Dalat Winter Weekend Round Table
Cezanne Room, Sofitel Dalat Palace Hotel
Saturday, January 27, 2007
08:00a – 12:00n
Agenda (Click on link to download presentation)
| 08:00 – 08:30am | Coffee/Tea and Breakfast Pastries Available |
| 08:30 – 09:00am | Welcome and Introductory Remarks |
| . | Welcome – Chris Muessel, Chairman |
| . | Overview of U.S.-Vietnam Relations – Ambassador Michael Marine |
| . | Perspectives from Southern Vietnam – Consul General Seth Winnick |
| . | Discussion and Q&A |
| 09:00 – 10:00am | Trade & Investment Issues: BTA and WTO |
| . | Vietnam’s WTO Accession and Trade & Investment Regime |
| . | Fred Burke, Baker & McKenzie |
| . | U.S. Vietnam Apparel Trade |
| . | Alan Tousignant, Economic Counselor, U.S. Embassy |
| . | Perspective from Vietnam on WTO Agreements and Implementation |
| . | Steve Parker, STAR I Project Director |
| . | Discussion and Q&A |
| 10:00 – 10:10am | Coffee / Tea Break |
| 10:10 – 10:30am | USAID Programs in Vietnam |
| . | Dennis Zvinakis, Director, USAID Vietnam |
| 10:30 – 11:00am | Infrastructure Projects and U.S. Public/Private Sector Support |
| . | Bill Marshak and Dao Le, U.S. Commercial Service |
| 11:00 – 11:45am | Infrastructure Development in HCM City and SKEZ to 2020 |
| . | Infrastructure Development in HCM City |
| . | Luong Van Ly, Deputy Director, HCM City DPI |
| . | Development in SKEZ (Southern Key Economic Zone) |
| . | Truong Trong Nghia, Vice President, HCM City ITPC |
| 11:45am | Closing Remarks |
| . | Event Ends |