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- Registration Fee: IDR 50,000
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- Mahar Nirmala [+62 857 2611 6838]
- Annisa Aryati [+62 852 5005 6335]
- Office [+62 274 580 273], or, you could send email to cwts@ugm.ac.id (Cc: cwts.ugm@gmail.com)
Program and Agenda
The program of the conference, official launching of WCP Indonesia and soft launching of MITS UGM shall comprise the following topics and speakers:
1. Keynote Topic:
- “Indonesia’s Competitiveness: Current Issues and Future Challenges”
- Keynote Speaker: H.E. Ms. Marie E. Pangestu *)[Minister of Trade, Indonesia]
- The topic elaborates Indonesia’s current policies and debates on competitiveness as to chart future trends and challenges faced by Indonesia’s policy-makers, business players, community leaders, academic scholars, social activists and other relevant stakeholders in developing the nation’s competitiveness.
2. Opening Topic:
- “World Trade and Global Competitiveness: WTO Perspective”
- Speaker: H.E. Mr. Harsha V. Singh [Deputy Director General, WTO]
- The topic elaborates dynamics in world trade relations as it affects to countries capacity in capitalizing and developing their competitiveness in trade and other international economic areas. The current trade system under WTO offers particular features which in turn help shape the way competition among nations in trade is conducted.
3. Comparative and Clustered Topics:
- The topic elaborates international comparative perspectives and experiences on the issues of competitiveness as they are contributive to the Indonesian ones. The clustered topics follow afterwards as to deepen competitiveness challenges faced by Indonesia’s trade sectors.
a. Comparative Experiences
Invited Speakers:
WCP UGM/Indonesia Counterparts: Mr. Robert Teh/Mr. Gerardo T. Thielen
WCP Universities Partners: Chair-holders of WCP at:
- Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade: Mr. Lei Zhang
- University of Jordan: Mr. Taleb Awad Warred
- University of Mauritius: Ms. Verena Tandrayen-Ragoobur
- National University of Singapore: Mr. Michael Ewing-Chow
- Vietnam National University: Mr. Vu Quoc Hu
b. Clustered Topics
1. Indonesia’s Competitiveness and Its Position in Contemporary World Trade