South Korea's preparatory committee for the G-20 Seoul Summit said Monday it will hold next month a conference for emerging economies to boost their interest and participation in the summit
slated for November.
The two-day meeting, to be hosted jointly by the Financial Stability Board (FSB), will kick off on Sept. 2 in Seoul, according to the
Presidential Committee for the G-20 Summit slated for Nov. 11-12 in Seoul.
The conference is expected to bring together some 400 officials and scholars from dozens of emerging countries including Sweden, Hong Kong and
Singapore, together with the G-20 economies, the committee added.
The September meeting aims to discuss ways to encourage emerging market economies to join G-20 efforts toward devising regulatory measures and to
better reflect their interests in the summit agenda, the committee said.
"We will discuss a broader spectrum of issues such as desirable roles the host country would play in the successful November summit and the future path the forum will take in a post-crisis world," a committee official said.