DATE:
Wednesday 7 August 2002

VENUE/ ADDRESS:
Grand Hyatt Hotel
Hong Kong

TIME:
Registration: 10.30 - 11.00
Conference: 11.00 - 12.30
Keynote Luncheon: 12.30 - 14.00

TOPIC:
"The APEC impact on financial services in the next three years"
Asian Banking & Finance with its sister publication Australian Banking and Finance, pre-eminent business publications dedicated to coverage of the dynamic financial services sector is proud to launch The Asia Pacific Banking & Finance Conference. The conference will focus on "The APEC Impact on financial services in the next three years". This event will take place on Wednesday 7th August 2002 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel Hong Kong ( 1 Harbour Road, Hong Kong).

CONCEPT:
Australian Banking & Finance newsmagazine has teamed up with Axiss Australia, the Federal Government agency dedicated to positioning Australia as a global financial services centre in the Asian time zone, to launch this special event.

This conference has been timed to integrate with the APEC Asia Pacific Economic Community Conference from 7-10 August 2002. The meeting will bring together financial services leaders in the region to discuss and dialogue the outlook and general prognosis of banking and finance issues, and the crucial roles being played out in the region as it alternates between the various economies from stagflation and deflation, to rapid growth and development.

The conference will focus on opportunities and necessities for banking and finance services in the large and disparate APEC economies including South East Asian, North Asia, South America, USA, Canada Australia and New Zealand.

It will be a showcase for Asia's financial services companies and for it's leaders, who will discuss topics such as the regions economic realities, post China WTO, The Insurance
industry crisis post Sept 11th and the regional outlook and co-operation in financial services from a pan Asia perspective.

AGENDA:
• The Hong Kong financial services outlook, post China WTO; North Asia Developments
• South-East Asia financial services growth
• Regional outlook and co-operation in financial services – A pan Asia perspective

Click here for complete agenda and schedule (92k PDF document)

SPEAKER INFORMATION:
Click here for more information on speakers.

Click here to hear Les Hosking and Sy Sternberg speaking at the conference.

INQUIRIES, SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES, SPONSORSHIP CONTACT:
Event Director: Julee Muminovic
Phone: 02 9957 9808
Fax: 02 9957 1512
E-mail: julee@charlton.com.au