12 August 2025, Tuesday |
09:00 - 09:30
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Opening Remarks
- Dr. Siwook Lee, Co-Chair, KOPEC; President, The Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP)
Welcome Remarks
- Prime Minister Minseok Kim, Republic of Korea (Pre-recorded)
- Amb. Chang-beom Ki, Executive Vice Chairman, The Federation of Korean Industries (FKI)
Congratulatory Remarks
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09:30 - 09:40 |
Plenary Speech
- Mr. Han-koo Yeo, Trade Minister of Korea
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09:40 - 09:50 |
Group Photo
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09:50 - 10:30 |
Special Session
Moderator:
- Dr. Chul Chung, Co-Chair, KOPEC; President, Korea Economic Research Institute (KERI)
Keynote Speech
- Prof. James Robinson, Professor; Harris School of Public Policy and Department of Political Science, University of Chicago; 2024 Nobel Prize Winner in Economics
Q&A
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10:30 - 10:50 |
Break
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10:50 - 12:00 |
Session 1: Global Trade Landscape and World Economy
Moderator:
- Amb. Antonio I. Basilio, Chair, PPECC; (Former Special Trade Representative of the Philippines to the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations (GATT/WTO))
Keynote Speech:
- Mr Robin Harding, Asia Editor, The Financial Times
Panel Discussion and Q&A:
- Dr. Craig Emerson, Executive Chair, The Australian APEC Study Centre; (Former Australian Minister for Trade)
- Amb. Jonathan T. Fried, Chair, CANCPEC; (Former Canada's Personal Representative to the Prime Minister for the G20 Summit (Sherpa))
- Dr. Fukunari Kimura, President, IDE-JETRO; Professor Emeritius and Senior Professor
- Dr. Nguyen Hung Son, Chair, VNCPEC; Vice President, Diplomatic Academy of Viet Nam (DAV)
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12:00 - 13:40 |
Luncheon with Special Performances |
13:40 - 14:50 |
Session 2: AI and Advanced Technologies: Reshaping Digital Future through Regional Cooperation
Moderator:
- Mr. Arjuna Nadaraja, Chair, AUSPECC; (Former Chair, APEC Group on Services)
Keynote Speech:
- Prof. Atoosa Kasirzadeh, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosopher & Software & Societal Systems, Carnegie Mellon University; (Former Group Research Lead, The Alan Turing Institute)
Panel Discussion and Q&A:
- Dr. Chihoon Lee, Executive Vice President & Chief A.I. Officer, CJ Corporation; (Former Engineering Leadership in A.I./Machine Learning, Meta (Facebook))
- Dr. Kai-Cheng Hsu, President and Chief Medical Officer, Acer Medical
- Mr. Edward Brzytwa, Vice President of International Trade, Consumer Technology Association (Former Trade Negotiator, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative)
- Prof. Yi Zeng, Professor, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Founding Dean, Beijing Institute of AI Safety and Governance (Beijing-AISI); Member, United Nationas High-Level Advisory Body on AI
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14:50 - 15:50 |
Session 3: Responding to Demographic Change and Ensuring Sustainable Prosperity
Moderator:
- Dr. Chien-Yi Chang, Chair, CTPECC; President, Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER)
Keynote Speech
- Prof. Cai Fang, Academician, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS); (Former Member of the Standing Committee, National People's (NPC) of China)
Panel Discussion and Q&A
- Prof. Stuart A. Gietal-Basten, Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Prof. Jungmin Lee, Professor, Department of Economics, Seoul National University; Visiting Research Fellow, Korea Economic Research Institute (KERI)
- Mr. Tomoyuki Yoshida, Chief Executive Director, The Japan Institute of International Affairs; (Former Deputy Assistant Minister, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan)
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15:50 - 16:10 |
Break
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16:10 - 17:10 |
Session 4: Beyond 2025: The Way Forward for Asia-Pacific Regional Cooperation
Moderator:
- Dr. Narongchai Akrasanee, Chair, TNCPEC; (Former Minister of Commerce and Energy, Thailand)
Panel Discussion and Q&A:
- Dr. Kaewkamol (Karen) Pitakdumrongkit; Interim Secretary General, PECC Representative of the Republic of Korea to the UN in Geneva)
- Amb. Seok-young Choi, Senior Advisor, Lee & Ko; (Former Ambassador nad Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the UN in Geneva)
- Dr. Mia Mikic, Research Associate, Waikato University; (Former Director, Trade, Investment and Innovation Division, UN ESCAP)
- Amb. Renato Reyes Tagle, Chair, PERUPEC; APEC SOM Peru; (Former Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Peru to Chile)
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17:10 - 17:20 |
Closing Remarks
- Amb. Zhan Yongxin, Co-Chair, PECC
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