Thailand’s ASEAN Chairmanship 2019
Agenda
Sunday, 2 December 2018
Welcome Remarks
H.E. Busaya Mathelin, Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Foreign Ministry of the Kingdom of Thailand
Henning Glaser, Director, German Southeast Asian Center of Excellence for Public Policy and Good Governance (CPG)
Frederick Kliem, Senior Programme Manager Regional Programme Political Dialogue Asia, Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS), Singapore
Networking Reception
Monday, 3 December 2018
Conference Opening Remarks
Henning Glaser, Director, German Southeast Asian Center of Excellence for Public Policy and Good Governance (CPG)
Christian Echle, Director, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), Regional Programme Political Dialogue Asia, Singapore
The Greater Picture: The Geopolitical Context of ASEAN Regionalism
Don Emmerson, Head of Southeast Asia Program, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University
Extended Q&A
Moderation: Jan Kliem, Senior Program Officer and Researcher, German Southeast Asian Center of Excellence for Public Policy and Good Governance (CPG)
External Powers and ASEAN Regionalism
(USA) Prashanth Parmeswaran, Senior Editor, The Diplomat
(India) Christian Wagner, Senior Fellow, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin
(EU) Colin Steinbach, Head of the Political, Press and Information Section, EU Delegation to Thailand
Moderation: Christian Echle, Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS)
Group Picture
Lunch
ASEAN and China cooperation
“Perspective of the People’s Republic of China” You Ji, Head, Department of Government and Public Administration, University of Macau
“China’s Rise” Nick Khoo, Professor of Politics, University of Otago, New Zealand
“South China Sea Dynamics and Regional Trends” Carlyle Thayer, Emeritus Professor, UNSW Canberra
Moderation: Jan Kliem, German Southeast Asian Center of Excellence for Public Policy and Good Governance (CPG)
ASEAN Challenges II: Terrorism
“Online Radicalisation in SE Asia” Gullnaz Baig, Counterterrorism Policy Lead, Asia-Pacific, Facebook
“Prevention of Violent Extremism” Cameron Sumpter, Associate Research Fellow, RSiS, Singapore
“Returning Fighters” Solahudin, Co-Director, Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC), Indonesia
Moderation: Patrick Rüppel, Senior Programm Manager, Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS), Singapore
Tuesday, 4 December 2018
Southeast Asia´s Political Outlook – Visions, Values and Models of Governance
“Evolving political environments in ASEAN” Mark Thompson, Head, Dep. of Asian and International Studies City University of Hong Kong
“Marrying the National and the Regional in ASEAN” Tang Siew Mun, Head, ASEAN Studies Centre, ISEAS, Singapore
Moderation: Lasse Schuldt, German Southeast Asian Center of Excellence for Public Policy and Good Governance (CPG), Faculty of Law, Thammasat University
ASEAN Economic Community. Economic Challenges & Potentials
Deborah Elms, Founder and Executive Director, Asian Trade Centre, Singapore
Amy Searight, Senior Adviser and Director, Southeast Asia Program, CSIS
Praipol Koomsup, Professor of Economics, Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University, Bangkok
Suriya Chindawongse, Director General, Department of ASEAN Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand
Moderation: Georg Gafron, Director, Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) Thailand Off
Lunch
Vision and Leadership: How to secure ASEAN’s relevance for the future
Interview and moderated discussion with H.E. Marty Natalegawa, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Indonesia and H.E. Kasit Piromya, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Thailand
Plus Q&A
Moderation: Frederick Kliem, Senior Programme Manager Regional Programme Political Dialogue Asia, Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS), Singapore
Concluding Remarks
Farewell Dinner
Report
To be completed……
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