Voices of the Future 2009 - Voice out to the World

Dear Voices Delegates,

Please take note of the following key timings: 

- 4.45pm sharp outside the theatre for departure back to hotel before the closing ceremony

- 6.15pm at hotel lobby for departure to the closing ceremony

Attire for the Closing Ceremony: National Costume.

Have a good day!

Dear Voices delegates,

Please be in the hotel lift lobby at 8 a.m. SHARP on 13^th November 2009.

Security screening at Suntec Convention Centre may take awhile, and we definitely want to reach the APEC CEO summit on time to maximize opportunities.

Attire is business formal.

Bring both the neon green and dark blue lanyards and tags or else you will be denied access.  

Also, kindly remember to inform your Liaison Officers if you absolutely have to leave the program and go somewhere else; we WORRY about you.

Thank you!

Wish you a goodnight!

Voices Delegates – Thank you for submitting the reports today! Most of the reports are already uploaded and can be found under “Voices: Reflections”.

Please gather at the Hotel Lift Lobby at  8.45am in the Hotel Lift Lobby for departures for Tiong Bahru Community Club.

Attire: Voices Polo T-Shirt or equivalent, with jeans or long trousers.

Thank you!

Wishing you a pleasant night!

Voices Delegates – Thank you for submitting the reports last night! Most of the reports are already uploaded and can be found under “Voices: Interviews” or “Voices: Reflections”.

Please gather at the Hotel Lift Lobby at the following timings:

8.45am – Departure for ABAC Interview Programme & Singapore Botanical Gardens

1.15pm – Departure for YOG Learning Centre

7.15pm – Departure for Meet-the-People’s Session Programme

The Meet-the-People’s Session is still open for sign up on a first come first serve basis. Kindly inform your LOs or email to apecvof09@gmail.com to sign up. The Meet-the-People’s Session will allow delegates to interact with Singapore’s Members of Parliaments and learn about how they will interact with local communities. 

Lunch on10 Nov is free and easy. You may have lunch anywhere with the per diem that has already been given.

Once again, you are reminded to dress formally for the ABAC Programme and to have both lanyards with you at all times.

Wish you a good day ahead!

Voices delegates – Please submit the articles through the following methods:

1. Save your articles in a thumb drive and pass to your Liaison Officers.

2. Save your articles in a thumb drive and pass it to the Secretariat at the Secretariat Room.

3. Email your articles to apecvof09@gmail.com and indicate your group name and name of the team members.

Thank you and have a good night!

Voices delegates – Arrivals for the Opening Ceremony will be from 9am.  Please meet at 8.30am in the Hotel Lift Lobby for departures.

Dinner will be at 6pm at the Night Safari.  Please meet at 5pm in the Hotel Lift Lobby for departures.

Voices delegates – There will be a Delegates’ Briefing at 6.15pm today at the Singapore Management University (SMU). Please meet at 5.30pm in the Hotel Lift Lobby for departures!

Dear Voices delegates,

The Voices Secretariat Room is up and running at the Ibis Hotel.  It is the room where you collected your welcome packs, passes, etc. from.

Please note the opening hours of the Voices Secretariat Room below.  During this time, there will be members from the Secretariat available should you have any queries, and you can also reach the Secretariat Room by calling the room number. 

Outside the Secretariat Room operating hours, you can reach our Duty Officer at the Emergency Contact Number at the back of your Voices nametags.

8 November 2009:

9am to 2pm

9 November 2009:

6am to 12 midnight

10 November 2009:

7am to 9am

4pm to 11pm

11 November 2009:

7am to 10am

6pm to 11pm

12 November 2009:

7am to 10am

6pm to 11pm

13 November 2009:

7am to 9am

6pm to 11pm

14 November 2009:

7am to 9am

11pm to 1am (on 15 November 2009)

15 November 2009:

8am to 12nn

Welcome to the Official Page of the APEC Voices of the Future 2009!

The place for youths to voice their opinions and thoughts about the future.

Check out the List of Interviewees under the “Voices: Interviews” tab to find out who are the leaders that will be interviewed by the Voices 2009 participants!

Check out the Voices 2009 participant from Australia, Thom Woodroofe’s interview with The Honourable Julie Bishop MP, the Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia, on APEC and the Australian PM’s idea for an Asia Pacific Community under the pre-APEC week interviews.

Hello everyone!

A warm welcome to APEC Voices of the Future 2009.  To all our delegates, we look forward to welcoming you to the event; and to our international delegates, we look forward to welcoming you to Singapore too.

Voices is a unique youth programme that seeks to give youth participants of the programme insight into APEC: its role, functions and workings.  Voices also provides youth participants with the platform to articulate their views on APEC.

At this year’s Voices, as with the previous years’, you will have the opportunity to observe the APEC CEO Summit, and meet with and interview APEC economy leaders and APEC business leaders, either through door stop interviews or pre-arranged interviews.  Some of you may have already met some of the economy leaders or business leaders in your own country as part of preparations in the run-up to Voices, others may have already made arrangements for interviews when in Singapore.  On our part, we will also be pre-arranging some interviews for you (we are currently in discussions on this, and have some very exciting plans in the works!), and preparing the APEC leaders for your presence at work during APEC week.

Additionally, during APEC week, and as part of the Voices programme, we will be showcasing various aspects of Singapore to you.  We have lined up visits to our Night Safari, the Marina Barrage, and even our HDB Heartlands, amongst other eye-opening trips.

Of course, a key part of the Voices programme will be your writing of reports and reflections during APEC week.  Your daily reports and reflections will be posted on our website by the end of each day, and all your reports and reflections will be compiled for circulation to APEC stakeholders, including the Singapore Business Foundation, Virtual Trade Mission, national youth focal points in the APEC economies, Singapore’s Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, and even Singapore’s President, His Excellency Mr S. R. Nathan.

The APEC Voices Youth Organising Committee has been working very hard — and will continue to do so throughout APEC week — to pull the event together with you and for you.  We have had incredible support and assistance from the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, the National Youth Council and the National Youth Achievement Award Council in the planning and organising of the APEC Voices. And now we look forward to getting your strong support as well during the event.

See you soon!

Natalie Morris

on behalf of the APEC Voices 2009 Youth Organising Committee