Wednesday, January 07, 2015

Asian Liberty Forum 2015, Kathmandu

The 3rd Asia Liberty Forum will be held this week in Kathmandu, Nepal. It is mainly sponsored by the Center for Civil Society (CCS) India and the Asia Center for Entrepreneurship (ACE), and is co-sponsored with  Samriddhi, The Prosperity Foundation (Nepal), FNF South Asia, and the Atlas Network (US).

Here is the program.

Day 1, January 08

6:30 pm  Welcome Address & Keynote Address

Introduction (Video) by Baishali Bomjan, Asia Centre for Enterprise
Welcome by Suraj Vaidya, Chairman, Samriddhi Foundation, Nepal

Opening Address by Linda Whetstone
Chairman and CEO, 
Network for a Free Society, UK

Dinner

Day 2, January 09

Speed Networking
Hosted by Deependra Chamlagain, Samriddhi Foundation, Nepal

Liberty in 2014

Welcome by Robin Sitoula
Executive Director, 
Samriddhi Foundation, Nepal

Address by Dr Ronald Meinardus
Regional Director, 
Friedrich Naumann Foundation South Asia, India

Freedom Champions in Asia: Reasons for Hope

Chair: Peter Goettler, Atlas Network, USA
Speakers:
Nouh El-Harmouzi, Arab Center for Scientific Research, Morocco
Cong Minh Nguyen, DoiMoi.org, Vietnam
H'ala Shakshir, Palestinian Centre for Peace and Democracy
Asoka Obeyesekera, Verité Research, Sri Lanka
Ulil Absar Abdalla, Freedom Institute, Indonesia

Casey Lartigue, Freedom Factory, South Korea

Elevator Pitch by Think Tank Start Up Training Graduates
25 graduates from the Think Tank Start-up Training will each deliver a one minute pitch to the audience. The winner, decided by audience voting will receive USD 500 prize money.

Hosted by Cindy Cerquitella,
Program Manager,
Atlas Leadership Academy, USA

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

Fund Students, Not Schools: Education of Choice for all
Track A: Big Ideas

Chair: Gagan Thapa, Constituent Assembly, Nepal
Speakers:
James Tooley, Newcastle University, UK
Rohan Joshi, Centre for Civil Society, India

Wan Saiful Wan Jan
Chief Executive Officer,
Institute for Democracy & Economic Affairs, Malaysia

Madan Rai, Ashoka Fellow, Nepal

Ensuring a Policy Win: Strategies & tactics to engage with governments
Track B: Think Tank Leadership

Chair: Dr Ronald Meinardus, Regional Director, Friedrich Naumann Foundation South Asia
Speakers:
Md. Farhad Hossain, Information Commission of Bangladesh
Chakshu Roy, Parliamentary Research Services, India
Ali Salman, Policy Research Institute of Market Economy, Pakistan

Innovative products to replicate
Track C: Products & Tools

Chair: Judd Weiss, Weiss Investment, USA
Speakers:
Fred Fransen, Common Sense Economics, USA
Shefali Malhotra, 100 Laws Project, iJustice, India
Surath Giri, Onion Films, Nepal
Kelly Dhru, Lawtoons, Research Foundation for Governance in India

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

Free market environmentalism
Track A: Big Ideas

Chair: Dalibor Rohac, Cato Institute, USA
Speakers:
Anil Chitrakar, Samriddhi Foundation, Nepal

Barun Mitra
Founder and Director,
Liberty Institute, India


Rainer Heufers, Siap Solutions Inc, Singapore

Effective Board Management for greater outreach
Track B: Think Tank Leadership

Chair: Dan Grossman
Chairman of the Board, 
Atlas Network, USA

Speakers:

Linda Whetstone, Network for a Free Society, UK

Bridgett Wagner
Director of Coalition Relations, 
Heritage Foundation, USA

Luis Miranda, Centre for Civil Society, India

Measuring Institutional Performance
Track C: Products & Tools

Chair: Kriengsak Chareonwongsak
President, 
Institute of Future Studies for Development, Thailand

Speakers:

Lorenzo Montanari
Executive Director, 
Property Rights Alliance, USA

Sumita Kale, Indicus Analytics, India
Zilvinas Silenas, Lituanian Free Market Institute
Robert Alt, Buckeye Institute, USA

Remembering the lost heroes of Liberty
A tribute to the great champions of Liberty we’ve lost this past year and a toast to continuing their legacy.

Hosted by Rainer Heufers
Founder and Managing Director, 
Siap Solutions Inc, Singapore

Expressing ideas for a Free Society; a Creative Competition – Awards Ceremony

Hosted by Sarita Sapkota, Samriddhi Foundation, Nepal

Dinner

Day 3, January 10

The next big idea: Alternatives to current governments

Speaker: Randolph Hencken, The Seasteading Institute, USA

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

Open borders & Free trade: migration & trade policies in Asia
Track A: Big Ideas

Chair: Suraj Vaidya, SAARC, Nepal
Speakers:

Ken Schoolland
President, 
International Society for Individual Liberty, USA

Cris Lingle, Universidad Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala
Kriengsak Chareonwongsak, Institute of Future Studies for Development, Thailand

Raising money for Liberty: How, What & Whom
Track B: Think Tank Leadership

Chair: Daniel Green, Templeton Foundation, USA
Speakers:
Robin Sitoula, Samriddhi, Nepal

Peter Wong
Executive Director, 
Lion Rock Institute, Hong Kong

Gulmira Aidaralieva, Central Asian Free Market Institute, Kyrgyz Republic

Evidence-based policy
Track C: Products & Tools

Chair: Tom Palmer
Vice President for Intl. Programs, 
Atlas Network, USA

Speakers:
Baladevan Rangaraju, India Institute, India
Jamyang Tashi, QED, Bhutan
Nilanjan Chaudhuri, Centre for Civil Society, India

Celebrating 10 years of Jeevika Asia Livelihood Documentary Festival & Awards Ceremony for 2014

What started as nine film entrees for the festival today boasts of over 100 entries each year from all over the world. Following a 2-day screening in Delhi, the awards ceremony will be held during the conference with a  screening of the best films followed by a discussion on the theme.

Host: Samta Arora & Sadaf Hussain, Centre for Civil Society, India

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

Are Religion & Liberty Compatible?
Track A: Big Ideas

Chair: Charu Chadha
Editor, 
Media 9, Business 360, Nepal

Speakers:
Bican Sahin, Freedom Research Association, Turkey
Chin Huat-Wong, Penang Institute, Malaysia
Ruki Fernando, Human Rights Activist, Sri Lanka

Building & retaining a high performing team
Track B: Think Tank Leadership

Chair: Nupur Hasija, Friedrich Naumann Foundation South Asia
Speakers:
Ashutosh Tiwari, Sherpa Adventure Gear & Samriddhi Foundation, Nepal
Dhanuraj D, Centre for Public Policy Research, India
Hamad Siddiqui, Center for International Private Enterprise, Pakistan

Messaging for liberty
Track C: Products & Tools

Chair: Daniel Anthony, Atlas Network, USA
Baishali Bomjan, Centre for Civil Society, India
Wan Saiful Wan Jan, Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs, Malaysia

Zero Hour with Freedom Champions

Mentors:
Ali Salman, Policy Research Institute of Market Economy,Pakistan
Bridgett Wagner, Heritage Foundation, USA
James Tooley, Newcastle University, UK
Ken Schoolland, International Society for Individual Liberty, USA
Linda Whetstone, Network for a Free Society, UK
Rainer Heufers, Siap Solutions Inc, Singapore
Robert Alt, Buckeye Institute, USA
Robin Sitoula, Samriddhi, Nepal
Tom G Palmer, Atlas Network, USA
Wan Saiful Wan Jan, Institute for Democracy & Economic Affairs, Malaysia
Zilvinas Silenas, Lituanian Free Market Institute

Freedom Dinner

Closing Address by Dr. Bholanath Chalise
Freedom Toast by Pinky Gurung, Blue Diamond Society, Nepal
Freedom Toast by Louis Lo, Shue Yan University, Hong Kong
Live performance by Kutumba!

Vote of Thanks by Arpita Nepal
Director of Research and Development,
Samriddhi Foundation, Nepal

Close out and announcement for ALF 2016 by Baishali Bomjan, Asia Centre for Enterprise
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See also:
EFN Asia 43: Day 1 of Conference 2014, November 06, 2014
EFN Asia 44: Day 2 of Conference 2014, November 10, 2014

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