The second panelist presented the OECD Bologna Process on SME and entrepreneurship policies.

49. Panelist at a Seminar on Polish Joint Venture Law in Cracow (1987).

Panelist on the law of the sea (Pacem in Maribus Conference, Malta, September 1987)

Panelist on the seabed minerals (American Society of International Law, Washington, D.C., December 1988)

November 2003 Panelist at Gender Poverty Summit in New Delhi organized by Women's Political Watch and UNDP.

The panelist also referred to the importance of the Government's cooperation with the private sector and the international community.

33. Served as a panelist at a Seminar on Multinational Corporations and The Third World at Harvard University (March 1981).

40. Panelist at a seminar on International Investment Disputes Avoidance and Settlement, American Society of International Law Annual Meeting (1984).

43. Panelist at a Seminar on Foreign Investment in Developing Countries, organized by the Overseas Development Council, Washington, D.C. (1985).

22. Served as a panelist at a Seminar on Career Prospects in International Law at Harvard Law School, Cambridge (November 1979).

46. Panelist at a Seminar on Foreign Investment and Developing Countries organized by the Council for Foreign Relations, Washington, D.C. (1985).

The panelist also highlighted the lack of reliable SME statistics and the existence of an OECD action plan to advance this area.

The third panelist addressed the main obstacles to SME development in sub Saharan Africa from the point of view of the private sector.

The concluding panelist presented the internationalization strategy of a large firm from a developing country, including the motives, benefits and challenges of OFDI.

32. Panelist at a Seminar at the Conference Board, New York, on Anti trust Problems and Business Dealings with Developing Countries (March 1981).

39. Participated as panelist at a Seminar on Joint Ventures in Islamic Countries organized by the Islamic Development Bank in Saudi Arabia (1983).

In responding to a question, the panelist explained that his company had a strong linkage programme with SMEs, both in the country as well as abroad.

52. Participated as a panelist in a seminar of international legal experts at The Hague on the United Nations Code of Conduct on Transnational Corporations (1989).

The Federation attended the special session and sponsored a young student who was a panelist in an NGO side event for this special session (Girls Speak Out).

61. Served as a panelist and chairperson at a Seminar on Dual Nationality under the Ghana Constitution and United States Law, The African Society, New York (1992).

67. Participated as a panelist at a Conference on Changing Notions of Sovereignty and Private Actors in International Law at the American University, Washington, D.C. (March 1993).

37. Panelist at a Seminar on Developing Countries in the International Financial System, American University, Washington, D.C. under the auspices of the American Society of International Law (1982).

Addressing the problem of finance, the panelist highlighted the importance of providing SMEs with trade finance and not only with micro finance, which was often restricted to domestic use.

9. Panelist at a conference on international law and multinational corporations organized by Columbia University Law School, New York, in honour of the Late Professor Wolfgang Friedmann (February 1976).

The second panelist discussed the role of a private sector organization in promoting partnerships in private sector development in the context of South South cooperation, specifically between SMEs from Africa and Asia.

The first panelist presented the efforts made in his country in the area of SME development, which included investment in education and infrastructure, the introduction of a new legal and fiscal framework, and the improvement of private and public banking.

A number of suggestions were made by the panelist to promote FDI by SMEs, including the need to study home and host country measures, examine the determinants and drivers of FDI by SMEs, and establish programmes to foster policy dialogue that promoted South South FDI.

The third panelist highlighted the trends and development of FDI inflows and outflows in the Asia Pacific region. In particular, outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) from Asia was growing and accounted for the lion's share of outflows from developing economies, with China and India as key emerging investors.