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32nd PECC General Meeting

On August 12, 2025
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32nd PECC General Meeting

August 12, 2025

FKI Conference Center, Seoul, Korea

 

 Program

12 August 2025, Tuesday
 09:00 - 09:30
 
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
  • Dr. Richard Cantor, Co-Chair, PECC; Vice-Chairman, Moody's Ratings
 09:30 - 09:40
Plenary Speech
  • Mr. Han-koo Yeo, Trade Minister of Korea
 09:40 - 09:50
Group Photo
 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

 10:30 - 10:50
Break
 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)
 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 
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)
15:50 - 16:10
Break
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)
17:10 - 17:20
Closing Remarks
  • Amb. Zhan Yongxin, Co-Chair, PECC