Here is the Conference Programme as of this week. There could be minor changes in the list of speakers and facilitators in the coming weeks as people confirm or change their participation. I got this program from the Program Officer of EFN, Pett Jarupaiboon. Thanks Pett. The photos, I added them here.
Day 1
(MC for Day 1: Wan Saiful Wan Jan, Chief Executive,
Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS), Malaysia)
Welcoming remarks:
-Bill Stacey, Chairman, LRI
-Siegfried Herzog, Regional Director, FNF Southeast and
East Asia
Opening Keynote
Address
“Economic Growth and Inequality”
- Dr Razeen Sally
Visiting Assoc. Prof, The Lee Kuan Yew School of Public
Policy, The National University of Singapore and Director, European Centre for
International Political Economy
Session 1:
Insights from the Keynote Address
- Pham Chi Lan, Member of the National Council for
Sustainable Development and Competitiveness Enhancement, Vietnam
- Dr Choi Byung-il, Professor, Ewha’s Womans University,
Korea
- Hong Kong resident (TBC)
Moderator: Bill Stacey
Session 2: Reality
Checking in Asia
Asian Cafe
(Facilitator: Introduced and facilitated by Miklos
Romandy, Regional Programme Coordinator, FNF Regional Southeast and East Asia
and Traon Pongsopon, Programme Assistant, FNF Thailand)
First round:
- Hong Kong/Peter Wong, Executive Director, LRI/LRI
rapporteur
- Thailand/Dr Sethaput Suthiwart-Narueput, Executive
Chairman, Thailand Future Foundation/Armin Reinartz, Project Assistant, FNF
Southeast and East Asia
- Bangladesh
- Myanmar/Aye Kyaw, Principal of Myanmar Human Resource
Institute/Nway Nway Soe, Programme Manager, FNF Myanamr
- Sri Lanka
Second round:
- China/Dr Mao Shoulong, Professor, Academy of Public
Policy, Rennmin University/Rachaphum Panichsombat, Senior Analyst, Sasin
Institute for Glabal Affairs
- Indonesia/Ulil Absar Abdalla, Freedom Institute,
Indonesia/Raja Juliantoni, the Indonesian Institute
- Pakistan
- Mongolia
- Vietnam/Dr Le Dang Doanh, Senior Economist, Association
of Vietnam's Economists /Dau Anh Tuan,
Director General of the Legal Department of Vietnam
Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Bhutan
Third round:
- Korea/Dr Kim Chung-Ho, President and CEO, Freedom
Factory ltd., Korea (TBC)
- Malaysia/Wan Saiful Wan Jan, Chief Executive, IDEAS, Malaysia/ Fareeza Ibrahim,
Southeast Asia Network for Development (SEANET)
- The Philippines/Nonoy Oplas, President, Minimal
Government Thinkers, The Philippines
- India
- Nepal
- Cambodia
Session 3:
Property Rights and Equality
- Andrew Work, Co-Founder, LRI
- Professor, Michael X.Y. Feng, Vice President, Cathay
Institute for Public Affairs, China
- Barun Mitra, Director, Liberty Institute, India
- Dr Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Director, Institute of
Security and International Studies, Thailand
Moderator: Ken Schoolland, Associate Professor of
Economics and Political Science, Hawai‘i Pacific University
Cocktails, Dinner
The Economic
Freedom of the World (EFW) Report 2014
Introduction of Speaker:
Dr Ronald Meinardus, Regional Director, FNF South Asia
Introduction to
the EFW report, Briefing
Fred McMahon, Fraser Institute Resident Fellow and holder
of the Dr Michael A. Walker Research Chair in Economic Freedom, Canada
Presentation of EFW Report 2014 to H.E. John Tsang,
Financial Secretary, Hong Kong SAR
Introduction of Speaker:
Andrew Sheun, Co-Founder, LRI
Special Address
H.E. John Tsang, Financial Secretary, Hong Kong SAR
Day 2
(MC For Day 2: Andrew Work, Co-founder, LRI)
Session 4:
Conference speed dating for all participants
Facilitators: Miklos Romandy and Traon Pongsopon
Topics discussed
What do you think about the previous presentations?
What critique do you have?
What is your own argument?
Session 5:
Dr Tom Palmer, Executive Vice President for International
Programs, the Atlas Economic Research Foundation, USA
Session 6: The
AEC: opportunities and challenges
Organised by South East Asia Network for Development
(SEANET)
CALD-EFN Asia
Joint Session
Welcome Remarks
Hon. Oyun Sanjaasuren, MP Chairperson, Council of Asian
Liberals and Democrats
President, United Nations Environmental Assembly
Minister of Environment and Green Development, Mongolia
Co-Chair, Civil Will Green Party of Mongolia
Bill Stacey, Chairperson, LRI, Hong Kong
Hon. Markus Löning (TBC) Former Commissioner for Human
Rights, Free Democratic Party of Germany
Keynote Address
Hon. Emily Lau, MP
Legislative Councillor, Hong Kong
Chairperson, Democratic Party of Hong Kong
Panel Discussion
on the Liberal Economy and Wealth Disparity
Hon. Sin Chung Kai, MP
Legislative Councillor, Hong Kong Democratic Party of
Hong Kong
Individual Member, Council of Asian Liberals and
Democrats
Dr Parth Shah (TBC)
President, Centre for Civil Society, India
Hon. Saumura Tioulong, MP
Member of the Cambodian National Assembly
Cambodia National Rescue Party
Former Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Cambodia
Dr Sethaput Suthiwart-Narueput
Executive Chairman, Thailand Future Foundation
Moderator: Jules Maaten, Project Director, FNF Philippines
Leave for the Hong Kong Legislative Council
Gala Dinner for
CALD, EFN Asia and LI Participants
(MCs: Armin Reinartz, Project Assistant | China Analyst,
FNF Southeast and East Asia Office, and
Jaslyn Go International Liaison and Assistant Treasurer,
Singapore Democratic Party)
Dr Juli Minoves – Triquell
President, Liberal International
Bill Stacey (TBC)
Chairperson, LRI
Siegfried Herzog
Regional Director, FNF Southeast and East Asia
Martin Lee
Founding Chairperson, Democratic Party of Hong Kong
Individual Member, Council of Asian Liberals and
Democrats and Liberal International
----------See also:
EFN Asia 39: Rainer Adam's Farewell Letter, June 17, 2014
EFN Asia 40: Liberalism, Growth and Reducing Inequality, August 19, 2014
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