| 08:30 – 09:15 | Registration |
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09:15 – 09:30 |
Welcome by Dr. Siviengphet Phetvorasack, Dy. Director-General, Institute of Foreign Affairs (IFA), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vientiane, Lao PDR and Dr. Prabir De, Senior Fellow, RIS, and Coordinator, ASEAN-India Network of Think-Tanks (AINTT), ASEAN-India Centre, New Delhi |
| 09.30 – 11.15 | Session I: ASEAN-India Strategic Partnership: Economic Cooperation [Focus of the session: Regional trading architecture, RCEP, building production networks, facilitating investment, strengthening financial cooperation and other integration issues.] |
| In chair: Dr. Biswajit Dhar, Director-General, RIS, New DelhiPanelists: 09.30-09.50: Dr. Leeber Leebouapao, Director-General, Macro-Economic Research Division, National Economic Research Institute (NERI), Vientiane 09.50-10.10: Mr. Poch Kongchheng, Researcher, Economic Institute of Cambodia (EIC), Phnom Penh 10.10-10.30: Mr. Agus Syarip Hidayat, Researcher, Research Center for Economic Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Jakarta– PPT – Paper10.30-10.50: Ms. Sanchita Basu Das, Fellow and Lead Researcher, ASEAN Studies Centre, and Coordinator, Singapore APEC Study Centre, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore 10.50-11.15: Q&A |
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| 11.15 -11.30 | Tea / Coffee Break |
| 11.30– 12.30 | Inaugural Session |
| 11.45-11.55: Welcome and opening address by H.E. Dr. Thongloun Sisoulith, Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Lao PDR 11.55-12.05: Inaugural address by H.E. Mr. Salman Khurshid, Hon’ble External Affairs Minister of India 12.05-12.10: Release of RIS Volume of ASEAN-India Strategic Partnership: Perspective from the ASEAN-India Network of Think-Tanks, Proceedings of the 1st Round Table of AINTT 2012 12.10-12.20: Special address by Dr. A.K.P Mochtan, Dy. Secretary General, Community and Corporate Affairs Department, ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta 12.20-12.25: Address by Mr. Sayakane Sisouvong, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Lao PDR 12.25-12.30: Address by Dr. Biswajit Dhar, Director-General, RIS, New Delhi |
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| 12.30 – 13.30 | Lunch Break |
| 13.30 – 15.00 | Session II: ASEAN-India Strategic Partnership: Connectivity [Focus of the session: To identify the challenges and prospects of ASEAN-India connectivity, role of connectivity in strengthening production network, and building development corridor.] |
| In chair: Dato’ Dr Muthiah Alagappa, Tun Hussein Onn Chair in International Studies, Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS), Kuala LumpurPanelists: 13.30-13.45: Mr. Bounpan Kongnhinsayaseng, Dy. Director-General, Institute of Foreign Affairs (IFA), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Lao PDR, Vientiane 13.45-14.00: Dr. Tin Htoo Naing, Visiting Fellow, Yangon Institute of Economics (YIE), Yangon 14.00-14.15: Dr. Sinderpal Singh, Research Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), Singapore 14.15-14.30: Dr. Marife Magno Ballesteros, Senior Fellow, Philippines Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), Manila 14.30-14.45: Dr. Prabir De, RIS, New Delhi 14.45-15.00: Q&A |
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| 15.00 – 15.15 | Tea/Coffee Break |
| 15.15 – 16.30 | Session III: ASEAN-India Strategic Partnership: Socio-Cultural and Development Cooperation [Focus of the session: To identify the new areas of social-cultural and development cooperation, present case studies, discuss challenges and identify the opportunities.] |
| In chair: Mr. Sayakane Sisouvong, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Lao PDRPanelists: 15.15-15.30: Dr. Piti Srisangnam, Director, Academic Affairs, ASEAN Studies Centre, Faculty of Economics, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 15.30-15.45: Prof. Do Thu Ha, Head of Department of Indology (Philology and History) and Dean, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi – PPT |
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| 16.30 – 17.30 | Panel Discussion: ASEAN-India Strategic Partnership: New Frontiers [Focus of the session: To identify the new challenges to ASEAN – India relations, suggest way forward, and the blue print for the partnership.] |
| In chair: Dr. Sok Siphana, Sok Siphana & Associates, Phnom Penh, and Member, ASEAN-India Eminent Persons’ Group.Panelists: 16.30-16.45: Dato’ Dr. Muthiah Alagappa, Tun Hussein Onn Chair in International Studies, Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS), Kuala Lumpur 16.45-17.00: Dr. Khin Zaw Win, Director, Tampadia Institute, Yangon 17.00-17.15: Prof. Ngo Xuan Binh, Director-General, Institute of Indian & Southwest Asian Studies, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS), Hanoi– PPT – Paper 17.15-17.30: Dr. Biswajit Dhar, Director-General, RIS, New Delhi |
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| 17.30 – 17.45 | Concluding Session and Vote of Thanks |
| 17.30-17.35: Dr. Prabir De, RIS, New Delhi, 17.35-17.45: Mrs. Viengngeun Khaykhamphithoune Dy. Director-General, IFA, MoFA, Vientiane |
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