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Day 1           Day 2         Day 3      Additional Papers
 
  DAY 1  Thursday June 19th, 2008     PIURA
08.30 - 09.00

 

Opening Session

  • Antonio Abruña, Rector, Universidad de Piura [Speech]

  • Martha Chavarri, Under-Secretary of Asia and Oceania, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Peru [Speech]
  • Braulio Vargas, Meeting's Chair and REDAP Coordinator (pro tempore), Universidad ESAN [Speech]
09.00 - 10.30

Session 1: Trade Liberalization in APEC Economies (LAEBA/ASCC Joint Session)

Moderator:
Fernando Gonzalez-Vigil, Universidad del Pacifico’s Representative before REDAP, Peru

  • “Trade Liberalization in the APEC Region: State of Play and Alternatives for the Future”, Robert Scollay, Director, APEC Study Centre, Auckland Univsity, New Zealand [PPT]

  • “Convergences and Divergences in APEC Economies RTAs/FTAs”, Diego Urbina, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Peru [PPT]
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 - 13.00 Session 2: Trade Facilitation in APEC Economies [LAEBA/ASCC Joint Session]

Moderator:
Sangkyom Kim, Director, Planning and Research, Korean Institute for International Economic Policy

  • “Trade Costs in Latin America”, Mauricio Mesquita Moreira, Senior Officer, Integration and Trade Sector, IADB [PPT]

  • “Asia’s Infrastructure, Trade Costs and Regional Cooperation”, Douglas Brooks, Senior Research Fellow, ADBI [PPT]

  • “Transforming Trade Competition in Coordination with PR China”, Li Shantong, Development Research Center of the State Council, China [PPT]

  • “Trade Costs and Regional Integration in South Asia”, Nilanjan Banik, Institute for Financial Management and Research, India [PPT]
13.00 - 14.30 Special Lunch Session

Key Speakers:

  • Mauricio Mesquita Moreira, IADB / LAEBA Representative

  • Christopher Findlay, PECC Representative
14.30 - 16.00 Session 3: Structural Reform in APEC Economies

Moderator:
 Manuel Otarola, Universidad de Lima’s Representative before REDAP

  • “Economic Structural Change – Economic Integration in APEC Beyond Trade Liberalization”, Alan Oxley, Chairman, Australian APEC Study Centre [PPT} [Paper}

  • “Financial Sector Reform and SME Development”, Jane Skanderup, Pacific Forum Center for Strategic & International Studies, USA [PPT]

  • “Structural Reforms? Yes, But, In An Unilateral or Concerted Way?”, Juan José Ramírez Bonilla, Director, Asia and Africa Study Center, Colegio de Mexico [Paper]
16.00-  16.30 Coffee break
16.30 - 18.00 Session 4: Corporate Social Responsibility in APEC Economies

Moderator:
 Martin Leon, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru’s Representative before REDAP

  • “The State of Corporate Social Responsibility in the Asia Pacific Region”, Luis Quesada, APEC Senior Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Peru [PPT]

  • “The Changing Faces of Corporate Social Responsibility”, Pablo de la Flor, Vice-President of Corporate Affairs, Antamina Mining Co., Peru [PPT]

  • “Corporate Social Responsibility: Politics and Policies”, Cynthia Sanborn, Senior Researcher, Social Enterprise Knowledge Network [PPT]
19.00 Welcoming dinner

Exhibition of Peruvian Horses (Caballo de Paso) Go to Album
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DAY 2  Friday June 20th, 2008      PIURA
08:30 – 10:30 Hs.

Session 5: Regional Institutional Architecture [PECC/ASCC Joint Session]

Moderator:
Robert Scollay, Director, APEC Study Center, Auckland University, New Zealand

  •  “Is Regional Mechanism a Catalyst for Successful Regional Architecture?”, Sangkyom Kim, Director, Planning and Research, KIEP [PPT]

  • “Regional Institutional Architecture – Some Prospects for Further Internationalization”, Melanie Milo, Regional Economic Studies, ISEAS, Singapore [PPT]

  • “Malaysian Perspectives of East Asian Regionalism”, Siew Yean Tham, Director, Institute of Malaysian and International Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia [PPT]

  • “Economic Dimension of the Evolving East Asian Regional Architecture”, Jenny Balboa, Philippine APEC Study Center Network [PPT]

  • “Transforming APEC into a Transregional Institutional Architecture”, Chen Ho, Taiwan Institute of Economic Research, Chinese Taipei [PPT]

  • “Accomodating Multiple Regional Configurations in the Design of Institutional Architecture in the Asia Pacific”, John McKay, Research Director, Australian APEC Study Centre [PPT]

  • “International Law and the Role of APEC in the Governance of Economic Cooperation in the Asia Pacific”,  Paul Davidson, Chair, Committee on Asian Studies, Carleton University, Canada  [PPT]
10:30 – 11:00 Hs. Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30 Hs.

Session 6: Education and Innovation in APEC economies [PECC/ASCC Joint Session]

Moderator: 
 Cesar Calvo, Director, Economics and Finance Program, Universidad de Piura, Peru

  • “The Globalization of Education: the New Wave”, Christopher Findlay, Head, School of Economics, University of Adelaide [PPT]

  • “Korean Student Mobility in Global Context”, Young-Chul Kim, Korea Educational Policy Research Institute [PPT]

  • “South Korean Educational Cluster: Talents for Prosperity in the Knowledge Century”, Julie Kim, Director, Centro Asia Pacífico, Universidad Diego Portales, Chile [Paper]

  • “Transpacific Experiences in Innovation and Entrepreneurship: the case of USM (Chile) and Tsukuba (Japan)”, Neantro Saavedra-Rivano, Tsukuba University, Japan and Vania Gómez, Universidad Federico Santa Maria, Chile [PPT]

  • “The Knowledge-Based Society in Asia and Latin America”, Fernando Rivas, APEC Study Center, Universidad de Colima, Mexico [PPT]
12:30 – 14:00 Hs. Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 Hs.

Session 7: Enhancing Human Security and Prosperity: A Capacity-Building Approach

Moderator:
Humberto Guerra Allison, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia’s Research Vice-Rector and Representative before REDAP.

  • “Overview of Natural Disasters and Direction of Natural Disaster Management”, Fumio Yamazaki, Department of Urban Environment Systems, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University, Japan [PPT]

  • “Deepening Regional Cooperation for Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction: A Proposal for Proactive Approach to Risk Financing”, Erlinda M. Medalla, Director, Philippine APEC Study Center Network [PPT]

  • - “International Cooperation for Emerging Infections – Addressing Emerging Infections in the APEC Region”, Ann Marie Kimball, Department of Health Services, University of Washington, USA [Video presentation - flv format] [PPT] [Download FLV video]

  • “Climate Change and Security Issues in APEC”, Antonina Ivanova, Director, APEC Study Center, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, Mexico [PPT]

  • “Policy Responses towards Climate Change and Food Security”,  Esteban Restrepo, Advisor, Direccion de Asia Africa y Oceania, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Colombia. [PPT]
19:00 Hs. Reception ceremony and dinner in Tumbes
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  DAY 3  Saturday June 21st, 2008    TUMBES
08:30 – 10:00 Hs. ASCs Business Meeting
Chair:
 Braulio Vargas, 2008 ASCC Meeting’s Chair
10:00 – 10:30 Hs. Coffee break
10:30 – 12:30 Hs. Session 8: Round-Table on East Asian Regionalism and Trans-Pacific Implications

Moderator:
Fernando Gonzalez-Vigil, Universidad del Pacifico’s Representative before REDAP

  • Siew Yean Tham, Director, Institute of Malaysian and International Studies, Universiti, Kebangsaan Malaysia

  • Melanie Milo, Regional Economic Studies, ISEAS, Singapore

  • Jenny Balboa, Philippine APEC Study Center Network

  • John McKay, Research Director, Australian APEC Study Centre

  • Robert Scollay, Director, APEC Study Centre, Auckland University, New Zealand

  • Juan Jose Ramirez Bonilla, Director, Asia and Africa Study Center, Colegio de Mexico

  • Neantro Saavedra-Rivano, Tsukuba University, Japan

  • Esteban Restrepo, Advisor, Dirección de Asia Africa y Oceanía, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,Colombia
12:30 Hs. Farewell Lunch
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Other Documents Distributed in the Meeting at Author’s Initiative

  • "The China Products Influence on Indonesian SMEs”,    Adiningsih, Sri, Center for Pacific Syudies, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia, May 2008  [View/Download]

  • “Seeking Balance: Two Decades of the APEC Forum”, in Global Asia Vol. 3 N° 1, Feinberg, Richard, Director, APEC Study Center, University of California at San Diego, USA. [View/Download]

  • “EVSL Reflux: An Alternative to the FTAAP?”,  Manzano, George and Myrene Bedaño, University of Asia and the Pacific, Philippine APEC Study Center Network, June 2008 [View/Download]

  • “Comments on paper ‘Asia’s Infrastructure, Trade Costs and Regional cooperation’ by Douglas Brooks”,    Scollay, Robert, Director, APEC Study Center, Auckland University, New Zealand, June 2008 [View/Download]

  • “Malaysian Perspectives on Trans-Pacific Regionalism”, Tham, Siew Yean, Director, Institute of Malaysian and International Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, June 2008 [View/Download]
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