Day 1
Tuesday 3 May 2011
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9am - 5.30pm
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Mezzanine -
HKCEC
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Registration
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9.30am - 5.30pm
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Rooms S221 -
S228
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Fringe events
- Details of fringe events are available from the
registration desk and online at
www.consumersinternational.org/congress/fringe
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6pm onwards
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Convention
foyer
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Welcoming cocktail
reception - Hosted by a
representative from the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau,
the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region
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Day 2
Wednesday 4 May 2011
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8.30am - 9.30am
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Mezzanine -
HKCEC
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Registration
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9.30am - 10.15am
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Convention hall
B+C
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Opening ceremony
Officiating guest: The Honourable Donald Tsang,
GBM - Chief Executive, the Government of the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region
Opening remarks: Anthony Cheung,
Chairman, Hong Kong Consumer Council;
Samuel Ochieng, President, Consumers
International
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10.15am - 11am
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Convention hall
B+C
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Session 1 (Plenary) Keynote address
"Empowering consumers in the green economy"
Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for
Climate Action
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11am - 11.30am
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Convention
foyer
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Coffee Break
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11.30am - 12.30pm
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Convention hall
B+C
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Session 2 (Plenary) Sustainable
consumption - time for action
Helio Mattar, Founder, Akatu Institute for Conscious
Consumption, Brazil
Premila Kumar, CEO, Consumer Council of Fiji
Niall Dunne, former Managing Director, Saatchi
& Saatchi Sustainability
Chair: Rasmus Kjeldahl, Executive Director, Danish
Consumer Council
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12.30pm - 1.30pm
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Rooms S221 -
S228
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Lunch
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1.30pm - 2.30pm
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Convention hall
A
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Session 3 (Sub-plenary)
3a) National campaigning workshop on junk food
marketing
Justin Macmullan, Head of Campaigns, Consumers
International
Bart Combée, President, Consumentenbond, The
Netherlands
Dr Vokyung Song, CEO of Sobija Reports,
Consumers Korea
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1.30pm - 2.30pm
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Convention hall
B+C
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3b) An introduction to sustainable consumption
in Asia Pacific
Richard Welford, Chairman, CSR Asia
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1.30pm - 2.30pm
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Theatre
2
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3c) Should all roads lead to Rio
2012?
Lisa Gunn, Executive Coordinator, IDEC, Brazil
Jan Gustav Strandenaes, Senior Advisor,
ANPED
Rasmus Kjeldahl, Executive Director, Danish
Consumer Council
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2.30pm - 3.30pm
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Convention hall
B+C
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Session 4 (Plenary) Consumer rights and
corporate responsibility
Diana Tsui, CSR Director, KPMG, Hong Kong
Jonathon Hanks, Academic, University of Cape Town,
South Africa
Guido Adriaenssens, Chief Executive, International
Consumer Research and Testing
Chair: Anthony Cheung, Hong Kong Consumer
Council
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3.30pm - 4pm
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Convention
foyer
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Coffee Break
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4pm - 5pm
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Convention hall
B+C
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Session 5 (Plenary) Safe and nutritious
food for all
Jørgen Schlundt, Deputy Director, National Food
Institute, Danish Technical University
Alejandro Calvillo, Executive Director, El Poder
del Consumidor, Mexico
Alan Jope, Chairman, Unilever, Greater China
Chair: Jean Halloran, Director of Food Policy
Initiatives, Consumers Union of the United States
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5pm - 6pm
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Convention hall
A
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Session 6 (Sub-plenary)
6a) Food safety: defining our campaign targets
Jean Halloran, Consumers Union of the United States
Jørgen Schlundt, Deputy Director, National Food
Institute, Danish Technical University
Indrani Thuraisingham, Head of Consumers
International Asia Pacific and the Middle East
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5pm - 6pm
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Convention hall
B+C
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6b) The role of standards in providing
consumer protection
Norma McCormick, Chair, COPOLCO
Richard Henry Kimera, CEO, Consent, Uganda
Robin Simpson, Senior Policy Advisor, Consumers
International
Jaiok Kim, President, Consumers Korea
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5pm - 6pm
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Theatre 2
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6c) How ISO 26000 can be used by
consumer groups
Jens Henriksson, International Officer, Swedish
Consumers Association
Stefan Larenas, President, ODECU, Chile
Ratna Devi, Deputy Secretary General, FOMCA,
Malaysia
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7.30pm onwards
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Please see
invitation for details
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Gala dinner with cultural
performance
After-dinner speaker: Peter Kell, Deputy
Chair, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
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Day 3
Thursday 5 May 2011
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8.30am - 9.30am
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Mezzanine -
HKCEC
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Registration
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9.30am - 10am
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Convention hall
B+C
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Session 7 (Plenary) Keynote address
The fight for fair financial services: a battle our
movement must win
James Guest, President, Consumers Union of the
United States; Vice President, Consumers International
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10am - 11am
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Convention hall
B+C
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Session 8 (Plenary) Towards fair
financial markets
Sue Rutledge, Coordinator for Global Program on
Consumer Protection and Financial Literacy, World Bank
H C Yang, Chair, Chinese Consumers
Association
Bart Combée, President, Consumentenbond, The
Netherlands
Chair: Thami Bolani, President, National Consumer
Forum (NCF), South Africa
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11am - 11.30am
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Convention
foyer
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Coffee Break
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11.30am - 12.30pm
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Convention hall
A
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Session 9 (Sub-plenary)
9a) What next for CI's Financial services
campaign?
Justin Macmullan, Head of Campaigns, Consumers
International
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11.30am - 12.30pm
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Convention hall
B+C
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9b) Consumer over-indebtedness:
the search for effective solutions
Jami Solli, specialist on financial services
consumer protection law
Thami Bolani, President, National Consumer Forum (NCF),
South Africa
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11.30am - 12.30pm
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Theatre 2
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9c) Empowering advocacy: communicating
consumer rights
Luke Upchurch, Head of Communications and External
Affairs, Consumers International
Rehan Saiyed, Director, Storm Design, New Zealand
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12.30pm - 1.30pm
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Rooms S221 -
S228
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Lunch
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1.30pm - 2.30pm
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Convention hall
B+C
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Session 10 (Plenary) Consumer rights in
the digital world: privacy, access, and activism
Gerd Leonhard, CEO, The Futures Agency
Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, Centre for
Internet & Society
David Hammerstein, Intellectual Property Advisor,
Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue
Chair: Gerd Billen, Executive Director, Federation
of German Consumer Organisations (vzbv)
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2.30pm - 3.30pm
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Theatre
2
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Session 11 (Sub-plenary)
11a) Financial literacy and consumer
protection
Sue Rutledge, Coordinator for Global
Program on Consumer Protection and Financial Literacy,
Consumer Protection, World Bank
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2.30pm - 3.30pm
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Convention hall
B+C
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11b) Intellectual Property: why this is
an issue for consumers
David Hammerstein, Intellectual Property Advisor,
Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue
Dr Jeremy Malcolm, Intellectual Property Programme
Coordinator, Consumers International
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2.30pm - 3.30pm
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Convention hall
A
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11c) Empowering legislation: a guide to
developing consumer protection law
Indrani Thuraisingham, Antonino Serra
Cambaceres and Robert Michel, Consumers
International
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3.30pm - 4pm
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Convention
foyer
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Coffee Break
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4pm - 5.30pm
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Convention hall
B+C
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Session 12 (Plenary) Consumer rights:
past, present, and future
Anwar Fazal, civil society leader and former CI
President
Gerd Leonhard, CEO, The Futures Agency
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5.30pm - 6pm
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Convention hall
B+C
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Closing Remarks - Samuel
Ochieng, CI President - Joost Martens, CI Director-General
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Day 4
Friday 6 May 2011
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9am - 1.30pm
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Theatre
2
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Consumers International General
Assembly
- Council elections
- President election
- Constitutional amendments
- Council report
- AGM business
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1.30pm - 3pm
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Convention
foyer
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Lunch
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3pm - 5.00pm
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Location
TBC
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CI Member regional meetings
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