GLOBAL SERVICES SUMMIT PHOTO GALLERY

Below are photos from the Global Services Summit, held in Washington, DC on October 13-14.  For copies of any of these photos, please contact Kimberly Orsulak at orsulak@uscsi.org.

Welcome and Opening Keynote Address

CSI President Bob Vastine delivers opening remarks.
Former CSI Chairman and President, International, FedEX Express, Mike L Ducker addresses participants.

CSI President Bob Vastine and Former CSI Chairman Mike Ducker welcome new CSI Chairman and President, International, MetLife, Bill Toppeta to the podium.

CSI Chairman Bill Toppeta introduces Keynote Speaker, United States Trade Representative, Ronald Kirk
CSI Chairman Bill Toppeta welcomes Ambassador Kirk
U.S. Trade Representative Ronald Kirk delivering the Keynote Address.
Ambassador Kirk with Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma
Ambassador Kirk greets the Commerce Minister of Panama, Roberto Henriquez
Ambassador Kirk (left) in conversation with EU Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton, and the Australian Trade Minister Simon Crean (right).
CSI President Bob Vastine (left) with Ambassador Kirk

 

Panel Discussion:
Services Trade and Investment: Key to Global Economic Recovery

Former CSI Chairman Mike Ducker moderates the Minister Panel on Services Trade and Investment.
Australian Trade Minister Simon Crean delivers remarks during a panel with Ministers from Colombia, the European Union, Panama and India.
Opening panel discussion on October 13, Services Trade and Investment: Key to Global Economic Recovery. From left to right, CSI former Chairman Mike Ducker; Australian Trade Minister Simon Crean; Colombian Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism, Luis Plata; EU Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton; Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma; and the Panamanian Minister of Commerce, Roberto Henriquez.
EU Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton delivers remarks.
The Colombian Minister of Trade Industry and Tourism, Luis Plata speaks during the Minister's panel.
Minister Plata (left), Commissioner Aston, and Minister Sharma during the Minister's Panel.
Indian Minister Anand Sharma addresses participants.
 Former CSI Chairman Mike Ducker (left) with the Ministers.

 

Luncheon Address:
 Luis Alberto Moreno, President, Inter-American Development Bank

Chris Padilla of IBM introducing the Luncheon Speaker.
Ambassador Luis Alberto Moreno, President, Inter-American Development Bank, delivers the luncheon address.

 

Panel Discussions:
How Services Contribute to Innovation and Growth in China and India
The Promise and Reality of International Trade Negotiations in Services
Ambassador Peter Allgeier, President, C&M International and former Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, moderates the panel "How Services Contribute to Innovation and Growth in China and India"
Deputy USTR Demetrios Marantis delivers remarks.
Greg Frazier, Senior Vice President, Motion Picture Association of America (left), Ashank Desai, Chairman, Mastek, and President, Asian-Oceanian Computing Industry Association, and Ambassador Marantis discuss services in China and India.
Ashank Desai addresses participants.
Ambassador Allgeier (left) with Prof. JC Iseux von Pfetten, Former Member, Chinese Parliament, & President, Royal Institute of East-West Strategic Studies.
Ambassador Allgeier, Prof Iseux von Pfetten and Greg Frazier reference a powerpoint presentation.
Greg Frazier responds to a question.
Ambassador Don Stephen (left), moderating the panel on “The Promise and Reality of International Trade Negotiations in Services.”  At center is Hamid Mamdouh, Director of the Trade in Services Division, World Trade Organization, and at right is Aaditya Mattoo, Lead Economist, Development Research Group, World Bank. 

 

Concurrent Sessions:
Seizing the Day: Securing Sound Market-Motivating Regulatory Structures for Insurance
Creating Growth through Logistics and Trade Facilitation
Development through Enhanced Communications and Technology

George Nichols, Senior Vice President, New York Life (left), with Dr. Terri Vaughan, CEO, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, on the panel Seizing the Day: Securing Sound Market-Motivating Regulatory Structures for Insurance
John Cooke, Chairman, Liberalization of Trade in Services Committee, International Financial Services London, delivers remarks on the Insurance panel.
Gary Hufbauer, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute (left), Raed Safadi, Deputy Director, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, OECD, Bernard Hoekman, Principal Trade Economist, Development Research Group, The World Bank, John Simpson, Executive Director, Global Express Association, Ian Clough, CEO, DHL Express US participate in the panel on "Creating Growth through Logistics and Trade Facilitation."
Bernard Hoekman (left), John Simpson and Ian Clough on the Logistics Panel.
Robert M. McDowell, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission (left), with Maria del Rosario Guerra, Minister of Communications, Colombia, Harsh Manglik, Vice Chairman, NASSCOM, & Chairman, Accenture India, and Christine Bliss, Assistant USTR for Services and Investment participate in the panel titled "Development through Enhanced Communications and Technology."
Ambassador David Gross, Partner, Wiley Rein (left), Robert McDowell, and Minister Guerra discuss Communications and Technology.

 

Address by Congressman Rangel and Panel Discussion:
  Building Constituencies for Open Trade and Investment
Ways to Advance the Services Trade Agenda

Congressman Charles Rangel (left) with CSI Chairman Bill Topetta.
George Nichols, Senior Vice President, New York Life (left), welcomes Congressman Rangel to the Global Services Summit.

Congressman Rangel delivering remarks on Building Constituencies for Open Trade and Investment.

Hon. Charlene Barshefsky, Partner, Wilmer Hale, Former USTR, (left) with Bruce Stokes, Senior Editor, National Journal, and CSI Chairman Bill Topetta.
Charlene Barshefsky addresses participants as part of a panel on "Ways to Advance the Services Trade Agenda."
Hon. Sergio Marchi, Senior Fellow, International Center for Sustainable Trade and Development, delivers remarks on advancing the trade agenda.
Bruce Stokes (left), Charlene Barshefsky, Hon. Teruhiko Mashiko, Senior Vice Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan, and Sergio Marchi participate in a panel discussion on "Ways to Advance the Services Trade Agenda."

 

October 14 Opening Keynote address:
Services and Development
WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy delivering the opening address on Wednesday, October 14.

Director-General Lamy with CSI Chairman Bill Toppeta.

 

Concurrent Sessions:
Financial Services and the Global Economic Crisis: the Road to Global Recovery
Leveling the Playing Field: The SOE Challenge
Jeff Shafer, Vice Chairman for Global Banking, Citigroup (left) with Hon. Mickey Kantor, Partner, Mayer Brown and former USTR, on the panel on "Financial Services and the Global Economic Crisis: the Road to Global Recovery."
Masamichi Kono, Vice Commissioner for International Affairs, Japan Financial Services Agency (left) and John Brogden, CEO, Australian Investment and Financial Services Association, speak on the Financial Services panel.
Jeffrey Schott, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics addresses participants as part of a panel on financial services.
Mickey Kantor delivers remarks on the role of financial services in the recovery of the global economy.

Richard O’Toole, Chairman, Policy Committee, European Services Forum (left) Crawford Falconer, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade, New Zealand , Shanker Singham, Partner, Squire Sanders, and James Campbell, Adjunct Professor, George Mason University on a panel titled "Leveling the Playing Field: The SOE Challenge."

 

Panel Discussion:
Innovation and the Digital Economy: Enabling Service Sector Growth Worldwide

Brad Smith, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Microsoft (left), Teppo Tauriainen, Deputy Director-General for Trade, Head of International Trade Policy Department at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden
Jonathan Palfrey, Center for Internet and Society, Harvard Law School participate in a panel titled, " Innovation and the Digital Economy: Enabling Service Sector Growth Worldwide."

Peter Cowhey, Senior Counselor, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative moderates the digital economy panel.
John Palfrey addresses participants during the digital economy panel.
Partipants on the digital economy panel.

 

Closing Luncheon:  Focusing on Services

Congressman Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Chairman, New Democrat Coalition and and Co-Chair of the Congressional Services Caucus tdelivers remarks at the closing luncheon address.

Congressman Kevin Brady (R-TX), Ranking Member, House Committee on Ways and Means and Co-Chair of the Congressional Services Caucus addresses Summitt attendees at the closing luncheon.

Jane Drake-Brockman (left) presents the Global Services Coalition’s Communique at the Summit’s closing luncheon.