| January 1 | New Year's Day | ||
| January 6 | Laos | Pathet Lao Day | |
| January 7 | Cambodia | Victory Day | |
| January 8 | Washington, DC | Meeting with Scott Marciel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia & Pacific Affairs Scot Marciel will be traveling to Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam later in January. He has graciously agreed to meet with Council members in advance of his travels | Frances Zwenig US-ASEAN Business Council Washington, DC Tel: 202.416.6721 Fax: 202.289.0519 fzwenig@usasean.org |
| January 9 | Washington, DC | US-Malaysia FTA Business Coalition Meeting with Barbara Weisel, Assistant USTR for SE Asia & Pacific The US-Malaysia FTA Business Coalition is pleased to invite Coalition members to a briefing with Barbara Weisel on Wednesday January 9th. The purpose of the briefing is to discuss the next round of formal FTA negotiations with the Government of Malaysia are scheduled to be held in Kuala Lumpur on January 14-16, 2008. | Marc Mealy US-ASEAN Business Council Washington, DC Tel: 202.416.6707 Fax: 202.289.0519 mmealy@usasean.org |
| January 9 | Washington, DC | Meeting with Assistant USTR Barbara Weisel Chairman's Council members only. Weisel will discuss the USTR 2008 ASEAN agenda. This briefing will precede an update on the US-Malaysia FTA negotiations for all Council members and members of the US-Malaysia FTA Business Coalition. | Ann Lavin US-ASEAN Business Council Washington, DC Tel: 202.416.6708 Fax: 202.289.0519 alavin@usasean.org |
| January 10 | Islamic New Year | ||
| January 11 | Indonesia | Joint Day Off | |
| January 13-15 | Singapore | APEC LSIF First Anti-Counterfeiting Health Products Seminar "Building International Cooperation to Protect Patients" The first in a series, this seminar has been created to enhance international awareness of the dangers of trade in counterfeit medical products and to maintain the integrity of the pharmaceutical products and medical devices supply chain | Susan McKinney US-ASEAN Business Council Singapore Tel: +65 6339.8885 Fax: +65 6339.1982 smckinney@usasean.org |
| January 16 | Singapore | Roundtable Discussion on the pharmaceutical market with PricewaterhouseCoopers representatives: Abhijit Ghosh and Beatrijs van Liedekerke. PricewaterhouseCoopers recently completed two reports focused on the pharmaceutical market. One report looks at Asia as the centre of global activity in the near future outpacing both North America and Europe. The second report indicates that the global pharmaceutical market is set to double in value to $1.3 trillion by 2020. At the end of the presentations will be an active Q&A session. | Susan McKinney US-ASEAN Business Council Singapore Tel: +65 6339.8885 Fax: +65 6339.1982 smckinney@usasean.org |
| January 16 | Singapore | Discussion with Lois A Beaver, Associate Director, International Harmonization, U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Jeffrey Gren, Director Office of Health and Consumer Goods, U.S. Department of Commerce. Lois Beaver and Jeffrey Gren will be in Singapore for the APEC LSIF Anti-Counterfeiting Health Products Seminar. During their visit, Ms Beaver and Mr Gren would like to have the opportunity to discuss APEC and ASEAN anti-counterfeiting medical products activities with Council members. Mr Gren will also provide an update of DOC China and India activities. | Fauzia Sheh US-ASEAN Business Council Singapore Tel: 65.6339.8885 Fax: 65.6339.1982 fshes@usasean.org |
| January 17 | Washington, DC | “U.S.-Indonesia Outlook 2008” A Luncheon Discussion on Indonesia with Addresses by H.E. Sudjadnan Parnohadiningrat, Ambassador to the United States, Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia | Chris Fedderson US-ASEAN Business Council Washington, DC Tel: 202.416.6709 Fax: 202.289.0519 cfedderson@usasean.org |
| January 17 | Singapore | Discussion with Jennie Ness, Regional Intellectual Property Attaché for Southeast Asia, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, (U.S. Embassy Bangkok). Jennie Ness will be in Singapore to participate in the APEC LSIF Anti-Counterfeiting Health Products Seminar. During her visit, Ms. Ness would also like to have a discussion with Council members on IP related issues concerning US companies in the region. This may include IP issues in the areas of IT, media, pharmaceutical (developments on compulsory licensing in Thailand) and others. | Fauzia Sheh US-ASEAN Business Council Singapore Tel: 65.6339.8885 Fax: 65.6339.1982 fshes@usasean.org |
| January 17 | Washington, DC | The First Meeting of the US-ASEAN Business Council Energy Committee. There is recognition among our Energy members and Council staff that a standing Energy Committee will serve a valuable purpose for our Energy members. The Committee will be able to address long-term energy issues, coordinate initiatives with the ASEAN Secretariat and other multinational and energy organizations, it will address regional issues and be capable of representing its members throughout the Council’s entire business agenda. | Chris Fedderson US-ASEAN Business Council Washington, DC Tel: 202.416.6719 Fax: 202.289.0519 cfedderson@usasean.org |
| January 20 | Laos | Army Day | |
| January 25 | Davos | ASEAN Plenary and Reception at the World Economic Forum (WEF). | Ann Lavin US-ASEAN Business Council Davos, Switzerland Tel: 202.416.6708 Fax: 202.289.1911 alavin@usasean.org |