Fringe events
Fringe Events at Consumers International World Congress in Hong
Kong are sessions organised by CI member organisations and others
that go beyond the official programme. The Fringe Events
programme is below and is also available to download as a pdf at
the bottom of this page.
Fringe Events programme
Morning Sessions -
9.30am/10am-1.30pm
(tea break 11am-11.30am)
Room 226 - 10am-11am (1
hour)
Consumer organisations and competition
policy: How INCAA can help
Organised by: International
Network of Consumer Antitrust Advisers (INCAA)
Speakers:
Phillip
Evans, INCAA, UK
Room 226 - 11.30am-1.30pm (2
hours)
The state of pharmaceutical policies: the
need for global reporting
Organised by: Health Action
International - Asia Pacific
Speakers:
Anwar Fazal,
Right Livelihood College, Malaysia
Shila Kaur,
Health Action International, Asia Pacific
Room 223 - 9.30am-1.00pm (3.5
hours)
Promoting Access to Knowledge through the
UN Guidelines for consumer protection: Background
session
Organised by: Consumers
International, Kuala Lumpur Office
Speakers:
Hassan
Qaqaya, UNCTAD
Shirish
Despande, MGP, India
Robin Brown,
Foundation for Effective Markets and Governance,
Australia
Jeremy
Malcolm, Consumers International
Room 225 - 10am-1.30pm (3
hours)
Importance of consumer participation in
standardisation - Improving product safety and consumer
protection
Organised by: Federation of
Malaysian Consumers Associations (FOMCA)
Speakers:
Norma
McCormick, COPOLCO
Ratna Devi
Nadarajan, Malaysian Association of Standards Users
Mohana Priya
Veerabarathi, FOMCA
Premila
Kumar, Consumer Council of Fiji
R Desikan,
Consumer Council of Fiji
Jaiok Kim,
Consumers Korea
Room 227 - 10am-1.30pm (3
hours)
Liberalisation of Trade, Services and
Investment in ASEAN countries: Implications on consumers
Organised by: Foundation for
Consumers (FFC), Thailand
Speakers:
Jiraporn
Limpananont, FFC
Saree Aongsomwang, FFC
Huzna Zahir,
YLKI, Indonesia
Connie Lau,
Hong Kong Consumer Council
Seah Seng
Choon, Consumers Association of Singapore
Marimuthu
Nadason, FOMCA, Malaysia
Monique
Goyens, BEUC
Lunch (not provided)
1.30pm-2.30pm
Afternoon Sessions -
2.30pm-5.30pm
(tea break at 4pm-4.30pm)
Room 226 - 2.30pm-5.30pm (3
hours)
Making fair trade the easy
choice
Organised by: Consumers
International
Speakers:
Sadie Homer,
Consumers International
Tom McGrath,
Consumers International
Ramona Ramos,
World Fair Trade Organisation, Asia
Kanie Siu,
Oxfam, Hong Kong
Dr Song
Vokyung, Consumers Korea
Room 223 - 2.30pm-5.30pm (3
hours)
Promoting Access to Knowledge through the
UN Guidelines for consumer protection: Text Drafting
session
Organised by: Consumers
International
Speaker:
Jeremy
Malcolm, Consumers International
Room Theatre 2 - 2.30pm-5.30pm (3
hours)
Consultation with FSB and OECD on consumer
protection in financial services
Organised by: Consumers
International
(Open
session)
Room 225 - 2.30pm-5.30pm (3
hours)
Empowering the consumer about
responsibility in food safety: the WHO Five keys to safer food
campaign
Organised by: World Health
Organization (WHO)
Speaker:
Francoise
Fontannaz, WHO
Jørgen Schlundt, National Food Institute, Danish Technical
University
Anna Glayzer,
Consumers International
Ada Wong,
Centre for Food Safety, Hong Kong.
Room 227 - 2.30pm-5.30pm (3
hours)
Eliminating hazardous products from CI
member countries: Case study of Asbestos
Organised by: Foundation for
Consumers (FFC), Thailand
Speakers:
Saree
Aongsomwang, FFC
Vithaya
Kulsomboon, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Importance of consumer participation in
standardisation - Improving product safety and consumer
protection