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Public Forum

The Public Forum is the WTO’s largest annual outreach event, which provides a platform for participants to discuss the latest developments in world trade and to propose ways of enhancing the multilateral trading system. The event regularly attracts over 1,500 representatives from civil society, academia, business, the media, governments, parliamentarians and inter-governmental organizations.

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WTO Public Forum

Public Forum 2012: 24-26 September “Is Multilateralism in Crisis?”
Public Forum 2011 “Seeking answers to global trade challenges”
Public Forum 2010 “The Forces Shaping World Trade”
Public Forum 2009 “Global Problems, Global Solutions: Towards Better Global Governance”
Public Forum 2008 “Trading into the Future”
Public Forum 2007 “How the WTO can help harness globalization?”
Public Forum 2006 “What WTO for the XXIst Century?”

The Public Forum was previously known as the Public Symposium, which was first held in 2001.

Public Symposium 2005 “WTO After 10 Years: Global Problems and Multilateral Solutions”
Public Symposium 2004 “Multilateralism at a crossroads”
Public Symposium 2003 “Challenges Ahead on the Road to Cancún”
Public Symposium 2002 “The Doha Development Agenda and beyond”
Public Symposium 2001 “Symposium on issues confronting the world trading system ”

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