THE PACIFIC BASIN ECONOMIC COUNCIL'S

29TH INTERNATIONAL GENERAL MEETING

Sheraton Washington Hotel

May 17-22, 1996

Washington, DC USA

"BEYOND RHETORIC: IMPLEMENTING FREE TRADE &

INVESTMENT IN THE PACIFIC REGION"


FINAL AGENDA

(Please click on day or session topic to see speakers and/or speeches)

For Session Synopses, please click here

FRIDAY 17 MAY

SATURDAY 18 MAY

SUNDAY 19 MAY

MONDAY 20 MAY

TUESDAY 21 MAY

WEDNESDAY 22 MAY


FRIDAY 17 MAY
0800-1800 Directors General Meeting with Working Lunch

SATURDAY 18 MAY
From 0800 Registration
0730-1300 PBEC Golf Tournament
1400-1600 Finance Committee Meeting
1600-1800 Special Fund Investment Advisory Committee Meeting

SUNDAY 19 MAY
0800-1800 Registration
0800-1100 Strategy Committee Meeting
0800-1100 Special Committee Meetings

  • Administrative Barriers
  • Environment
  • Food Products
  • Foreign Direct Investment
  • Technology
1130-1300 Chairman's Luncheon for PBEC Officers
1330-1730 Steering Committee Meeting
1730-1830 Board of Directors Meeting
1930-2200 International Officers' Dinner
Location: Diplomatic Reception Rooms - U.S. Department of State

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MONDAY 20 MAY
0700-0800 Member Committee Breakfast Meetings

0900-1000 Opening Plenary Session

Call to Order: Mr. Robert G. LEES
Secretary General, Pacific Basin Economic Council (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Welcoming Remarks: Mr. Gary L. TOOKER
Vice Chairman & CEO, Motorola Inc. (Schaumburg, Illinois)
Vice Chairman, Pacific Basin Economic Council
Chairman, PBEC United States Member Committee
Chairman's Address: Mr. Russell J. FYNMORE AO
Chairman, ADI Limited (Melbourne)
Chairman, Pacific Basin Economic Council

1000-1100 Keynote Address:

"Beyond Rhetoric: Implementing Free Trade and Investment in the Pacific Region"

Speaker: The Honorable William J. CLINTON
President (United States of America)

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1100-1230 Plenary Session:

"What is Free Trade and How Do We Reach It: Realizing APEC's Goals"

Speakers: His Excellency Dr. AMNUAY Viravan
Deputy Prime Minister (Thailand)

His Excellency Ir. HARTARTO
Coordinating Minister of Production and Distribution (Indonesia)

Moderator: Mr. Barry WAIN
Editor-At-Large, Asian Wall Street Journal (Hong Kong)
Discussants: Dr. Victor FUNG
Chairman, Hong Kong Trade Development Council (Hong Kong)
Chairman, Prudential Asia Investments
Mr. Minoru MUROFUSHI
President & CEO, Itochu Corporation (Tokyo)
Mr. Dean O'HARE
Chairman, President, & CEO, The Chubb Corporation (Warren, New Jersey)

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1230-1300 Special Address

Speaker: The Honorable Mickey KANTOR
Secretary of Commerce (USA)

1330-1430 Luncheon

1430-1600 Concurrent Sessions:

"Who Will Build the Pacific"
Moderator: Dr. Robert HORMATS
Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs & Co. International (New York, New York)
Panelists: Mr. Jose Antonio GUZMAN Matta
Presidente, Confederacion del la Produccion y del Comercio (Santiago)
Dr. Ki-Hwan KIM
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Korea Trade Promotion Corporation (Seoul)
Mr. Leslie G. McCRAW
Chairman & CEO, Fluor Corporation (Irvine, California)
Mr. Michael WALTON
Chief Economist - East Asia & Pacific Region, The World Bank (Washington, DC)

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"The Future Shape of the Pacific Region's Automobile Industry"
Moderator: Mr. Alex TAYLOR
Editor - Automotive Industry, FORTUNE (New York, New York)
Panelists: Mr. W. Wayne BOOKER
Executive Vice President - International Automotive Operations, Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, Michigan)
Mr. Sung-Won CHON
Vice Chairman, Hyundai Motor Company (Seoul)
Mr. Hiroyuki YOSHINO
Executive Vice President, Honda Motor Company, Ltd. (Tokyo)

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"The Three Models of Market Economies: The Japanese, the Southeast Asian, and the Western Models"
Moderator: Dr. Sylvia OSTRY
Chairman - Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto (Toronto)
Panelists: Mr. Ronnie CHAN
Chairman, Hang Lung Development Co., Ltd. (Hong Kong)
Mr. Kazuo HARUNA
Chairman of the Board, Marubeni Corporation (Tokyo)
Dr. NARONGCHAI Akrasanee
Chairman & CEO, General Finance and Securities Co., Ltd. (Bangkok)
Mr. Robert A. WILSON
Regional Manager - Thailand, Vietnam, Burma, Laos, & Cambodia, CITIBANK, N.A. (Bangkok)

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"Management Education for the 21st Century"
Moderator: Dr. Roy HERBERGER
President, American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird)(Phoenix, Arizona)
Panelists: Mr. Felipe B. ALFONSO
President, Asian Institute of Management (Manila)
Mr. Tsunao HASHIMOTO
Vice Chairman of the Board, Sony Corporation (Tokyo)
Ms. Alicia ROMO Roman
Chancellor & Chairman of the Board, Universidad Gabriel Mistral (Santiago)
Mr. A. William WIGGENHORN
Senior Vice President for Training and Education & President - Motorola University, Motorola Inc. (Schaumburg, Illinois)

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1900-2200 Gala Dinner at Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington - the United States' First President

TUESDAY 21 MAY
0700-0830 Member Committee Breakfasts

0800-1800 Registration

0900-1030 Plenary Session:

"The Asian Values Debate"

Speaker: The Honorable Dato Seri Dr. MAHATHIR Mohamad
Prime Minister (Malaysia)

Moderator: Ms. Carol GLUCK
Professor, Columbia University (New York, New York)
Panelists: The Honorable Jeff BINGAMAN
Senator (D-NM), United States Senate (Washington, DC)
Mr. Nelson An-Ping CHANG
President, Chia Hsin Cement Corporation (Taipei)
Dr. Kazuo INAMORI
Chairman, Kyocera Corporation (Kyoto)
The Honorable David C. LAM
Former Lieutenant Governor (British Columbia)

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1030-1045 Break

1045-1215 Concurrent Sessions:

"Russia and the Pacific: Challenges and Opportunities"
Moderator: Mr. Hedrick SMITH
Author, The New Russians (Washington, DC)
Panelists: Dr. Alexander GRANBERG
Chairman, Council for Distribution of Productive Forces and Economic Cooperation (Moscow)
Mr. Victor I. ISHAYEV
Governor, Khabarovsk Region (Khabarovsk)
Ms. Tatyana NESTERENKO
Member, Russian Parliament (Lower House)(Moscow)
Mr. Hyun-Kyu SHIN
Representative, Hyundai Motor Company (Seoul)

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"The Insatiable Need for Energy in the Pacific Region"
Moderator: Lic. Ernesto RUBIO Del Cueto
Corporate Director, Cementos Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico City)
Panelists: Mr. Haroen AL RASJID
Chairman of the Board of Commissioners, PT Caltex Pacific Indonesia (Jakarta)
Mr. Michael BONSIGNORE
Chairman & CEO, Honeywell Inc. (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Mr. Brian HORWOOD
Managing Director, Pacific Coal Pty Limited (Melbourne)
Mr. QIN Zhongyi
Vice President, China Yangtze Three Gorges Project Development Corporation (Beijing)

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"Economic Development and a Clean Environment: Conflict or Compatibility?"
Moderator: Mr. John C. SAWHILL
President, The Nature Conservancy (Washington, DC)
Panelists: Mr. William J. FALCONER
Chairman, Hellaby Holdings Limited (Auckland)
The Honorable Dr. Rodrigo VILLAMIZAR Alvargonzalez
Minister of Mines and Energy (Colombia)
Mr. Yohei YAMAMOTO
Managing Director, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (Tokyo)

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"Technology Transfer & Intellectual Property: Innovators' vs. The Needs of Developing Economies"
Moderator: Dr. Susan SCHWAB
Dean - School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland)
Panelists: Dr. Robert H. CHEN
Associate Vice President and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, Acer Incorporated (Taipei)
Mr. William J. HUDSON
President & CEO, AMP Incorporated (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)
Lic. Julio A. MILLAN Bojalil
President, Coraza Corporacion Azteca, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico City)
Mr. Sung-Kyu PARK
Chairman, Daewoo Telecom Ltd. (Seoul)

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1230-1300 Leader's Address:

Speaker: His Excellency Alberto Kenyo FUJIMORI
President (Republic of Peru)

1300-1345 Luncheon

1345-1415 Special Keynote Address:

Speaker: The Honorable Charlene BARSHEFSKY (click for speech text)
Acting United States Trade Representative (USA)

1430-1600 Concurrent Sessions:

"The WTO One Year Later"
Speaker: Dr. Chulsu KIM
Deputy Director General, World Trade Organization (Geneva)

Moderator: Mr. Tan Sri ZAINAL Abidin Sulong
Chairman, Malaysian Industrial Development Authority (MIDA)(Kuala Lumpur)
Panelists: The Honorable Cesar BAUTISTA
Undersecretary for Trade & Industry (Philippines)
Mr. Sozaburo OKAMATSU
Special Advisor, Ministry of International Trade & Industry (Tokyo)
Sir Dryden SPRING
Chairman, New Zealand Dairy Board (Auckland)
Mr. Alan TONELSON
Research Fellow, U.S. Business & Industrial Council (Washington, DC)

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"The Future of the Pacific Telecommunications Industry"
Moderator: Mr. Jean-Francois RISCHARD
Vice President - Finance and Private Sector Development, The World Bank Group (Washington, DC)
Panelists: Mr. Jaime CHICO Pardo
Chief Executive Officer, Telefonos de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico City)
Mr. Roberto ROMULO
Chairman, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (Manila)
Mr. Gary L. TOOKER
Vice Chairman & CEO, Motorola Inc. (Schaumburg, Illinois)
Dr. Hideo YAMAMOTO
President & CEO, Kokusai Denshin Denwa America, Inc. (New York, New York)

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"The Future Shape of the Pacific Region's Aircraft Industry"
Moderator: Dr. Richard SAMUELS
Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Panelists: Mr. Philip CONDIT
President & CEO, The Boeing Company (Seattle, Washington)
His Excellency Dr. Ing. B.J. HABIBIE
Minister of State for Research and Technology (Indonesia)
Mr. Jack T. SUN
Chairman, Taiwan Aerospace Corporation (Taipei)
Dr. YANG Yingbao
Division Chief - Department of Planning, General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (Beijing)

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"Food Crisis - Fact or Fiction?"
Co-Presentation of PBEC-Commissioned Paper: Dr. Thomas HERTEL
Professor - Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana) AND

Mr. Will MARTIN
Senior Economist - International Trade Division, The World Bank (Washington, DC)

Moderator: Mr. Kenneth MATCHETT
Chief Executive Officer, XCAN Grain Pool, Ltd. (Winnipeg)
Panelists: Mr. Lester BROWN
President, Worldwatch Inc. (Washington, DC)
Mr. Ernest S. MICEK
Chairman, President, & CEO, Cargill Inc. (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Mr. Akira WATARI
President, Nichimen Corporation (Tokyo)

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1600-1615 Break

1615-1730 Plenary Session:

"Japan in the 21st Century"

Speaker: Mr. Kosaku INABA
Chairman & CEO, Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (Tokyo)
Chairman, Japan Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Moderator: The Honorable Michael H. ARMACOST
President, The Brookings Institution (Washington, DC)
Discussants: Her Excellency Dato' Seri Rafidah AZIZ
Minister of International Trade & Industry (Malaysia)
Mr. S.R. CHO
Chairman, Hyosung Business Group (Seoul)
Ambassador Michio MIZOGUCHI
Standing Advisor, Kajima Corporation (Tokyo)
Mr. Clyde V. PRESTOWITZ, Jr.
President, Economic Strategy Institute (Washington, DC)

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1730-1745 Break

1745-1900 Plenary Session:

"Business in China Today"

Speaker: Mr. GUO Dongpo
Chairman, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (Beijing)
Chairman, China Chamber of International Commerce

Moderator: Ambassador Chas. W. FREEMAN, Jr.
Chairman, Projects International Associates, Inc. (Washington, DC)
Discussants: Mr. Kazuo HARUNA
Chairman of the Board, Marubeni Corporation (Tokyo)
Mr. Duck-Hwan KIM
President, Ssangyong Business Group (Seoul)
Dr. Michel OKSENBERG
Senior Fellow - Asia Pacific Research Center, Institute for International Studies - Stanford University (Stanford, California)
Dr. Helmut SOHMEN
Chairman, World-Wide Shipping Agency Limited (Hong Kong)

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Evening Member Committee Receptions
  • Chile
  • China
  • Hawaii
  • Philippines

WEDNESDAY 22 MAY
0800-0900 Member Committee Breakfasts

0900-1030 Plenary Session:

"Security in the Pacific: The 21st Century Role of China, Japan, and the United States in the Region"

Speaker: The Honorable William PERRY (Click to see speech text)
Secretary of Defense (USA)

Moderator: Mr. William McGURN
Senior Editor, Far Eastern Economic Review (Hong Kong)
Panelists: Dr. Byung-Joon AHN
Professor, Yonsei University (Seoul)
Mr. Ted Galen CARPENTER
Vice President - Defense and Foreign Policy Studies, Cato Institute (Washington, DC)
The Honorable Renato S. DE VILLA
Secretary of National Defense (Philippines)
Mr. Ken HARRIS
Managing Director, ADI Limited (Sydney)
The Honorable Hisashi OWADA
Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations (New York, New York)

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1030-1100 Break

1100-1230 Plenary Session:

"NAFTA, the FTAA, and the Pacific"

Speaker: Dr. Cesar GAVIRIA (click for speech text)
Secretary General, Organization of American States (Washington, DC)

Moderator: Mr. Thomas F. (Mack) McLARTY III
Counselor to the President of the United States (Washington, DC)
Discussants: His Excellency Herminio BLANCO Mendoza
Secretary of Commerce and Industrial Development (Mexico)
Mr. Robert J. EATON
Chairman & CEO, Chrysler Corporation (Highland Park, Michigan)
His Excellency Alvaro GARCIA Hurtado
Minister of the Economy (Chile)
The Honorable Dr. Morris HARF Meyer
Minister of Foreign Trade (Colombia)

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1245-1415 Luncheon
1430-1615 Plenary Session:

"Capital: Who Will Finance the Asia Pacific Economies in the 21st Century?"

Speakers: Mr. Enrique IGLESIAS
President, Inter-American Development Bank (Washington, DC)
Mr. Mitsuo SATO
Chairman of the Board of Directors and President, Asian Development Bank (Manila)

Moderator: Mr. Myron KANDEL
Financial Editor & Anchor/Correspondent, CNN Business News (New York, New York)
Discussants: Mr. Ramon DEL ROSARIO, Jr.
Chairman & CEO, Asian Bank Corporation (Manila)
Mr. Toyoo GYOHTEN
Senior Advisor, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd. (Tokyo)
Dr. Shi H. HUANG
Chairman of the Board, Chinfon Group (Taipei)
Mr. John STRICKLAND
Chairman & CEO, The Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd. (Hong Kong)

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1615-1700 Closing Plenary Session

Reading of the Conference Statement
Mr. Robert G. LEES
Secretary General, Pacific Basin Economic Council (Honolulu, Hawaii)

Closing Remarks
Mr. Russell J. FYNMORE AO
Chairman, ADI Limited (Melbourne)
Chairman, Pacific Basin Economic Council

Announcement of Election Results of PBEC Officers
Mr. Robert G. LEES
Secretary General, Pacific Basin Economic Council (Honolulu, Hawaii)

Acceptance Remarks
Mr. Gary L. TOOKER
Chairman, Pacific Basin Economic Council
Vice Chairman & CEO, Motorola Inc. (Schaumburg, Illinois)
Chairman, PBEC United States Member Committee
Invitation to the 30th IGM in Manila
Mr. Oscar J. HILADO
President & CEO, PHINMA Group (Manila)
Chairman, PBEC Philippines Member Committee

Televideo Address His Excellency Fidel V. RAMOS
President (Philippines)

1730-1830 Board of Directors Meeting

1830-2230 Closing Reception at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum

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