29TH INTERNATIONAL GENERAL MEETING
Sheraton Washington Hotel May 17-22, 1996 Washington, DC USA |
"BEYOND RHETORIC: IMPLEMENTING FREE TRADE &
INVESTMENT IN THE PACIFIC
REGION"
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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 |
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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 |
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
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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) |
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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" |
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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) |
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Mr. Leslie G. McCRAW Chairman & CEO, Fluor Corporation (Irvine, California) |
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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" |
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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) |
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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" |
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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) |
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Dr. NARONGCHAI Akrasanee Chairman & CEO, General Finance and Securities Co., Ltd. (Bangkok) |
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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" |
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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) |
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Ms. Alicia ROMO Roman Chancellor & Chairman of the Board, Universidad Gabriel Mistral (Santiago) |
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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) |
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Dr. Kazuo INAMORI Chairman, Kyocera Corporation (Kyoto) |
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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" |
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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) |
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Ms. Tatyana NESTERENKO Member, Russian Parliament (Lower House)(Moscow) |
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Mr. Hyun-Kyu SHIN Representative, Hyundai Motor Company (Seoul) |
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"The Insatiable Need for
Energy in the Pacific Region" |
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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) |
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Mr. Brian HORWOOD Managing Director, Pacific Coal Pty Limited (Melbourne) |
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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?" |
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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) |
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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" |
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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) |
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Lic. Julio A. MILLAN Bojalil President, Coraza Corporacion Azteca, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico City) |
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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:
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Speaker: | The Honorable Charlene
BARSHEFSKY (click for speech text) Acting United States Trade Representative (USA) |
1430-1600 | Concurrent Sessions: |
"The WTO One Year Later" |
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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) |
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Sir Dryden SPRING Chairman, New Zealand Dairy Board (Auckland) |
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Mr. Alan TONELSON Research Fellow, U.S. Business & Industrial Council (Washington, DC) |
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"The Future of the Pacific
Telecommunications Industry" |
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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) |
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Mr. Gary L. TOOKER Vice Chairman & CEO, Motorola Inc. (Schaumburg, Illinois) |
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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" |
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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) |
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Mr. Jack T. SUN Chairman, Taiwan Aerospace Corporation (Taipei) |
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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?" |
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Co-Presentation of PBEC-Commissioned Paper: | Dr. Thomas HERTEL Professor - Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana) AND Mr. Will MARTIN |
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) |
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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) |
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Ambassador Michio MIZOGUCHI Standing Advisor, Kajima Corporation (Tokyo) |
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Mr. Clyde V. PRESTOWITZ, Jr. President, Economic Strategy Institute (Washington, DC) |
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1730-1745 | Break |
1745-1900 | Plenary Session: |
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) |
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Dr. Michel OKSENBERG Senior Fellow - Asia Pacific Research Center, Institute for International Studies - Stanford University (Stanford, California) |
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Dr. Helmut SOHMEN Chairman, World-Wide Shipping Agency Limited (Hong Kong) |
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Evening | Member Committee Receptions
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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) |
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The Honorable Renato S. DE VILLA Secretary of National Defense (Philippines) |
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Mr. Ken HARRIS Managing Director, ADI Limited (Sydney) |
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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) |
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His Excellency Alvaro GARCIA Hurtado Minister of the Economy (Chile) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Dr. Shi H. HUANG Chairman of the Board, Chinfon Group (Taipei) |
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Mr. John STRICKLAND Chairman & CEO, The Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd. (Hong Kong) |
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1615-1700 | Closing Plenary Session
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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 |