ASEAN Integration to Top Agenda at Cambodia Business Conference

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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Sept. 10, 2014 /PRN=KYODO JBN/ --

Cambodia's economic prospects at the heart of the ASEAN Economic Community,

which will come into existence in 2015, will top the agenda on a number of

panels at the International Business Chamber of Cambodia (IBC) Investment

Conference, which runs from October 6-7 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Phnom

Penh.

Cambodia's Prime Minister Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen will open the

conference, which will also feature a keynote address by Prudential Asia

Chairman Donald Kanak and panels and break-out sessions covering every sector

of Cambodia's economy.

Cambodia's contribution to ASEAN will be discussed in a panel on Cambodia's

Digital Future covering Information, Communications and Technology (ICT) as

well as a panel on the country's financial sector.

Government ministers who have confirmed their attendance at the conference

include Cambodia's Minister of Commerce H.E Sun Chanthol, Education Minister

H.E. Hang Chuon Naron and Minister of Posts & Telecommunication (MPTC)  

H.E. Prak Sokhonn.

Representatives from regional blue chip companies are already expressing

interest in attending what will be Cambodia's biggest networking event of the

year.

Ministers, economists and business leaders will share their views on what ASEAN

integration will mean for Cambodia's economy--with business leaders in the

Kingdom upbeat about Cambodia's potential to thrive in the 10-country economic

community.

"ASEAN integration is coming at just the right time for Cambodia, which has

enjoyed robust growth in recent years and will surely benefit from closer

economic ties with its neighbors," says IBC Chairman Bretton Sciaroni, senior

partner at Sciaroni and Associates.

Cambodia has been a leading destination in ASEAN for foreign direct

investment--which grew some 73% in 2012 and is likely to sustain double-digit

growth as ASEAN integration draws near.

The Kingdom's increasingly skilled workforce, ongoing economic and structural

reforms and political stability are all proving attractive to a growing number

of foreign investors in the country--mainly from ASEAN and the wider

Asia-Pacific region, notably China and Japan.

Getting the inside track on who is investing in what will be a key feature of

the networking events being planned for the IBC conference--which will allow

delegates to mingle at cocktail receptions, lunches and a golf day ahead of the

conference where relationships will be formed and business deals teed up.

Registration for the conference is open now at:

http://www.ibccambodia.com/2014conference/.

Julian Rake

+855-12324283

julian@quantumpublicity.com

SOURCE  International Business Chamber of Cambodia (IBC)