10th Annual World Economic Development Congress 2001.Business/Technology Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 2001 -Bringing together over 1000 business leaders and government ministers, from over 80 countries across the globe every year, The World Economic Development Congress is recognized a premier global infrastructure forum. The Congress provides an unparalleled opportunity to discuss multi-billion dollar infrastructure projects, build partnerships and mobilize international investment capital, technology and expertise for project that need immediate implementation. WEDC WEDC Water, Engineering and Development Centre (Loughborough University) WEDC Water Engineering Development Centre (Leicestershire, UK) WEDC World Economic Development Congress will hold its 10th annual meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 27-29 June, 2001 around the theme "Infrastructure, the Internet and the New Economy". To ensure the most cutting-edge business information is delivered by the most influential business and government leaders, WEDC 2001 is held in association with Business Week's 10th Annual Asia Leadership Forum. Among the impressive list of leaders who will give a presentation at the event are Prime Minister Mahathir of Malaysia; former Prime Minister John Major of Great Britain, Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, WTO See World Trade Organization. Director-General Designate and former Deputy Prime Minister A Deputy Prime Minister or Vice Prime Minister is, in some countries, a government minister who can take the position of acting Prime Minister when the real Prime Minister is temporarily absent. of Thailand, Senior Minister Rizal Ramli of Indonesia, Minister Pramod Mahajan of India, Acting Minister Lim Swee Say Lim Swee Say (林瑞生, born July 13, 1954) is the Minister in the Prime Minister's Office of Singapore and the Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress. He is an elected Member of Parliament for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC. of Singapore, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel of South Africa, Chuck Watson, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Dynegy, Masood Tariq, President of Nortel Networks Asia, Cristine Wallich, Director of Industry, Energy & Infrastructure and Head of Private Sector Group, Asian Development Bank Asian Development Bank A financial_institution established in 1966 to reduce poverty in the Asia-Pacific region. The bank is headquartered in Manila, Philippines and consists of 61 member countries. ; and Declan Duff, Director, Infrastructure Department, IFC (Internet Foundation Classes) A class library from Netscape that provides an application framework and graphical user interface (GUI) routines for Java programmers. IFC was later made part of the Java Foundation Classes (JFC). See JFC, AFC and AWT. See also ICF. . The Congress features: -- Focused industry tracks on Water, Energy and Telecom -- Management tracks focusing on innovations in IT/E-Commerce, Risk Engineering, and Project Finance -- An expanded exhibition area to showcase the latest infrastructure products and services -- Country briefings presenting investment opportunities in China, India, Malaysia, and more About World Congress -- Since 1992 World Congress LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control has been providing cutting-edge information, analysis and strategic thinking to the foremost leaders of government, business and finance through international conferences, regional seminars and publications. Each year our flagship event, the World Economic Development Congress, convenes over 1000 government ministers and business leaders from over 80 countries across the globe in a dialogue for advancing the development of infrastructure and national economies. For more information please visit www.wedckl.com |
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