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
