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Year and Location Theme

1st 1968 Sydney "International Investment"

2nd 1969 San Francisco "Problems of Mutual Harmony and Competition"

3rd 1970 Kyoto "Economic Development in the 1970s"

4th 1971 Vancouver "Private Investment in Developing Countries"

5th 1972 Wellington "New International Economic Policies: Challenges in the Pacific Area"

6th 1973 Sydney "Mutual Prosperity and Growth"

7th 1974 Washington, D.C. "Partners in Pacific Progress"

8th 1975 Kyoto "Pacific Resources: Prospects for International Cooperation"

9th 1976 Vancouver "Priorities for Pacific Progress"

10th 1977 Christchurch "An Investment for Pacific Progress: Energy and Food"

11th 1978 Manila "The Pacific Challenge: Trade and Investment Growth"

12th 1979 Los Angeles "Pacific Business in the 1980s: Trade and Investment Growth"

13th 1980 Sydney "The Pacific Basin in the 1980s: Current Issues"

14th 1981 Hong Kong "Pacific Basin Growth in the 1980s: Prospects, Problems, and Priorities"

15th 1982 Nagoya "Pacific Interdependence: the Development of the Pacific Economic Community Concept"

16th 1983 Santiago "Pacific Cooperation: Next Steps"

17th 1984 Vancouver "Expansion of Pacific Trade and Investment"

18th 1985 Auckland "Pacific Cooperation: Building Confidence"

19th 1986 Seoul "Combating Protectionism"

20th 1987 San Francisco "High Technology and Pacific Cooperation"

21th 1988 Sydney "Towards 2000: Succeeding in a Changing World"

22th 1989 Taipei "Asia-Pacific NICs: Pacific Cooperation to the Year 2000"

23th 1990 Tokyo "Pacific Cooperation in the Changing Environment: Growth and Harmonization"

24th 1991 Guadalajara "The New Pacific Model: Development through Open Economies"

25th 1992 Vancouver "The Pacific Basin: A Borderless Economy?"

26th 1993 Seoul "Open Regionalism: A New Basis for Globalism?"

27th 1994 Kuala Lumpur "Profiting from Pacific Dynamism: Opportunities and Challenges for the Private Sector"

28th 1995 Auckland "Strength and Opportunities through Regional Diversity"

29th 1996 Washington, D.C. "Beyond Rhetoric: Implementing Free Trade & Investment in the Pacific Region"

30th 1997 Manila "Pacific in Transition: Adapting to a Changing Business Environment"

31st 1998 Santiago "Pacific Prosperity: Sustaining Momentum into the 21st Century"

32nd 1999 Hong Kong "The Challenges of the Next Century for the Pacific Basin"

33rd 2000 Honolulu "New Horizons: Economic and Political Implications of the Changing Global Landscape"

34th 2001 Tokyo "Regional Vitality in the 21st Century"

35th 2002 Kuala Lumpur "Striving for Growth in a Challenging Environment"

36th 2003 Seoul "Priorities for Sustainable Growth" (Tentative)

Year and Location	Theme
1st 1968 Sydney	"International Investment"
2nd 1969 San Francisco	"Problems of Mutual Harmony and Competition"
3rd 1970 Kyoto	"Economic Development in the 1970s"
4th 1971 Vancouver	"Private Investment in Developing Countries"
5th 1972 Wellington	"New International Economic Policies: Challenges in the Pacific Area"
6th 1973 Sydney	"Mutual Prosperity and Growth"
7th 1974 Washington, D.C.	"Partners in Pacific Progress"
8th 1975 Kyoto	"Pacific Resources: Prospects for International Cooperation"
9th 1976 Vancouver	"Priorities for Pacific Progress"
10th 1977 Christchurch	"An Investment for Pacific Progress: Energy and Food"
11th 1978 Manila	"The Pacific Challenge: Trade and Investment Growth"
12th 1979 Los Angeles	"Pacific Business in the 1980s: Trade and Investment Growth"
13th 1980 Sydney	"The Pacific Basin in the 1980s: Current Issues"
14th 1981 Hong Kong	"Pacific Basin Growth in the 1980s: Prospects, Problems, and Priorities"
15th 1982 Nagoya	"Pacific Interdependence: the Development of the Pacific Economic Community Concept"
16th 1983 Santiago	"Pacific Cooperation: Next Steps"
17th 1984 Vancouver	"Expansion of Pacific Trade and Investment"
18th 1985 Auckland	"Pacific Cooperation: Building Confidence"
19th 1986 Seoul	"Combating Protectionism"
20th 1987 San Francisco	"High Technology and Pacific Cooperation"
21th 1988 Sydney	"Towards 2000: Succeeding in a Changing World"
22th 1989 Taipei	"Asia-Pacific NICs: Pacific Cooperation to the Year 2000"
23th 1990 Tokyo	"Pacific Cooperation in the Changing Environment: Growth and Harmonization"
24th 1991 Guadalajara	"The New Pacific Model: Development through Open Economies"
25th 1992 Vancouver	"The Pacific Basin: A Borderless Economy?"
26th 1993 Seoul	"Open Regionalism: A New Basis for Globalism?"
27th 1994 Kuala Lumpur	"Profiting from Pacific Dynamism: Opportunities and Challenges for the Private Sector"
28th 1995 Auckland	"Strength and Opportunities through Regional Diversity"
29th 1996 Washington, D.C.	"Beyond Rhetoric: Implementing Free Trade & Investment in the Pacific Region"
30th 1997 Manila	"Pacific in Transition: Adapting to a Changing Business Environment"
31st 1998 Santiago	"Pacific Prosperity: Sustaining Momentum into the 21st Century"
32nd 1999 Hong Kong	"The Challenges of the Next Century for the Pacific Basin"
33rd 2000 Honolulu	"New Horizons: Economic and Political Implications of the Changing Global Landscape"
34th 2001 Tokyo	"Regional Vitality in the 21st Century"
35th 2002 Kuala Lumpur	"Striving for Growth in a Challenging Environment"
36th 2003 Seoul	"Priorities for Sustainable Growth" (Tentative)