BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//https://www.pecc.org///NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.15// METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260406T122547UTC-9058uEKjDb@https://www.pecc.org/ DTSTAMP:20260406T122547Z DESCRIPTION: State of the Region September 28-30\, 2011 The Madison Hotel\, Washington D.C.\, USA (Program as at 14 Sep 2011)\n \;\n\n\n\n\nWedne sday\, September 28\n\n\n\n\nOpening Dinner\nSpeaker: Deputy US Trade Repr esentative Demetrios Marantis (video)\n\n\n\nThursday\, September 29 \n\n \n\n\n0800\n\n\nRegistration and Coffee \n\n\n\n\n0830\n\n\nIntroductions and Opening Remarks Intro &\; Opening remarks\, and Session 1: Asia-Pa cific Regional Outlook (5.41 MB)\n\nCharles E. Morrison\, Co-Chair\, PECC and President\, East-West Center (video)\nJusuf Wanandi\, Co-Chair\, PECC and Co-Founder and Vice Chair\, Board of Trustees\, Centre for Strategic a nd International Studies (CSIS) Foundation\, Jakarta\, Indonesia (video)\n \n \;\n\n\n\n0845\n\n\nAsia Pacific Regional OutlookModerator: Zou Min grong\, Executive Vice Chairman\, China National Committee for Pacific Eco nomic Cooperation (CNCPEC)\nOverview and Forecast\n\nRoberto Cardarelli\, Senior Economist\, IMF Research Department Overview and Forecast (585.42 k B)\, (video)\n\nState of the Region Report\n\nYuen Pau Woo\, President\, A sia Pacific Foundation of Canada\, and coordinator\, PECC State of the Reg ion Report \; State of the Region Report (1.51 MB)\, (video)\n\nQuesti on and Answers (video)\n\n\n\n1000\n\n\nOpening Address Keynote Address (1.69 MB)\n\nHon. Kurt Campbell\, Assistant Secretary of State for East As ian and Pacific Affairs (video)\nIntroduced by: Charles E. Morrison\, Co-C hair\, PECC and President\, East-West Center \;\n\n\n\n\n\n \;1030 \n\n\nConcurrent Sessions:\nEnabling 21st Century Services in the Asia Pac ific\nOverview: Services are a key driver of regional economic growth and competitiveness. The services industry adds value of more than 50 percent to regional GDP. All APEC economies are successfully exporting services of one kind or another. Governments often claim\, nevertheless\, to have tou ble understanding where their commercial interests in services lie. The da ta paucity and resulting relative ignorance of the services economy leads to policy defensiveness and widespread reluctance to open up to foreign pa rticipation. Meanwhile\, new evidence is emerging that shows that the regi onal services economy suffers from relatively high levels of government in tervention\, which has had a negative impact on competitiveness. The avera ge services share of total exports for the APEC region is well below the g lobal average.\nThe determinants of services competitiveness and export pe rformance are relatively poorly understood. Nor has the role of services i n global and regional value chains been adequately studied or understood. The benefits of regulatory reform for services have not been widely advoca ted. And far too little attention has been given to improving the governan ce arrangements for 21st century trade and investment in services. The int er-governmental agenda lags badly behind the fast-changing business realit ies in the market place. The task of rebalancing global growth in the afte rmath of the recent global financial crisis could be helped by designing m ore effective strategies for services\, both domestically and internationa lly. This Concurrent Session will examine these issues.\nConcurrent Sessio n Facilitator:\n\nProf. Christopher Findlay\, Vice Chair\, Australian Paci fic Economic Cooperation Committee (AUSPECC)\, and Professor of Economics and Executive Dean\, Faculty of the Professions\, University of Adelaide\n \nSpeakers:\n\nMr. Sebastien Saez\, Senior Trade Economist\, International Trade Department\, World Bank (video)\nDr. Ben Shepherd\, Principal\, Dev eloping Trade Consultants Ltd. Trade in Services in the Asia-Pacific: Patt erns\, Determinants\, and Policy (133.7 kB)\, (video)\nDr. Gloria Pasadill a\, Research Fellow\, Asian Development Bank PECC Panel Presentation (113 .68 kB)\, (video)\nMr. Robert Vastine\, Chief Executive\, Coalition of Ser vices Industries\, United States (video)\nMs. Jane Drake-Brockman\, Princi pal\, JDBSolutions PECC General Meeting on Concurrent Session on Services (524.77 kB)\, (video)\n\nRapporteur: \n\nMs. Sherry M. Stephenson\, Head\, Insitutional Relations\, Department of International Affairs\, Organizati on of American States.\n\nThe Trans-Pacific Partnership: Views from the In side and the Outside\nOverview: The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a m ultilateral free trade agreement that would further liberalize trade among a group of Asia-Pacific economies. The original parties to the agreement\ , Brunei\, Chile\, New Zealand and Singapore are negotiating with five add itional economies - Australia\, Malaysia\, Peru\, United States\, and Viet nam - that wish to join the group. TPP is considered by APEC to be a pathf inder for its proposed Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP).\nWhile TPP would result in trade benefits to its members\, its implications for non-members\,whom it may disadvantage\, are raising new questions and conc erns in the region. These include\, for example\, the potentially widespre ad application of newly proposed intellectual property protections for TPP members as well as trade discrimination in sensitive sectors such as agri culture and other areas. At the same time\, the economic advantages for no n members arising from possible accession to the TPP have stirred strong d omestic policy debates in several regional economies.\nThis session will r eflect perspectives from both the 'inside\,' i.e.\, the parties to the neg otiations\, and the 'outside\,' the non-participants\, with a view to deve loping a more complex and\, it is hoped\, nuanced understanding if the imp lications of the TPP for the Asia Pacific region.\nConcurrent Session Chai r:\n\nProf. Peter Petri\, Carl J. Shapiro Professor of International Finan ce\, Brandeis University\n\nSpeakers:\n\nMr. Cai Penghong\, Director of AP EC Research Center\, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences The Trans-Pacifi c Partnership: A Chinese Perspective (ppt) (21.69 kB) Trans-Pacific Partn ership: Views from the inside and the outside: A Chinese Perspective (15.5 1 kB)\nProf. Merit Janow\, Professor in the Practice of International Econ omic Law &\; International Affairs\, Columbia University\nMr. Lim Jock Hoi\, Permanent Secretary\, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade\, Brunei Darussalam Trans-Pacific Partnership: A 21st Century Regional Agreement (311.09 kB)\nOther Panelists TBA\n\n\nPaths to More Inclusive Growth\nOver view: At APEC 2010 Yokohama\, the leaders agreed to pursue five growth str ategies: balanced\, inclusive\, sustainable\, innovative\, and secure grow th. Under the banner of inclusive growth\, APEC economies will strive to e nsure that all people of the region have the opportunity to participate in \, contribute to\, and benefit from global economic growth. 'The APEC Lead ers' Growth Strategy' further states that APEC should support policies tha t increase opportunities for workers to benefit from (1) regional economic integration\, (2) an improved business environment for small and medium-s ized enterprises (SMEs)\, and (3) increased access to finance for the most vulnerable sectors such as microenterprises (MEs). In addition\, the stat ement calls on APEC economies to create sufficient opportunities for poten tially disadvantaged and marginalized groups\, including youth\, elderly a nd women\, through better education\, training\, and employment programs. \nIn this session\, speakers will explore social policy issues and human d evelopment measures such as employment\, education\, empowerment\, and soc ial security. They also will examine the current status of PECC economies and the ways in which they hope to achieve inclusive growth in the future. \nConcurrent Session Chair: \n\nAmb. Yoshiji Nogami\, Chair\, Japan Nation al Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (JANCPEC)\, and President\, Japan Institute of International Affairs\n\nSpeakers:\n\nMr. Christopher W atson\, Area Advisor for Asia\, the Pacific and APEC Affairs\, US Departme nt of Labor Advancing Inclusive Growth through Social Protection (394.86 kB)\nProf. Riordan Roett\, Sarita and Don Johnston Professor of Political Science and Director of Western Hemisphere Studies\, The Johns Hopkins Pau l H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)\nProf. Lu Jianr en\, Deputy Director of the APEC Study Center\, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences China's Endowment Insurance (108.51 kB)\nProf. Charles Yuji Hori oka\, Professor of Economics\, Institute of Social and Economic Research\, Osaka University Recent trends in Consumption in the G7 Countries (70.07 kB)\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\n1200\n\n\nLuncheon Luncheon Address (1.66 MB)\n \nHon. Francisco J. Sanchez\, Under Secretary of Commerce for Internationa l Trade (video)\nIntroduced by: Manfred Wilhelmy\, Director\, Chile Pacifi c Foundation and Chair\, Chilean National Committee for Pacific Economic C ooperation (CHILPEC)\n\n\n\n\n\n1400\n\n\nRegional Dynamics Regional Dyn amics (4.02 MB) \nModerator: Tan Khee Giap\, Singapore National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (SINCPEC)\nThe Emerging Role of Bilateral Free Trade Deals in the Asia-Pacific\n\nMichael Moore\, Ambassador of New Zealand to the United States\, former Director General\, World Trade Orga nization (WTO) The Emerging Role of Bilateral FTAs in Asia-Pacific (40.97 kB)\, (video)\n\nThe New Regional Energy Equation\n\nKevin Jianjun Tu\, S enior Associate\, Carnegie Energy and Climate Program The New Regional En ergy Equation in APEC (639.42 kB)\, (video)\n\nRegional Challenges in Stru ctural Unemployment \n\nDavid Hong\, President\, Taiwan Institute of Econo mic Research and Vice Chair\, Chinese Taipei Pacific Economic Cooperation Committee (CTPECC) Regional Challenges in Structural Unemployment (1.4 MB) \, (video)\n\n\n\n\n\n1530\n\n\nThe Future of Regional Economic Cooperatio n\nModerator: Charles E. Morrison\, Co-Chair\, PECC and President\, East-W est Center\nAPEC\n\nKurt Tong\, US Senior Official for Asia Pacific Econom ic Cooperation(video) \;\n\nEast Asia Summit\n\nJusuf Wanandi\, Co-Cha ir\, PECC and Co-Founder and Vice Chair\, Board of Trustees\, Centre for S trategic and International Studies (CSIS) Foundation\, Jakarta\, Indonesia Strategic Developments in East Asia: the East Asian Summit (37.36 kB)\, ( video)\n\nASEAN-Plus Three\n\nNarongchai Akrasanee\, former Minister of Co mmerce and Chair\, Thailand National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooper ation (TNCPEC) ASEAN +3 (390.08 kB)\, (video)\n\nAsia in the G-20\n\nC. F red Bergsten\, Director\, Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Ec onomics(video)\n\nQuestion and Answer Session (video)\n\n\n\n\n1645\n\n\nC onclusion\n\nJusuf Wanandi\, Co-Chair\, PECC and Co-Founder and Vice Chair \, Board of Trustees\, Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSI S) Foundation\, Jakarta\, Indonesia\nCharles E. Morrison\, Co-Chair\, PECC and President\, East-West Center\n\n\n\n\n \;\n* PECC Youth Delegate Report* PECC Youth Delegate Program\, 27 Sep - 30 Sep 2011\n\n\n \;\n* Video clips are available in Youtube Channel.\n\n\n https://www.pecc.org/ event-calendar/past-events/event/209-pecc-xx-twentieth-pecc-general-meetin g DTSTART:20110928T000000Z DTEND:20110930T000000Z LOCATION:USA\, Washington DC. () SUMMARY: PECC XX: Twentieth PECC General Meeting URL:https://www.pecc.org/event-calendar/past-events/event/209-pecc-xx-twent ieth-pecc-general-meeting END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR