The PACIFIC ECONOMIC FORUM™ is a Vancouver Board of Trade program that presents speakers, seminars and conferences featuring renowned world leaders. PACIFIC ECONOMIC FORUM (The Forum) speakers come to The Vancouver Board of Trade from all over the globe to address and engage Board of Trade members and their guests on topics of broad, international interest. It was launched when The Vancouver Board of Trade hosted Sir Howard Davies, director of the London School of Economics, in April, 2007when he spoke about China’s economy.
Since The Forum’s inception, The Vancouver Board of Trade has hosted a number of events under this banner. Speakers have included The Honorable William Jefferson Clinton, 42nd President of the United States; Stephen R. Covey, leadership authority and best-selling author of The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness; Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada; David Dodge, Governor of the Bank of Canada; and Philip Chen, CEO, Cathay Pacific Airways.
PACIFIC ECONOMIC FORUM events
PEF events are nearly always sold-out, and attract a large and diverse audience of Vancouver-area business and community leaders – people who enjoy hearing influential global citizens speak on world issues.
Tom Albanese,CEO,Rio Tinto, March 3, 2008 - Rio Tinto has an ambitious growth agenda in B.C. “Canada has been an important venue for Rio Tinto, and it’s increasingly important especially with the Alcan transaction,” Albanese told The Vancouver Board of Trade today. Read Pacific Economic Forum summary
Michael Wilson, Canadian Ambassador to the U.S., December 10, 2007 - Wilson was outspoken on border issues during his PACIFIC ECONOMIC FORUM™ speech to The Vancouver Board of Trade. Read forum event summary
The Hon. William Jefferson Clinton, 42nd President of the United States, November 1, 2007 - Boost your happiness, improve your profit margin and make the world a safer place through giving, says Clinton who spoke on 21st Century Corporate Citizenship at The Board’s PACIFIC ECONOMIC FORUM™. Read complete summary
David Dodge, Governor, Bank of Canada, September 25, 2007 - There are lessons to be learned from the fairly serious turbulence that has taken place in global and Canadian financial markets over the past seven weeks, Dodge told The Vancouver Board of Trade at a PACIFIC ECONOMIC FORUM™ event. Read full summary
Howard Davies, director, London School of Economics, April 13, 2007- "These days it isn’t difficult to persuade people that they should take an interest in what is going on in the Chinese economy," Davies told the Board of Trade audience at an informative PACIFIC ECONOMIC FORUM™ event . Read full summary
Philip Chen, CEO, Cathay Pacific Airways, June 5, 2007 - "If you want to make Hong Kong a key city in the world, you have to make it an air transport centre. And if you look at all these big cities we talked about, they all have a very strong home carrier," Chen told The Board's PACIFIC ECONOMIC FORUM™ event. Read complete summary
Dr. Stephen Covey, author, The 8th Habit from Effectiveness to Greatness,June 21, 2007 - Dr. Stephen Covey, delivered a PACIFIC ECONOMIC FORUM™ lecture on 8th Habit Leadership, received a standing ovation from the sold-out crowd of 800 Board of Trade members and guests. Read complete summary
The Hon. Stephen Harper, Prime Minister, Government of Canada, November 7, 2007- In a PACIFIC ECONOMIC FORUM™ speech to The Vancouver Board of Trade,, Harper discussed B.C.’s growing economic and political importance within Canada . Read full summary
