Pacific Economic Cooperation Council

Monday, September 1st, 2003

0900 – 1730

Focus Workshops

• Trade
• Finance
• Community Building
• PEO Structure

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

0900 – 1030

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

• 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

• 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]

• 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

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

• 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
• Mr. 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

• 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

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

Keynote Speaker:

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

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]

Adoption of the Brunei Declaration and Handover of the PECC Chair

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