As of 18 April
APEC STUDY CENTERS CONSORTIUM CONFERENCE 2017
Hanoi, Vietnam, May 2017
TENTATIVE AGENDA
May 11, 2017: Arrivals of delegates, speakers and invited guestsDay 1: May 12, 2017
08:00 - 08:30 / Registration
08:30 - 09:15 / Opening Remark: Assoc.Prof., Dr. Nguyen Vu Tung, DAV President
Keynote Speech: H.E. Mr. Bui Thanh Son, Deputy Foreign Minister, Vice Chairman of the National Committee for APEC (Presentation of APEC Vietnam 2017 Themes and Priorities included)
Keynote Speech: Dr. Dennis Hew, Director of APEC Policy Support Unit PSU
09:15 - 09:30 / Photo Session
09:30 - 11:00 / Session 1: New trends and challenges to inclusive economic growth and trade in the Asia-Pacific region
Chair: Vo Tri Thanh, Central Institute for Economic Management, Vietnam
Ø Speaker 1: Robert Scollay, University of Auckland, New Zealand: Trade Policy Priorities in an Uncertain Regional Trade Environment
Ø Speaker 2: Denis Hew, Director of PSU: APEC Regional Trend Analysis.
Ø Speaker 3: Tham Siew Yean, Senior Fellow, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, ASC Singapore: Trends towards reducing trade costs: Comparing multilateral and regional commitments in Trade Facilitation
Ø Speaker 4: Nikita Pyzhikov and Ksenia Proka, ASC Russia: Challenges and opportunities for economic growth and trade in APEC region: undisclosed potential
Ø Speaker 5: José Ernesto Rangel Delgado, Juan Gonzalez Garcia, and Angel Licona Michel, APEC Study Center & Pacific Study Center University of Colima, Mexico: Relocation of Investment and Trade Diversification in APEC: Trends and Challenges for Mexico
Free Discussion
11:00 - 11:15 / Coffee Break
11:15 - 12:45 / Session 2: Relevance and dynamism for APEC in the new context
Chair: Alan Oxley, Chairman, Australian APEC Study Centre (to be confirmed)
Ø Speaker 1: Toshiya Takahashi and Ippei Yamazawa, ASC Japan: APEC beyond Economic Cooperation
Ø Speaker 2: Chen-Sheng Ho, Director, International Affairs Department, Taiwan Institute of Economic Research: Building an APEC Framework for Advancing Regional Economic Integration
Ø Speaker 3: Liu Chenyang, Nankai University, China: Apec’s role in promoting Asia-Pacific Economic Integration in the Post-Bogor Era
Ø Speaker 4: Lu Jianren, China-ASEAN Research Institute, Guangxi University; and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences: To where APEC should go? On building of an Asia-Pacific development and inclusive community
Ø Speaker 5: Maddaremmeng A. Panennungi, University of Indonesia, ASC Indonesia: Trump Trade Policy Effect on Asia-Pacific and the World Economies: A View from Indonesia
Free Discussion
12:45 - 14:00 / Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 / Session 3: Promoting resilience and sustainable development among APEC member economies
Chair: Dr. Eduado Pedrosa, PECC
Ø Speaker 1: Kan Zaw, Myanmar Academy of Social Sciences: Food for Sustainable Growth, Food for Zero Hunger
Ø Speaker 2: Souknilanh Keola, Bangkok Research Center, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organisation (IDE-JETRO): Logistic Infrastructures and Growth: from Building to Utilizing
Ø Speaker 3: Primitivo Cabanes Ragandang III, Philippine Director Move This World, Inc.: Beyond development aid: Sustainability of two youth-led non-profit organizations on arts-based peacebuilding in Northern Mindanao
Free Discussion
15:30 – 15:45 / Coffee Break
15:45 - 17:15 / Session 4: Education and technological innovation in promoting regional trade and integration
Chair: OECD Representative (tbc)
Ø Speaker 1: Yasushi Ueki, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, Jakarta: Determinants of trial and achievement of new product introduction: Organizational characteristics of innovative firms in ASEAN
Ø Speaker 2: Cheung-Kwok Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong APEC Study Center: Entrepreneurship in APEC and Hong Kong - Using the GEM Data for an Exploratory Study
Ø Speaker 3: Anthony J Makin, Professor of Economics and Director of the Australian APEC Study Centre at Griffith University Griffith Asia Institute: Identifying Key Drivers of Current Skill Shortages in the APEC Tourism Labour Force
Ø Speaker 4: Maria Francesca Tomaliwan, Assistant Professorial Lecturer, Economics Department, De La Salle University, the Philipines: Returns to Education in the Philippines: Semiparametric Quantile Approach
Ø Speaker 5: Jovito Jose P. Katigbak, Foreign Affairs Research Specialist, Philipines: Pathways to Operationalizing the APEC MSME Marketplace: A Focus on Realizing Pillar 1 via Business-to-Business (B2B) E-Commerce
Free Discussion
17:15 - 18:45 / Session 5: FTAAP: Ways forward
Chair: Robert Scollay, New Zealand ASC
Ø Speaker 1: Li Wentao, Nankai University, ASC China, Analysis on the Ways to Move the FTAAP Forward: Progress, Challenges and Future Actions
Ø Speaker 2: Maura Ada Decosterd, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia: Promoting FTAAP and finding ways forward to achieve Bogor goal and beyond
Ø Speaker 3: Alan Oxley, Chairman, Australian ASC, “Drawing on the prospective benefits from the TPP”
Ø Speaker 4: Seongman Moon, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Chonbuk National University, Korea: An Analysis of Goods and Services Market Integration among Asia Pacific Countries
Ø Speaker 5: Rowell Garcia Casaclang, Foreign Affairs Research Specialist, Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies, Foreign Service Institute, the Philipines: Have APEC economies reached economic convergence?
Free Discussion
19:00 – 21:00 / Welcome Dinner hosted by DAV (proposed and to be confirmed)
Day 2: May 13, 2017
09:00 - 10:30 / Session 6: The development of an APEC’s labor mobility framework
Chair: Tran Viet Thai, Vietnam ASC
Ø Speaker 1: Junichi Akashi and Ippei Yamazawa, Associate Professor, University of Tsukuba: Toward more Foreign Workers in Japan
Ø Speaker 2: Jabulane Matsebula, Australian Government Department of Employment: Progress on the Development of an APEC Labour Mobility Framework.
Ø Speaker 3: Neriza Cacas-Chow, Maria F.C. Dabbay, Mariel M. Sauler, School of Economics, De La Salle University School of Economics, Philippines: A Decomposition Analysis Of Wage Inequality in the Philippines
Ø Speaker 4: Le Kim Dung, DG of Department of International Cooperation, MOLISA Vietnam.
Free Discussion
10:30 - 10:45 / Coffee Break
10:45 - 12:15 / Session 7: Enhancing capacity and competitiveness of MSMEs
Chair: Cấn Văn Lực, Senior Advisor, Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam
Ø Speaker 1: Jin-sang Lee, Professor, State University of New York in Korea: Enhancing competitiveness of SMEs in APEC: New directions for Technological Cooperation
Ø Speaker 2: Sothea Oum, Senior Lecturer at Ngee Ann - Adelaide Education Centre, University of Adelaide, and Asian Growth Research Centre, Singapore
Ø Speaker 3: Esteban Zottele de Vega, Universidad Veracruzana, Mexican Consortium of ASCs: The academic sector: role in strengthening the competitiveness of MSMEs
Ø Speaker 4: Lorna Wright, Executive Director, Centre for Global Enterprise, EDC Professorship in International Business, Schulich School of Business, York University, Canada: The role of Global Business Alumni Network in enhancing the global competitiveness of SMEs
Ø Speaker 5: Elaine Q. Borazon, College of Home Economics, University of Philippines, Diliman: Factors affecting business success of small and medium food enterprises in the Philippines.
Free Discussion
12:15 – 12:45 / ASCC Business Meeting/ASCC 2018 Announcement
12:45 – 14:00 / Lunch
End of Conference
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