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: World Economic Forum 2021 – Highlights: Three key takeaways from Davos 2021

PBEC round up of  key discussions around supply chains at the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) virtual annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Addressing supply chain fragility  The global landscape has become fragile and industries have adapted in response. Frans van Houten, CEO at the electronics firm Royal Philips, called for increased preparedness, data transparency, and coordinated efforts between public and private sectors for future pandemics. Among key lessons learnt from the crisis was the need to ensure supply requirements can be met,…

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: PBEC Members invited to attend the UN-ESCAP – Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development 2021.

Dates: March 23-26th 2021 https://www.unescap.org/apfsd/8 PBEC – Pacific Basin Economic Council has applied to Co-host a Side Event breakfast live dialogue series to the Forum this year. With the theme on “Financing the UNSDG’s through to its 2030 targets”, which will  include expert in-depth discussions and recommendations on furthering the ESG Reporting standards and expanding Sustainable/Green Finance needs for policy makers and stakeholders to help meet the UNSDG targets by 2030. The Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) is an annual…

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: The Future of Value Chains – co-organised with Mexcham Hong Kong

The Future of Value Chains Date & Time: Wed 20th Jan 10:00am HK Time (GMT +8) Webinar ID 977 6972 8304 Click below to register. Free to attend for PBEC members to attend https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jrC8V1ewR_Kv1Y4ZgqW68g   The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the frailties of global value chains, characterized by the high interdependence between leading firms and suppliers located across the world. With most economies under lockdown and constant trade disruptions, the future of the pre-COVID value chain model is uncertain. In this…

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: BEC Members attended & spoke at the hybrid virtual AFF2021

The Asian Financial Forum 2021 gathers 150+ speakers, including Paul Romer, 2018 Nobel laureate and Luc Julia, co-developer of Apple’s SIRI, to share their insights on topics such as COVID-19’s impact on financial sectors worldwide and how to strategise the road to recovery and beyond. Other topics include the latest development of fintech, family office, art and wine investments etc. The 14th Asian Financial Forum, on 18-19 January 2021, will be held online. All sessions and elements, including Fintech Showcase,…

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: MoU Signed between MexCham Hong Kong and PBEC

PBEC -Pacific Basin Economic Council established as an NGO since 1967, with its Secretariat based in Hong Kong since 2003 and the only private business organisation that links all the Pacific Latin American countries with the business hubs of Greater China, has signed a new MoU on the 10th December 2020, with the recently appointed Mexican Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong President Susana Munoz which is effective from 1st January 2021. One of the positive outcomes of the Covid pandemic…

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: The APRU MetaGame Conference 2020

December 12, 2020, 9 AM-12:30 PM Hong Kong/Singapore December 11, 2020, 5 PM-8:30 PM Los Angeles/Vancouver PBEC is an official supporting Partner of this inaugural E-sports event together with PBEC member CMG. The APRU MetaGame Conference is supported by Cyberport as a side event of the Digital Entertainment Leadership Forum (DELF). Program agenda and registration is here: https://www.apru-metagames.org/program For latest updates check the website or register and they will directly inform you of the updated schedule and how to connect…

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: PBEC co-organised the “World Chinese Economic Summit” – on 21st December 2020

    Under the theme: “Connecting Business, Promoting Shared Prosperity and Sustainability in the Post COVID New Economy” Date: Mon 21st Dec 2020 Time: 0830am to 6.00pm Venue: Palace of the Golden Horses Hotel – Kuala Lumpur The World Chinese Economic Summit (WCES) is an annual international forum. It’s purpose is to improve business linkages and connectivity between China and the World. WCES providing a platform for high level discussions on global and regional events in relation to China’s rise…

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: Trade Secret Global Virtual Forum 

When: Fri 27 Nov 8pm to 1030pm HK Local time. Host: Chinese Swiss Law Association in partnership with IIPCC. Topics to be covered: STANDARDS OF TRADE SECRET TRADE SECRET AND INNOVATION TRADE SECRET AND THE •COMMERCIALIZATION OF IP LITIGATION IN PRACTISE PUBLIC INTEREST PERSPECTIVE, IN THE TRADE SECRET ESG AND AML STANDARD IN GLOBAL PRACTISE EVALUATION AND REMEDIES OF TRADE SECRET Click here to download the agenda To register click here: http://cnsla.org/product/sog12/ Cost EUR30.00

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: ATTN Virtual Conference – Empowering ASEAN 4.0 – Co-Sponsored by PBEC

When Fri 27th Nov 0910L to 1710L HK Time Latest Agenda & Speakers click here  Promo Video clip here The ASEAN Think Tanks Network “ATTN” is mainly composed of government officials, C-Level positions, High Net Worth Individuals, Entrepreneurs, Academics, Ivy League Alumni & Young leaders who share the vision of ASEAN 2025 : “ Forging ahead together “ Topics that will be focused on and discussed are in line with the Globalisation and Industrialisation 4.0: Circular economy | Digital economy…

: Supply Chains – Cyber and Data Integrity – Guard Time Keynote Presentation for PBEC

When: Thu 3rd Dec 1000L to 1100L HK Time on Zoom. Keynote Speaker: David Piesse CEO DP88 & Advisory Board Member at GuardTime. Digitisation of value supply chains was already happening pre-Covid but has been accelerated by the pandemic. The digitisation of the supply chain and trade in general has enormous irreversible benefits for commercial business and will provide visibility to companies across the whole supply chain as we #buildbackbetter. However there are new risks created within cyber security, by…