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This year for the third time in the 35-year history of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, Peru will serve as the host economy. The Ambassador of Peru to Australia, HE Mr Vitaliano Gallardo, will present Peru's vision for APEC Peru 2024. A key goal for Peru as APEC host is to sharpen a focus on the social dimension of development, a goal that is all the more critical as the Asia-Pacific region emerges from the debilitating COVID pandemic.
Ambassador Galliano will outline Peru's ambition for APEC to strengthen economic empowerment, especially for those in vulnerable situations such as women and youth, through digital commerce, sustainable tourism, and innovations.
The presentation will highlight the importance of maintaining economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region, reducing carbon emissions, facilitating the transition to clean energy, improving food accessibility and efficiency, and creating opportunities for small business.
Ambassador Galliano will also discuss the Pacific Alliance's contribution to broad-based and sustainable growth in the Pacific region.
Please join us from 5:30pm for some pre-presentation drinks and nibbles! This event will also be livestreamed to online registrants.
Agenda
- Drinks + Nibbles
- Presentation by guest speaker
Vitaliano Gallardo Valencia
Vitaliano Gallardo Valencia
AmbassadorHE Vitaliano Gallardo Valencia has been a career diplomat for 30 years. Ambassador Gallardo completed his undergraduate degree at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (Faculty of Law) and his postgraduate at the University of Paris I - Pantheon Sorbonne, as well as a Diploma in International Affairs at New York University (NYU).
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He began his career at the Embassy of Peru in Ecuador between 1996 and 2001, before working at the Permanent Representation of Peru to the United Nations in New York (UN) between 2004 and 2009. He was posted at the Permanent Representation of Peru to the Organization of American States in Washington (OAS) from 2012 to 2014. He was Consul General of Peru in Paterson, with jurisdiction over the States of New Jersey and Pennsylvania from 2014 to 2017.
In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he has been Director of Security and Defence, and Director of Limits and Director General of Peruvian Communities Overseas and Consular Affairs. He has also served as Director General of International Relations in the Ministry of Defence.
- Q + A
The in-house and online audience are invited to ask questions for our guest speaker.
