Programme

Day 1: 29 November 2006

Emerging Issues in Economic Relations Between South Asia and East Asia

8:30 - 9:00

Registration

9:00 - 9:20

Welcome Remarks

Session I

Linkages between South Asia and East Asia

9:20 - 9:25

Chairman: Khor Hoe Ee, MAS

9:25 - 9:45

1)	Economic Relations between South Asia and East Asia Pradumna B. Rana, ADB

9:45 - 10:05

2)	Alternative Scenarios for East Asia and South Asia Integration Ganeshan Wignaraja, ADB

10:05 -10:25

3)	Enhancing Infrastructure Linkages Between East and South Asia John Arnold, ADB Consultant

10:25 - 11:00

Question and Answer Session

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee Break

Session II

Micro-Level and Sub-Regional Dynamics of South and East Asian Integration

11:30 - 11:35

Chairman: Peter Wilson, SCAPE - NUS

11:35 - 11:55

4)	Electronics Value Chains in East Asia Shandre Mugan Thangavelu, SCAPE

11:55 - 12:15

5)	Healthcare System in South Asia: Opportunites for Regional Cooperation Maathai Mathiyazhagan, ISAS, and Alka Chadha, FASS, NUS

12:15 - 13:30

Lunch Break

13:30 - 13:50

6)	South Asia-East Asia Cooperation for Economic Development of India's Eastern Region Jayan Thomas, ISAS

13:50 - 14:25

Question and Answer Session

14:25 - 14:50

Coffee Break

Session III

Strategic and Policy Developments in South Asia-East Asia

14:50 - 14:55

Chairman: Pradumna B. Rana, ADB

14:55 - 15:15

7)	Strategic, Political, and Institutional Considerations for Inter-Regional Cooperation Tan See Seng, IDSS

15:15 - 15:35

8)	Designing East Asian FTA: Rationale and Feasibility Zhang Yunling, CASS

15:35 - 15:55

9)	India's Experience with Asian FTAs Rajiv Kumar, ICRIER

15:55 - 16:30

Question and Answer Session

16:30 - 16:45

Wrap Up

Day 2: 30 November 2006

Pan-Asian Integration: Views and Perspectives

Session IV

Approaches for Pan-Asian Economic Integration

9:00 - 9:10

Chairman: Ambassador K. Kesavapany, ISEAS

9:10 - 9:35

10)	Relevance and Approaches for a Broader Asian Community Nagesh Kumar, RIS

9:35 - 9:55

11)	Towards a Comprehensive Economic Partnership in East Asia: The Japanese Perspective Tetsuya Watanabe, Director, Office of East Asian Economic Integration and Development, METI, Japan

9:55 -10:15

12)	ASEAN's Role in fostering Pan-Asian Economic Integration Denis Hew, ISEAS

10:15 - 10:45

Question and Answer Session

10:45 - 11:15

Coffee Break

Session V

Panel Discussion on Regional Economic Cooperation in Asia: Agenda for the East Asia Summit

11:15 - 11:25

Moderator: Nagesh Kumar, RIS

Panelists

11:25 - 11:40

Mukul Asher, LKYSPP: Cooperation in Services in Asia

11:40 - 11:55

Sudhir Devare, ISEAS: Regional Cooperation for Energy Security

11:55 - 12:10

Tan See Seng, IDSS: A Strategic perspective

12:10 - 12:55

Question and Answer Session

12:55 - 13:00

Closing Remarks

13:00 - 14:00

Farewell Lunch