Programme

November 5, 2009 Conference Room-I

9.00 am – 9.30 am REGISTRATION

9.30 am – 11.00 am Welcome Remarks Jayati Ghosh, JNU Panel on “On the Question of the Shifting Power Centres in Global Economic Order: Role of China and India” Chair: Arjun Sengupta, Rajya Sabha (MP) and RIS Prabhat Patnaik, Kerala State Planning Board and JNU Biswajit Dhar, RIS

11.00 - 11.30 am Tea Break

11.30 am - 1.00 pm China’s Importance for Developing Asia: Trade and Investment Relations Chair: Smitha Purushottam, MEA Deepanwita Dutta, “China’s Relation with Developing Asia: Integration through Trade”, IDEAs Vineet Kohli , “China and Developing Asia: Integration through Foreign Investment and Aid”, TISS Discussant: Prosenjit Bose, Research Unit, CPI (M)

1.00 - 2.00 pm Lunch

2.00 pm – 3.30 pm China’s Impact on Developing Asia: Case Studies Chair: Sheila Bhalla, JNU Smitha Francis, “Impact of China’s Emergence on Thailand”, IDEAs Amitayu Sengupta, “The Impact of China’s Greater Economic Integration with South-East Asia on Vietnam” IDEAs Discussant: Kejpiroon Kohsuwan, Ministry of Commerce, Thailand

3.30 – 4.00 pm Tea Break

4.00 pm – 5.15 pm India’s Importance for Developing Asia: Trade and Investment Relations Chair: Navrekha Sharma, Former Ambassador, Govt. of India Malini Chakravarty, “Developing Asia and India: Pattern, Extent and Nature of Integration”, IDEAs Discussant: Surajit Majumdar, ISID Special Address by Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Andi Muhammad Ghalib, Ambassador of Indonesia in India

November 6, 2009 Conference Room-II

10.00 am – 11.00 am Asian Experience of Integration through Trade, Aid and Investment: South Asia Chair: Jayati Ghosh, JNU Rashmi Banga, UNCTAD Shahid Ahmed, JMI I.N. Mukherji, RIS

11.00 - 11.30 am Tea break

11.30 am - 1.00 pm Asian Experience of Integration through Trade, Aid and Investment: South-East Asia Chair: Muchkund Dubey, Council for Social Development Hendri Saparini, “Recent Development of ASEAN's Relationship with China and India”, ECONIT, Indonesia Suthiphand Chirativat, "Challenges to Asian Regionalism: An ASEAN Perspective", Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Discussant: Parthapratim Pal, IIM (Kolkata)

1.00 - 2.00 pm Lunch

2.00 pm – 3.30 pm “Future Regional Integration: Possible Trajectories-I” Chair: Abhijit Sen, Planning Commission Hari Roka, Member of Constituent Assembly, Nepal Chenfeng Di, “Economic cooperation between China and other developing countries”, Beijing Normal University, China Kejpiroon Kohsuwan, “Future Regional Integration: Possible Trajectories-Thailand’s Perspective”, Thailand Discussant: Satyaki Roy, ISID

3.30 – 4.00 pm Tea break

4.00 pm – 5.15 pm “Future Regional Integration: Possible Trajectories –II” Chair: L.K. Ponappa, RIS Ram Upendra Das, “Conceptual and Policy Issues relating to Regional Economic Integration”, RIS Dionisius A. Narjoko, “The East Asian Production Networks and Regional Economic Integration: Main Challenges Ahead”, ERIA, Indonesia

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