NEW YORK CITY: President Benigno S. Aquino III will keynote an Open Governance forum on the second day of his official visit to the United States of America slated from September 18 to 21.
The Chief Executive will deliver a keynote speech Tuesday morning here at an OGP-related forum called “The Power Open: A Global Discussion.” He is the only head of state invited to address this forum to be held at Google’s New York office.
The forum is an all-day multi-stakeholder conversation focused on the role of openness in improving responsiveness, fostering accountability, creating efficiency, fighting corruption, and similar themes.
After his speaking engagement, President Aquino will meet with the top executives of IBM. He will also attend the formal launching of the OGP, co-chaired by US President Barack Obama and Brazil President Dilma Rousseff.
The Philippines is one of only two countries from Asia invited to become a member of the Steering Committee of OGP. Other members of the Committee are the United States, Brazil, United Kingdom, Indonesia, Mexico, Norway and South Africa.
On the same day, the President will meet with the Foreign Minister of Norway. He will also be speaking about his administration’s domestic and foreign policy thrusts before the Asia Society.
The Asia Society is an organization founded in 1956 by John D. Rockefeller III to promote greater knowledge of Asia in the US. The Society has offices throughout the US and Asia. (co/11:30am)
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Source: The Presidential Communications Operations Office, Sept. 20, 2011
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