| Monday, June 28th |
| 8:00-8:30am | Registration |
| 8:30-10:15am | Â |
| Opening Session | Welcome |
|  | H.E. Siaosavath Savengsuksa, Vice Minister of Commerce, Lao PDR Speech (pdf - 181k) |
| Â | Mr. Enrique O. Crousillat, Country Manager, World Bank Office, Vientiane |
| Session 1 | Overview: Trade, Growth and Poverty Reduction |
| Chairperson | Mme Khemmani Pholsena, Director General, Ministry of Commerce, Lao PDR |
| Panelists | H.E. Sok Siphana, Secretary of State, Ministry of Commerce, Cambodia Speech (pdf - 66k) Presentation (pdf - 1.4Mb) |
| Ms Yan Wang, Senior Economist, The World Bank Presentation (pdf - 162k) |
| 10:15-10:30am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30-12:00 noon | Â |
| Session 2 | Why Trade Integration? What is IF? Market Access Issues Related to ASEAN |
| Speakers | George Fane, Professor, Australian National University and Khamlusa Nouansavanh, Dean and Professor, Lao National University Presentation (pdf - 47k)  |
| Â | Q&A, Discussion |
| 12:00-1:00pm | Lunch Break |
| 1:00-1:30pm | |
| Session 3 | Cambodian Experience with the IF work and Its Implementation |
| Ms Yan Wang, Senior Economist, The World Bank |
|  | H.E. Sok Siphana, Secretary of State, Ministry of Commerce, Cambodia Presentation (pdf - 1.9Mb) |
| Â | Q&A, Discussion |
| 3:15-3:30pm | Coffee Break |
| 3:30-4:30pm | |
| Session 3b | Cambodian Experience with WTO Accession |
| Speaker | H.E. Sok Siphana, Secretary of State, MOC Cambodia Presentation (pdf - 327k) |
| Q&A, Elaboration, Discussion |
| 6:30-8:30pm | Welcome Dinner at Lao Plaza |
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| Tuesday, June 29th |
| 8:30-10:15am | |
| Session 4 | Why Low Income Countries Join WTO: Requirements, Cost & Benefits |
| Speaker | Philip Schuler, Senior Economist, The World Bank Presentation (pdf - 214k) Tariff Comparison Table (xcl - 15k) Tariff Comparison Table (pdf - 6k) |
| Q&A, Discussion |
| 10:15-10:30am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30-12:00 noon | |
| Session 5 | Trade Policy in Landlocked Countries |
| Speaker | Peter Warr, Professor, Australian National University Presentation (pdf - 308k) Notes (pdf - 21k) UN study: Transit Transport Issues in Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries (pdf - 495k) |
| Q&A, Discussion |
| 1:00-3:15pm | |
| Session 6 | Behind Border Issues: Trade Facilitation |
| Speakers | Baher El-Hifnawi, Senior Transportation Economist, The World Bank Presentation (pdf - 138k) |
| Ruth Banomyong, Professor and Head of Department of International Business, Logistics & Transport, Thammasat Business School, Thailand Presentation (pdf - 143k) |
| 3:15-3:30pm | Coffee Break |
| 3:30-4:30pm | |
| Session 7 | Summary and Brainstorming on the IF work |
| Moderator | George Fane, Professor, Australian National University |
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| Evaluation |
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| 4:30-4:45pm | Closing Remarks |
| Mme Khemmani Pholsena, Director General, Ministry of Commerce, Lao PDR |
| Â | Ms Yan Wang, Senior Economist, The World Bank |
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