Summit I
    (Hosted by IFF Sustainable Development Committee)
    • How can the market and the governments better play their roles in the sustainable development (from the perspectives of green finance, carbon neutrality and ESG)? How can nations coordinate and draw from each other’s experiences? Knowledge sharing of global advanced sustainable development practice and policies.

  • 11:00 - 12:30
  • 3.3 IFF Summit III
    – Silk Road International Association (SRIA) Summit II
    • Guided by the principles of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits, BRI has attracted increasing participation in the international market and been expanding investment and financing channels. Under the backdrop of the current changing world, how to further ensure the stability and connectivity of industrial and supply chains along the routes of BRI to navigate global uncertainties and promote economic and trade exchanges and cooperation? How to further improve diversified investment and financing system for the BRI development?

  • 11:00 - 12:30
  • 3.4 IFF Summit IV
    – International Sustainable Development Summit II
    (Hosted by IFF Sustainable Development Committee)
    • How can the market and the governments better play their roles in the sustainable development (from the perspectives of green finance, carbon neutrality and ESG)? How can nations coordinate and draw from each other's experiences? Knowledge sharing of global advanced sustainable development practice and policies.

  • 14:00 - 16:00
  • 3.5 IFF Summit V
    – Digital Economy Summit
    Digital Transformation and Innovation
    • Digital technology has become deeply involved in the field of economy, finance and industry. What are the opportunities and risks for the development of digital transformation? How to effectively regulate and supervise the digital innovation and development?

  • 14:00 - 16:00
  • 3.6 IFF Greater Bay Area Roundtable I
    – Jointly Build the Greater Bay Area International Financial Hub
    (Co-hosted with Nansha Administration Committee of China (Guangdong) Pilot Free Trade Zone)
    • The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is one of the major bay areas in the world and one of the major engines driving China's economic growth. One of its goals is to jointly construct an international financial hub in the Greater Bay Area. How can finance facilitate the economic development of the Greater Bay Area? What is the role of the Pilot Free Trade Zone in financial innovation? How can Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao better coordinate and cooperate?

  • 16:30 - 18:00
  • 3.7 IFF Summit VI – ESG Summit
    – Listed Companies to Support the “Dual Carbon” Goal
    (Co-hosted with China Association for Public Companies)
    • China is committed to sustainable development and to the principles of prioritizing resource conservation and environmental protection and letting nature restore itself. The central government has the plan on fully implementing the sustainable development strategy and taking solid steps toward the goals of achieving peak carbon dioxide emissions and carbon neutrality. The business community has set up the mission to play their role making contribution to achieve the green transformation and the “30·60” dual carbon goals.

  • 16:30 - 18:00
  • 3.8 IFF Greater Bay Area Roundtable II
    – Industrial Upgrading and Growth Prospects under the Framework of the National Strategy and Nansha Plan
    (Co-hosted with Nansha Administration Committee of China (Guangdong) Pilot Free Trade Zone)
    • How to reinvigorate growth under the framework of the National Strategy and Nansha Plan: industrial upgrading and growth prospects in the Greater Bay Area focusing on industries such as new energy vehicles, microchips, and tech + finance? 

  • 20:00 - 21:30
  • 3.10 IFF Special Dialogue – F20 Summit
    Fragmentation and Reshape of the International Financial System
    (Co-hosted with Bretton Woods Committee (BWC))
    • The Russia-Ukraine conflict, the sanctions against Russia, the strategic competition between China and the United States, and the rise of digital currencies have brought uncertainty to the international financial system. What is the future development of international financial system? How will international monetary and financial governance change? How will international community respond to the changes?
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