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Regional Seminar and Study
Tour
on Using Information Technology for Trade Promotion and Facilitation
26-27 November 2003, Menzies Hotel, Sydney, Australia
jointly organized by UNESCAP and the Pacific Islands Forum
Secretariat,
in collaboration with the Pacific Islands Trade and Investment
Commission (Australia)
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AGENDA
Day 1 (Seminar) |
| 09:00 - 09:15 |
Registration |
| 09:15 - 09:30 |
Opening Statements
- Pacific Islands Trade and Investment
Commission
- UNESCAP
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| 9:30 - 9:45 |
Using
ICT for trade facilitation and promotion
 by Yann Duval, Economic Affairs Officer,
UNESCAP
- Overview of presentations and
activities
- Singapore's TradeNet System
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| 9:45 - 10:15 |
Using ICT for trade facilitation
and promotion: Trade Gate Australia
by
Brian Farquhar, General Manager, Tradegate
Australia |
| 10:15-10:30 |
coffee break |
| 10:30 - 11:15 |
Austrade
and ICT and e-commerce
by
Helen Monro, National E-commerce Manager,
Austrade
- How is Austrade using ICT for
trade promotion?
- ICT expectations of overseas
importers of Australian goods
and services
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| 11:15 - 12:00 |
Feasibility of a Virtual Trade Gateway
in the Pacific
by
Jim Mc. Master, USP and UNESCAP Consultant
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| 12:00 - 12: 30 |
Questions and answers |
| 12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch |
| 13:30 - 14:15 |
Using IT for trade facilitation:
the Pacific Pest List Database
by
Richard Vernon, Plant Protection Service,
SPC |
| 14:15 - 14:45 |
World Integrated Trade Solution:
how it can be used by PICs (part 1)
by
Aki Kuwahara, UNCTAD |
| 14:45-15:00 |
coffee break |
| 15:00 - 16:30 |
World Integrated Trade Solution:
examples and applications (part 2)
by
Aki Kuwahara, UNCTAD |
| 16:30-17:00 |
Closing |
Day
2 (Study tour)
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| 9:00 - 10:30 |
Travel to and visit of Standards Australia |
| 10:30 - 12:00 |
Travel to and visit of Citadel Computer Systems |
| 12:00 - 12:30 |
Lunch |
| 13:30-16:00 |
Travel to and visit of Australian Customs Service
(Including visit of the new container X-Ray facility)
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Last updated: 19 February 2004 |
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