Pacific Day 2014
Pacific Day Seminar Program
3.45pm: Guests arrive
4.00pm: MC Introduction
Murray Hiebert
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
4.05pm: Forum Chairs’ Remarks on Pacific Islands Regionalism
Foreign Minister Tony DeBrum
Republic of the Marshall Islands
President Tommy Remengesau
Republic of Palau
4.30pm: Q&A with President Remengesau and Foreign Minister DeBrum
Moderated by
Murray Hiebert
4.45pm: Remarks by Foreign Minister Lorin Robert, Federated States of Micronesia
4.55pm: Refreshments break
5.00pm: Panel discussion “Partnerships” in the International Year of SIDS
Moderated by
Murray Hiebert
Shane Jones
New Zealand Ambassador for Pacific Economic Development
James Movick
Director General, Forum Fisheries Agency
Charles Feinstein
Sector Manager for Water & Energy – East Asia and Pacific, World Bank
Gyan Acharya
Under-Secretary General & High Representative for Small Island Developing States, United Nations
Sylvia Reed Curran
Special Advisor for Indigenous Affairs, Western Hemisphere Bureau, U.S. State Department
5.55pm: Concluding Remarks Patrizia Tumbarello, International Monetary Fund
6.05pm: Special Remarks John Kerry, Secretary of State
6.15pm: Seminar Closing Performance by Hautawhiti
6:15pm – 9:00pm: Reception
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