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Investment Conference - 2011

Some of speakers at the conference

Global Challenges, Cambodia's Responses

October 11-12, 2011
InterContinental Hotel, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Lead Sponsor

ACLEDA Bank Plc.

About the Conference

The business community in Cambodia is acutely aware of the international community's diverse perceptions of Cambodia. Having taken part in the development of this country, business leaders on the ground are able to provide a balanced prognosis of the current economic environment; not only to include the obvious challenges of starting up or expanding into a Least Developed Country (LDC) but also to identify the advantages and numerous opportunities that Cambodia has to offer.

This conference, organised by International Business Chamber of Cambodia, is for the forward-looking and those seeking to mitigate risks of global business.

Programme

Time	Description
Monday, October 10, 2011
19:00	Wine & Cheese Reception Pre-registration and networking opportunity
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
07:30	Registration and Networking Breakfast
08:30	Welcome Address Brett Sciaroni, Chairman of the International Business Chamber of Cambodia
08:45	Keynote Address Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo HUN SEN, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia
10:00	Break
10:30-12:00	Panel Discussion: Cambodia Economic Outlook Cambodia's economy is estimated to continue to grow in 2011. This panel will discuss Cambodia's economic outlook for the next five years focusing on areas for growth and comparing how Cambodia is performing versus other ASEAN countries. The panel comprising senior government officials, academics, international development agency representatives and business experts will also elaborate on assistance priorities in the same period and comment on how these are expected to affect the business environment in the country in the coming years.
12:15	Lunch
14:00-15:15	Panel Discussion: Doing Business in Cambodia. Cambodia has evolved in the last decade as a new country of choice for businesses in Asia. Each year, more success business stories are coming out of Cambodia and the country is competitively attracting investment from other Asian countries. This business panel will share their specific experiences in starting up business in Cambodia, discuss the challenges they have experienced as well as the opportunities they see for the future. In particular, the panel will elaborate on the key elements that prompted their decisions to choose to do business in Cambodia.
15:30-16:30	Break-out Sessions (First Set) Law, Tax and Governance The legal and regulatory framework in Cambodia is still a work-in-progress. Panelists will discuss law, tax, and governance issues facing foreign companies in Cambodia, debate the pitfalls, explain government implementation of the new anti-corruption law and how businesses deal with selective enforcement. HR and Labor Issues This panel will present the state of affairs of skills availability, elaborate on measures being taken to mitigate risks and address human resource and compliance issues faced by companies operating in Cambodia. Presenters will also comment on opportunities in education and training as determinants of sustainable improvement of the business environment. Transportation, Logistics and the Export Process Panelists will discuss improvements in transportation and export facilitation in the last five years, elaborate on the impact of cross-border trading and identify opportunities to further develop Cambodia's competitiveness in these areas.
16:45-17:45	Break-out Sessions (Second Set) Manufacturing This panel will discuss challenges in capacity building, in applying standards of best practice in quality control and in complying with international health and safety regulations. Panelists will identify medium and long term trends in the manufacturing industry in Cambodia. Banking, Financial Services and Capital Markets Banking without Finance: excess liquidity — with so many apparent opportunities, why are lenders having difficulty? Panelists will discuss the current state of financing in Cambodia and comment on how current trends and known future developments will affect the business environment. The panel will elaborate on the indications of strong returns on frontier funds and investments and deliberate what needs to be done to increase investor confidence. Energy, Mineral Resources and Infrastructure Panelists will elaborate on the developments in energy, infrastructure and real estate in the last five years and give their prognosis of how current revised legislation and known expansion plans affecting these sectors will impact on the business environment in the next five years.
19:00	U.S. Embassy Reception
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
07:30	Networking Breakfast
08:30	Special Address H.E. Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia SOK An
10:15-11:45	Break-out Sessions (Third Set) Agribusiness Panelists will discuss the opportunities and challenges in the agri-business sector in Cambodia; focusing on the efforts to increase agricultural output, as well as the developments in vertical integration in food production and distribution; citing successful entries into this sector in the last five years. Tourism The number of tourists that visit Cambodia has increased significantly every year — from 118,000 in 1993 to 2.5 Million in 2011. This panel will discuss how proponents in Cambodia's tourism industry can sustain this growth trend in balance with environmental responsibility. The panel will comment on opportunities to diversify activity to other parts of the country; identifying challenges that face one of Cambodia's major revenue earners and how key players are managing change. Real Estate and Economic Land Concessions Real estate is a dynamic sector in Cambodia and, even more so, after recent changes in legislation specific to this sector. Panelists will discuss the five year forecast for the real estate industry in Cambodia and elaborate on economic land concessions as a means to disperse economic development.
12:00-14:00	Closing Lunch H.E. CHAM Prasidh, Senior Minister, Minister of Commerce

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