WSC 2001 Update, May 2001

The Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Mr Mike Moore, has agreed to be Honorary Patron of the World Services Congress 2001.

Major themes of the Congress

• Liberalisation of global trade and investment in services

• Opportunities in the growing China market

• The challenge of e-commerce and the "new economy"

Confirmed and invited guests include distinguished figures such as:

• Ambassador Celso Amorim, Chairman, Council for Trade in Services, WTO
• Mr Alex Arena, Deputy Chairman, Pacific Century Cyberworks
• Mr Julian Arkell Consultant, ITSP
• Mr Stuart J. Brahs, Vice President, Principal Financial Group
• Mr Andrew Buxton, Chairman, European Services Forum; Senior Advisor and former Chairman, Barclays Bank plc
• Mr Christopher Cheng, Chairman, Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce; Managing Director, Wing Tai Corporation
• Mr Raymond Chow, Chairman, Golden Harvest Entertainment Co Ltd
• Mrs Selina Chow, Chairman, Hong Kong Tourism Board
• Mr David Cunningham, President, Asia Pacific Division, Federal Express Corporation
• Mr David Eldon, Chairman, PBEC Hong Kong Committee; Chairman, the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
• Mr Eduardo Escasany, President, Asociacion de Bancos de la Argentina
• Dr Victor Fung, Chairman, Airport Authority; Chairman, Li & Fung
• Mr Koichi Haraguchi, Japanese Ambassador to the WTO
• Mr Stuart Harbinson, Permanent Representative of Hong Kong to the WTO; Chairman, WTO General Council
• Mr Peter Jackson, Managing Director, Asia Satellite
• Mr Pascal Kerneis, Managing Director, European Services Forum
• Mr Stanley Ko, Chairman, Hong Kong Coalition of Service Industries; Chairman, Jardine Matheson China
• Mr Antony Leung, Financial Secretary, Hong Kong SAR govenment
• Lord Levene of Portsoken, Chairman, International Financial Services, London; Chairman, Investment Banking Europe, Deutsche Bank
• Mr Li Rongrong, Minister, State Economic and Trade Commission, PRC
• Mr Long Yongtu, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, PRC
• Mr Minoru Makihara, Chairman, Japan Services Network; Chairman, Mitsubitshi Corporation
• Mr Hamid Mamdouh, Director of Services, WTOMr Sergio Marchi, Canadian Ambassador to the WTO
• Dr Rodolfo Martinez, President, Argentina CSI
• Mr John McGuigan, Chairman, Hunter Bay Partners, Australia
• Mr Dean O'Hare, Chairman, USCSI; Chairman, the Chubb Corporation
• Ms Bonnie Richardson, Vice President, Motion Picture Association of America
• Dr Dorothy Riddle, President, Services Growth Inc, Canada
• Dr. Mark Rosenberg, Provost, Florida International University
• Mr Mike Rowse, Director General, Invest Hong Kong
• Mr Sun Zhenyu, Vice Minister, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, PRC
• Mr Wang Zhan, Chairman, Shanghai WTO Affairs Consultation Center, PRC
• Mr Peter Woo, Chairman, Hong Kong Trade Development Council
• Dr Eden Woon, Director, Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce
• Sir Gordon Wu, Chairman, Port and Maritime Board; Chairman, Hopewell Holdings
• Mr Wu Jichuan, Minister, Ministry of Information Industry, PRC
• Mr Yu Xiaosong, Chairman, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade
• Mr Zeng Peiyan, Minister, State Development Planning Commission, PRC
• Robert Zoellick, US Trade Representative

And many more

The Congress plenary sessions will address issue on

• The Challenges of Globalisation

• China service sectors in the globalised economy

• The challenges of the new economy

A wide range of business-relevant topics will be explored in the breakout workshops such as

• The GATS negotiating agenda

• Servicing the China market

• Strategies for promoting services exports

• Regional development in China and business opportunities

• Regulation of e-commerce

• Telecommunications regulation and de-regulation

• Global reform in financial Services

• Liberalisation of professional services

• Development in modern transport and logistics

• The backlash against globalisation

Mark your diary - Join the WSC 2001!