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Event 

Title:
PECC XVII: Seventeenth General Meeting
When:
29 Apr, 2007 - 2 May, 2007
Where:
Australia, Sydney - Sydney
Category:
PECC Events

Description

17th General Meeting of PECC

AUSPECC is delighted to host the 17th General Meeting of PECC in Sydney during 29 April - 2 May 2007. This will be the first time that PECC has convened a General Meeting in Australia since its inaugural meeting in September 1980.

 

 
Monday 30 April

1800-1930

General Meeting Welcome Reception

Tuesday 1 May

0900-1000

Opening Ceremony

Opening Remarks:

  • Dr Charles E. Morrison; Chair PECC

Welcoming Remarks

  • Mr Bill Shields; Chair Australia PECC

iconOpening Address: APEC 2007 - The Challenges and Opportunities (31.56 kB)

  • Amb David Spencer; Australian Ambassador for APEC and Chair of APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting

1000-1030

Tea and Coffee

1030-1230

The State of the Region

Session Chair:

  • Dr Narongchai Akrasanee; Vice Chair Thailand PECC

iconRegional Economic Integration - A Business Perspective (61.52 kB)

Panel:

Moderator:

  • Peter Thompson; ABC TV and Professor, Australia and New Zealand School of Government

Rapporteur:

1230-1300

Buffet Lunch

1330-1445

The Role of Public Private Partnerships (in cooperation with Infrastructure Partnerships Australia)

Session Chair:

  • Professor Christopher Findlay; Vice-Chair Australia PECC

Case Studies:

iconThe Role of Public-Private Partnerships (968.21 kB) 

  • Nicholas Grambas; Executive Director Macquarie Securities, Korea

iconService matters to the role of public private partnerships (1.03 MB)

icon An invitation to participate: Infrastructure Partnerships Global Dialogue (316.79 kB)

  • Garry Bowditch; Executive Director, Infrastructure Partnerships Australia
1445-1500

Break

1500-1700

Building Institutions to Serve the Region

Session Chair:

  • Amb Yoshihisa Ara; Chair Japan PECC

Presentation

Issues in Regional Institutional Architecture

  • Dr Charles E. Morrison; Chair PECC
  • Mr Jusuf Wanandi; Chair Indonesia PECC

 iconBuilding Institutions to Serve the Region (232.28 kB)

Panel Discussion

The value and priorities for regional cooperation through APEC to meet the challenges to growth

Panel:

  • Dr Hadi Soesastro; Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia
  • Mr Allan Gyngell; Executive Director Lowy Institute, Sydney
  • Dr Kim Kihwan; Honorary Chairman, Korea PECC
  • Dr Charles E. Morrison; Chair PECC

Moderator:

  • Peter Thompson; ABC TV and Professor, Australia and New Zealand School of Government

Rapporteur:

  • Dr Manfred Wilhelmy; Chair Chile PECC

1900-2100

Conference Dinner

icon Rethinking international education engagement in the Asia Pacific region (205.68 kB) 

  • Professor Stephanie Fahey; Deputy Vice Chancellor (International)
    Monash University

Wednesday 2 May

0900-1230

Demographic Change, Growth and Integration

Session Chair:

  • Dr Soogil Young; Chair Korea PECC

Keynote Address:

icon Demographic Change in East and Southeast Asia and the Implications for the Future (622.58 kB) 

  • Professor Graeme Hugo; National Centre for Social Applications of Geographic Information Systems, University of Adelaide

icon International Labour Migration in East Asia and Scope for Regional Cooperation (86.13 kB) 

  • Dr Chia Siow Yue; Senior Research Fellow, Singapore Institute of International Affairs

1000-1030

Tea and Coffee
 

Panel Discussion: Key aspects of demographic growth and integration

icon Demographic Change, Growth and Integration (319.52 kB)

Panel:

Moderator:

  • Peter Thompson; ABC TV and Professor, Australia and New Zealand School of Government

Rapporteur:

  • Professor Gary Hawke; Chair New Zealand PECC

1230:1330

Buffet Lunch

1330-1400

Ministerial Address

iconMinisterial Address: Managing the Challenges to Growth (59.01 kB) 

  • The Hon Warren Truss MP; Minister for Trade

1400-1415

Break

1415-1600

Energy and the Environment

Session Chair:

  • Ambassador Mei Ping; Chair China PECC

Keynote Address:

iconManaging the Environmental Impact of Energy Use (138.92 kB) 

  • Professor Warwick McKibbin; The Australian National University, Canberra

Panel:

 
Moderator:

  • Peter Thompson; ABC TV and Professor, Australia and New Zealand School of Government

Rapporteur:

  • David Parsons; Executive Director, Committee on Investment and International Trade Development, Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

1600-1615

Closing comments

  • Dr Charles E. Morrison; Chair PECC

 

Venue

Venue:
Australia, Sydney
City:
Sydney
Country:
AUSTRALIA