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ASEAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION FORUM 2017
“50 YEARS, AND BEYOND: FORGING AN INCLUSIVE ASEAN”
United Nations Conference Centre, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), Bangkok,
Thailand
14-15 September 2017
Tentative Programme
Convenors
Partners
Sponsors (to be confirmed)
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ASEAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION FORUM (AEIF) The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is 50 years old this year. That is a milestone for a loosely constructed regional organization, which five countries created at the height of the Cold War, to have come this far. Since then, its member countries have transformed ASEAN into a rule-based entity encompassing almost all the countries in Southeast Asia. Now, ASEAN is both the world’s seventh-largest market and third-largest labor force, and has been projected to become the fourth-largest economic bloc by 2030. Additionally, the group established the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) at the end of 2015 to create a single market and production base – facilitating even closer economic, political, social, and cultural cooperation. FORUM 2017 The AEC is a work-in-progress and will be for many years to come. A key challenge in the development of the AEC is how to promote and achieve equitable, inclusive and sustainable growth so that ASEAN remains relevant for the next 50 years. Forum 2017 tackles this challenge by looking at the following considerations:
Engaging COMMUNITY
Empowering WOMEN
Enabling YOUTH
Positioning BUSINESS
Connecting ASEAN PARTNERS
Embedding INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 4.0
Framing SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS Speakers and panellists are ASEAN and global leaders from community, academia, government and business committed to a successful AEC that benefits all ASEAN. INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE Join this UNIQUE event hosted by the United Nations ESCAP in Bangkok HQ.
Ø Academics and Researchers Ø Policy Makers and Regulators Ø Businesses and Industry Associations Ø Students
REGISTRATION AND FEE There are limited places for participants. So get in early. Registration is at http://www.ukm.my/aeif/. Fees for the 2 days are:
• Early Bird (before 31st July): US$ 200 • Participants: US$ 300 • Students: US$ 60
Learn – Contribute - Network ü Keynote Speeches ü Panel Sessions ü Exhibits ü Media Room
With a focus on ü RELEVANT RESEARCH
ü EFFECTIVE POLICIES
ü DYNAMIC BUSINESS
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Day 1: 14 September 2017 (Thursday) 0800-0900 Registration
0900-1000 WELCOMING AND KEYNOTE SPEECHES
1000-1015 Networking Break
1015-1145 ROUNDTABLE 1: EMPOWERING ASEAN WOMEN IN BUSINESS Possible considerations:
• Generally – needs, opportunities and challenges across AEC • Differences - frontier v emerging v developed countries • Strategies - local (urban v rural), national and regional levels • Actions – communities, governments, businesses, universities
1145-1300 ROUNDTABLE 2: ENABLING ASEAN YOUTH TO ACHIEVE THE AEC’S
POTENTIAL Possible considerations:
• Generally – needs, opportunities and challenges across AEC • Differences - frontier v emerging v developed countries • Strategies - local (urban v rural), national and regional levels • Actions – communities, governments, businesses, universities
1300-1400 Lunch
1400-1530 PARALLEL SESSION 1A: Working with ASEAN Partners on the AEC
Journey Possible considerations:
• Benefits and challenges of ASEAN partner ambitions and issues • Strategies to position ASEAN with global partner economies
1400-1530
PARALLEL SESSION 1B: Building Sustainability into the AEC Chair: ESCAP (tbc) Possible considerations:
• Connectivity needs, opportunities and challenges in ASEAN • Relevance of institutions, law and governance across the AEC
1530-1545 Networking Break
1545-1715 ROUNDTABLE 3: DEVELOPING INCLUSIVITY AND AEC CONNECTIVITY
THROUGH ASEAN OPEN SKY Possible considerations:
• Generally - needs, opportunities and challenges across AEC • Strategies to support single market and production base • Strategies to engage ASEAN partners • Actions required – government and business – at national and
regional levels
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Day 2: 15 September 2017 (Friday) 0900-1000 MINISTERIAL KEYNOTE ADDRESSES
1000-1015 Networking Break
1015-1130 ROUNDTABLE 4: IMPACT OF INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 4.0 ON ASEAN’S
FUTURE Possible considerations:
• Examples and benefits of new technologies combining the physical, digital and biological worlds
• Opportunities and challenges for community, government and business
• Strategies and actions to embed and manage ASEAN in IR4.0
1130-1300 ROUNDTABLE 5: POSITIONING ASEAN BUSINESS FOR AEC SUCCESS Part 1: Impact of the AEC on Doing Business Within ASEAN Possible considerations:
• Progress and what is working/not with the AEC • Impacts of AEC on intra-ASEAN trade and investment • Strategies to ‘open up’ the benefits of the AEC to MSMEs -
actions required by government, business and academia • Growth strategies for ASEAN MSMEs to access and realise
greater benefits from the AEC
1300-1400 Lunch 1400-1530 1530-1700
ROUNDTABLE 5: POSITIONING ASEAN BUSINESS FOR AEC SUCCESS (Continued) Part 2: Impact of the AEC on Doing Business With ASEAN Partners Possible considerations:
• Impacts of AEC on extra-ASEAN trade and investment • Strategies to build the benefits of the AEC through stronger
partnering with foreign businesses (MSMEs/larger MNCs) – actions required by government, business and academia
• Growth strategies for ASEAN MSMEs in partnering with foreign businesses that build greater benefits from the AEC
ROUNDTABLE 6: FRAMING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS AS ASEAN BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES Possible considerations:
• Progress and what is/not working in achieving ASEAN’s SDGs • Strategies to build the relevance of SDGs to the AEC and
ASEAN businesses – actions required by government, business and academia
• Growth strategies for ASEAN businesses including SDGs – a win-win outcome
1700-1730 CLOSING
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GUIDE TO SPEAKERS AND PANELLISTS Each Roundtable and Parallel Session consists of 1 keynote address and 3 panellist presentations – followed by open discussion with audience. Each address/presentation is a maximum of 10 minutes to allow for discussion. PowerPoint slideshows can be used, with a maximum of 6 slides. Speakers and panellists may be interviewed in the media room. These interviews will be conducted by the local media for event coverage, and by partners of the AEIF for post-Forum promotion of ASEAN, AEC and the AEIF through AEIF, convenor, partner and other promotional avenues. It will be assumed that those interviewed authorise the use of the interview material (verbal, written, video etc) for these purposes, unless otherwise advised.
GUIDE TO SPONSORS Suitable banners and promotional material can be displayed appropriately at the venue. There is a designated area at the forum for sponsors to set up exhibits.
CALL FOR PAPERS Papers will be published online as Proceedings of the AEIF 2017, and considered for publication in the peer-reviewed journal Southeast Asian Social Science Review. Papers are accepted as follows:
Abstract submission: 31 July 2017
Notification of accepted/rejected abstract: 5 August 2017
Full paper submission: 30 August 2017
CONTACTS REGISTRATION AND INQUIRIES For registration form - http://www.ukm.my/aeif/ For enquires - AEIF 2017 Secretariat at [email protected] CONVENORS
• Dr. Sufian Jusoh, The National University of Malaysia • Dr. Matthew J. Walton, University of Oxford • Dr. Joseph Francois, World Trade Institute • Dr. Mia Mikic, UNESCAP
EXECUTIVE PARTNERS
• Peter McKenna, Managing Director Venturenauts • Eleanor Mak, President Australia-ASEAN Business Council
