This conference will be the first-ever comparative discussion of the national policies of several regional economies to develop or enhance their national financial centers as competitive international financial centers. It will be attended by many distinguished finance experts and businessmen from the APEC economies, including members of PECC national committees as well as officials representing international financial organizations.

Key findings from the conference, including policy recommendations, will be submitted to the respective APEC governments in the form of a synthesis report. The conference will provide the participants with rich up-to-date information about financial reforms taking place in the region in a comprehensive manner.

• Mr Se-hoon Oh, Mayor of Seoul
• Mr. Dominic Barton, Chairman, Asia, McKinsey & Company
• Prof. Hugh Patrick, R.D. Calkins Professor of International Business Emeritus, and Director of the Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia University Graduate School of Business
• Dr. Kihwan Kim, Seoul Financial Forum, International Advisor, Goldman Sachs
• Mr. John Walker, Chair, Macquarie Group of Companies, Korea
• Dr. Masahiro Kawai, Dean, ADBI, Tokyo
• Mr. Simon Cooper, President & CEO, HSBC Korea
• Mr. David Cowen, Senior Economist, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, IMF
  
• Mr. Robert McCauley, Chief Representative, BIS Asian Office, Hong Kong
• Dr. Jong-Wha Lee, Head of Regional Economic Integration, ADB
  
• Mr. Yong-Ro Yun, Vice-Chairman, Financial Supervisory Commission, Korea,
• Dr. Xu Mingqi, Professor and Deputy Director, Institute of World Economy, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences

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