Program of the 15th PECC General Meeting

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Monday, September 1st, 2003
0900 – 1730 Focus Workshops  
1900 – 2100

Official Opening and Gala Dinner

Opening keynote address
His Majesty, the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2003

0730 - 0900

Breakfast launch of Sustainable Cities Best Practices (3.37MB zip file) (ICC)

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0900 – 1030

Plenary Session I: Regional Stocktaking: Is it now Everyone for Themselves in the Asia Pacific region?

Key Issues:

  • Changing geopolitical situation and relationships
  • Responses to terrorism and health threats and regional implications for trade and investment
  • Plethora of regional trading arrangements and their multi-track character
  • Regional Economic outlook

Role Players:

  • Tan Sri Dr. Noordin SOPIEE
    Chair, Malaysia PECC & ISIS Malaysia [Scene-setter]
  • H.E. Michel ROCARD
    Former Prime Minister of France
  • Mr. Raymond LIM
    Minister of State for Trade & Industry and Foreign Affairs, Singapore
  • Mr. Ichiro FUJISAKI
    Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan
  • Mr. Jusuf WANANDI
    Chair, Indonesia PECC [Moderator]
1045 - 1300

Plenary Session II: Doha Faltering: Key Messages for the Cancun WTO Ministerial and Beyond

Key Issues:

  • Doha Development Agenda: Outlook and Issues
  • Interrelationship between RTAs and WTO

Role players Panel 1:  (1045hrs - 1145hrs)

  • Prof. Jean-Pierre LEHMANN
    IMD & The Evian Group  [Scene-setter]
  • Dr. Bijit BORA
    WTO
  • Dr. Mari PANGESTU
    Adjunct Professor, Australian National University  [Moderator]

Key Issues:

  • How Far Can We Go with Regional Integration: a View from China  
  • Asia Pacific stake in the Doha Agenda and its possible contributions
  • The stake of Asia-Pacific business in the agriculture negotiations

Role Players Panel 2: (1150hrs - 1250hrs)

  • Mr. LONG Yongtu
    Secretary-General, Boao Forum for Asia
  • Dr. Mari PANGESTU
    Adjunct Professor, Australian National University
  • Mr. Rob McRAE   
    President, Cargill Asia-Pacific
  • Prof. Rob SCOLLAY
    Auckland University  [Moderator]
1300 - 1400

Luncheon 

1400 - 1530

Plenary Session III: Strategic Resources: Are Markets for Minerals and Energy up to the Challenge?

Key Issues:

  • Medium and longer term demand and supply of energy (and minerals)
  • Importance of market based solutions
  • New projects and energy developments and their implications for existing supplying and consuming economies

Role Players:

  • Prof. Christopher FINDLAY
    Australian National University  [Scene-setter]
  • Mr. Hilton BUTLER
    Shell Eastern LNG Ltd
  • Mr. Hitoshi SUZUKI
    General Manager, Fuel Dept, Tokyo Electric Power Company
  • Mr. Murray JACKSON
    CEO, Genesis Power Ltd, New Zealand
  • Mr. Chris FINLAYSON
    MD, Brunei Shell Petroleum  [Moderator]
1545- 1715

Plenary Session IV: The Task Ahead on Private-Public sector Partnership

Key Issues:

  • Interim stock take on progress in the region with key indicators on ICT and Knowledge-based development
  • policy priorities ahead to attract investment
  • Focused training and education especially for developing economies
  • SME issues

Role Players:

  • Hon. Roberto ROMULO
    Chair, Philippines PECC  [Scene-setter]
  • H.E. Mr. Adama SAMASSÉKOU
    President, World Summit on Information Society Prepcom
  • Mr. Harres TAN
    World Information technology & services Alliance
  • Dr. Yuen Pau WOO
    Chief Economist, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada  [Moderator]
1900 - 2100

Dinner

Special Guest  "A Conversation with Dr. Victor Fung (Group Chairman, Li & Fung) with Victor Mallet (Chief Asia Correspondent, Financial Times)

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2003
0830 - 1000 Plenary Session V : Building Financial Stability from the Foundation: Domestic Institutions, Regional Links and Global Reach 

Key issues:

  • Score card on financial infrastructures in East Asia and Latin America 
  •  Building institutions and capacities at home: priorities and approaches
  •  Challenges of creating regional capital markets subject to global reach
  •  Cooperative initiatives for building institutions, domestic and regional.

Role Players:

  • Mr. John RIDDING
    Editor and Publisher, Financial Times Asian Edition  [Scene-setter]
  • Mr. David ELDON
    Chairman, Hong Kong & Shanghai banking Corporation Ltd
  • Dr. Jesus ESTANISLAO
    President & CEO, Institute of Corporate Directors and Former Philippines Finance Secretary
  • Dr. Jeffrey KOO
    Chairman, Chinatrust Financial Holdings
  • Dr. Soogil YOUNG
    PECC Finance Forum Coordinator  [Moderator]
 

Special Keynote Addresses

1000 - 1030 Keynote Speaker

Dato’ Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia

 1045-1115

Keynote Speaker: 

H.E. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, President of the Philippines 

1115 - 1230

Plenary Session VI: Revisiting the Pacific Community: the Way Forward

Panel Discussion

Key Issues:

  • Are business and politics on the same course?
  • Challenges and dangers of separate integration tracks
  • Managing hubs and spokes:  US, China, Japan, India, ASEAN, Latin America
  • Implications for transpacific trade and investment
  • Keeping the transpacific relationship alive as a source of growth 
  • Essential elements for success with separate integration tracks
  • Implications and directions for APEC

Role Players:

  • Mr. Timothy ONG
    Co-Chairman, The Edge Asia Inc.  [Scene-setter]
  • Mr. Daniel WAGNER
    Political Risk Specialist, Asian Development Bank
  • Ms. Lauren MORIARTY
    US APEC Senior Official
  • Dr. Hadi SOESASTRO
    executive Director, CSIS Indonesia  [Session Chair]
1230 - 1245

Adoption of the Brunei Declaration and Handover of the PECC Chair

1300 – 1415

Closing Luncheon

Keynote Address: APEC as a Force for Unity in a World of Differences

His Excellency Thaksin Shinawatra, Prime Minister of Thailand and Host of APEC 2003