Global
Services Summit to be held in October
Government leaders from around the
world are expected to attend with the EU Trade Commissioner confirming
participation.
European
Union Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton, and former United States
Trade Representatives Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky and Ambassador
Mickey Kantor have confirmed their participation in the Global Services
Summit: Services Drive the Global Economy and Create Jobs, to be held
on October 13-14, 2009, in Washington, DC.
"We are honored to be joined
by these world-known leaders," said Bob Vastine, President of
the Coalition of Service Industries (CSI). "Their participation
in this event demonstrates the importance of services in the world
economy, and its tremendous contribution to global growth."
Commissioner Ashton and Ambassadors
Barshefsky and Kantor will be joined at the Summit by U.S. Trade Representative
Ron Kirk, WTO Director General Pascal Lamy, Australian Trade Minister
Simon Crean, and other leaders from around the world.
The Summit will bring together world leaders from government, the
private sector, international organizations, think tanks and academia
to debate and explore strategies that will expand services trade and
investment to the benefit of developed and developing countries alike.
The Global Services Summit is being organized by CSI in partnership
with the Australian Services Roundtable, the Canadian Services Coalition,
the European Services Forum, the Hong Kong Coalition of Service Industries,
International Financial Services London, the Japan Services Network/Keidanren,
the Trinidad & Tobago Coalition of Service Industries, and the
U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
