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2006/ASCC/001

Conference Program

Purpose: Information Submitted by: Viet Nam

APEC Study Center Consortium ConferenceHo Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

23-24 May 2006

2006 ASCC Conference Program

(As of May 19, 2006)

"Strengthening Economic Partnership for Sustainable and Equitable Development in the Asia-Pacific"

Ho Chi Minh City, 23-24 May 2006

Organized by ASC Vietnam

May 22

Arrival of participants

May 23 8.00 – 8.30 Registration

8.30 – 9.30 Business Meeting

9.30 – 10.00 Opening Session

Opening Remark by Dr. Hoang Anh Tuan, Institute for International Relations, Acting Director of ASC Vietnam

Key-note address by H.E. Le Cong Phung, Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam, APEC 2006 SOM Chair

Guest speaker, Dr. Alan Oxley, Australian APEC Study Center

10.00 – 10.15 Coffee Break

10.15 – 11.45 Session I: Approaches to the implementation of the Busan Roadmap

Moderator: Dr. Hoang Anh Tuan, ASC Vietnam

First Presenter: Dr. Robert Scholay, APEC Study Centre, University of Auckland

Second Presenter: Dr. Lepi T. Tarmidi, APEC Study Center, University of Indonesia

Discussant: Dr. Sangkyom Kim, Korean Institute for International Economic Policy

12.00 – 13.30 Lunch

Guest speaker: Dr. Le Dang Doanh, Senior Advisor to the Government of Vietnam

13.30 – 15.00 Session II: Harmonization of ECOTECH and TILF for equitable development in the Asia-Pacific

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Moderator: Dr. Lu Jianren, APEC and East Asian Cooperation Research Center, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

First presenter: Dr. Neantro Saavedra-Rivano, APEC Study Centre, University of Tsukuba

Second presenters: Dr. Chen Ho and Dr. Johnny Chiang, Chinese Taipei APEC Study Center

Discussant: Dr. Medhi Krongkaew, National Institute of Development Administration, Thailand

15.00 – 15.15 Coffee Break

15.15 – 16.45 Session III: Emerging security issues in the APEC region and the framework for collective actions Moderator: Mr. Bui Thanh Son, Deputy Director, Department of Foreign Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam

First Presenter: Dr. Fernando Alfonso Rivas Mira, APEC Study Center, University of Colima, Mexico

Second Presenter: Prof. John Mckay, Australian APEC Study Centre

Discussant: Dr. Johnny Chiang, Chinese Taipei APEC Study Center

18.30 Dinner

May 24 8.30 – 10.00 Session IV: Anti-corruption and good governance

Moderator: Prof. Lepi T. Tarmidi, APEC Study Center, University of Indonesia

First Presenter: Dr. Kui Wai Li, City University of Hong Kong

Second Presenter: Ms. Jenny D. Balboa, Philippine APEC Study Center Network, Philippine Institute for Development Studies

Discussant: Prof. Peng Hong Cai, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences

10.00 – 10.15 Coffee break

10.15 – 11.45 Session V: Tourism, cultural exchanges and the promotion of community awareness Moderator: Dr. David Hong, Chinese Taipei APEC Study Center, Taiwan Institute of Economic Research

First Presenter: Dr. Otarola Bedoya Manuel Edgardo, Peruvian Network for Asia Pacific Studies

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Second Presenter: Dr. Somchai Ratanakomut, Thai APEC Study Center, Thammasat University

Discussant: Dr. Fernando Alfonso Rivas Mira, APEC Study Center, University of Colima, Mexico

12.00 – 13.30 Lunch

13.30 – 15.00 Session VI: Human Resource Development and Capacity Building

Moderator: Prof. Barbara Stallings, Watson Institute for International Studies, USA

First Presenter: Dr. Li Wentao, Nankai University, P.R. China

Second Presenter: Dr. Yoo-Soo Hong, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy

Discussant: Prof. Romer Cornejo, Center for Asian and African Studies, El Colegio de Mexico

15.00 – 15.15 Coffee break

15.15 - 16.45 Session VII: APEC Reform: Toward a dynamic community

Moderator: Dr. Sangkyom Kim, Korean Institute for International Economic Policy

First Presenter: Dr. Hadi Soesastro, Center of Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia

Second Presenter: Dr. Alan Oxley, Australian APEC Study Center

Discussant: Mr. Bui Truong Giang, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Vietnam

18.30 Farewell Dinner

May 25

Departure of participants

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