26 July 2012

09.00 - 09.15











09.15 -10.15

Report of the ICIRD 2012 Conference by Dr. Sidthinat Prabudhanitisarn, Dean,
Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University

Welcome & Opening by President of Chiang Mai University

Introduction of the ICIRD Network by Dr. Siriporn Wajjwalku, Dean,
Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University

Introduction of the ICIRD 2012 Conference “Towards and ASEAN Economic Community (AEC): Prospects, Challenges and Paradoxes in Development, Governance and Human Security
by Dr. Chayan Vaddhanaphuti, Director, Regional Center for Social Sciences and Sustainable Development (RCSD), Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University

Keynote 'ASEAN Economic Community (AEC): Myth Realities and Challenges'
by Dr. Nipon Poapongsakorn,  President, Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI)

10.15 - 10.30

Break

10.30 - 12.00

Panel 01
Panel 02
Panel 03
Panel 04

Panel 05

ASEAN and Economic Regionalization
ASEAN and Human Rights (I) 
Regional Economic Integration, Environmental Changes and Transnational Justice
Roundtable: Tackling Environment and Development Dilemmas by Linking Ecosystem Services and Human Well-Being: Experiences and Lessons Learned in Thailand
Vulnerability & Collaborative disaster management

12.00 - 13.00 

Lunch

13.00 - 14.30

Panel 06
Panel 02 (Cont.)
Panel 07
Panel 08
Panel 09

Chinese Political & Economic Influences in ASEAN
ASEAN and Human Rights (II)

ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) & National Developments
Constructing New Socio-Cultural Community
Rice and Fish in the Fast Lane: will Smallholders, Their Livelihoods and Culture be Left Behind?

14.30 - 15.45

Break

14.45 - 16.15

Panel 10

Panel 11
Panel 12

Panel 13
Panel 14

Roundtable: ASEAN Economic Community (AEC): Opportunities and Challenges for Northern Thailand  (14.45-17.40)
Democratization & People-centered Governance
Policy Roundtable: Sharing Regional Terrestrial, Water, and Marine Natural
Resources – Beyond Territorial Sovereignty
Regional Security and Conflict Management
Configurations of Regionalism

16.25 - 18.25

Panel 15

Policy Roundtable: The Role of Civil Society in AEC Economic Policymaking

27 July 2012

09.00-10.00

Keynote 'Reflections on the Global Conjuncture'
by Prof. Walden Bello, Representative of Akbayan to the House of Representatives of the Philippines

10.00-10.20

Break

10.20-12.00

Panel 16

Panel 17
Panel 18
Panel 19
Panel 20

Roundtable: Dawei Development Projects: Challenges and Ways Forward on Human Security and Governance for Mega Transnational Investments
Regional Configurations of Rural & Urban Spaces
Transnational Enclosure of Natural Resources
Human Security
Information Communication Technologies and Democracy in Southeast Asia

12.00-13.00

Lunch

13.00-14.30

Panel 21
Panel 22

Panel 23
panel 24
Panel 25

Roundtable: Local Voices on ASEAN Challenges (I)
Myanmar’s Burma’s regional economic integration: socioeconomic and Challenges and Risks  (I)
Towards Environmental Justice (I)
Territoriality & ASEAN Roles in Conflict Management
Body Politics and the Re-Configurations of Identity

14.30-14.45

Break

14.45-16.15

Panel 21 (Cont.)
Panel 22 (Cont.)

Panel 23 (Cont.)
Panel 26
Panel 27

Roundtable: Local Voices on ASEAN Challenges (II)

Myanmar’s Burma’s regional economic integration: socioeconomic and Challenges and Risks  (II)

Towards Environmental Justice (II)

Poverty Reduction or Inequality Reproduction? 
Female Entrepreneurs in the Greater Mekong Region

16.15-16.45

Remarks & Closing

Remarks of the ICIRD 2012
Dr. Carl Middleton, Chulalongkorn University
Dr. Chayan Vaddhanaphuti, Chiang Mai University