Following the inaugural APEC Leaders’ Meeting held in Seattle in 1993, 20 visionary American companies came together to establish a business organization based on a single compelling principle: the private sector should have a voice in APEC. In the years since, NCAPEC has emerged as a leading advocate for free trade, open markets, and regional cooperation.
NCAPEC has a nearly 30-year track record of launching innovative private sector initiatives in APEC; many of APEC’s most meaningful deliverables can trace their beginnings to the leadership and advocacy of NCAPEC Board Members.
NCAPEC furthers its mission of facilitating dynamic public-private sector dialogue within the Asia-Pacific through its subsidiary, Pacific Summit Resources (PSR). PSR was launched as an enterprise when the National Center for APEC managed the APEC 2011 CEO Summit in Honolulu, Hawaii. Since its founding, PSR has provided the organizers of international, executive-level events, and business summits in the Asia-Pacific with a wide range of advisory services including program development, sponsor recruitment, marketing, and logistical support.
