East Asia and South Pacific in Regional Cooperation

Shanghai Institutes for International Studies

9-10 September 2009

Shanghai, China

Sept. 9 (Wednesday)
08:40 the participants leave Hengshan Hotel for SIIS
(Please bring the receipt, airticket, and passport for those their international travel expenses are covered by SIIS)
(SIIS arranges the transportation)
09:20-09:30 Registration at the venue

Venue: The Conference Room, 1st Floor, SIIS (195-15 Tianlin Road)

09:30-09:35 Opening Address: Prof. YANG Jiemian, President of SIIS

09:35-11:05 Session 1: East Asia regional cooperation and South Pacific

Chairperson: Prof. MA Ying
09:35-09:50 Presentation by Prof. ZHANG Yunling
09:50-10:05 Presentation by Dr. Anthony Bergin
10:05-10:20 Presentation by Amb. Tan Seng Chye
10:20-10:35 Presentation by Dr. Jian YANG

Free Discussion

11:05-11:15 Coffee Break

11:15-12:00 Session 2: The roles of Australia and New Zealand in East Asian regional cooperation (1)

Chairperson: Dr. Anthony Bergin
11:15-11:30 Presentation by Dr. Beth Greener
11:30-11:45 Presentation by Dr. Rod Lyon

Free Discussion

12:00-13:30 Lunch

13:30-14:15 Session 2: The roles of Australia and New Zealand in East Asian regional cooperation (2)

Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Ikrar Nusa Bhakti
13:30-13:45 Presentation by Mr. Robin Nair
13:45-14:00 Presentation by Prof. HAN Feng

Free Discussion

14:15-14:30 Coffee Break

14:30-16:30 Session 3: The relations between China and South Pacific countries

Chairperson: Amb. Tan Seng Chye
14:30-14:45 Presentation by Prof. Dr. Ikrar Nusa Bhakti
14:45-15:00 Presentation by Amb. Michael Powles
15:00-15:15 Presentation by Mr. Fergus Hanson
15:15-15:30 Presentation by Dr. Wood Salele
15:30-15:45 Presentation by Prof. MA Ying

Free Discussion

18:00-19:30 Dinner hosted by Prof. CHEN Dongxiao, Vice President of SIIS
at Hengshan Hotel

Sept. 10 (Thuesday)
08:50 the participants leave Hengshan Hotel for SIIS
(SIIS arranges the transportation)

09:30-10:30 Session 4: Suggestions and insights for the future process of East Asian regional cooperation (1)

Chairperson: Amb. Michael Powles
09:30-09:45 Presentation by Dr. Steven Ratuva
09:45-10:00 Presentation by Ms. Jenny Hayward-Jones

Free Discussion

10:30-10:45 Coffee Break

10:45-11:50 Session 4: Suggestions and insights for the future process of East Asian regional cooperation (2)

Chairperson: Prof. ZHAO Gancheng
10:45-11:00 Presentation by Prof. Carl Thayer
11:00-11:15 Presentation by Dr. David Capie

Free Discussion

11:50-12:00 Concluding Remarks: Prof. CHEN Dongxiao, Vice President of SIIS

12:00-13:00 Lunch (buffet at Hengshan Hotel)

14:00 Sightseeing (Yu Garden) for those departing on Sept. 11

18:30 Buffet at Hengshan Hotel

Sept. 11 (Friday)
Morning: Non-Shanghai participants depart


Participant List

Foreign Participants

Prof. Dr. Ikrar Nusa Bhakti
ResearchCenter for Politics
Indonesian Institute of Sciences (P2P-LIPI)

Dr. Anthony Bergin
Director of Research, Australian Strategic Policy Institute

Dr. David Capie
Senior Lecturer, International relations Department
VictoriaUniversity of Wellington, New Zealand

Dr. Beth Greener
Lecturer, International Relations Department
Massey University, New Zealand

Mr. Fergus Hanson
Research Fellow & Director of Annual Poll
The Lowy Institute for International Policy, Australia

Ms. Jenny Hayward-Jones
Program Director, Myer Foundation Melanesia Program
The Lowy Institute for International Policy, Australia

Dr. Rod Lyon
Program Director for Strategy and International, Australian Strategic Policy Institute

Mr. Robin Nair
Director, Centre for International and Regional Affairs, University of Fiji

Ambassador Michael Powles
Former New Zealand Ambassador to Beijing

Dr. Steven Ratuva
Senior Lecturer in Governance and Development
Faculty of Business and Economics
University of the South Pacific, FijiIslands

Dr. Wood Salele
Dean, Faculty of Business & Entrepreneurship
The NationalUniversity of Samoa

Ambassador Tan Seng Chye
Senior Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Professor Carlyle A. Thayer
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
UniversityCollege, University of New South Wales
AustralianDefenceForceAcademy

Dr. Jian YANG
Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Studies
University of Auckland, New Zealand

Chinese Participants

Prof. CHEN Dongxiao
Vice President, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS)

Prof. HAN Feng
Deputy Director, Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies
ChineseAcademy of Social Sciences

Prof. MA Ying
Director, Center of Asia-Pacific Studies, SIIS

Ms. PANG Qingjuan
Attaché, Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China

Amb. XU Shiguo
Former Chinese Ambassador to the Republic of Nauru

Mr. XUE Chen
Research Fellow, Center of American Studies, SIIS

Prof. YANG Jiemian
President, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies

Prof. ZHANG Yunling
Academy Member, Director of Division of International Studies
ChineseAcademy of Social Sciences

Prof. ZHAO Gancheng
Executive Director, Institute of International Strategic Studies, SIIS

Observers

Dr. Richard Grant
Director, Asia-New Zealand Foundation

Mr. Simon Gray
Student, Lecturer and Assistant Tutor, University of Waikato, New Zealand

Mr. Brian Lynch
Director, New Zealand Institute of International Affairs