PECC XVII: Seventeenth General Meeting

1800-1930

General Meeting Welcome Reception

Tuesday 1 May

0900-1000

Opening Ceremony

Opening Remarks:

• Dr Charles E. Morrison; Chair PECC

Welcoming Remarks

• Mr Bill Shields; Chair Australia PECC

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• Amb David Spencer; Australian Ambassador for APEC and Chair of APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting

1000-1030

1030-1230

The State of the Region

Session Chair:

• Dr Narongchai Akrasanee; Vice Chair Thailand PECC

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• Mark Johnson; Chair, APEC Business Advisory Council
  pdf pdf Session II - The State of the Region (134.35 kB) (134 KB) pdf
  
  

Panel:

• Alan Beattie; World Trade Editor Financial Times, London
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• Yuen Pau Woo; President and Co-Ceo, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
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• Dr Philippa Dee; Crawford School of Economics, The Australian National University
  default default Success in structural reform and how to get there (57.05 kB) (57 KB)
  
• Dr Luis Riveros; Asia Latin America Centre, University of Chile
  default default The State of the Latin American Region (167.38 kB) (167 KB)
• Professor John Wong; East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore
  default default Rising China As A New Force For Regional Economic Integration (62.56 kB) (62 KB)
  
  

Moderator:

• Peter Thompson; ABC TV and Professor, Australia and New Zealand School of Government

Rapporteur:

• Dr Sherry Stephenson; Organisation of American States
  default default Session II - The State of the Region (Summary) (75.7 kB) (75 KB)

1230-1300

Buffet Lunch

1330-1445

The Role of Public Private Partnerships (in cooperation with Infrastructure Partnerships Australia)

Session Chair:

• Professor Christopher Findlay; Vice-Chair Australia PECC
  

Case Studies:

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• Nicholas Grambas; Executive Director Macquarie Securities, Korea

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• Adrian Kloeden; Chairman Serco Pty Ltd
• Professor Jean Luc Le Bideau; French Pacific Territories PECC
• Yves Cousquer
  default default default Guidelines for Good Public Private Partnerships (1.79 MB) (1.79 MB)
  

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• Garry Bowditch; Executive Director, Infrastructure Partnerships Australia
  

Break

1500-1700

Building Institutions to Serve the Region

Session Chair:

• Amb Yoshihisa Ara; Chair Japan PECC

Presentation

Issues in Regional Institutional Architecture

• Dr Charles E. Morrison; Chair PECC
• Mr Jusuf Wanandi; Chair Indonesia PECC

  pdf pdf Building Institutions to Serve the Region (232.28 kB) (232 KB)

Panel Discussion

The value and priorities for regional cooperation through APEC to meet the challenges to growth

Panel:

• Dr Hadi Soesastro; Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia
• Mr Allan Gyngell; Executive Director Lowy Institute, Sydney
• Dr Kim Kihwan; Honorary Chairman, Korea PECC
• Dr Charles E. Morrison; Chair PECC

Moderator:

• Peter Thompson; ABC TV and Professor, Australia and New Zealand School of Government

Rapporteur:

• Dr Manfred Wilhelmy; Chair Chile PECC

1900-2100

Conference Dinner

pdf pdf Rethinking international education engagement in the Asia Pacific region (205.68 kB) (205 KB)

• Professor Stephanie Fahey; Deputy Vice Chancellor (International)
  Monash University
  

Wednesday 2 May

0900-1230

Demographic Change, Growth and Integration

Session Chair:

• Dr Soogil Young; Chair Korea PECC

Keynote Address:

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• Professor Graeme Hugo; National Centre for Social Applications of Geographic Information Systems, University of Adelaide

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• Dr Chia Siow Yue; Senior Research Fellow, Singapore Institute of International Affairs

1000-1030

Panel Discussion: Key aspects of demographic growth and integration

pdf pdf Demographic Change, Growth and Integration (319.52 kB) (319 KB)

Panel:

• Professor Howard Dick; University of Melbourne
  default default Cities: Why they matter and What PECC can do (2.43 MB) (2.43 MB)
• Dr Marla Asis; Scalabrini Migration Centre, Philippines
  default default Health Worker Migration: The Case of the Philippines (510.7 kB) (510 KB) default
• Professor Akira Kohsaka; PECC Pacific Economic Outlook project
  default default Aging and Economic Growth Potentials in the Pacific Region (189.27 kB) (189 KB) default
  
• Professor Graeme Hugo; University of Adelaide
• Dr Chia Siow Yue; Singapore Institute of International Affairs 

Moderator:

• Peter Thompson; ABC TV and Professor, Australia and New Zealand School of Government

Rapporteur:

• Professor Gary Hawke; Chair New Zealand PECC
  

1230:1330

Buffet Lunch

1330-1400

Ministerial Address

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• The Hon Warren Truss MP; Minister for Trade

1400-1415

1415-1600

Energy and the Environment

Session Chair:

• Ambassador Mei Ping; Chair China PECC

Keynote Address:

pdf pdf Managing the Environmental Impact of Energy Use (138.92 kB) (138 KB)

• Professor Warwick McKibbin; The Australian National University, Canberra

Panel:

• Dr Tony Beck; Australasian Emissions Trading Forum pdf
  pdf Managing the Environmental Impact of Energy Use (82.84 kB) (82 KB)

• Dr David Hong; President, Taiwan Institute of Economic Research
  pdf pdf Chinese Taipei’s Responses to Global Energy and Environment Issues (72.56 kB) (72 KB)
• Colin Whyte; General Manager, Sustainable Development, Xstrata Coal
  pdf pdf Role for coal in a cleaner world (816.91 kB) (816 KB)
• Mr Liu Qiang; Energy Research Institute, China
  pdf pdf Energy Campaigns in China and its implication on Climate Change (303.9 kB) (303 KB)
• Professor Warwick McKibbin; The Australian National University
  pdf pdf Energy and the Environment (338.61 kB) (338 KB) pdf
  

 
Moderator:

• Peter Thompson; ABC TV and Professor, Australia and New Zealand School of Government

Rapporteur:

• David Parsons; Executive Director, Committee on Investment and International Trade Development, Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

1600-1615

Closing comments

• Dr Charles E. Morrison; Chair PECC