Environmental Law Talks
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung / Faculty of Law, ChulalongkornUniversity
Environmental Law and Sustainable Economy:
Challenges of Climatic Change
Date: Thursday 8 – Saturday 10 November 2012
Venue:1) Faculty of Law, ChulalongkornUniversity, Bangkok
2) Baan Amphawa Resort and Spa, Amphawa, Samutsongkram
Organizations:1) Faculty of Law, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
2) Rule-of-law Programme Asia of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Singapore
Thursday 8 November 2012
Delegates Arrival at SuvarnabhumiAirport
Transfer from the Airport to the Faculty of Law, ChulalongkornUniversity, Phayathai Road, Bangkok
15.30 – 16.00Registration
Refreshment Reception
16.00 – 16.40Welcoming Ceremony and Warming up Session
16.10 – 16.30Welcoming Remarks
By Prof. Dr. Sakda Thanitcul
Dean, Faculty of Law, ChulalongkornUniversity
Warming up Session
Topic: “Environmental Law and Sustainable Economy: Challenges of Climatic Change”
- Mr. Marc Spitzkatz
Director, Rule of Law Programme Asia of KAS
- Dr. NatarikaWayuparb
Director of strategy office, Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (Public Organization)
Transfer from Bangkok to Amphawa, Samutsongkram (1.30 hr)
Check in at Baan Amphawa Resort & Spa
Welcoming Dinner
Friday 9 November 2012
06.00 – 08.00 Breakfast
08.00 – 08.20Registration
08.20 – 09.30Session I: Entry Point Session
Topic: “International and Regional Environmental Law and Cooperation: River, Water, Floodand Drought Management”
Session Chair: Mr. Marc Spitzkatz, Director, Rule of Law Programme Asia of KAS
9.30 – 10.30a) Foreign speakers:
- “ASEAN Legal Frameworks Relating to Disaster Management and Emergency Response”
ByEmeritus Professor KOHKheng-Lian
Faculty of Law, NationalUniversityofSingapore;
Director, Asia- Pacific Centre for Environmental Law
- “International Law, InternationalRivers and Climate Change”
ByProf. Jörg Menzel
10.30 – 10.40Break
10.40 – 11.40b) Thai speakers:
- “Management for Water Resource, Climate Change and Disaster for Sustainable Economy of Thailand”
ByAssociate Professor Dr. Sucharit Koontanakulvong
Water Engineer, Faculty of Engineer,
ChulalongkornUniversity
- “Environmental Management in Responding to Climate Change and Disaster”
ByRepresentative of Natural Resources and
Environmental Policy and Planning Office,
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
11.40 – 12.30* Environmental Law Talk *
ByAll Participants
12.30 – 13.30Lunch
13.30 – 14.00Session II: Thailand and Laos PDR
Topic: “Experience with Mekong Management: Case of MRC”
Session Chair:Emeritus Professor KOHKheng-Lian
a) Thai speaker:
- Mrs. Pakawan Chufamanee
Director, Division ofForeign Affair (MRC),
Water Resource Department, Ministry of Natural
Resources and Environment
14.00 – 14.20Break
14.20 – 15.50Session III: Role of Civil Society: Factual Influence and Legal Framework
Session Chair: Prof. Jörg Menzel
- Ms. Ormbun Thipsuna
Network of Community Organizations for Mekong
Basin
- Associate Professor Dr. Siriwan Silapacharanan
“The Role of Civil Societies in the ASEANEnvironmental Context – Legal Framework: Focus on Youths”
ByEmeritus Professor KOH Kheng-Lian
Faculty of Law, NationalUniversityofSingapore
15.50 – 16.30* Environmental Law Talk *
By All Participants
16.30 – 18.30Study Tour along the Klongs (canals) in the Ampawa area
18.30 – 19.30Dinner
Saturday 10 November 2012
06.00 – 08.00 Breakfast
08.00 – 08.20Registration
08.20 – 10.30 Session IV: Dispute Resolution Mechanisms: Necessity and Design
Topic:
Session Chair:Assistance Professor Dr. Kanongnij Sribuaiam, Faculty of Law, ChulalongkornUniversity
a)Foreign speakers:
- “Dispute resolution in the European Union”
By Dr. Wybe Douma
Senior Researcher, EU Law
b) Thai speakers:
- Judge Wachira Chobtang
Administrative Court
- Assistance Profssor Dr. Kanongnij Sribuaiam, Faculty of Law, ChulalongkornUniversity
10.30 – 10.40Break
10.40 – 11.40* Environmental Law Talk *
By All Participants
11.40 – 12.30Wrap-up Session
12.30 - 13.30Lunch
Check out from the resort
Transfer from Ampawa, Samutsongkram to Bangkok (1.30 hr)
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