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Towards Asian Integration: The Role of Regional Cooperation

Thursday, 9 May
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

With the process of globalization accelerating through information technology, globalized financial markets, and worldwide production networks, neighboring countries seem to be inevitably moving closer to regional integration. This trend poses diversified strategic challenges throughout Asia, spanning from the need for developing cross-border infrastructure and streamlining the flow of goods and services, to restructuring the financial sector and harmonizing policy to attract foreign investments. Regional leaders will discuss these challenges and the manner by which regional cooperation is driving the process of globalization.

  • What opportunities and risks for increased competitiveness are resulting from regional cooperation?
  • How can regional cooperation be made sustainable and beneficial for participating countries - large and small, developed and less developed?
PROGRAM/SPEAKERS
Time SpeakerPresentation
1:30 p.m. Opening Session 
  Fidel V. Ramos
Former President, Republic of the Philippines		Keynote Address on the Conference Theme
  Open Forum 
  Moderator:
Roberto de Ocampo
President, Asian Institute of Management, Republic of the Philippines 		 
2:00 p.m. Panel Session 
  Cham Prasidh
Minister of Commerce, Royal Government of Cambodia		Accelerating National Economic Development Through Regional Cooperation in the GMS, ASEAN, and Border Development Plans
  Yi Xiaozhun
Director-General, Department of International Trade and Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, People's Republic of China		PRC's Accession into the WTO: Implications for Regional Cooperation in Asia
  Rehman Sobhan
Chairman, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh		Harnessing Private Sector in Regional Cooperation: The Experience in South Asia
  Chia Siow Yue
Director, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore		ASEAN Cooperation: Toward an ASEAN Economic Community
3:00 p.m. Panel Discussion and Open Forum 
  Moderator:
Seiji Naya
Director, Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, State of Hawaii, U.S.A.		 

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