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Secure Trade in the APEC Region (STAR) Conference, Guest Speakers and Presenters Schedule for 24 - 25 February, 2003

Le Royal Meridien Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand | 23 February 2003
Monday, 24 February
OPENING SESSION (8:30AM - 10:30AM)
Moderator:
  • Mr. Geoff Jackson, Regional Director for Asia, U.S. Trade and Development Agency
  • Honorable Darryl N. Johnson, U.S. Ambassador to Thailand
  • Honorable Tej Bunnag, Permanent Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand
Keynote Remarks:
  • Ambassador Piamsak Milintachinda, Executive Director, APEC Secretariat on APEC's Counter-Terrorism Action Plan
  • Honorable Larry Greenwood, U.S. Ambassador to APEC on Implementing STAR
  • MARITIME SECURITY ROUND TABLE I - SECURE PORTS
Moderator:
  • Mr. Marc Grégoire, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Safety and Security Group, Transport Canada
Speakers:
  1. Mr. Tom Allan, Chairman, Maritime Safety Committee, International Maritime Organization
  2. Ms. Tipsuda Charavejasarn, Principal Advisor on Water Transport Economics, Thailand
  3. Mr. Peter Yuile, Deputy Secretary, Department of Transport and Regional Services, Australia
  4. VAdm Rodolfo Codina, General Director of the Maritime Territory and Merchant Marine, Chile
PASSENGER PROCESSING ROUND TABLE - PASSENGER PROCESSING
Moderator:
  • Mr. Philip Yung, Deputy Director-General of Trade and Industry, Hong Kong, China
Speakers:
  1. Mr. John Moorhouse, First Assistant Secretary, Border Compliance and Control Division, Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, Australia
  2. Mr. Joseph Greene, Executive Director for Support Operations, U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  3. Ms. Gail Batman, National Director, Border Intelligence and Passengers, Australian Customs Service
MONDAY LUNCHEON
Speaker:
  • Mr. Eduardo Aguirre, Vice Chairman & Chief Operating Officer, U.S. Export-Import Bank
MARITIME SECURITY ROUND TABLE II - CONTAINER SECURITY
Moderator:
  • Official, U.S. Customs Service

Speakers:

  1. Mr. Douglas Browning, Deputy Commissioner, US Customs Service
  2. Mr. Jouko Lempiainen, Director, Compliance and Facilitation, World Customs Organization
  3. Mr. Tom Allan, Chairman, Maritime Safety Committee, International Maritime Organization

AVIATION SECURITY ROUND TABLE I - AIRPORT AND AIRCRAFT SAFETY

Moderator:

  • Mr. Wang Xiaolong, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China
Speakers:
  1. Mr. Daniel Furlong, Assistant Director Asia Pacific/Canada, U.S. Transportation Security Administration
  2. International Civil Aviation Organization (Invited)
  3. Mr. Sang-soo Kim, Assistant Director, Aviation Safety Division, Ministry of Construction and Transportation, Republic of Korea
  4. Mr. Song Shengli, Deputy Director General, Department of Public Security, Civil Aviation of China (CAAC)
Tuesday, February 25
TECHNOLOGY ROUND TABLE
Moderator:
  • Mr. Tim Neely, APEC STAR Coordinator, U.S. Department of State
Speakers:
  1. Mr. Joseph P. Holewa, Vice President and Country Manager (Thailand), Raytheon International, Inc.
  2. Mr. Stephen Breen, Director, Business Development, Portnet.com/PSA
  3. Mr. Gunasekharan Chellappan, Industry Solutions Director, ORACLE
  4. Dr. Doug Brown, Head of Technical Marketing, Rapiscan and Ancore Cargo Inspection Products
AVIATION SECURITY ROUND TABLE II
Moderator:
  • Mr. Theodore Davies, Director, International Affairs, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
Speakers:
  1. Mr. Oliver Yu, Administrative Vice Minister, Ministry of Transportation and Communications, Chinese Taipei (Invited)
  2. Mr. Geoff Askew, Security Group General Manager, Qantas Airways; and Chairman, International Air Transport Association Security Committee
  3. Mr.Pricha Sukchai, Director of Aviation Security & Safety Department, Thai Airways
CAPACITY BUILDING
Moderator:
  • Mr. Budi Darmadi, Director for Good and Services Supervisory, Directorate for Good and Services Supervisory, Directorate General for Domestic Trade, Department for Industry and Trade, Indonesia
Speakers:
  1. Mr. Bruce Bennett, APEC Secretariat on Planned APEC Secure/Efficient Trade Capacity Building Programs
  2. Mr. Robert Lees, Executive Advisor, Asia Pacific, BearingPoint
  3. Mr. Geoff Jackson, Assistant to the Director for Policy Planning, U.S. Trade and Development Agency on Capacity Building Programs for Transportation Security Projects
  4. Mr. Kenichi Bessho, Deputy Director, International Counter-Terrorism Cooperation Division, Foreign Policy Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
TUESDAY LUNCHEON
Speaker:
  • Mr. Stephen J. McHale, Deputy Administrator, U.S. Transportation Security Administration
PROJECT PLANNING AND FINANCING
Moderator:
  • Mr. Mark Dunn, Country Manager, U.S. Trade & Development Agency
Speakers:
  1. Speaker, Asian Development Bank (Invited)
  2. Mr. Jitendra N. Bajpai, Sector Director, Transport Unit, East Asia and Pacific Region, World Bank
  3. Mr. Eduardo Aguirre, Vice Chairman & Chief Operating Officer, U.S. Export-Import Bank
SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY
Moderator:
  • Mrs. Delia D. Albert, Undersecretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Philippines
Speakers:
  1. Ms. Mayra Hernandez, President, World BASC Organization
  2. Ms. Patrice Knight, Vice President, Import Compliance Office, IBM
  3. Mr. Stephen J. McHale, Deputy Administrator, U.S. Transportation Security Administration
  4. Mr. John Kok, Chief Strategy Officer, LINe - Logistics Information Network Enterprise Limited, A member of the Hutchison Port Holdings Group
  5. Mr. Simon Stannard, Security Services Group Head, Kroll Associates (Asia), Pte. Ltd.
CONCLUSION (5:00PM - 5:45PM)
Live audio Webcast sponsored by Bearing Point (Formerly KPMG Consulting): www.worlductx.com/apecstarconference/
Moderator:
  • Honorable Larry Greenwood, U.S. Ambassador to APEC
Conference Venue:
Le Royal Meridien Hotel
973 Ploenchit Road, Bangkok,10330 Thailand
Tel: (66 2) 656 0444
Fax: (66 2) 656-0555
APEC Secretariat: Ext. 6849

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