July 27

9:00-9:10

 Welcome Remark

 Chang-fa Lo, Professor, National Taiwan University

9:10-9:40

 Keynote Speech: Government Procurement at GATT/WTO: 30 Years of Plurilateral  Framework: Ms. Margaret Liang (Former Chief Negotiator for Singapore’s Accession to  the GPA)

9:40-10:10

 Keynote Speech: Asian Perspective on Government Procurement Matters:  Ambassador Supperamaniam Manickam (to be confirmed)

10:10-10:30

 Break

10:30-12:30

 Session I    Practices, Disputes and Negotiations on Government Procurement  Agreement and Asian Perspectives

1.      Professor Chang-fa Lo (National Taiwan University)

12:30-13:30

Lunch

13:30-15:20

 Session II    Negotiations on Multilateral Disciplines and under GATS on Government  Procurement and Asian Perspectives

1.      Professor Shin-yi Peng (National Tsing Hua University and ACWH, confirmed)

15:20-15:40

Break

15:40-17:40

 Session III    Government Procurement under RTAs and Asian Perspectives and  Practices

1.      Professor Locknie Hsu, National University of Singapore Faculty of Law, confirmed)

2.      Professor Tsai-yu Lin, Regional procurement arrangements in East Asia, Soochow University and ACWH, confirmed)

July 28

9:00-10:40

 Session IV    Views from Outside of the Region on the Practices and Negotiations on  Government Procurement and UNCITRAL Model Law and Its Implications on  Government Procurement Legislations and Practices

1.      Professor John Linarelli, University of La Verne College of Law

10:40-11:00

Break

11:00-13:00

 Session V    Policies, Reforms, Practices and Economic Aspects on Government  Procurement in Asia: Case Studies and Experiences

1.      Professor Seiichi Ochiai, Tokyo University Faculty of Law

2.      Professor Hikmahanto Juwana, University of Indonesia;

13:00-14:00

Lunch

14:00-16:00

 Session VI    Policies, Reforms, Practices and Economic Aspects on Government  Procurement in Asia: Case Studies and Experiences (Continue)

1.      The Challenge Procedures in the Government Procurement Systems of China and Hong Kong: Consistency (Professor Henry Gao, Hong Kong University)

2.      Philippines Experience Relative to the Government Procurement Agreement of the WTO (Professor Harry Roque, University of Philippines)

16:00-16:10

Concluding Remarks