Model ASEM Summit, Beijing, China, 24 - 27 September 2008

Programme

Day 1: Wednesday, 24 September 2008
Arrival/Registration and Welcome Dinner

Dress code: casual

09:00 – 12:30 - Arrival and registration of participants (whole day)
12:30 – 14:00 - Lunch
15:00 – 16:30 - Icebreakers and Introduction on the ASEM Process:
ASEFUAN and ASEF
16:00 – 19:00 - Model ASEM Preparatory Meetings (by country delegation)
19:00 – 22:30 - WELCOME DINNER

Day 2: Thursday, 25 September 2008
Model ASEM 2008

Dress code: business formal

07:00 – 08:30 - Breakfast
08:30 – 09:30 - OPENING CEREMONY
09:45 – 10:00 - Tea Break
10:00 – 12:45 - First closed session (in plenum):
“Vision and Action: Towards a Win-Win Solution”
- Opening statements by the heads of the delegations
12:45 – 14:30 - Lunch
15:00 – 17:00 - Second closed session (by pillar):
“Vision and Action: Towards a Win-Win Solution”

- Political Pillar “Responding to New Global Security Challenges”
- Economic Pillar “Securing Resources and Competences for Sustainable Growth”
- Social and Cultural Pillar “Finding Synergies between Tradition and Sustainability”
17:00 – 17:30 - Tea break
17:30 – 19:30 - Third closed session (by pillar):
“Vision and Action: Towards a Win-Win Solution”

- Political Pillar “Responding to New Global Security Challenges”
- Economic Pillar “Securing Resources and Competences for Sustainable Growth”
- Social and Cultural Pillar “Finding Synergies between Tradition and Sustainability”
19:30 – 20:30 - Bus transfer to dinner venue
20:30 – 22:30 - DINNER
hosted in honour of new ASEM member-states
22:30 – 23:30 - Bus transfer to the hotel

Day 3: Friday, 26 September 2008
Model ASEM 2008

Dress code: business formal

07:00 – 08:00 - Breakfast
08:15 – 08:45 - Press briefing on current state of negotiations
09:30 – 12:30 - Fourth closed session (in plenum):
“The Future of the ASEM Process/ Institutional Development”

Drafting of Final Chairman’s Statement (Chairs of each pillar)
12:30 – 12:40 - Group Photo session
12:40 – 14:00 - Lunch
14:00 – 16:00 - Fifth closed session (in plenum):
“The Future of the ASEM Process/ Institutional Development”
(continuation)
Drafting of Final Chairman’s Statement (Chairs of each pillar)
17:00 – 17:30 - Final Closed Session: Presentation of Final Chairman’s Statement
17:30 – 18:00 - Closing Remarks and Final Press Conference
18:00 – 19:00 - Free time
19:00 – 19:30 - Bus transfer to dinner venue

Dress code: smart formal or national costume

19:30 – 22:30 - CLOSING CEREMONY and DINNER
Awarding of certificates
22:30 – 23:00 - Bus transfer to the hotel

Day 4: Saturday, 27 September 2008
Cultural Programme

Dress code: casual

08:00 – 09:00 - Breakfast
09:00 - Departure of bus for cultural programme
TBA - Cultural Programme:
Showcase of Beijing and China’s History and Heritage
19:30 – 21:30 - FAREWELL DINNER
21:30 - Free time

Day 5: Sunday, 28 September 2008
Departure

Dress code: casual

08:00 – 09:00 - Breakfast
08:30 - Departure of participants (hotel check-out time: 12:00 noon)