August 3, 2009 (Monday)

Time Activity
8:30 am Registration
9:00 am Opening Ceremony
Opening Remarks
   - Dr. Young Sil Han, President, Sookmyung Women¡¯s University, Korea
Welcome and Opening Address by Guest-of-Honour
   - RADM(NS) Lui Tuck Yew, Acting Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA), Singapore
Congratulatory Remarks
   - H.E. Amb. Kim JoongKeun, Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Singapore
   - H.E. Amb. Michael Tay, Executive Director, APEC Secretariat, Singapore
9:40 am Photo-taking Session
9:45 am Tea Break
10:00 am Keynote Speech: The iN2015 Masterplan - Singapore: An Intelligent Nation, A Global City, Powered by Infocomm
   - Ms. Tan Kar Joo, Senior Director, Government Cluster Group, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA)
    
10:20 am Session ¥°: Research
Chair : Dr. Young Hai Park, Regional Coordinator-Asia Pacific, Business & Professional Women International, Korea
   - Ms. Irene Boey, Director, Integral Solutions (Asia) Pte Ltd, Singapore   
   - Dr. Dong Ju Choi, Executive Director, Asia Pacific Women¡¯s Information Network Center, Sookmyung Women¡¯s University, Korea
    
11:00 am Session II: Capacity Building and Skills Development
Chair : Mr. Andrew Wong, Chief Executive Officer, MIRC Incubator Pte Ltd, Malaysia
   - Dr. Heejin Lee, Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, Yonsei University, Korea  
   - Dr. Jacob Shi-Min Lee, Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Tamkang University, Chinese Taipei
    
12:00 am Networking Lunch
2:00 pm Session III: Fostering ICT-enabled Environment & Supporting Policies
Chair : Dr. Nona S. Ricafort, Commissioner, Commission on Higher Education, Philippines
  - Dr. Pushpendra Rai, Acting Director and Head of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Office in Singapore
    
  - Ms. Aurora Rubio, Head, ITU Area office for south East Asia, Indonesia  
3:00 pm Session ¥³ : Best Practices
Chair : Dr. Patrice Braun, Deputy Director, Centre for Regional Innovation & Competitiveness (CRIC), University of Ballarat,
             Australia
  - Ms. Jessica Tan, Member of Parliament for East Coast Group Representation Constituency; Managing Director, Microsoft
     Operations Pte Ltd, Singapore  
  - Ms. Elizabeth Benham, President, BPW International, USA  
4:00 pm Breakout Session: Formulation of Forum Recommendations
5:00 pm Tea Break
5:15 pm Closing Session
Presentation of Forum Recommendations
Closing Remarks
   - Dr. Dong Ju Choi, Executive Director, Asia Pacific Women¡¯s Information Network Center, Sookmyung Women¡¯s University, Korea
   - Ms. Irene Boey, President, Federation of Business and Professional Women (Singapore)
   - Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, Singapore
Photo-taking Session
5:45 pm End
6:00 pm
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7:00 pm
High-Level Meeting
Chair : Ms. Barbara Bauer, President, GlobalSight Partners, USA
7:30 pm 14th APEC Women Leaders Network (WLN) Welcome Dinner
   - Raffles City Convention Centre

* Please note that the program components are subject to change.