ANNEX 1

The Fifth APEC/PFP Course on Competition Policy

March 13-15, 2001

Siam Inter-Continental

Bangkok, Thailand

Agenda

Day 1, (March 13, Tue.)

Time	Course Content
08:30-09:30	Registration
09:30-10:00	Opening Session
09:30-09:40	Mr. Phisit Setthawong, Director General, Department of Internal Trade, Thailand
09:40-09:50	Mr. Makoto Kobayashi, Commissioner of Fair Trade Commission, Japan
09:50-10:00	Mr. Kazuhide Ishikawa, Minister, Embassy of Japan
10:00-12:00	Plenary Session
10:00-10:45	Current State of Play in Developing Competition Legislation in the Region (e.g. Pattern of legislation and its economic and social connection)
10:00-10:15	UNCTAD� Role in Promoting Multilateral Cooperation on Competition Law and Policy Mr. Philippe Brusick, Chief, Competition and Consumer Protection Section, International Trade and Commodities Division, UNCTAD
10:15-10:45	Discussion
10:45-11:15	Coffee Break
11:15-12:00	Perspectives of Further Development and Convergence (e.g. what is necessary for future competition law and policy)
11:15-11:30	Further Development and Convergence of Competition Law and Policy Mr. Walter T. Winslow, Principal Administrator, Competition Law and Policy Division, OECD
11:30-12:00	Discussion
12:00-12:30	Brief Explanation of the Aim and Issues from the Small Group Moderators
12:00-12:10	Small Group 1: Enhancing Skills to Detect Cartels and to Regulate Mergers Prof. Iwakazu Takahashi, Faculty of Law, Kanagawa University, Japan
12:10-12:20	Small Group 2: Ensuring compliance and cooperation in competition law enforcement Ms. Nicola Beechey, Investigator, Commerce Act Division, Commerce Commission, New Zealand
12:20-12:30	Small Group 3: Promoting competition in regulated sectors or state enterprises Mr. Paul Bilyk, Director, Australian Competition Consumer Commission, Australia
12:30-14:30	Lunch
14:30-17:00	Small Group Meetings
18:00-20:00	Welcome Party

Small Group 1

Enhancing Skills to Detect Cartels and to Regulate Mergers

Day 1 (13 March, Tue., Moderator: Prof. Iwakazu Takahashi)

Time	Course Content
14:30-15:20	An Inside Look at a Cartel at Work Ms. Belinda Barnett, Senior Counsel for Criminal Enforcement, Antitrust Division, U.S. Jusitice Department, U.S.A.
15:20-16:00	Antimonopoly Control over Agreements and Concerted Actions in Financial Services Market Ms. Ekaterina Usenko, Deputy Head of Legal Department, MAP Russia, Russia
16:00-16:30	Coffee Break
16:30-17:10	Banking Credit Cards Cartel in Mexico Mr. Elias Mizrahi Alvo, Director, Federal Competition Commission, Mexico

Day 2 (14 March, Wed., Moderator: Prof. Iwakazu Takahashi)

Time	Course Content
09:00-09:40	Rice Cartel in the Philippines: Was it real? Ms. Procy B. Sobrevinas, Senior Economic Development Specialist, National Economic Development Authority, Philippines
09:40-10:20	Recent Activities of the FTC Mr. Katsuya Miura, Deputy Director, Decision and Lawsuit Office, Fair Trade Commission, Japan
10:20-10:40	Coffee Break
10:40-11:20	The Treatment of Enterprises Combination Chinese Taipei� Experience Ms. Shu-Hsin Hsu, Section Chief, Fair Trade Commission, Chinese Taipei
11:20-12:00	Peruvian Experience on Merger Regulations Mr. Renzo Rojas, Economic Studies Officer, Indecopi, Peru
12:00-14:00	Lunch
14:00-14:35	Basic Analysis on Enterprises�� Merger and Monopoly of China Mr. Ye Jun, Officer, Department of Treaty and Law, Moftec, P. R. China
14:35-15:10	Strengthening Merger Control in Thailand Mr. Sutee Supanit, Professor, Thammasart University, Thailand
15:10-15:45	The Current Condition of Cartel and Merger Policy in Indonesia Mr. Hamdhan Nurdin, Head of Multilateral Division, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Indonesia
15:45-16:05	Coffee Break
16:05-16:40	Basic Guidelines and Points of View about the Competition Law of Vietnam Mr. Nguyen Van Sang, Senior Officer, Domestic Trade Policy Department, Ministry of Trade, Vietnam
16:40-17:15	Enhancing Skills to Detect Cartels and to Regulate Mergers Mr. Christopher Aburu, APEC&WTO Desk Officer, Department of Foreign Affiars, Papua New Guinea
17:15-17:50	Competition Policy and Law: Malaysia Country Paper Mr. Khoo Boo Seng, Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Malaysia
17:50-18:00	Moderator� Summary

Note: Each economy has basically 15 minutes for presentation and 20 minutes for discussion

Small Group 2

Ensuring Compliance and Cooperation in Competition Law Enforcement

Day 1 (13 March, Tue., Moderator: Ms. Nicola Beechey)

Time	Course Content
14:30-15:10	Check List Mr. Hideto Ishida, Lawyer, Anderson Mori, Japan
15:10-15:50	Administrative Settlement and Industrial Guidance Mr. Ning Yeh, Section Chief, Fair Trade Commission, Chinese Taipei
15:50-16:20	Coffee Break
16:20-17:00	Cooperation in the Enforcement of Legislation Concerning Economic Competition Mr. Jose Luis Ambriz Villalpa, Deputy Director, Federal Competition Commission, Mexico

Day 2 (14 March, Wed., Moderator: Ms. Nicola Beechey)

Time	Course Content
09:00-09:40	Cooperation Among Regulatory Bodies Ms. Olga Silakova, Head of Department, Kursk Regional Office of MAP Russia, Russia
09:40-10:20	12315, a Effective Phone Number in China Mr. Jie Jiang, Senior Officer, State Administration for Industry and Commerce, P. R. China
10:20-10:40	Coffee Break
10:40-11:20	A Proposal for Improving the Departments that Safeguard Free Competition in Chile Mr. Patricio Eskenazi Arveste, Economist, Ministry of Economy, Chile
11:20-12:00	Ensuring Compliance and Cooperation in Competition Law Enforcement �he Experience of Implementing Competition in Peru�� Mr. Arana C. Carlos, Project Managing Director of the Commission of Export Promotion, Peru
12:00-14:00	Lunch
14:00-14:40	Ensuring Compliance and Cooperation Law Enforcement Mr. Bodin Assawanich, Vice Chairman (Legal Affairs), The Federation of Thai Industry. Thailand
14:40-15:20	Ensuring Compliance and Cooperation in Competition Law Enforcement �jinomoto Case�� Mr. Indra Gunawan, Staff of APEC Section, Department of Foreign Affairs, Indonesia
15:20-16:00	The Overview of Competition Law and Policy Ms. Jesusa Beluso Palomat Esperanza, Supervision Tariff Specialist, Tariff Commission, Republic of Philippines
16:00-16:20	Coffee Break
16:20-17:00	Competition Policy and Law: Malaysia Country Report Ms. Lip Ping Wee, Assistant Secretary, Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Malaysia
17:00-17:40	Papua New Guinea� Privatization Program Mr. Brian Kiap Komun, CEO, Office of the Managing Director, Small Business Development Corporation, Papua New Guinea
17:40-17:50	Moderator� Summary

Note: Each economy has basically 15 minutes for presentation and 25 minutes for discussion

Small Group 3

Promoting Competition in Regulated Sectors or State Enterprises

Day 1 (13 March, Tue., Moderator: Mr. Paul Bilyk)

Time	Course Content
14:30-15:10	Promotion of Competition in State-Owned Enterprises (SOE�) and Regulated Sectors Mr. Chul-Ho Ji, Director of Competition & Deregulation Division, Korea Fair Trade Commission, Korea
15:10-15:40	Development of Competition in Power Engineering Mr. Alexander Tkachev, Deputy Head of the Department for Development of Competition on Financial Services, for Information Policy and Complies Analysis, MAP Russia, Russia
15:40-16:00	Coffee Break
16:00-16:30	Promoting Competition in Electricity Sector Mr. Santiago Davila Philippon, Free Competition Officer, Indecopi, Peru
16:30-17:00	Interconnection and Competition in the Electricity Supply Sector in Hong Kong Ms. Chan Suk Ying, Principal Economist, Financial Services Bureau, Hong Kong
17:00-17:30	Overview of the Electricity Industry in Singapore Mr. Shao-Wei Ying, Assistant Director Trade, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore

Day 2 (14 March, Wed., Moderator: Mr. Paul Bilyk)

Time	Course Content
09:00-09:30	Promoting Competition in Regulated Sectors: Licensing & Regulatory Framework for Third Generation Mobile Telecommunication Services Ms. Sara Yue Fai Lam, Senior Regulatory Affairs Manager, Office of the Telecommunication Authority, Hong Kong
09:30-10:00	Competition Authority Participation and Actions in Regulated Sectors: The Mexican Case Mr. Babur De Los Santos, Deputy Director, Federal Competition Commission, Mexico
10:00-10:30	Opening Market and Building a Free Competition Environment �� LPG Sector in Chinese Taipei Mr. Tzu-Shun Hu, Section Chief, Fair Trade Commission, Chinese Taipei
10:30-11:00	Coffee Break
11:00-11:30	The Philippines Experience Ms. Lucita P. Reyes, Director �, Board of Investment, Department of Trade and Industry, Philippines
11:30-12:00	Encouraging Competition and Fostering Legal Reforms in Utilities Ms. Sylvia Riesco Nervi, Economist, Ministry of Economy, Chile
12:00-14:00	Lunch
14:00-14:30	State Owned Enterprises: The Last Bastion of Monopoly and the Greatest Challenge to Competition Authority Ms. Duenden Nikomborirak, Research Director, Thailand Development Research Institute, Thailand
14:30-15:00	Promoting Competition in Telecommunication Industry in China Mr. Max Yi Zha, Assistant Researcher, Moftec, P. R. China
15:00-15:30	The Role of Government on Monopoly Practices Mr. Nur Muhammad, Investigator, Business Competition Oversight Commission, Republic of Indonesia
15:30-16:00	Coffee Break
16:00-16:30	General Information of Competition Law and Policy in PNG Mr. Ronald George Maru, Assistant Director, Department of Trade and Industry, Papua New Guinea
16:30-17:00	To Regulate and Promote Competition in State Enterprises Ms. Tu Thu Hien, APEC Desk Officer, Multilateral Trade Policy Department, Ministry of Trade, Vietnam
17:00-17:30	Competition Policy and Law: Malaysia Country Report Mr. Abd Nasir Ahmad, Principal Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumers Affair
17:40-17:50	Moderator� Summary

Note: Each economy has basically 10 minutes for presentation and 20 minutes for discussion

Day 3 (15 March, Thu., Chair: Mr. Philippe Brusick)

Time	Course Content
	Plenary Session
09:00-09:20	Report form Small Group 1 Moderator: Prof. Iwakazu Takahashi
09:20-09:40	Report form Small Group 2 Moderator: Ms. Nicola Beechey
09:40-10:00	Report form Small Group 3 Moderator: Mr. Paul Bilyk
10:00-10:30	Coffee Break
10:30-12:00	Discussion / Summary
12:00-14:00	Lunch
14:00-15:30	Evaluation
15:30-16:00	Coffee Break
	Closing Session
16:00-16:10	Mr. Hiroaki Takashima, Deputy Residense Representative, JICA, Thailand
16:10-16:20	Representative of the Department of Internal Trade, Thailand
18:00-20:00	Farewell Party