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| | 33rd APEC Telecommunications and Information Working Group Meeting, April 23-28, Calgary, Canada |
| | Conference on Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Preparedness for Avian Influenza, May 3, Hong Kong, China |
| | APEC Symposium on Enabling Private Sector Development, May 9-10, Montreal, Canada |
| | Seminar on Harmonization of Medical Device Regulation, May 9-12, Santiago, Chile |
| | 2nd APEC E-Commerce Business Alliance Forum & APEC E-Commerce Exhibition, May 18-21, Qingdao, China |
| | Public-Private Dialogue on Trade Facilitation, 23 - 24 May (Tentative), Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam |
| | 4th SOM Policy Dialogue on RTAs/FTAs, 28 May 2006 (Tentative), Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam |
| | Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Trade, 1-2 June 2006, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam |
| | APEC Website - Events Calendar |
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Vol.8, April 2006 |
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| The 33rd APEC TEL meeting will build on directions given by Telecommunications and Information Ministers at their last Ministerial meeting in June, 2005. APEC TEL meetings aim to advance TEL objectives such as involving the private sector, pursuing effective linkages across APEC and with other international organizations, and making the best possible use of information and communications technologies. The meeting includes a number of workshops and events relating to topics of shared interest across the region including: (1) workshops on: wireless security; e-inclusion for people with disabilities; WTO and domestic regulation; broadband for remote and indigenous communities; and leased lines; (2) telecommunications and information industry futures roundtable, and regulatory roundtable; (3) a symposium on spam and related threats; and (4) grid showcase. |
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Business delivers a range of critical services and products, such as power and gas, food, water, telecommunications, transportation, security, banking and healthcare, and business must ensure that these critical services continue, even in the event of a crisis. The APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC), in cooperation with the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), is organizing the conference Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Preparedness for Avian Influenza, to be held 3 May 2006 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. This one-day conference will feature speakers from the World Health Organization, Asian Development Bank, FedEx, Deutsche Bank AG, and American International Group, and is expected to draw 500 business participants.
The conference aim is to "train trainers", so that participants will further disseminate the lessons and materials within their firms and through business associations. The conference fee is USD 100, and participants will be given a checklist of contingency plan best practices to assist in developing business continuity plans. For more information, please contact Patricia Pascual (ABAC) at patriciapascual@pfgc.ph or Vanice Ty Chan (HKTDC) at vanice.ty.chan@tdc.org.hk. |
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| This workshop will focus on ways to improve the business environment in the region, with a particular focus on small, medium and micro-enterprises. The symposium will take place on the margins of the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) meeting, 9-10 May 2006, in Montreal, Canada. Organizers hope to help APEC focus on practical measures of interest to business in areas like trade facilitation, transparency and anti-corruption, and WTO capacity building, and to encourage APEC members to improve their performance with respect to the World Bank's "ease of doing business" indicators. Such benchmarks, covering key processes like establishing a business, registering property, and collecting a debt, could help APEC members gauge their relative performance and progress, even against their own self-selected policy targets. The symposium will be in coordination with the World Bank and will present current research in the area of "ease of doing business", as well as hearing from APEC members about their own analysis practices. |
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| Participation in the seminar will help regulators or industry regulatory professionals better understand global medical device regulations and the emerging similarities between them. The focus of the seminar will be GHTF Study Groups (involving SG1, SG2, SG3 and SG4), with a concentration on how GHTF founding member economies deal with regulatory, auditing, quality system and surveillance issues. The event is hosted by The Chilean Ministry of Health, through the Institute of Public Health, together with the Latin American Harmonization Working Party, the Santiago Chamber of Commerce, and the U.S. Department of Commerce. For more information, please contact Carmen Gloria Fuentealba (Santiago Chamber of Commerce) at cfuentealba@ccs.cl. |
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| The theme of the forum is "Optimize Environment, Enhance Cooperation, Encourage Innovation, Promote Application" and aims to builds on the successful 1st APEC E-Commerce Business Alliance Forum held in Yantai, China, June 15-16, 2004. Representatives from the public, private and academic sectors from APEC member economies will convene in Qingdao to discuss key e-commerce issues to accelerate the overall development process of e-commerce in the Asia-Pacific region. Speakers and participants will share information and experience on the following areas: (i) Public Service Environment Building; (ii) E-Commerce Application in Enterprises & Its Development; and (iii) Enterprises and E-Commerce third-party Services. The main objective of the APEC E-Commerce Exhibition is to provide trade opportunities for businesses on e-commerce among APEC member economies. |
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| The two-day Public-Private Dialogue on Trade Facilitation will be held on the margins of SOM II. The Dialogue is opened to researchers/scholars, government officials from all APEC member economies and representatives from private sector and is aimed at (i) communicating the outcomes of five-year implementation of APEC Trade Facilitation Action Plan (TFAP) to the APEC community and (ii) calling for inputs from the private sector to help define the next steps for trade facilitation and improving business environment in the region. For more information, please contact the Ms. Duong Lan Huong (Viet Nam's Ministry of Trade) at lanhuong80@mot.gov.vn. |
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| SOM Policy Dialogues on RTAs/FTAs have been conducted on an annual basis since 2003 in response to calls by APEC Leaders' and Ministers' for an exchange of views in APEC regional and bilateral trade agreements. Unlike the three previous meetings, the forthcoming Dialogue envisages the participation from business to provide a private sector perspective to the discussions on RTAs/FTAs for future policy response by APEC member economies. For more information, please contact Mr. Bui Hong Duong (Viet Nam's Ministry of Trade) at bduong@mot.gov.vn. |
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| Ministers Responsible for Trade from APEC Member Economies will meet to discuss major issues affecting the global economy. The Busan Roadmap will guide the agenda which includes a discussion on how to promote the successful conclusion of the WTO's Doha Development Agenda, the Busan Business Agenda, and Regional Trading Arrangements. This will be the 12th Meeting of the APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade. |
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To view all APEC events for 2006, click on Find Out More.
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