The gathering began on Monday with a two-day Concluding Senior Officials' Meeting (CSOM) to discuss final preparations for the APEC Summit.  

The results of the CSOM meeting will be reported to the APEC Ministerial Meeting (AMM), scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, where the foreign and trade ministers of the 21 APEC nations will discuss regional challenges and ways to promote shared prosperity through digital cooperation, as well as measures to strengthen supply chains and boost trade.

The main APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting will take place on Friday and Saturday, with eyes on whether the member countries will adopt the so-called Gyeongju Declaration amid growing challenges to free trade and multilateralism.