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ACCA PRESIDENT'S DEBATE 2016 : WILL FITTING EU'S TEETH GIVE ASEAN'S AEC THE BITE IT IS LACKING?
Friday 01/04/2016
ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) cordially invites members of the media to cover this event that will be hosted by Datuk Alexandra Chin, global ACCA President.
Day/Date : Wednesday 6 April 2016
Time : 1.30 pm – 5.00 pm
Venue : Le Meridien, Kuala Lumpur
PROGRAMME
1.30 pm : Registration of guests
2.00 pm : Welcome Address
Datuk Alexandra Chin, ACCA President
2.10 pm Keynote Presentation
YB Senator Dato' Sri Abdul Wahid Omar, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department
2.25 pm : Views from the European Union (EU):
: The EU’s vision for its partnership with ASEAN
Dr Steven Everts, Senior Adviser on EU-ASEAN and ARF Alternate Senior Official (SOM) Asia Pacific Department, European External Action Service
: The Geopolitical Centrality of ASEAN
Dr Fraser Cameron, Director of the EU-Asia Centre
2.50 pm : AEC, RCEP and the TPP: Progress and Challenges
Mr Jayant Menon, Asian Development Bank (ADB) Lead Economist
3.05 pm : Coffee break
3.15 pm : DEBATE: Will fitting EU’s teeth give ASEAN’s AEC the bite it is lacking?
Moderator:
Mr Joseph Alfred, Head of Policy, ACCA Singapore
Panellists:
: Dr Steven Everts, Senior Adviser on EU-ASEAN and ARF Alternate Senior Official (SOM) Asia Pacific Department, European External Action Service
: Dr Fraser Cameron, Director of the EU-Asia Centre
: Dr Jayant Menon, ADB Lead Economist, Office for Regional Economic Integration
: En Isham Ishak, Deputy Secretary General (Trade), Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) Malaysia
4.30 pm : Media briefing session
5.00 pm : End
At this debate, policy makers from the European Union (EU) and Malaysian Government will address and debate the challenges ahead for the newly formed ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). It is aspired that learning points from the EU can be explored and applied to the ASEAN integration initiative.
The speakers at this debate are:
: YB Senator Dato’ Sri Abdul Wahid Omar, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Malaysia;
: En Isham Ishak, Deputy Secretary General (Trade), Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)
: Dr Steven Everts, Senior Adviser on EU-ASEAN and ARF Alternate Senior Official (SOM) Asia Pacific Department, European External Action Service;
: Dr Fraser Cameron, Director of the EU-Asia Centre
: Mr Jayant Menon, Asian Development Bank (ADB) Lead Economist;
You are cordially invited to send your reporter and photographer/cameraman to cover the event.
SOURCE : ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants)
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Ms Berenice
Tel : 012 381 5589
Email : berenice.then@accaglobal.com
-BERNAMA
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