Program Schedule

Program Schedule – “Building the Common Good in Asia”, September 9-16

Venue: Yingjie Exchange Center of Peking University


DateActivities
2007/09/09Sunday
AM / PMArrival of Retreat Participants. Check-in Hotels
17:00 pmRegistration and Briefing Session
19:00 pmWelcoming Dinner
2007/09/10Monday
9:00 amOpening Ceremony
Welcome Address: Dr. Min WeifangChairman, University Council, Peking University
Welcome Address: Yohei SasakawaChairman, Nippon Foundation, Japan
Introductory Remarks: M Rajaretnam, Convenor, Building A Better Asia: Future Leaders’ Dialogue, and Director, Information and Resource Center, Singapore
Keynote Address:
Secretary – General Designate, ASEAN
“Vision and Leadership for the East Asian Community in the 21st Century”
Question & Answer
10:30 amTea Break
11:00 amSpecial Interactive Session with Dr Surin Pitsuwan
2:45 amLunch (Participants/Resource Persons/VIPs)
13:30 pmInteractive Session I: Human Security in Asia
Resource Person:Prof Amitav Acharya Professor of Global Governance,
Resource Person: Prof Amitav Acharya Professor of Global Governance,
Director, Governance Research Centre, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
15:30 pmBreakout Sessions
19:00 pmDinner
2007/09/11Tuesday
9:00 amInteractive Session II: Media and the Common Good in Asia
Resource Person: Yuli Ismartono, Executive Editor, TEMPO, Indonesia
Breakout Sessions
12:30 pmLunch
14:00 pmInteractive Session III: Shared Prosperity and the Common Good in Asia
Resource Person: Dr Rajiv Kumar,
Chief Executive, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, (ICRIER), India
Breakout Sessions
19:00 pmDinner/Acrobatic Show
2007/09/12Wednesday
9:00 amInteractive Session IV: Sustainable Development and Public,Participation
Resource Person: Prof. Sachihiko Harashina, Dept of Social Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan.
Breakout Sessions
13:00 pmLunch
14:00 pmField Trip to Hancunhe Village
19:00 pmDinner
2007/09/13Thursday
9:00 amInteractive Session V: Globalization and Its Impact on the Common Good in Asia
Resource Person:,Prof Pang Eng Fong
Vice Provost for Academic Strategic Planning, and Dean, Lee Kong Chian School of Business Singapore Management University
Breakout Sessions
13:00 pmLunch
14:00 pmSession for Participants for Drafting of Report
17:00 pmSpecial Interactive Session with Mr. Takeju Ogata President, The Nippon Foundation
19:30 pmDinner
2007/09/14Friday
9:00 amInteractive Session VI: Common Security and the Common Good
Resource Person: Dr Wang Jisi, Dean, School of International Studies Peking University, Beijing
13:00 pmLunch
14:00 pmTour of the Great Wall of China
19:00 pmWorking Dinner to continue drafting process
2007/09/15Saturday
7:00 amWorking Breakfast to finalize draft of Communique
9:00 amGroup Presentations, Draft Communique, etc
11:30 amClosing Ceremony
Closing Speech:Shuichi Ono Executive Director, Nippon Foundation
Remarks by PKU
Remarks by Participants
Farewell Lunch
13:00End of Retreat
Free Afternoon/Evening
2007/09/16Sunday
Departure of participants

Also See: Programme | Biodata of Participants| Biodata of Resource persons|Biodata of Academic Committee membersSpeeches –Surin Pitsuwan, |Min Weifang,|M Rajaretnam|Communique