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INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES Throughout the cocktail and the plenary sessions of the conference, a hands-on static display of a beta version of APCA's new web-site and trade matching service known as "TradeMatching" was made available. BILATERAL MEETINGS ASSOCIATION'S NAME Point 1: Whether to use the acronym "APCA" only for all purposes and the words "Industrial Co-operation" (instead of Offset), "Structured Finance and Countertrade" to substitute "Asia Pacific Countertrade Association" in the Association's get-up. This involving merely a change in the Association's get-up without resulting in a change in the Association's name and therefore what "APCA" stands for. Point 2: In addition to point 1 above, whether the word "Countertrade" in the Association's name should be substituted and if so how. A suggested substitution for example, is to replace it with the word "Co-operation", such that the name reads as "Asia Pacific Co-operation Association" thereby keeping intact the acronym "APCA". This involves a formal change of name and would require a formal process and approval from the Singapore Registry of Society. Your Secretariat will be grateful to receive your feedback on whether to proceed with (by way of your ticking the relevant box below and faxing this page back to us): Point 1 alone, without involving a change in the Association's name, OR Points 1 and 2 involving a formal change (if so, please suggest a word to substitute "countertrade" starting with the alphabet "c" here [C ] ), OR Keeping status quo. We invite any further written comments that members may have. APCA 2000 YOUR SECRETARIAT WISHES EVERYONE MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW MILLENNIUM. |
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APCA
'99 took place between 25th to 27th October 1999 in the Renaissance
Kuala Lumpur Hotel. The event was supported by the Malaysian
External Trade Development Co-operation ("MATRADE")
and EXIM Bank Malaysia Berhad ("EXIM Bank") and
Malaysian Airlines was the official Airline.
The
international speakers who spoke were Mr. David Hew, Consultant
and Secretary General, APCA, reporting on the findings of experts
meeting organised by UNCTAD in Geneva on structured finance; Mr.
Maarten van Alkemade. Vice President, Structured Finance, G. Premjee
Group, Bangkok who spoke on "A Structured Finance Case Study";
Mr. Kit Brownlee, Chairman, AON Group Ltd United Kingdom who spoke
on "How to secure Transaction Risk and Country Risk";
Dr. Christoph Kamm, Executive Vice President, ABB Structured Finance,
Switzerland and President, APCA who spoke on "Global Prospective
of Future International Offsets and Countertrade"; Ms Anna-Greta
Mikaelsson, Head of Offset, FMV, Defence Material Administration,
Sweden who spoke on "The Swedish Offset Model: An Instrument
for Defence and Industrial Policy" and Mr. Malcolm Taylor,
Director, Newcourt Capital, who spoke on "Offset and Investment
Banking -–A Natural Linkage". Mr. Stefan Moser, Director,
Offset and Industrial Co-operation, Daimler Chrysler Aerospace AG,
Germany who was unable to be with us had his slides on "Trends
in European Aerospace Industries and their effects on International
Offset Program" presented by Dr. Christoph Kamm.
The
conference activities included the usual half-day city tour followed
by the opening ceremony cum cocktail in the evening. The Malaysian
keynote address was delivered by the Chief Executive Officer of
MATRADE, En Mohammed Ab. Halim. The event concluded with a poolside
buffet on the evening of the last day.