7:30 – 8:00

Registration and Coffee/Tea

8:00 – 8:25

Guests to be seated before the arrival of the Prime Minister

8:25 – 8:30

Arrival of the Prime Minister

8:30 – 9:30

Opening Session

8:35 – 8:45

Welcome and Introductory Remarks by H.E. Dr. Aun Porn Moniroth(click here for Khmer Version), Chairman of SNEC, Minister Delegate attached to the Prime Minister, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF)

8:45 – 8:50

Remarks by H.E. Mr. Qimiao Fan, World Bank Country Manager: Global Financial Crisis and its Implication on Source of Growth

8:50 – 8:55

Remarks by H.E. Mr. Arjun Goswami, Country Director, ADB – Cambodia Resident Mission: Agriculture Diversification and Infrastructure Development

8:55 – 9:00

Perspectives by H.E. Mr. Douglas Broderick, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative: Tackling Poverty by Investing in Human Capital

9:00 – 9:30

Key Note Address by Samdech Techo Hun Sen (click here for Khmer Version), Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia.

9:30 – 9:50

Coffee/Tea

9:50 – 12:30

Session 1: Cambodia: Key Aspects of Competitiveness

Chair: H.E. Dr. Aun Porn Moniroth, Chairman of SNEC

9:50 – 10:30

Presentation: Mr. Dirk Willem te Velde, Investment and Growth – Programme Leader, ODI

10:30 – 10:50

Panelists’ Perspectives (5 minutes each):

• H.E. Mr. Sok Chenda, Secretary General of CDC  and Member of the SNEC

• Mr. Van Sou Ieng, Chairman, Garment Manufacturer's Association in  Cambodia
• Mr. Stephane Gimbert, Senior Country Economist, the World Bank
• H.E. Mr. Pan Sorasak, Secretary of State, Ministry of Commerce

10:50 – 12:30

Plenary Perspectives, Suggestions, Questions, Discussion

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch provided for all participants

13:30 – 15:00

Session 2: Cambodia: Sustaining Rapid Growth

Chair: H.E. Mr. Arjun Goswami, Country Director, ADB – Cambodia Resident Mission

13:30 – 14:00

Presentation: Mr. Stephane Gimbert, Senior Country Economist, the World Bank

14:00 – 14:25

Panelists’ Perspectives (5 minutes each):

• H.E. Mr. Chhieng Yanara, Secretary General, CRDB/CDC and Member of the SNEC
• Mr. Eric Sidgwick, Senior Country Economist, ADB – Cambodia Resident Mission
• Mr. Chan Sophal, President, Cambodia Economic Association
• H.E. Mr. Vongsey Vissoth, Deputy Secretary General, MEF and Member of the SNEC
• Mr. Robert Glofcheski, Chief Economist, UNDP Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam

14:25 – 15:00

Plenary Perspectives, Suggestions, Questions, Discussion

15:00 – 15:10

Coffee/Tea

15:10 – 17:30

Session 3: Financial Crisis and Its Impact on Cambodia’s Sustainable Economic Development

Chair: Mr. Jo Scheuer, Country Director, UNDP

15:10 – 15:25

15:25 – 15:40

Presentattion: H.E. Dr. Hang Chuon Naron, Permanent Vice-Chairman, SNEC, and Secretary General of the MEF

Presentation:on Explaining Inflation in Cambodia by Mr. Kelly Bird, Senior Economist, ADB Headquarters, Manila

15:40 – 16:05

Panelists’ Perspectives (5 minutes each):

• Mr. John G. Nelmes, Resident Representative, IMF
• Dr. Kang Chandararot, Director, Cambodia Institute of  Development Study
• Mr. Stephen Higgins, CEO ANZ Royal Bank
• Mr. Nicholas Rosellini, Deputy Assistant Administrator and Deputy Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, UNDP Regional Office in Bangkok
• H.E. Mr. Qimiao Fan, World Bank Country Manager

16:05 – 16:50

Plenary Perspectives, Suggestions, Questions, Discussion

16:50 – 17:20

Summing Up and Proposed Follow-up by H.E. Dr. Aun Porn Moniroth, Chairman, SNEC

17:20 – 17:35

Closing Remarks by Deputy Prime Minister Keat Chhon (click here for Khmer Version), Minister of Economy and Finance, and Honorary Chair of the SNEC