BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//https://www.pecc.org///NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.15// METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260415T034423UTC-8908Mm7apb@https://www.pecc.org/ DTSTAMP:20260415T034423Z DESCRIPTION:The Sixteenth PECC General Meeting\n\n Towards a Pacific Commun ity: Renewing the Commitment September 5-7\, 2005\, Seoul \n\nOpening Rema rks\n\nKim Kihwan\, PECC Chair (download) (348.86 kB)\n\n \;\n\nKeynot e Address\nIntroduction:\n\nYang Chengxu\, Chair\, China PECC\n\nKeynote A ddress:\n\nRoh Moo-hyun\, President\, Republic of Korea (download) (350. 09 kB)\n\n \;\n\nPlenary Session I: The Pacific Community: a Vision or an Illusion? Has the initial enthusiasm for the creation of a Pacific Com munity actually waned? Is the founders’ vision still relevant and viable i n light of the new economic and political realities of the post-9/11 21st century? What are the threats to the stability of trans-Pacific linkages a nd the momentum towards the realization of a peaceful and prosperous Pacif ic Community? How does this vision square with what appears to be the rise of an East Asian regional community or with the on-going regional integra tion in the Americas? How effective are APEC and other existing regional i nstitutions? How can we renew the vision of a Pacific Community and our ef forts to realize it? (download) (390.04 kB)\nModerator:\n\nJusuf Wanandi \, President Director\, The Jakarta Post\n\nPanel Speakers:\n\nNarongchai Akrasanee\, Chairman\, MFC Asset Management Plc.\; former Minister of Comm erce\, Thailand\nCheng Siwei\, Vice Chairman\, Standing Committee of the N ational People’s Congress\, People’s Republic of China\nKim Kyungwon\, Pre sident Emeritus\, Seoul Forum\; former Korean Ambassador to the U.S.\nManf red Wilhelmy\, Chair\, Chilean National Committee for Pacific Economic Coo peration (CHILPEC)\n\n \;\n\nPlenary Session II: Squaring FTAs with th e Bogor Goals: How Can It Be Done? How do we assess the relationship betwe en the various FTAs and other RTAs – either already in place\, currently u nder negotiation\, or being contemplated -- with the Bogor goals and the D DA? What are the choices facing the APEC governments on their respective l ong-term trade policy agendas? Are the Bogor goals passé? Or can and shoul d they still remain the valid and overriding common goal of APEC governmen ts? Could an FTAAP still be a solution? What forms should the roadmap and strategic actions take? (download) (414.25 kB)\nModerator:\n\nGuy de Jon quières\, Asia Columnist and Commentator\, The Financial Times\n\nPanel Sp eakers:\n\nFred Bergsten\, Director\, Institute for International Economic s\nHeng Chee How\, Minister of State for Trade and Industry\, Singapore\nJ ean-Pierre Lehmann\, Executive Director\, Evian Group\; Professor of Inter national Political Economy\, IMD\nMari Pangestu\, Minister of Trade\, Indo nesia\n\n \;\n\nPlenary Session III: Private-Public Partnership for In frastructure Development A recent study by the Asian Development Bank (ADB )\, Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)\, and the World Bank c oncluded that East Asia needs US$1 trillion in infrastructure investment o ver the next 20 years. While government funding remains limited\, new mode ls of financing are increasingly being used to overcome this challenge. Ho w do we define the function and impact of partnerships between government and business in the financing of infrastructure projects? What are the opt ions for new forms of infrastructure finance\, and what do they require fo r success? What are the new options for policy makers? What are the opport unities and challenges for the business sector? What is the role of multil ateral institutions? (download) (2.4 MB)\nModerator:\n David Hong\, Pres ident\, Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER)\nPanel Speakers:\n\nD ominic Barton\, Chairman\, Asia Pacific McKinsey &\; Company\nChristian Delvoie\, Director\, Infrastructure Department\, East Asia and the Pacifi c Region\, The World Bank\nPeter de Wit\, President\, Shell Gas &\; Pow er for Asia Pacific Region\nNicholas Moore\, Head of the Investment Bankin g Group\, Macquarie Bank\nTakumi Shibata\, President and CEO\, Nomura Asse t Management Co.\, Ltd.\nPierre Victoria\, Vice President for Institutiona l Relations\, Veolia Water\n\n \;\n\nPlenary Session IV: The Trans-Pac ific Imbalance: a Disaster in the Making? The annual U.S. trade deficit wi th East Asia now stands at almost US$300 billion\, and East Asian economie s hold almost US$2 trillion in reserves\, much of which goes towards fundi ng the U.S. current account deficit. How sustainable is this position? Is a major regional and global financial disaster waiting to happen? What wou ld be its causes? What should be done about it and how? Can these efforts serve as a catalyst for financial cooperation and monetary integration acr oss the Pacific or in East Asia? What trade policy responses could we expe ct? What should be the role of APEC and some of its member governments? No w that China has revalued its currency by 2%\, what are the possible impli cations? (download) (422.27 kB) \nModerator:\n\nWendy Dobson\, Professor \, University of Toronto\n\nPanel Speakers:\n\nFred Bergsten\, Director\, Institute for International Economics\nEdward K.Y. Chen\, President\, Ling nan University\nJacob Frenkel\, Vice Chairman\, American International Gro up\, Inc. (AIG)\nPark Yung Chul\, Professor\, Graduate School of Internati onal Studies\, Seoul National University\n\n \;\n\nPlenary Session V: Rising to the Challenge - Creating the Political Will In the end\, it is p olitical leaders who must rise to the challenge of the vision of a Pacific Community. But how do we instill the will to act? What is the political c limate in each capital in the region\, and how does it affect attitudes to wards Pacific cooperation? How serious is the interest of the political co mmunities? How do we foster and strengthen this interest? And who is the “ we” that should assume this role -- a coalition of the willing? How is thi s coalition to be formed\, and what should be the role of PECC? (downloa d) (397.86 kB) \nModerator:\n\nWilliam Green\, Asia Editor\, TIME Magazine \n\nPanel Speakers:\n\nBob Hawke\, former Prime Minister\, Australia\nYori ko Kawaguchi\, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister in charge of Foreig n Affairs\; former Minister ofForeign Affairs\, Japan\nLee Hong-Koo\, form er Prime Minister\, Korea\nMichel Rocard\, Member\, European Parliament \; former Prime Minister\, France\nStapleton Roy\, Managing Director\, Kissi nger Associates\, Inc.\; former U.S. Ambassador to China and Indonesia\n\n  \;\n\nSpecial Session on PECC and APEC: Towards an Asia-Pacific Commu nity: Taking the Next Step\nModerator:\n\nYuen Pau Woo\, President and Co- CEO\, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada\n\nSpeaker:\n\nKim Hyun-chong\, Mi nister of Trade\, Korea (download) (375.75 kB) \n\n \;\n\nDinner Spe ech: A Reflection on PECC’s Twenty-Five Years: a Story with an Evolving Fu ture\nSpeaker:\n\nNam Duck-Woo\, Honorary Chair\, KOPEC and former Prime M inister of Korea (download) (351.25 kB)\n\n \;\n\nLunch Speech: Buil ding an Economic Community: the European Experience\n Speaker:\n\nKarl Kai ser\, Ralph I. Straus Visiting Professor\, Kennedy School of Government an d Weatherhead Center for International Affairs\, Harvard University\, form er Director\, German Council on Foreign Relations \n\n \;\n\nDinner S peech: The Korean Economic in the Pacific Age\nSpeaker:\n\nHan Duck-Soo\, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economy\, Korea (downl oad) (351.27 kB)\n\n \;\n\nLunch Speech: New Strategic Equation in Eas t Asia\nSpeaker:\n\nHan Sung-joo\, Professor\, Korea University\; former M inister of Foreign Affairs\, Korea (download) (366.16 kB) \n\n https://w ww.pecc.org/event-calendar/past-events/event/35-pecc-xvi-sixteenth-general -meeting DTSTART:20050905T000000Z DTEND:20050907T000000Z LOCATION:Republic of Korea\, Seoul () SUMMARY:PECC XVI: Sixteenth General Meeting URL:https://www.pecc.org/event-calendar/past-events/event/35-pecc-xvi-sixte enth-general-meeting END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR