As a member of the #B20SaudiArabia we are proud to say that we are working together as a global business community to address COVID19 and the threats it poses to public health and the global economy. This week, the B20 established a special committee to deliver recommendations for the global business community, governments and other institutions to work together to address this and future pandemics. Read the full statement here. View the video statement from B20 Chair, Mr. Yousef Al-Benyan:…
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A PBEC Members Zoom Webinar Event in conjunction with Aboitiz Power Corporation Date & Time: Apr 1, 2020 04:00 PM to 05:30 PM Hong Kong Local Time Join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device: Click Here to Register Description: A keynote presentation is brought to us by: PBEC Member Aboitiz Power Corporation. They will be sharing insights from a century old family business, their current product lines, the actions and direction they have been taking in recent…
In recognition of #IWD2020 we shine a SPOTLIGHT on some incredible Women Leaders within PBEC EY announced today that Diana CHOU, Founder and Chairperson of Dragon General Aviation Group (DGA Group – parent company of L’VOYAGE, JET8 and Aerochine) , was chosen as one of 22 women founders selected for the EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women Asia Pacific Class of 2020. Launched in the US in 2008, the program has identified more than 750 women entrepreneurs across different industries. As the…
PBEC – Pacific Basin Economic Council CEO Mike Walsh speaks with ASG’s Max Buirski on Life, Work and Business Travel in the Age of the Coronavirus. Listen now to hear the full discussion, including: – Recounting 80 years of protests, disasters, virus outbreaks and political uncertainty in Hong Kong, – How modern technology and a generation of young people raised online is changing the way we live, – The way we work and the future of networking, – Business travel…
CSIS is an affiliated institution with PBEC based in Washington DC. PBEC gets these updates and members are invited to participate in CSIS studies and join webinars and ongoing discussion insight sessions. Click here to download the report
Officials from APEC member economies break new ground in digitizing the APEC Business Travel Card scheme, seeking to modernize the process and make it easier for cardholders in the region to travel with the development of a mobile application. Release below. Putrajaya, Malaysia, 05 February 2020 Issued by the APEC Business Mobility Group. Officials from APEC member economies break new ground in digitizing the APEC Business Travel Card scheme, seeking to modernize the process and make it easier for cardholders…
In light of the current situation relating to the coronavirus, KPMG, Invest Hong Kong and other key partners of the StartmeupHK Festival 2020 have agreed to defer the festival, originally scheduled for 10-15 February, including The Connected Cities Conference on Monday, 10 February 2020. We will keep you informed of the new dates, possibly in July 2020. Thank you for your support and understanding! For those who have paid a registration fee to attend The Connected Cities Conference, we will…
I had the pleasure of meeting CEO Michael Lawrence yesterday of Asia House at their head office in Marylebone, London. I had the opportunity to share our different prospectives, common focus and challenges of running such member driven institutions in different areas of the globe. It was a wonderfully open & honest dialogue and that for me affirmed the true value of joining such institutions like Asia House & the PBEC – Pacific Basin Economic Council when led by the…
2020 is only around the corner and one of the first key partner events of the year which is close to PBEC’s heart and that of our Chairman & Vice Chairmen is the Asian Financial Forum 2020, held at the HK Convention Center on the 13-14th January 2020. Please find attached the special invitation letter and brochure to the Pacific Basin Economic Council which includes discounted delegate pass rates. There are registration deadlines fast approaching to avail of these special prices if it is your…