World Economic Forum on East Asia in Tokyo on June 15-16, 2006

12 Jun '06

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The World Economic Forum (WEF) released more details on its first ever-regional meeting in Japan, which will be held in partnership with Keizai Doyukai (Japan Association of Corporate Executives).

The World Economic Forum on East Asia, which will take place in Tokyo on 15 and 16 June, will bring together more than 300 global leaders from business, politics, government, academia, civil society and the media from 27 countries.

The overall theme of the meeting is "Creating a New Agenda for Asian Integration". The meeting's Co-Chairs are Hassan Marican, President and Chief Executive Officer, PETRONAS (Petroliam Nasional), Malaysia; Henry A. McKinnell, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Pfizer, USA;

Kunio Nakamura, President, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Japan; Nandan M. Nilekani, President, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Infosys Technologies, India; Sir Martin Sorrell, Group Chief Executive, WPP, United Kingdom; Junichi Ujiie, Chairman, Nomura Holdings, Japan; and Yun Jong-Yong, Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Samsung Electronics, Republic of Korea.

An opening press conference with all the Co-Chairs of the meeting will be held on Thursday 15 June at 08.15 at the Tokyo Prince Hotel Park Tower. Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum will chair the press conference.

In addition to the participation of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, there is strong engagement from Japan's top policy-makers including: Toshihiko Fukui, Governor of the Bank of Japan; Yuriko Koike, Minister of the Environment;

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