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Agenda
Programme
7 to 9 November
2005
Venue Emerald Hotel, Bangkok,
Thailand
Official
opening of the World Trade
Point Federation sixth General
Assembly meeting
and the World SMEs Forum
Monday, 7 November 2005 |
Time |
Acitivity |
Place |
9h00
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9h45 |
 Welcome
by Mr. Suriya Jungrungreangkit,
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister
of Industry of Thailand
Address
by Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi,
Secretary-General of UNCTAD
Official
opening of the World Trade
Point Federation VIth General
Assembly by Mr. Bruno Masier,
President of the WTPF
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Grand Diamond
Ballroom
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9h45
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10h15 |
Coffee
Break |
| 10h15
- 12h15 |
Session
1: Developing strategies
in worldwide markets for
SMEs
Mrs.
Chitraporn Thechacharn,
Director, Office of Small
and Medium Enterprises Promotion
in Thailand
Mr.
Shyam Agrawal,
Marketing Director, World
Trade Point Federation
Mr.
Satit Sirirangkamanont,
Secretary General, Board
of Investment of Thailand
H.E.
Mr. Friedrich Hamburger,
Head of the Delegation of
the European Commission
in Thailand
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Grand
Diamond Ballroom |
12h30
– 14h00 |
Lunch
at the Emerald Hotel
|
Grand Diamond Ballroom |
| 14h00
– 14h45 |
Session
2: SMEs in a world of FTAs
Mr.
Kim Hak-Su, United
Nations Under Secretary-General
and
Executive Secretary of UNESCAP
Mr.
Gerhard van Eeden, Director,
Trade Point Pretoria/Tshwane,
South Africa
Mr.
Gunter Fischer, Economic
Affairs Officer, UNCTAD |
Grand Diamond Ballroom
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Tea
break |
Grand Ballroom |
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15h10
- 17h00 |
Session
3: Support Networks for SMEs
Mr.
Chotisak Arsapaviriya,
CEO, SME Bank
Mr.
Songdej Praditsmanont,
Chairman, Ernst and Young
Ms.
Cristina Dragoi, Director,
Trade Point Ragusa, Italy
Closure of World SMEs Forum
by Mr. Suriya Jungrungreangkit,
Deputy Prime Minister,
Minister of Industry of
Thailand
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Grand Diamond Ballroom |
17h00 |
Cocktail
at the Emerald Hotel
Speakers will be introduced
by UNCTAD in cooperation
with the WTPF
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Panorama 1 - 2 |
World
Trade Point Federation’s
sixth General Assembly
Tuesday, 8 November 2005
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Time |
Acitivity |
Place |
9h00
– 11h00 |
Session
1: Regional meetings
(Africa, Americas, Arab
region, Asia/Pacific and
Europe) |
Ballroom
1
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Session
2: Opening of the 2005 WTPF
General Assembly
Chairman: from the hosting
organization
Welcoming
word by the WTPF President
Statement
by the UNCTAD Secretary-General
Statement by the Minister
of Industry of Thailand
Ceremony of operational
status certificates and
special awards.
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12h15
– 14h00 |
Lunch
Break |
TBA |
14h00
– 15h00 |
Session
3: Administrative Issues
Chairman: Mr. Bruno
Masier, WTPF President
Establishment of the Quorum
and the opening of the Extraordinary
Session;
Amendment
to the WTPF statutes by
Mr. Benjamin Baguian,
WTPF Technical Director
and its ratification;
Presentation Progress Report
2005 by Mrs. Rafif
Berro, WTPF Vice-President;
Budget previous budget year
by Mr. Philippe
Doubre, WTPF Treasurer;
Request for approval of
Progress Report and Budget.
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Ballroom 1 |
15h00
– 16h10 |
Session
4: WTPF Website Development
and Use
Chairman: Mr. Benjamin
Baguian, WTPF Technical
Director
Status report on Trade Point
websites and services by
Mr. Benjamin Baguian,
WTPF Technical Director;
Technical presentation of
the website: "One year
later and steps forward"
by Mr. Helge Winkler,
Coordinator WTPF Web Task
Force;
Use of tools and services
by Trade Points by Mrs.
Cristina Dragoi, WTPF Steering
Committee Member;
Worldwide visibility and
the role of ICT in trade
for SMEs by
Mr. Peter Fröhler,
Director of SITE,
UNCTAD.
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16h10
– 16h25 |
Tea
break |
Grand Ballroom |
| 16h25
– 17h30 |
Session
5: WTPF Marketing Issues
Chairman: Mr.
Shyam Agrawal, WTPF Marketing
Director
Importance of a common branding
by Mr. Zac Brankovic,
Coordinator WTPF Marketing
Task Force;
Promotion and use of the ETO
and the GTDS by Mr.
Gerhard van Eeden,
member WTPF Marketing Task
Force;
Advertisement opportunities
by Mr. Miguel Pult,
member WTPF Marketing Task
Force.
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Dinner
offered by hosting organization. |
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Wednesday,
9 November 2005 |
Time |
Acitivity |
Acitivity |
9h00
– 10h00 |
Session
6: International Organizations:
views on enterprise
positioning
Chairman: Mr. Shyam
Agrawal, WTPF Marketing
Director
Promoting export competitiveness
of SMEs by Mr. Gunter
Fischer, Economic
Affairs Officer, UNCTAD
Thailand's contribution
to MDG 8: Opening up of
its markets to LDC imports
by Mr. Hakan Bjorkman,
Deputy Resident Representative,
UNDP Thailand;
*ILO
|
Grand Diamond
Ballroom
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10h00
– 10h15 |
Coffee
break |
10h15
– 11h15 |
Session
7: Forecast of the year
2006
Chairman: Mr. Benjamin
Baguian, WTPF Technical
Director
Operational Plan 2006 by
Mr. Shyam Agrawal,
WTPF Marketing
Director;
Presentation of budget for
2006 by Mr. Philippe
Doubre, WTPF Treasurer;
Request for approval of
plan 2006 and its budget.
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11h15
– 11h45 |
Session
8: WTPF General Assembly
2006
Chairman: Mrs. Rafif
Berro, WTPF Vice-President
Presentation of GA venue
for 2006;
Request for approval of
2006 venue.
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TBA |
11h45
– 12h15 |
Session
9: Closing
Closing of sixth WTPF GA meeting
by the WTPF President
Closing words by Trade Point
Chiangmai.
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12h15
– 14h00 |
Lunch |
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Event
organized by the hosting
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