Programme

ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION: THE EVOLUTION AND CONTINUATION OF A SUBSTANTIAL AGENDA

BUSINESS ROUND TABLE
Pavilion 5, Conference Hall 5.2

In 2012 Russia is taking on the chairmanship of the APEC forum for the first time. Apart from the active preparation of the locations for key events (meetings of APEC leaders and ministers), Russia’s chairmanship is an important opportunity to hold intensive discussions with APEC participants concerning future issues, including trade liberalization and investment in the region.
Russia’s chairmanship takes on a special importance insofar as Russia will be following developed countries (Singapore, Japan, the USA) in drawing up the agenda, before the chairmanship passes to developing countries, beginning with Indonesia.

1) How has the APEC agenda changed over recent years? What are the practical results of the discussions and adopted declarations?
2) What are the preliminary results of the USA’s chairmanship and how can these results be further developed during Russia’s chairmanship and in the following years?
3) What are the most pressing issues to discuss in APEC over the medium and long term?

Moderator:
Igor Ivanov , Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Professor, MGIMO-University; Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (1998—2004)

Panellists
Alexey Repik , President, Delovaya Rossiya (Business Russia)
Alexey Repik , President, Delovaya Rossiya (Business Russia)
Alexey Repik , President, Delovaya Rossiya (Business Russia)
Alexey Repik , President, Delovaya Rossiya (Business Russia)
Alexey Repik , President, Delovaya Rossiya (Business Russia)
Andrey Slepnev , Deputy Chief of Government Staff; Director, Project Management Department, Government of the Russian Federation
Alexey Repik , President, Delovaya Rossiya (Business Russia)
Igor Shuvalov , First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation