ACTIVITY

DETAILS

ACTIVITY 1

Opening Ceremony

•     PHOTO/VIDEO SPRAY  

•     Welcome Remarks by Secretary Albert F. del Rosario

•     Opening statement of EU Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response Kristalina Georgieva

•     Keynote Address by H.E. Benigno S. Aquino III

DATE & TIME: 5 June 2014 (Thursday), 10:00 to 10:30 a.m.

VENUE: Diamond Hotel Ballroom

ACTIVITY 2

Press Conference

·        READING OF PRESS STATEMENTS AND Q&A

·        Members of the panel:

Secretary Albert F. del Rosario  

EU Commissioner  Kristalina Georgieva

UN Secretary General  Special Representative Margareta Wahlstrom

Japanese Ambassador Toshinao Urabe

Swiss Ambassador Ivo Sieber

Defense Undersecretary and NDRRMC Administrator Alexander Pama Budget Undersecretary Richard Moya

DATE & TIME: 5 June 2014 (Thursday), 10:30 to 11:00 a.m.

VENUE: Citrine-Emerald Rooms, 2/f, Diamond Hotel

IMPORTANT REMINDERS FOR JUNE 5:

Members of the press are advised to be at the venue at least an hour before the event. They must register at the Press Booth at the Diamond Hotel Lobby.  Only those wearing the ASEM ID for Media Personnel will be allowed in the venues.

ACTIVITY 3

Post-Conference Press Briefing

·        READING OF PRESS STATEMENTS AND Q&A

·        Members of the panel:

Secretary Voltaire Gazmin  

Secretary Panfilo Lacson, Sr.

Japanese Ambassador Toshinao Urabe

Swiss Ambassador Ivo Sieber

DFA Assistant Secretary Maria Zeneida Angara Collinson

Mr. Agostino Miozzo, Managing Director, Crisis Response Department, European External Action Service of EU

DATE & TIME: 6 June 2014 (Friday), 4:00 to 4:30 p.m.

VENUE: Citrine-Emerald Rooms, 2/f, Diamond Hotel

IMPORTANT REMINDERS FOR JUNE 6:

Members of the press are advised to be at the venue at least an hour before the event. Only those wearing the ASEM ID will be allowed in the designated press briefing room.