BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//https://www.pecc.org///NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.15// METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260308T212756UTC-6711IrSstu@https://www.pecc.org/ DTSTAMP:20260308T212756Z DESCRIPTION: https://www.pecc.org/event-calendar/past-events/event/766-apec -energy-ministerial-meeting-emm DTSTART:20250827T075000Z DTEND:20250828T095000Z LOCATION:Republic of Korea\, Busan () SUMMARY:APEC Energy Ministerial Meeting (EMM) URL:https://www.pecc.org/event-calendar/past-events/event/766-apec-energy-m inisterial-meeting-emm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260308T212756UTC-6713hHvtTa@https://www.pecc.org/ DTSTAMP:20260308T212756Z DESCRIPTION: https://www.pecc.org/event-calendar/past-events/event/767-apec -small-and-medium-enterprises-ministerial-meeting-smemm DTSTART:20250901T075000Z DTEND:20250905T095000Z LOCATION:Republic of Korea\, Jeju () SUMMARY:APEC Small and Medium Enterprises Ministerial Meeting (SMEMM) URL:https://www.pecc.org/event-calendar/past-events/event/767-apec-small-an d-medium-enterprises-ministerial-meeting-smemm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260308T212756UTC-6714tfHV41@https://www.pecc.org/ DTSTAMP:20260308T212756Z DESCRIPTION: https://www.pecc.org/event-calendar/past-events/event/768-apec -economic-leaders-week-aelw DTSTART:20251026T075000Z DTEND:20251101T095000Z LOCATION:Republic of Korea\, Gyeongju () SUMMARY:APEC Economic Leaders' Week (AELW) URL:https://www.pecc.org/event-calendar/past-events/event/768-apec-economic -leaders-week-aelw END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260308T212756UTC-67155iiVx2@https://www.pecc.org/ DTSTAMP:20260308T212756Z DESCRIPTION: https://www.pecc.org/event-calendar/past-events/event/772-worl d-bank-annual-meetings-2025 DTSTART:20251013T073600Z DTEND:20251018T093600Z LOCATION:USA\, Washington DC. () SUMMARY:World Bank Annual Meetings 2025 URL:https://www.pecc.org/event-calendar/past-events/event/772-world-bank-an nual-meetings-2025 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260308T212756UTC-67179Uvt5a@https://www.pecc.org/ DTSTAMP:20260308T212756Z DESCRIPTION:\n32nd PECC General Meeting\nAugust 12\, 2025\nFKI Conference C enter\, Seoul\, Korea\n \;\n \;Program\n\n\n\n12 August 2025\, Tue sday\n\n\n\n \;09:00 - 09:30\n \;\n\n\nOpening Remarks\n\n\nDr. Si wook Lee\, Co-Chair\, KOPEC\; President\, The Korea Institute for Internat ional Economic Policy (KIEP)\n\n\nWelcome Remarks\n\n\nPrime Minister Mins eok Kim\, Republic of Korea (Pre-recorded)\nAmb. Chang-beom Ki\, Executive Vice Chairman\, The Federation of Korean Industries (FKI)\n\n\nCongratula tory Remarks\n\n\nDr. Richard Cantor\, Co-Chair\, PECC\; Vice-Chairman\, M oody's Ratings\n\n\n\n\n\n \;09:30 - 09:40\n\nPlenary Speech\n\nMr. Ha n-koo Yeo\, Trade Minister of Korea\n\n\n\n\n \;09:40 - 09:50\n\nGroup Photo\n\n\n\n \;09:50 - 10:30\n\nSpecial Session\nModerator:\n\nDr. C hul Chung\, Co-Chair\, KOPEC\; President\, Korea Economic Research Institu te (KERI)\n\nKeynote Speech\n\nProf. James Robinson\, Professor\; Harris S chool of Public Policy and Department of Political Science\, University of Chicago\; 2024 Nobel Prize Winner in Economics\n\nQ&\;A\n\n\n\n \; 10:30 - 10:50\n\nBreak\n\n\n\n \;10:50 - 12:00\n\nSession 1: Global Tr ade Landscape and World Economy\nModerator:\n\nAmb. Antonio I. Basilio\, C hair\, PPECC\; (Former Special Trade Representative of the Philippines to the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations (GATT/WTO))\n\nKeynot e Speech:\n\nMr Robin Harding\, Asia Editor\, The Financial Times(download presentation)\n\nPanel Discussion and Q&\;A:\n\nDr. Craig Emerson\, Ex ecutive Chair\, The Australian APEC Study Centre\; (Former Australian Mini ster for Trade)\nAmb. Jonathan T. Fried\, Chair\, CANCPEC\; (Former Canada 's Personal Representative to the Prime Minister for the G20 Summit (Sherp a))(download presentation)\nDr. Fukunari Kimura\, President\, IDE-JETRO\; Professor Emeritius and Senior Professor\nDr. Nguyen Hung Son\, Chair\, VN CPEC\; Vice President\, \; Diplomatic Academy of Viet Nam (DAV)\n\n\n \n\n \;12:00 - 13:40\n \;Luncheon with Special Performances\n\n\n& nbsp\;13:40 - 14:50\n\nSession 2: AI and Advanced Technologies: Reshaping Digital Future through Regional Cooperation\nModerator: \;\n\nMr. Arju na Nadaraja\, Chair\, AUSPECC\; (Former Chair\, APEC Group on Services)\n \nKeynote Speech:\n\nProf. Atoosa Kasirzadeh\, Assistant Professor\, Depar tment of Philosopher &\; Software &\; Societal Systems\, Carnegie Me llon University\; (Former Group Research Lead\, The Alan Turing Institute) (download presentation)\n\nPanel Discussion and Q&\;A:\n\nDr. Chihoon L ee\, Executive Vice President &\; Chief A.I. Officer\, CJ Corporation\; (Former Engineering Leadership in A.I./Machine Learning\, Meta (Facebook) )\nDr. Kai-Cheng Hsu\, President and Chief Medical Officer\, Acer Medical \nMr. Edward Brzytwa\, Vice President of International Trade\, Consumer Te chnology Association (Former Trade Negotiator\, Office of the U.S. Trade R epresentative)\nProf. Yi Zeng\, Professor\, Institute of Automation\, Chin ese Academy of Sciences\; Founding Dean\, Beijing Institute of AI Safety a nd Governance (Beijing-AISI)\; Member\, United Nationas High-Level Advisor y Body on AI \;\n\nStatement for Session 2 \;\n\nFrench Pacific Te rritories National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (FPTPEC) (do wnload statement)\n\n\n\n\n14:50 - 15:50\n\nSession 3: Responding to Demog raphic Change and Ensuring Sustainable Prosperity\nModerator:\n\nDr. Chien -Yi Chang\, Chair\, CTPECC\; President\, Taiwan Institute of Economic Rese arch (TIER)\n\nKeynote Speech\n\nProf. Cai Fang\, Academician\, Chinese Ac ademy of Social Sciences (CASS)\; (Former Member of the Standing Committee \, National People's (NPC) of China)(download presentation)\n\nPanel Discu ssion and Q&\;A\n\nProf. Stuart A. Gietal-Basten\, Professor\, Hong Kon g University of Science and Technology\nProf. Jungmin Lee\, Professor\, De partment of Economics\, Seoul National University\; Visiting Research Fell ow\, Korea Economic Research Institute (KERI)\nMr. Tomoyuki Yoshida\, Chie f Executive Director\, The Japan Institute of International Affairs\; (For mer Deputy Assistant Minister\, Minister's Secretariat\, Ministry of Forei gn Affairs of Japan)\n\n\n\n\n15:50 - 16:10\n\nBreak\n\n\n\n16:10 - 17:10 \n\nSession 4: Beyond 2025: The Way Forward for Asia-Pacific Regional Coop eration\nModerator:\n\nDr. Narongchai Akrasanee\, Chair\, TNCPEC\; (Former Minister of Commerce and Energy\, Thailand)(download presentation)\n\nPan el Discussion and Q&\;A:\n\nDr. Kaewkamol (Karen) Pitakdumrongkit\; Int erim Secretary General\, PECC Representative of the Republic of Korea to t he UN in Geneva)\nAmb. Seok-young Choi\, Senior Advisor\, Lee &\; Ko\; (Former Ambassador nad Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea t o the UN in Geneva)\nDr. Mia Mikic\, Research Associate\, Waikato Universi ty\; (Former Director\, Trade\, Investment and Innovation Division\, UN ES CAP)\nAmb. Renato Reyes Tagle\, Chair\, PERUPEC\; APEC SOM Peru\; (Former Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission\, Embassy of Peru to Chile)\n\n\n\n\n 17:10 - 17:20\n\nClosing Remarks\n\nAmb. Zhan Yongxin\, Co-Chair\, PECC\n \n\n\n\n https://www.pecc.org/event-calendar/past-events/event/781-32nd-pe cc-general-meeting DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250812 LOCATION:Republic of Korea\, Seoul () SUMMARY:32nd PECC General Meeting URL:https://www.pecc.org/event-calendar/past-events/event/781-32nd-pecc-gen eral-meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260308T212756UTC-67249Btjk4@https://www.pecc.org/ DTSTAMP:20260308T212756Z DESCRIPTION: \;\n\n\n\n \;\n \;\n \;\n\n\n\n\nPECC Signatur e Project Workshop:\n‘Addressing Labor Shortages Due to Low Birth Rates an d Aging Population in the APEC Region’\n13th August\, 2025\nFKI Tower in Y eouido\, Seoul\, Korea\n \;\n \;Program\n\n\n\n13 August 2025\, Tu esday\n\n\n \;14:00-14:40\n\nOpening Session\n\n\n\n \;14:00-14:05 \n\nOpening Remarks\n\nMr. Tomoyuki Yoshida\, Chief Executive Director\, J ANCPEC\nDr. Jukwan Lee\, Director\, KOPEC\n\n\n\n\n \;14:05-14:15\nWel coming Remarks\n\nDr. Hyunghwan Joo\, Vice Chair\, Presidential Committee on Aging Society and Population Policy (Former Minister for MOTIE\, Korea) \n\n\n\n\n \;14:15-14:35\n\nKeynote Speech\n\nDr. Hyuncheol Bryant Kim \, Associate Professor\, Department of Preventive Medicine\, College of Me dicine\, Yonsei University\; Director\, Institute of Population and Human Capital\, Yonsei University\; Associate Professor\, Department of Economic s\, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (download presentation) \n\n\n\n\n \;14:35-14:40\nPhoto\n\n\n \;14:40-15:45\n\nSession1: A PEC’s Aging Populations and Economic Growth Strategies\nRapid population a ging in East Asia and the broader APEC region poses structural challenges to sustaining productivity and economic growth. This session examines how aging affects the economies of China\, Korea\, US\, and Japan through case studies of these four economies\, followed by panel discussions on policy responses such as investing in human capital\, leveraging digital technol ogies\, and institutional reforms. The discussion will focus on identifyin g strategic approaches to transform demographic challenges into growth opp ortunities\, examining critical success factors for translating technologi cal investments into measurable productivity gains\, and \;exploring c oncrete cooperation mechanisms that enable APEC economies to turn aging fr om an economic constraint into a competitive advantage.\n \;\n\nModera tor:\n\nMr. Kensuke Yanagida\, Research Fellow\, The Japan Institute of In ternational Affairs (JIIA)\n\n\nPresenters:\nChina’s Low Fertility Rate\, Aging Population and Economic StrategiesExploring demographic shifts\, hum an capital investment\, and digital transformation\n\nDr. Xin Yuan\, Profe ssor\, Institute of Population and Development\, School of Economics\, Nan kai University (download presentation)\n\nOvercoming Korea’s Ultra-low Fer tility RateAnalyzing work-life balance\, male participation in childcare\, and inclusive labor market policies\n\nDr. Nayoung Kim\, Research Fellow\ , Korea Institute of Child Care and Education (KICCE) (download presentati on)\n\nWomen’s Health Policy and Economic Enablement: Frontiers in Reprodu ctive Health and TechnologyComparative analysis on patient access to care in the APEC region\n\nDr. Monica He\, Head of Global Human Health\, Organo n (download presentation)\n\nChallenges and Policy Directions for Sustaini ng Economic Growth in an Aging SocietyJapan’s experiences with AI and robo tics for productivity\n\nDr. Keiko Ito\, Professor\, Faculty of Economics\ , Chiba University (Pre-recorded) (download presentation)\n\nQ&\;A and Discussion\n\n\n\n15:45-16:00\nCoffee Break\n\n\n16:00-17:15\nSession 2: S ustainable Growth: Demographic Shifts and Labor Market Adoption\nPersisten tly low fertility rates\, demographic transitions\, and labor shortages ar e urgent issues for APEC economies. This session explores how APEC economi es can collaborate to address these challenges through adaptive policy app roaches. Based on case studies from Japan (UHC model)\, Korea (NOW approac h)\, Chinese Taipei (gender equality and women's labor participation)\, an d Canada (immigration policies)\, \;the discussion will focus on ident ifying APEC cooperation tasks and developing strategies to transform indiv idual policy innovations into joint regional projects. The session aims to establish concrete frameworks for regional coordination and practical sol utions that can be implemented across different APEC economies.\nModerator :\n\nDr. Sungbae An\, Vice President for External Affairs\, KIEP\n\nPresen ters:\nDemography\, Trade\, and Social Policy: Comparisons with a Hundred Years Ago Social policy for enhancing labor productivity and maintaining f ree trade\n\nDr. Yasuhiro Kamimura\, Associate Professor\, Graduate School of Environmental Studies\, Nagoya University (download presentation)\n\nS haping the Future: Policy Paradigms for Fertility RecoveryKorea’s corporat e role and the NOW (No One is Wasted) approach\n\nDr. Jin Sung Yoo\, Senio r Research Fellow\, Korea Economic Research Institute (KERI) (download pre sentation)\n\nUnmarried Adults and Gender Equality Matter in Low Fertility ContextsExamining gender gaps\, rising unmarried populations\, and labor force participation\n\nDr. Yen-hsin Alice Cheng\, Professor and Research F ellow\, Institute of Sociology\, Academia Sinica (download presentation)\n \nSuccesses and Failures of Cross-border Temporary Labour Migration Polici es in Addressing Labour Shortages and Enhancing Economic ProductivityLesso ns from Canada’s experience and implications for APEC economies.\n\nMs. Sh aron Sun\, Distinguished Fellow\, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF C anada) (download presentation)\n\nQ&\;A and Discussion\n\n\n\n\n17:15-1 7:20\nClosing\n\nDr. Sungbae An\, Vice President for External Affairs\, KI EP\n\n\n\n\n https://www.pecc.org/event-calendar/past-events/event/787-pec c-signature-project-workshop-addressing-labor-shortages-due-to-low-birth-r ates-and-aging-population-in-the-apec-region DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250813 LOCATION:Republic of Korea\, Seoul () SUMMARY:PECC Signature Project Workshop: Addressing Labor Shortages due to Low Birth Rates and Aging Population in the APEC Region URL:https://www.pecc.org/event-calendar/past-events/event/787-pecc-signatur e-project-workshop-addressing-labor-shortages-due-to-low-birth-rates-and-a ging-population-in-the-apec-region END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260308T212756UTC-6731ivoO9U@https://www.pecc.org/ DTSTAMP:20260308T212756Z DESCRIPTION: https://www.pecc.org/event-calendar/past-events/event/793-apec -first-senior-officials-meeting-and-related-meetings-som-1 DTSTART:20260201T023400Z DTEND:20260210T043400Z LOCATION:China\, Guangzhou () SUMMARY: APEC First Senior Officials' Meeting and Related Meetings (SOM 1) URL:https://www.pecc.org/event-calendar/past-events/event/793-apec-first-se nior-officials-meeting-and-related-meetings-som-1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260308T212756UTC-6733VAi3Mh@https://www.pecc.org/ DTSTAMP:20260308T212756Z DESCRIPTION: https://www.pecc.org/event-calendar/past-events/event/799-worl d-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026-a-spirit-of-dialogue DTSTART:20260119T032600Z DTEND:20260123T052600Z LOCATION:Switzerland\, Davos-Klosters (Davos-Klosters\, Switzerland) SUMMARY: World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026: 'A Spirit of Dialogue' URL:https://www.pecc.org/event-calendar/past-events/event/799-world-economi c-forum-annual-meeting-2026-a-spirit-of-dialogue END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260308T212756UTC-6734UpKVtu@https://www.pecc.org/ DTSTAMP:20260308T212756Z DESCRIPTION: https://www.pecc.org/event-calendar/past-events/event/808-apec -informal-senior-officials-meeting-isom DTSTART:20251211T091300Z DTEND:20251212T111300Z LOCATION:China\, Shenzhen () SUMMARY:APEC Informal Senior Officials’ Meeting (ISOM) URL:https://www.pecc.org/event-calendar/past-events/event/808-apec-informal -senior-officials-meeting-isom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260308T212756UTC-6735IspNxA@https://www.pecc.org/ DTSTAMP:20260308T212756Z DESCRIPTION: https://www.pecc.org/event-calendar/past-events/event/809-apec -finance-and-central-bank-deputies-meeting-fcbdm DTSTART:20260204T091600Z DTEND:20260205T111600Z LOCATION:China\, Shanghai (Shanghai\, Shanghai\, China) SUMMARY:APEC Finance and Central Bank Deputies’ Meeting (FCBDM) URL:https://www.pecc.org/event-calendar/past-events/event/809-apec-finance- and-central-bank-deputies-meeting-fcbdm END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR