Arangkada Philippines Forum Program of Activities

January 18, 2012 at 13:12

program

As of January 16, 2012

All speakers, moderators, and panelists have confirmed unless otherwise stated.

7:30 – 8:25	Registration
8:25 – 8:30	Philippine National Anthem
8:30 – 8:35	Welcoming Remarks
	John Casey
	President, Australian-New Zealand Chamber
	of Commerce
	President and CEO, Blue Cross Insurance, Inc.
8:35 – 8:40	Message from USAID: Mapping New
	Directions for Inclusive Growth
	Gloria Steele
	Mission Director, USAID
8:40 – 8:55	Opening Remarks: The Role of Foreign
	Investment in Philippine Economic
	Growth
	Sec. Gregory Domingo
	Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry
8:55 – 9:05	Purpose of Forum and Arangkada
	Assessment
	John D. Forbes
	Senior Adviser, American Chamber of
	Commerce/ICIP
9:05 – 9:35	Part 1: Growing Too Slow – Key Reforms
	Needed to Grow Twice as Fast
	Former Sec. Roberto F. de Ocampo
	Co-Vice Chairman, Makati Business Club
9:35 – 10:05	Part 2: Becoming More Competitive –
	Moving into the Top Quartile
	Guillermo Luz
	Private Sector Co-Chairman, National
	Competitiveness Council
10:05 – 10:10	Introduction of Panel 1
	Hubert d’Aboville
	President, European Chamber of Commerce
	President and CEO, PAMATEC
10:10 – 10:45	Part 3: Seven Big Winner Sectors: Panel 1
	Moderator:
	David Celdran
	Senior Anchor-Reporter, ABS-CBN News
	Channel
	Agribusiness
	Philip Soliven
	Country Representative, Cargill Philippines,
	Inc

	Business Process Outsourcing
	Alfredo Ayala
	Chairman, Business Processing Association of the
	Philippines
	Creative Industries
	Henry Schumacher
	Vice President for External Affairs, European
	Chamber of Commerce
	Logistics
	Michael Raeuber
	President, Royal Cargo Combined Logistics
	Manufacturing
	Norberto Viera
	Chairman, Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in
	the Philippines, Inc.
	Mining
	John Ridsdel
	Senior Vice President and COO, TVI Resource
	Development Inc.
	Tourism, Medical Travel, and Retirement
	Aileen Clemente
	President, Philippine Travel Agencies Association
10:45 – 10:50	Questions and Answers
11:30 – 11:35	Introduction of Panel 2
	Nobuya Ichiki
	President, Japanese Chamber of Commerce
	General Manager, Mitsubishi Corporation
10:55 – 11:25	Part 3: Seven Big Winner Sectors:Infrastructure
	Panel 2
	Moderator
	Maria Ressa
	Author, Correspondent, and Media Executive
	Airports
	Avelino Zapanta
	President and CEO, South East Asian Airlines, Inc.
	Policy
	Meneleo Carlos
	Co-Chairman, NCC Working Group on Infrastructure

	Power
	Daniel Chalmers
	Chairman, AmCham Energy and Mining Committee
	Roads and Rail
	Rene Santiago
	Managing Director, Bellwether Advisory Inc.
	Seaports
	Enrico Basilio
	President, REID Foundation
	Telecommunications
	Donald Felbaum
	Co-chairman, AmCham ICT Committee
	Managing Director, OPTEL
	Water
	Ray Cunningham
	First Vice President, Aboitiz Power
11:25 – 11:30	Questions and Answers
11:30 – 11:35	Introduction of Panel 3
	Edward Chang
	President, Korean Chamber of Commerce
	President and CEO, Asia Pacific Express Corporation
11:35 – 12:25	Part 4: General Business Environment Panel
	Moderator
	Coco Alcuaz
	Business News Head, ABS-CBN News Channel
	Business Costs
	Donald Dee
	Chairman Emeritus, Philippine Chamber of
	Commerce and Industry
	Environment and Natural Disasters
	Speaker to be identified
	Governance
	Vincent Lazatin
	Executive Director, Transparency and
	Accountability Network
	Judicial
	Atty. Jose Midas Marquez
	Court Administrator, Supreme Court

	Labor
	Edgardo Lacson
	President, Employers Confederation of the
	Philippines
	Macroeconomic Policy
	Romeo Bernardo
	President, Lazaro Bernardo Tiu and Associates
	Philippine Partner, GlobalSource
	Security
	Rommel Banlaoi
	Executive Director, Philippine Institute for Peace,
	Violence and Terrorism Research, Inc.
	Social Services
	Dr. Kenneth Hartigan-Go
	Executive Director, AIM Center for Development
	Management
12:25 – 12:30	Questions and Answers
12:30 – 2:00	Lunch and Keynote Speech
1:00 – 1:05	Introduction of Keynote Speaker
	Rhicke Jennings
	President, American Chamber of Commerce
	Managing Director, FedEx Express Indonesia and
	Philippines
1:05 – 1:30	Keynote Speech
	H.E. President Benigno Aquino III
	President, Republic of the Philippines
1:30 – 1:50	Open Forum (Tentative)
1:50 – 2:00	Closing Remarks
	Julian Payne
	President, Canadian Chamber of Commerce
	Managing Director, SEAREP Limited
2:00 – 2:30	JFC Press Conference