The
World Services Congress is the foremost international forum to bring together high-level
national and international leaders from the business sector, government, academia,
regulatory bodies, and the media to address the key economic and policy issues confronting
the global service economy. The Congress will attract corporate CEOs from multinational as
well as leading small and medium enterprises, senior government officials, heads of
international organizations and renowned experts in the services arena. The previous WSC
in Atlanta in 1999 attracted 700 delegates from 53 jurisdictions.
Congress Objectives
To heighten awareness of the commanding role of services in the new and globalised economy of the 21st century.
To enable businesses to identify opportunities, confront trade and investment barriers, enhance access to new markets, exchange information, and network with leaders of the global servicing economy.
To highlight the impacts and opportunities arising from the "new economy" and the growing market of Mainland China.
To provide policy recommendations on the most significant issues affecting service sector development, employment, trade, and investment.
To influence the multilateral negotiations on liberalisation of trade in services under the World Trade Organisation, through interaction with the next WTO Ministerial Conference.
