The third EU-PNG Business, Trade
& Investment Conference

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Third European Union – Papua New Guinea Business, Trade & Investment Conference

Strengthening sustainable business, trade and investment ties between the EU, PNG and the Pacific

This two-day Business-to-Business conference in PNG will help increase business contacts, discover new business opportunities and new collaboration partners between the EU and PNG, Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Timor-Leste with particular attention to trade and investment aspects of sustainable development.

This third business conference, after the first and the second ones held in Port Moresby in 2019 and 2021, is to be seen as the reaffirmed step of EU's commitment to support the further development of EU trade with and investment in PNG and the other five EPA States (including Tonga and Timor Leste). The event intends to build further on previous EU actions including in the context of EPA implementation, the technical assistance provided to PNG trade policy (which led i.a. to the adoption of a National Trade Policy), and could pave the way for further activities to promote EU-Pacific trade and investment.

PROGRAM

The first day will feature an opening session serving as a “curtain raiser” for the two-day programme, with round-table discussion panels and a business matchmaking session. Market analysis for specific economic sectors identified as potential priorities for trade and investment in PNG will be provided to participants.

The second day will focus on trade and investment as critical tools in achieving sustainable development, in the lights of global crisis and challenges faced by PNG, the Pacific region and the European Union as a partner. A practical dimension will look at particular business sectors in PNG and the region (e.g. green and blue economy) and their development in a sustainable and environmentally friendly way.

Information will be shared about trade and sustainability principles, with the view to inducing their mainstreaming in government policies and in business plans by aspiring entrepreneurs and business investors.

Please, click a time slot for more information on every panel

Registration (coffee, tea & refreshments)

Opening Session

Welcoming remarks
H.E. Jacques Fradin, EU Ambassador to PNG H.E.

Guillaume Lemoine, French Ambassador to PNG Hon.

Richard Maru, Minister of International Trade
Opening address: PNG business, trade and investment environment
Mr. Michael Sullivan, President of the PNG-Europe Business Council.

Keynote Speech

State of the PNG Economy
Mr. Marcel Schroder, ADB Acting PNG Economist

Panel 1 discussion – Navigating the business environment – the impact of the regulatory framework for business, trade and investment

Moderator: Mr. Frazer Murray, Department of Commerce and Industry

General overview of business, trade and investment regime
Mr. Peter Burnie, Partner, PWC
Regulations linked with exports and imports
Mr. David Towe, Commissioner of PNG Customs Services
Impact of domestic regulation on business
Mr. Chey Scovel, Manufacturers Council PNG
Private sector perspective
Mr. Colin Stone, CEO, Digicel
Coffee break

Panel 2 discussion – Skilled and unskilled labour, how to boost employment in the formal sector

Moderator: Mr. Rio Fiocco, PNG-Europe Business Council

Status of labour market in PNG
Ms. Florence Willie, Executive Director, Employers’ Federation of PNG
Skills strengths and gaps in PNG’s labour market
Mr. James Fraser Byass, Applus
Building skills at the higher education level
Dr. Durga Prasad, Senior Lecturer, Institute of Business Studies.
Case study in skills development
Ms. Maygen Turliu, Director, Deloitte
TVET partnership case study from PNG
Mr. Hans Lambrecht, Head of Cooperation, Delegation of the European Union to Papua New Guinea
Lunch break

Panel 3 discussion – Global value chains: from the farmer to the EU market

Moderator: H.E. Joshua Kalinoe, Former PNG Ambassador to the EU

Strategies in place
Mr Nolpi Kilwa First Assistant Secretary for International Business Development, Department of Commerce and Industry (tbc)
Challenges on the production side
Mr. Wilson Thomson, President, farmers association
Logistics: how to transport PNG products to the EU
Mr. Rupert Bray, Managing Director Steamships
EU market as an opportunity: duty free, quota free but ensuring quality and volumes
Mr. Sanfred Smith, value chain specialist, Agriculture Trade Facilitation through Economic integration in the Pacific (SAFE Pacific)
How to connect PNG producers with the EU market
Ms. Susan Inu, country coordinator, Market Development Facility
Case study: Bougainville
Hon. Geraldine Paul – Bougainville Minister for Primary Industries

B2B sessions on specific economic sectors Facilitated by Ms.

Sila Orake, EU Trade Officer and Mr. Carlos Pérez Padilla, Policy Coordinator – Economy, PFM and Trade, Delegation of the European Union to PNG

Update on the implementation of the EU-Pacific Economic Partnership Agreement
Mr. Moustapha Magumu, Coordinator Pacific & West Africa regions, Unit C-1- Africa, Caribbean & Pacific, Overseas Countries and Territories, Directorate-General for Trade, European Commission
The ACP Business Friendly project
Mr. Brian Portelli, United Nations Industrial Development Organisation
First session of presentations
Agriculture

- 16:00–16:05 Mr. Raphael DeGuerre, PROPARCO/AFD

- 16:05-16:15 Hon. Geraldine Paul, Bougainville Minister for Primary Industries

- 16:15-16:20 Ms. Dorothy Luana, DMS Ltd, DMS Organics

- 16.20–16.25 Mr. Norbert Kneifel, Pacific Balance Fund

- 16.25–16.30 Dr Pavel Burian, STREIT project

- 16:30-16:35 Ms. Anis Kuri, Wor-orong Pacifica New Guinea Ltd

- 16:35-16:40 Ms. Barbara Batawi, Pilepile Resources Development VCS Carbon Trade Project

- 16:40-16:45
Second session of presentations
Energy

- 16:45-16:55 Mr. Ronald Maketa, Acting MD National Energy Authority

- 16:55-17:00 Mr. Raphael DeGuerre, PROPARCO/AFD

- 17:00–17:05 Ms. Marie Strauss, Get.invest.

- 17:05-17:10 Mr. Ephraim Tammy, Kumul Petroleum Holdings Limited

- 17:10-17:15 Mr. Brian Lorigan, Spiecapag

- 17:15-17:20 Mr. Christian Lohberger, Astra Solar Ltd

- 17:20-17:25 Mr. Benoit Cambier, European Investment Bank

- 17:25-17:30 Ms. Julinette Bayking – USAID

- 17:30-17:35 Mr. Sebastien NG Fronius Australia Pty Ltd

Closing session

Closing remarks
Ms. Cristina Miranda Gozalvez, Head of Unit C1- Africa, Caribbean & Pacific, Overseas Countries and Territories, Directorate-General for Trade, European Commission

Richard Yakam, Chief Trade Officer, National Trade Office
Networking cocktail
Registration (coffee, tea & refreshments)

Recap from Day 1

Recap from day 1
Ms. Niawali Wariambu, Master of Ceremony
Opening address: Green trade and investment
Hon. Henry Amuli, Minister for Commerce and Industry

Key note speech

EPA implementation in other EPA members
Mr. Barret Salato, Trade Commissioner, Solomon Islands

Panel 4 discussion – Policies to boost business, trade and investment in the EPA countries

Moderator: Ms. Sila Orake, EU Trade Officer, Delegation of the EU to PNG

PNG
Mr. Peter KenGemar-Managing Director for Ihu Special Economic Zone
Fiji
Ms. Deepika Singh, Principal Trade Economist Ministry of Commerce, Trade, Tourism and Transport
Samoa
Ms. Fiu Jacinta Matulino, Assistant CEO of Investment for the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour
Timor Leste
H.E. Mr. Domingos Lopes Antunes, Vice-Minister of Commerce and Industry
Private sector perspective
Ms. Robyn Ekstrom, former Trade Representative for the Pacific to the European Union
EU regional programmes
Mr. Massimo Diomedi, programme manager, Delegation of the European Union to the Pacific
Coffee break

Panel 5 discussion – Governance, law and order, the impact of corruption in doing business

Moderator: Mr.Dagia Ma’i-Aka, PNG the Voice

The impact of corruption in doing business
Mr. Paul Barker, Institute of National Affairs
Policies and strategies in place
Dr. Alma Sedlar, Chief Technical Adviser (Anti-Corruption), United Nations Development Programme
Addressing money laundering
Mr. Wilson Onea, Bank of Papua New Guinea
Business perception
Ms. Sylvia Pascoe, Pascoe promotions and POM city markets.
Development Partners perception
Mr. Davide Messina, Delegation of the European Union to Papua New Guinea
SME perception
Mr. Des Yaninen, President, SME Council
The views of Civil Society
Mr. Richard Kassman, OBE Transparency International
Lunch break

Panel 6 discussion – Social enterprises and shared value

Moderator : Investment Promotion Authority

Moving from CSR to shared value
Dr. Chakriya Bownan, Director and senior consultant, Sapience
Shared Value and Community Education
Ms. Serena Sasingian, Digicel Foundation
KTF partnership on FODE – mentoring and skills development
Dr Genevieve Nelson, Kokoda Track Foundation (KTF)
Building pathways to women-led SME success
Ms. Eli, Webb, Women’s Business Resource Centre
Case Study: Apo Meri: Community Development Through Trade
Ms. Evelyn Mopafi, Managing Director, Apo Meri
Partnerships for development: EU and the private sector
Mr. Carlos Pérez Padilla, Policy Coordinator – Economy, Public Finance Management and Trade

B2B sessions on specific economic sectors

Facilitated by Ms. Sila Orake, EU Trade Officer and Mr. Carlos Pérez Padilla, Policy Coordinator – Economy, PFM and Trade, Delegation of the European Union to PNG

First session of presentations
Digitalisation

- 15:35-15:45 Mr. Stefano Merante, ILO

- 15:45-15:50 Mr. Daniel Homorodean, Cluj IT Cluster

- 15:50-15:55 SkillLAB

- 15:50–16:00 Dr. Sweta Jain Sud, Institute of Banking and Business Management.

- 16:00-16:05 Mr. James Inglis, NiuPay

- 16:05-16:10 Mr. Lorenzo Cappannari, Anothereality (Italy)

- 16:10-16:15 Mr. Antonio Fernandez Perez, Seabery Augmented Training

- 16:15–16:20 Mr. Jussi Laakso OEP (Omnia Education Partnerships)

- 16:20–16:25 Mimbus (France)

- 16:25–16:30 Mr. Eric Adolphs Arthur (Germany/Austria)

- 16:30–16:35 EON-Reality (Italy - US)

- 16:35–16:40 Ms. Luana Temu, Savitec LTD

- 16:40–16:45
Second session of presentations
Services and tourism

- 16:45-16:55 Ms. Joybertina Piasinu, Executive Manager, PNG Tourism Industry Association

- 16:50-16:55 Dr. Preston Karue – Succession

- 16:55-17:00 Dr. Wilson Pakaly, Skyhealth

- 17:00-17:05 Mr. Saliya J. Ranasinghe, Centre For Excellence In Financial Inclusion ( CEFI)

- 17:05-17:10 Dr. Pablo Pérez Chaves, Finnish Overseas Consultants LTD

- 17:10-17:15 Ms LizMary Saga, Oceania Cultural Festival

Closing session

Closing remarks
Mr. Silviu Razvan Jora, chargé d’affaires, Delegation of the European Union to PNG.

Mr. Michael Sullivan, President of the PNG-Europe Business Council.

Ms. Kessy Sawang, PNG vice-minister for international trade
Networking cocktail

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