Asia Pacific Economic Forum conference

04-July-2002

About 10 countries will be represented at the Asia Pacific Economic Forum (APEF) conference being held at the University of Wollongong tomorrow Friday 5 July and Saturday 6 July.

Among those attending the two-day conference are a Deputy Minister of Small Medium Enterprises from Indonesia and a former Minister of the Economy of the Philippines. APEF was set up in Chunchon in Korea last year to deal with major economic and trade issues for the ASEAN+3 (China, Korea and Japan) integration from an APEF perspective.

Associate Professor Jimmy Tran Van Hoa from the University of Wollongong was elected APEF's 2002 President. The theme of the conference is titled "Impact of crises on trade, regionalism and globalisation in Asia and Australia" and the sponsors are AusAID and the Small Medium Enterprises Research Centre at the University of Wollongong.

Media please note: An opportunity to do photo filming would be from 8.45am to 9.15am tomorrow (Friday).

Venue: Room 131 in Building 40 (next to the Hope Theatre).

Further information: Contact Associate Professor Jimmy Tran Van Hoa on 4221 3659 or Associate Professor Charles Harvie on 4221 3702.