INVITATION

The Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Pázmány Péter Catholic Univesity

have the pleasure to invite you to the conference of

„ASEAN Economic Community – Deepening Integration Brings Expending Opportunities for Trade and Growth”

to be held from 9:00-13:00 on 31 March (Thursday)  2016

at the Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade,

13-15. Bérc street, Budapest 1016

The lecture is public but registration is required.

Please send your registration to event@ifat.hu at the latest of 30th March 2016

The discussion will be held in English.

ASEAN COMMUNITY

DEEPENING INTEGRATION BRINGS EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRADE AND GROWTH

Draft Agenda

Date:  31^st March, 2016

Location: Budapest, Hungary

Venue: Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade

H – 1016 Budapest, Bérc u. 13-15.

Language: English

8:30-9:00 REGISTRATION

9:00-9:10 WELCOME NOTES

9:00–9:05: Mr. Márton SCHŐBERL, Director-General, Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade

9:05-9:10: Dr. Gergely SALÁT, Associate Professor, Chair, Department of Chinese Studies, Pázmány Péter Catholic University

9:10-9:40 OPENING SPEECHES

9:10 – 9:20 Mr. Szilveszter BUS, Deputy State Secretary for Opening to the South, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary: Opportunities for Hungary in the ASEAN region – The significance of the launch of the ASEAN Community

9:20 – 9:30 H. E. Mr. Mohamad Sadik KETHERGANY, Ambassador of Malaysia to Hungary, representing the previous ASEAN Chair

9:30 – 9:40 H.E. Mr. Phoukhao PHOMMAVONGSA, Ambassador of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic to Hungary, representing the present ASEAN Chair

KEYNOTE ADDRESS:

9:40-10:05 Dr. Surin PITSUWAN, former Secretary-General of ASEAN: ASEAN-EU, the way forward

10:05-10:20: Questions and Remarks

10:20 – 10:40: COFFEE BREAK

10:40-13:00

PRESENTATIONS BY ASEAN EMBASSIES

MODERATOR: Mr. Dávid AMBRUS, Director General of the Asia-Pacific Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary

1. Representative of Brunei Darussalam (TBC)
2. Mr. Hikmat RIJADI, Director of the Indonesian Trade and Promotion Center in Budapest, Representative of the Republic of Indonesia
3. Mrs. L Nang TSAN, Minister Counsellor, Embassy of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (in the Republic of Serbia)
4. Ms. Patricia V. BARRERA, First Secretary, Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines
5. Ms. Yossavadee KAEVATANA, Director of Thai Trade Center in Prague, representative of the Kingdom of Thailand
6. Mr. Tran Ngoc HA, First Secretary, Commercial Section, Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

BUSINESS EXPERIENCES IN THE TWO REGIONS – PRESENTATIONS

MODERATOR: Ms. Diána Szőke, Expert on Energy Issues, Economist, Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade

1. dr. Anikó MAGASHÁZI, President of the ASEAN Development Division, Budapest Chamber of Commerce and Industry
2. Mr. Poj PANIANGVAIT, Managing Director, Thai President Food
3. Budapest Waterworks/Fővárosi Vízművek Zrt. (TBC)
4. Mr. Tamás NEUBAUER, Head of Department International, Dosage Form Products, Richter Gedeon
5. Ms. Mengyi Li, Asia Sales Director, Hungarian National Trading House
6. Hungarian Export-Import Bank Plc. (TBC)

12:30-13:00: Questions and Remarks

13:00 LUNCH