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Abstracts and Papers by Panel:

Day 1: 26 July 2012 / Day 2: 27 July 2012
Morning Sessions

Keynote "ASEAN Economic Community (AEC): Myth, Realities and Challenges"
by Dr. Nipon Paopongsakorn, President, Thailand Development Research Institute
Panel 1. ASEAN and Economic Regionalization
Speaker Paper Title
Abstract
Paper
PPT
Tushar Kanti Saha One Asia, One Common Market - A Search for Regional Legal Framework
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Edmund Walter Kwantze Sim Developing an indigenous ASEAN Economic Community law and policy
Fithra Faisal Hastiadi East Asian regionalism: The need for ASEAN+3 FTA
Pornchai Wisuttisak ASEAN competition law and policy toward Trade liberalization and Regional market integration
Panel 2. ASEAN and Human Rights (part 1)
Mahbubul Haque Human rights protection mechanism and environmental refugee
Sabela Gayo Mandatory and voluntary corporate social responsibility policy debates in Indonesia
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Rikio Kimura Working it out on the ground: How can contextualized rights-based development by an NGO enhance Cambodian citizens' agency towards fulfilling their rights to development?
Panel 3. Regional Economic Integration, Environmental Change and Transnational Justice in ASEAN
Carl Middleton The ASEAN, Economic Ingetration and Regional Environmental Governance: Emerging Norms and Transboundary Environmental Justice
Naruemon Thabchumpon, Carl Middleton and Zaw Aung The Dawei Deep Port and SEZ: Risks and Responsibilities for Human Security in Cross Border Investment
Dorothy Guerrero ASEAN, Climate Change and the Green Economy: Alternatives or business as usual
Panel 4.
Panel Discussion: "Tackling Environment and Development Dilemmas by Linking Ecosystem Services and Human Well-Being: Experiences and Lessons Learned in Thailand"
Chusak Wittayapak Payment for Ecosystem Services: A Case Study of the Establishment of Nan Watershed Trust Fund
Louis Lebel The Poverty - Environment Initiative in Thailand
Panel 5. Vulnerability & Collaborative Disaster Management
Ian Jayson R. Hecita Inter-local government collaboration for Disaster Risk Reduction: Research and Policy Development Prospects for ASEAN
Parichatt Krongkant Is Disaster Management Part of the Roadmap in ASEAN Economic Community
Myint Zaw Linking land use change and community vulnerability to hydro meteorological hazards:Assessment in three regions of Ayarwaddy river in Myanmar
Khin Moe Kyi Farmer vulnerability amidst climate variability: A case study of dry zone of Myanmar

 

Afternoon Sessions

Panel 6. Chinese Political & Economic Influences in ASEAN
Speaker Paper Title
Abstract
Paper
PPT
Lermie Shayne S. Garcia South–south development cooperation (SSDC): A comparative study of Chinese aid to the Philippines and Cambodia
Wen-chih Chao Dancing with the dragon: Implication of RMB internationalization for ASEAN
Zuo Tao The inadequacies of Chinese overseas investment regulations: A case study of the Myitsone Dam, Myanmar
Panel 7. ASEAN and Human Rights (part 2)
André Asplund Democratization and the role of regional civil society for progressive: Development of the ASEAN intergovernmental commission on human rights
Fabiola Tsugami Social inclusion of child survivors of human trafficking in Cambodia
Ian Niccolo Tobia AEC-driven integration: Solving the inevitable fracture of the ASEAN human rights agenda
Jera Beah H. Lego Frameworks for the protection of refugees and asylum seekers in Thailand and Malaysia
Panel 8. ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) & National Developments (Part 1)
Kanokrat Petchko Strategic Management of Creative Socio-Economic Development for Promoting the Identity of Frontier Tourism at Chiang Saen District, Chiang Rai, Province
Sophapan Ratanachena The AEC's impact on tobacco tax in ASEAN and its threat to public health
Wan-ping Tai State and industrial policy: Comparative political economics analysis of Malaysia and Thailand's
automobile industrial policies
Panel 9. Constructing New Socio-Cultural Community
Na-khwannwalai Dilokwongpong ASEAN socio-cultural community: An ideal model of socio-cultural cosmopolitan community?
Haiying Li Neo-traditionalist movements: A case Study of a multi-religious Hani/Akha community in northern
Thailand
Michel May ASEAN identity as an imperative community foundation
Panel 10.
Panel Discussion: " Rice and Fish in the Fast Lane: Will Smallholders, Their Livelihoods and Culture be Left Behind?"
         

 

Panel 11.
Roundtable Discussion: "ASEAN Economic Community - Opportunities and Challenges for Economy of Northern Thailand"
(in Thai, 14.45-17.40)
         
Panel 12. Democratization & People-centered Governance
Speaker Paper Title
Abstract
Paper
PPT
Huong Ha A Networked governance model for sustainable development
Maki Aoki-Okabe Increasing popular participation in treaty-making process in Thailand : Legislative process of Section 190 of 2007 Constitution
Jenn-Jaw Soong Civil Society, Socio-Economic Development and Democratic Governance: The Lessons of Taiwan's Experience for the ASEASN Community
Panel 13.
Policy Roundtable: " Sharing Regional Terrestrial, Water, and Marine Natural Resources – Beyond Territorial Sovereignty'
         
Panel 14. Regional Security and Conflict Management
Shekh Mohammad Altafur Rahman Southern Thai Conflict: Importance of Political Response towards a Cultural Conflict
Jasmine Ferrer Conflict management in South Thailand through the implementation of "building peace by teaching peace program in communities in Pattani province
Abubakar Eby Hara Toward a greater role of ASEAN in conflict management
Orville Ballitoc Cycles of Conflict and Violence in the Southern Philippines
Panel 15. Configurations of Regionalism
Miguel Alberto Gomez Investigating the negative effects of virtual economic integration
Paulo Jose Mutuc Lay economic beliefs and attitudes toward institutions: Evidence from ASEAN
Rafiazka Millanida H. Integrating ASEAN: The political economy matter of regionalization
Panel 16.
Policy Roundtable: "The Role of Civil Society in AEC Economic Policymaking"
         


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