C E R I S

Centre européen de recherches internationales et stratégiques

AMBASSADORIAL DEBATE ASIA

Saturday March 7, 2009

1 Rue Defacqz, 1050 Brussels

9.30 – 11.00 REGIONAL COOPERATION IN ASIA

Moderator: Mr David Fouquet (The Asia-Europe Project – Brussels)

Keynote speaker: H.E. Pisan Manawapat, Ambassador of Thailand

Members of the panel

H.E. Yuanyuan Zhang, Ambassador of China

H.E. Dato Hussein Haniff, Ambassador of Malaysia

H.E. Nadjib Riphat Kesoema, Ambassador of Indonesia

Baron Willem Van de Voorde, Head European Policy, Coordination Unit, Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ms Shada Islam, Director Asia Programme, European Policy Centre

Mr Nagayo Taniguchi, former Brussels bureau chief Mainichi Shimbun and Contributing writer to Japanese SENTAKU & SEKAI and to IWANAMI Collection

Q&A

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break

11.30 – 13.00 THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE CREDIT CRUNCH AND ASIAN VIEWS ON THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL ARCHITECTURE

Moderator: Mr David Fouquet

Keynote Speaker: H.E. J. Bhagwati, Ambassador of India

Members of the panel

H.E. Yuanyuan Zhang, Ambassador of China

H.E. Joon-Woo Park, Ambassador of Korea

H.E. Nobutake Odano, Ambassador of Japan

H.E. Anilqumar Nayar, Ambassador of Singapore

Dr Jing MEN, InBev Balliet-Latour Chair of Chinese Studies, College of Europe

Mr Ashutosh Sheshabalaya, India-Advisory

Q&A