Pacific Economic Cooperation Council

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

Opening 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

Regional Economic Integration - A Business Perspective (61.52 kB)

Mark Johnson
Chair, APEC Business Advisory Council

Panel:

Alan Beattie
World Trade Editor Financial Times, London

Yuen Pau Woo
President and Co-Ceo, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada

Success in structural reform and how to get there (57.05 kB)
Dr Philippa Dee
Crawford School of Economics, The Australian National University

The State of the Latin American Region (167.38 kB)
Dr Luis Riveros
Asia Latin America Centre, University of Chile

Rising China As A New Force For Regional Economic Integration (62.56 kB)
Professor John Wong
East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore

Moderator:

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

Rapporteur:

Dr Sherry Stephenson
Organisation of American States

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:
The Role of Public-Private Partnerships (968.21 kB)
Nicholas Grambas
Executive Director Macquarie Securities, Korea

Service matters to the role of public private partnerships (1.03 MB)
Adrian Kloeden
Chairman Serco Pty Ltd

Professor Jean Luc Le Bideau, French Pacific Territories PECC and Joachim Bitterlich, Ambassador (ret), Executive Vice President International Affairs, Veolia, Paris

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
and
Mr Jusuf Wanandi
Chair Indonesia PECC

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

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:

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

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

Panel:
Cities: Why they matter and What PECC can do (2.43 MB) Professor Howard Dick
University of Melbourne

Health Worker Migration: The Case of the Philippines (510.7 kB)
Dr Marla Asis
Scalabrini Migration Centre, Philippines

Professor Akira Kohsaka
PECC Pacific Economic Outlook project

Professor Graeme Hugo
University of Adelaide

Dr Chia Siow Yue
Singapore Institute of International Affairs

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

Ministerial 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:
Managing the Environmental Impact of Energy Use (138.92 kB)
Professor Warwick McKibbin
The Australian National University, Canberra

Panel:

Managing the Environmental Impact of Energy Use (82.84 kB)
Dr Tony Beck
Australasian Emissions Trading Forum

Chinese Taipei’s Responses to Global Energy and Environment Issues (72.56 kB)
Dr David Hong
President, Taiwan Institute of Economic Research

Role for coal in a cleaner world (816.91 kB)
Colin Whyte
General Manager, Sustainable Development, Xstrata Coal

Energy Campaigns in China and its implication on Climate Change (303.9 kB)
Mr Liu Qiang
Energy Research Institute, China

Professor Warwick McKibbin
The Australian National University

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