REGIONAL OUTLOOK FORUM 2008

Tuesday, 8 January 2008
Island Ballroom, Shangri-La Hotel
Singapore

• OPENING REMARKS (Windows Media Format)
  Ambassador K Kesavapany
  Director, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
  
  
• KEYNOTE SPEAKER
  Dr Norbert Lammert
  President, German Parliament
  GLOBALIZATION AND THE FUTURE OF EU-EAST ASIA RELATIONS (Windows Media Format)
  
  
• Session I: STRATEGIC TRENDS IN EAST ASIA:
  Chair: Professor Wang Gungwu
  Chairman, ISEAS Board of Trustees; and Chairman, Management Board, East Asian Institute
  
  Panellists:
  
  • Professor Takashi Inoguchi
    Graduate School of Public Policy, Chou University, Japan
    THE US’S RELATIONS WITH EAST ASIA (Windows Media Format)
    
    
  • Professor C Raja Mohan
    S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
    INDIA’S CHANGING STRATEGIC PROFILE IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA (Windows Media Format)
    Click here to download the paper (PDF Format)
    
    
  • Professor Yang Jiemian
    President, Shanghai Institute for International Studies
    INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM IN TRANSITION: CHINA’S FORWARD-LOOKING STRATEGY AND POLICY (Windows Media Format)
    Click here to download the paper (PDF Format)
    
    
  • Professor Rikki Kersten
    Research Professor, Department of Political and Social Change, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
    JAPAN’S ASIAN CENTURY: THE POLITICS OF BEING SECOND FIDDLE (Windows Media Format)
    
    
• Session II: ASEAN INTEGRATION: PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES
  Chair: Ambassador K Kesavapany
  Director, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
  
  Panellists:
  
  • Mr Ong Keng Yong
    Former Secretary-General, ASEAN Secretariat
    ASEAN COMMUNITY BUILDING: 2015 IS POSSIBLE (Windows Media Format)
    
    
  • Professor Tommy Koh
    Chairman, High Level Task Force on the ASEAN Charter
    THE ASEAN CHARTER: HOW WILL IT TRANSFORM ASEAN? (Windows Media Format)
    
    
  • Dr Surin Pitsuwan Secretary-General,
    ASEAN Secretariat
    THE ASEAN CHARTER: A STRATEGY FOR CONSOLIDATION FOR FUTURE CHALLENGES (Windows Media Format)
    
    
• Distinguished Luncheon Speaker
  Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim
  RECONCILING ISLAMISATION WITH A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY IN MALAYSIA (Windows Media Format)
  
  
• Session III: THE ECONOMICS OF ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER: THE SOCIO-CULTURAL IMPACT
  Chair: Mr Tan Keng Jin
  Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
  
  Panellists:
  
  • Associate Professor Euston Quah
    Head, Division of Economics; and Associate Chair (Research), School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY AND THE PURSUIT OF SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH: WHAT MUST ASIAN GOVERNMENTS DO? (Windows Media Format)
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  • Dr Herminia A Francisco
    Director, Economy and Environmental Programme for Southeast Asia, International Development Research Centre
    THE ECONOMICS OF AND INSTITUTIONS FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS: A REGIONAL OUTLOOK FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA (Windows Media Format)
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• Session IV: POLITICAL TRENDS IN MALAYSIA, THAILAND, INDONESIA, AND VIETNAM
  Chair: Dr David Koh
  Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
  
  Panellists:
  • Professor Lim Teck Ghee
    CEO, Centre for Policy Initiatives
    MALAYSIA’S PROSPECTS: RISING TO OR IN DENIAL OF CHALLENGES? (Windows Media Format)
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  • Dr Thitinan Pongsudhirak
    Director, Institute of Security and International Studies, Thailand
    THAILAND’S TRANSFORMATION (Windows Media Format)
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  • Associate Professor Vedi Hadiz
    Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore
    INDONESIA A DECADE AFTER REFORMASI: CONTINUITY OR CHANGE? (Windows Media Format)
    Click here to download the paper (PDF Format)
    
    
  • Professor Carlyle A Thayer
    Inaugural Frances M. and Stephen H. Fuller Visiting Professor, Centre of Southeast Asian Studies, Ohio University
    VIETNAM: ONE-PARTY RULE AND THE CHALLENGE OF CIVIL SOCIETY (Windows Media Format)
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• Session V: SURVEYING ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTS AND THEIR CHALLENGES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
  Chair: Dr Denis Hew
  Senior Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
  
  Panellists:
  • M R Dr Pridiyathorn Devakula
    Former Central Bank Governor and Finance Minister of Thailand
    THE NEEDED CHANGES IN THE REGION’S FINANCIAL MARKETS
    (Windows Media Format)
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  • Dr Le Dang Doanh
    Member of the Board and Senior Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, Hanoi, Vietnam
    VIETNAM’S ECONOMY IN THE GLOBALIZING WORLD (Windows Media Format)
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  • Dr Joseph F P Luhukay
    Partner of IndoConsult, Indonesia
    FINANCE FOR THE UNFINANCEABLE: THE CASE FOR MICROFINANCING IN INDONESIA (Windows Media Format)
    
    
  • Professor Rajah Rasiah
    Professor of Technology and Innovation Policy, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya
    WHERE IS THE MALAYSIAN ECONOMY HEADED? (Windows Media Format)
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• Session VI: VIOLENT MOVEMENTS IN INDONESIA AND THAILAND
  Chair: Ambassador Barry Desker
  Dean, S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  
  Panellists:
  • Ms Sidney Jones
    Senior Adviser, Asia Programme, International Crisis Group
    INDONESIAN JIHADISM: REGROUPING AND REALIGNING (Windows Media Format)
    
    
  • Professor Duncan McCargo
    Professor of Southeast Asian Politics, School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds
    WHAT’S REALLY HAPPENING IN SOUTHERN THAILAND? (Windows Media Format)
    Click here to download the paper (PDF Format)
    
    
    
• Concluding Remarks (Windows Media Format)