Conference Program
MONDAY:
April 24, 2006
All day Arrival of
participants
19:00
Welcome Dinner Reception in Honor of International Participants, Hosted
by Dr. Haruhisa Handa, Founding Chairman, Asia Economic Forum; Chancellor,
University of Cambodia; President and Founder, International Foundation for
Arts and Culture
Venue:
Hotel Le Royal
TUESDAY:
April 25, 2006
07:30-08:30
Registration
08:30
Arrival of Samdech Hun Sen, Prime Minister, Royal Government of
Cambodia
08:30-10:15
Opening Session of the 2nd
Asia
Economic Forum
National Anthem
Opening Remarks
by Dr. Haruhisa Handa, Founding Chairman, Asia Economic Forum; Chancellor,
University of Cambodia; President and Founder, International Foundation for
Arts and Culture
Keynote Address:
“Bridging Development Gaps in
East Asia:
Challenges and Opportunities” by
Samdech Hun Sen, Prime Minister, Royal Government of
Cambodia
10:15-10:30
Coffee break
10:30-12:00
Plenary Session I: Leadership and Strategic Vision for Development in
East Asia
Chair:
Mr. Robert Glofcheski, Chief
Economist, UNDP
Cambodia,
Laos,
Viet Nam
Speakers:
H.E. Keat Chhon, Senior Minister,
Minster of Economy and Finance,
Cambodia
H.E. Katherine Marshall, Vice
President, The World Bank
H.E. Ong Keng Yong,
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Jakarta
H.E. Akio Kawato, Senior Research
Fellow, the Japan Forum on International Relations Member and Senior
Research Fellow, the Council on East Asian Community Ex-Ambassador of Japan
in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan
Ms. Wang Yan, Director of Foreign Affairs
Office; Deputy Director of
East Asian Studies Center,
China
Foreign
Affairs
University
Open discussion
12:00-13:30
Lunch
13:30-15:00
Plenary Session
II: Reform, Governance and Security
Chair:
H.E. Dr. Aun Porn Moniroth, Chairman, Supreme National Economic Council (SNEC);
Secretary of State, Ministry of Economy and Finance; and Economic Advisor to
the Prime Minister
Speakers:
The Hon. David K. Malcolm AC QC,
Professor of Law, The University
of
Notre Dame
Australia
H.E. Jose T. Almonte, Former
National Security Adviser, Republic of the
Philippines
Professor Din Merican, Visiting
Professor,
University of
Cambodia
Open discussion
15:00-15:20
Coffee break
15:20-17:20 Plenary Session
III:
Capacity
Building and Human Resource
Development
Chair:
Dr. Haruhisa Handa, Founding Chairman,
Asia
Economic Forum; Chancellor,
University
of Cambodia;
President and Founder, International Foundation for Arts and Culture
Speakers:
H.E. Dr. Nath Bunroeun, Under
Secretary of State, National EFA Coordinator, Ministry of Education, Youth
and Sports,
Cambodia
Dr. Sofian Effendi, Rector,
Gadjah Mada University,
Indonesia
Professor Simon Tay, Chairman,
Singapore Institute of International Affairs,
Singapore
H.E. Son Koun Thor, Vice Chairman
of Supreme National Economic Council; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Rural Development Bank
Mr. Bounnheuang Songnavong,
Deputy Director-General of the Institute of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Lao People's Democratic Republic
Open discussion
WEDNESDAY:
April 26, 2006
08:30-10:00
Plenary Session IV: Technology, Capital Formation and Foreign Direct
Investment
Chair:
Oknha Kith Meng, Chairman, Phnom Penh
Chamber of Commerce
Speakers:
Tan Sri Dato’ Mohd Ramli
Kushairi, Chairman,
South Malaysia
Industries Berhad
Dr. Vong Sandap, Managing
Director, Cambodian National Insurance Company (CAMINCO)
Mr. Nguyen Dac Thanh, Economist,
Economics Department of the Ministry of Foreign
Affair,
Vietnam
Dr. Kang Chan Dararot, Head of
Economic Unit, Cambodia Institute of Development Study
Open discussion
10:00-10:30
Coffee break
10:30-12:00
Plenary Session
V: Grassroots Empowerment, Rural Development and Poverty Reduction
Chair:
H.E. Ou Orhat, Secretary of State, Ministry of Planning,
Cambodia
Speakers:
H.E. Dr. Hang Chuon Naron,
Secretary-General, Ministry of Economy and Finance; Secretary-General,
Supreme National Economic
Council,
Cambodia
Professor Le Thac Can, Professor,
Hanoi
National
University, and Director,
Vietnam
Environment and Sustainable
Development
Center
H.E.
Ngy Chanphal, Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Rural Development
Open discussion
12:00-13:30
Lunch break
13:30-15:00
Plenary Session VI: Bridging Development Gaps in
East Asia: Future Direction and Plan of Action
Chair:
Dr. Michael Haas, Former Professor of Political
Science,
University of
Hawaii
at Manoa, and Chairman of the International Academic Advisory Board of the
University
of Cambodia
Speakers:
Dr. Makio Miyagawa,
Director, The Japan Institute of International Affairs,
Japan
H. E. Pich Chhun, Member of the
Economic, Social & Cultural Observation Unit (OBSES), Office of the Council
of Ministers
Ms. Wang Yan, Director of Foreign Affairs
Office; Deputy Director of
East Asian Studies Center,
China
Foreign
Affairs
University
H.E. Jose T. Almonte, Former
National Security Adviser, Republic of the
Philippines
Tan Sri Dato’ Mohd Ramli Kushairi,
Chairman,
South Malaysia
Industries Berhad
Open discussion
15:00-15:20
Coffee break
15:20-15:45 Closing
Sessions
Remarks
by Dr. Kao Kim Hourn,
Secretary-General, Asia Economic Forum; President, University of Cambodia;
Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International
Cooperation
Closing Remarks
by Dr. Haruhisa Handa, Founding Chairman, Asia Economic Forum; Chancellor,
University of Cambodia; President and Founder, International Foundation for
Arts and Culture
THURSDAY: April 27, 2006
Departure of international
participants | 