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Title:: PECC Conference on "Economic Crisis and Recovery:.."
When:: 9 Oct, 2009 - 10 Oct, 2009
Where:: Singapore - Singapore
Category:: PECC Events

Description

PECC Conference
on
"Economic Crisis and Recovery: Enhancing Resilience, Structural Reform, and Freer Trade in the Asia-Pacific Region"

Organised by Singapore National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (SINCPEC) and supported by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS)

Date: 9 - 10 October 2009, Friday and Saturday
Venue: Orchard Ballroom, Orchard Hotel, Singapore

Synopsis:
The PECC Conference is being organised in at a time of great uncertainty brought about by the global economic crisis. In PECC's tradition of bringing together the brightest minds from business, the academe, government and civil society to come together we believe that now, more than ever, there is an urgent need for us to come together and provide new ideas and thinking on the solutions to the multitude of problems we confront.

The objective of the conference organized by PECC and supported by the Singapore National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (SINCPEC) and the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), Singapore, is to provide ideas and suggestions on the major issues that the leaders of the Asia-Pacific region will address when they convene in Singapore just a month later for the APEC summit. Invited speakers and participants include Ministers and officials from APEC governments, leading business representatives and thought-leaders from the Asia- Pacific region.

This initiative from PECC supported by the Singapore National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation will continue through 2010 and 2011 in Japan and the United States, the next chairs of the APEC process.

WELCOME REMARKS
Mr Jusuf Wanandi
Co-chair
Pacific Economic Cooperation Council

OPENING ADDRESS

Mr Raymond Lim APEC at 20: Growing with the Region (1.25 MB)
Minister for Transport and
Second Minister for Foreign Affairs
Singapore

PLENARY SESSION 1
Crisis and Recovery in the Asia-Pacific Region: Where We Are and What Needs to Be Done

Chair
Dr Chalongphob Sussangkarn
Distinguished Fellow
Thailand Development Research Institute

Keynote Speaker
Prof Peter Petri Sustained Recovery in the Asia Pacific (30.53 kB)
International Finance
Brandeis International Business School

Session Speakers
Prof Huang Yiping Sustained Recovery in the Asia Pacific: China Economic Recovery and Sustainably Growth (537.78 kB)
Peking University and
The Australian National University

Assoc Prof Raimundo Soto Sustained Recovery in the Asia Pacific: Overcoming the Global Crisis in South America (135.19 kB)
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Prof Shinji Takagi Sustained Recovery in the Asia Pacific: Advance Asia (99.75 kB)
Graduate School of Economics
Osaka University

LUNCHEON SPEECH

Amb Yoshiji Nogami
Chair
Japan National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation and
President
The Japan Institute of International Affairs

PLENARY SESSION 2 : THE REGION’S LONGER TERM RESPONSE: FISCAL, STRUCTURAL AND OTHER REFORMS TO ENHANCE REGIONAL RESILIENCE

Chair
Amb Yoshiji Nogami
Chair
Japan National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation and
President
The Japan Institute of International Affairs

Keynote Speaker
Mr Haruhiko Kuroda Broadening Openness and Reform for a Resilient Asia (127.93 kB)
President
Asian Development Bank

Session Speakers
Prof Mukul Asher icon Availability of Social Safety Nets in Asia-Pacific Region (96.06 kB)
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
National University of Singapore
Singapore

Prof Akira Kohsaka icon Aging and Economic Growth in the Pacific Region (514.56 kB)
Osaka School of International Public Policy
Osaka University
Japan

Mr John West
Senior Consultant
Asian Development Bank Institute

PLENARY SESSION 3: THE ASIA-PACIFIC IN THE NEW GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Chair
Dr Soogil Young
Chair
Korea National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation

Keynote Speaker
Mr Rodolfo C Severino The Asia-Pacific in the New Global Governance (24.3 kB)
Head
ASEAN Studies Centre
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Singapore

Session Speakers
Amb Stapleton Roy
Director
Kissinger Institute on China and the United States
The Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars
USA

Mr Hitoshi Tanaka
Senior Fellow
Japan Center for International Exchange
Japan

Dr Sun Zhe China’s Strategic Choice in Global Economic Governance (746.79 kB)
Institute of International Studies and
Director
Center for US-China Relations
Tsinghua University
China

CONFERENCE DINNER
Guest-of-Honour
Mr Lim Hng Kiang Speech from Minister of Trade (1.65 MB)
Minister for Trade and Industry
Singapore

PLENARY SESSION 4: AN APEC TRADE AGENDA

Chair
Dr Robert Scollay
Director
APEC Study Centre
University of Auckland
New Zealand

Keynote Speaker
Dr Mari Pangestu Ways Forward in the Global and Regional Trade Agenda (291.26 kB)
Minister of Trade
Republic of Indonesia

Session Speakers
Mr David Spencer
Former Deputy Secretary of DFAT and
Former APEC Ambassador and WTO Ambassador
Australia

Ms Kristin Paulson Perspectives from the Private Sector on Achieving APEC’S Inclusive Growth Goals (199.67 kB)
Chair
Asia Pacific Council of American Chambers of Commerce
USA

Dr Narongchai Akrasanee
Chair
Thai National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation

Mr Ravi Menon
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Trade and Industry
Singapore

PLENARY SESSION 5: AN APEC CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT AGENDA

Chair
Prof Tommy Koh
Chairman
Institute of Policy Studies
Singapore

Keynote Speaker
Dr Emil Salim Roadmap to Low Poverty with Low Carbon Society (3.41 MB)
Member
Advisory Council to the President of the Republic of Indonesia
Indonesia

Session Speakers
Prof Stephen Howes
Crawford School of Economics and Government
Australian National University
Australia

Dr Richard Drobnick An APEC Climate Change and Sustainable Environment (301.42 kB)
Managing Director
Association of Pacific Rim Universities World Institute and
Marshall School of Business
University of Southern California
USA

Prof Mao Xianqiang Coping with Climate Change: What has China done and what will China do? (1.64 MB)
Director of Environmental Economics, Policy and Management Programme
School of Environment, Beijing Normal University

LUNCHEON SPEECH

Prof Cheng Siwei
Honorary Chair
China National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation and
Former Vice Chairman of National People’s Congress

SPECIAL SESSIONS

Session 1: REVIVING TRADE FINANCE FOR CORPORATIONS AND SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

Chair
Dr Mahani Zainal Abidin
Director-General
Institute of Strategic and International Studies
Malaysia

Keynote Speaker
Dr David Hong Reviving Trade Finance for Corporation and SMEs (355.45 kB)
President
Taiwan Institute of Economic Research
Chinese Taipei

Speakers
Mr Robert Lewis Looking for Pressure Points: Financing for Asian SMEs During the GFC (168.5 kB)
Managing Director
Novatera Capital Pte Ltd
Singapore

Mr Razali Johari Reviving Trade Finance for Corporations and Small and Medium Enterprises (201.06 kB)
President
National Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Brunei Darussalam

Dr Olaf Weber Sustainable Credit Risk Rating of SMEs (512.48 kB)
Gesellschaft für Organisation und Entscheidung
(Consultants for Organisation and Decision Making)
Switzerland

Session 2: ENHANCING SOCIAL SAFETY NET, EDUCATION AND PUBLIC HOUSING FOR ASIA PACIFIC ECONOMIES

Chair
Mr Nelson Chang
Vice Chair
Chinese Taipei Pacific Economic Cooperation Committee

Keynote Speaker

Prof Charles Yuji Horioka Recent Trends in Consumption and Saving in Japan (155.33 kB)
Institute of Social and Economic Research
Osaka University
Japan

Speakers
Mr German A King
Consultant
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Prof Ho Lok Sang Enhancing Social Safety Net, Education and Public Housing for Asia Pacific Economies (48.32 kB)
Director
Centre for Public Policy Studies
Lingnan University
Hong Kong, China

Dr Nguyen Duc Thanh Vietnam: Improving Safety Net System for Sustainable Recovery (340.64 kB)
Director
Centre for Economic and Policy Research, College of Economics
Vietnam National University
Vietnam

Session 3: EASE OF DOING BUSINESS IN THE ASIA PACIFIC

Chair
Mr Rodolfo C Severino
Head
ASEAN Studies Centre
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Singapore

Speakers
Dr Robert Yap Ease of Doing Business in the Asia Pacific (1.34 MB)
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
YCH Group
Singapore

Dr Penelope J Brook icon Doing Business in East Asia and the Pacific (1.2 MB)
Acting Vice President
Financial and Private Sector Development
The World Bank

Mr Arin Jira The Ease of Doing Business in Asia Pacific (44.39 kB)
Chairman
ASEAN Business Advisory Council

Mr Dave Tan icon Supply Chain Connectivity: Important to every component of the Business Cycle (1.19 MB)
Executive Director
Conference of Asia Pacific Express Carriers

Session 4: GREEN ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR EMERGING ECONOMIES

Chair
Mr Donald Campbell
Chair
Canadian National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation

Keynote Speaker
Dr Soogil Young icon “Low Carbon Green Growth” as a New Development Model for East Asia (700.74 kB)
President
National Strategy Institute
Korea

Speakers
Dr Lee Poh Onn
Fellow
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Singapore

Mr S Tiwari The Environment and Sustainable Development Balance: the Southeast Asian Experience (62.24 kB)
Visiting Senior Research Fellow
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Singapore

Assoc Prof Anthony Chin icon GHG, Transportation and Rational Behavior (3.42 MB)
Director
Economics Executive Programme
National University of Singapore
Singapore

ROUNDTABLE SESSION: THE FUTURE OF REGIONAL INSTITUTIONAL ARCHITECTURE

Chair
Mr Jusuf Wanandi
Co-chair
Pacific Economic Cooperation Council

Keynote Speaker
Dr Hadi Soesastro Regional Institutional Architecture (282.63 kB)
Senior Fellow
Centre for Strategic and International Studies
Indonesia

Session Speakers
Mr Allan Gyngell
Former Executive Director
Lowy Institute
Australia

Mr Hitoshi Tanaka
Senior Fellow
Japan Center for International Exchange
Japan

Prof Qin Yaqing
Executive Vice President
China Foreign Affairs University
China

Prof Tommy Koh
Chairman
Institute of Policy Studies
Singapore

Venue

Venue:: Singapore
City:: Singapore

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