Seminar
Details
Thailand has assumed the ASEAN Chairmanship in July 2008. Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), in collaboration with the Centre for European Studies at Chulalongkorn University (CES), would like to take this opportunity to contribute to strengthening of the ASEAN-EU relations. This seminar aims at addressing various issues regarding relations between ASEAN and the EU: the ASEAN Charter and the European Constitution, cooperation in the field of security and impacts of globalization on ASEAN and the EU. From this seminar, the KAS and the CES also hope to make a contribution towards finding solutions to common challenges between ASEAN and the EU.
Programm
09.30 – 09.45 hrs
Welcome Remarks by
- Dr. Canan Atilgan, Representative of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Thailand
- Asst. Prof. Dr. Charit Tingsabadh, Director of Centre for European Studies, Chulalongkorn University
Panel I: EU-ASEAN Relations - The State of Play
- Klaus-Jürgen Hedrich, former Secretary of State, Germany
- Mr. Manasvi Srisodapol, Deputy Director-General of Department of ASEAN Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand
- Chair: Dr. Pacharawalai Wongboonsin, CES Deputy Director for Research Affairs and Researcher of Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University
Panel II: EU-ASEAN Security Co-operation: Up to the Challenges?
- Asst. Prof. Surat Horachaikul, Department of International Relations, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University
- Mr Jean-Francois Cautain, Counsellor of Delegation of the European Commission to Thailand
- Dr. Tipparat Bubpasiri, Department of International Relations, Faculty of Political Science, Ramkhamhaeng University
- Chair: Lecturer 'Satin Soonthornpan', Department of International Relations, Faculty of Political Science, Ramkhamhaeng University
Panel III: Impacts of Globalization on EU and ASEAN
- H.E. Kasit Piromya, former Ambassador of Thailand to the Federal Republic of Germany, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand
- Mr. Karl-Heinz Heckhausen, Chairman of K.H.H. Consulting Co., Ltd. and former President and CEO of DymlerChrysler Thailand, Thailand
- Chair: Asst. Prof. Dr. Charit Tingsabadh, Director of Centre for European Studies, Chulalongkorn University
Conclusion by Klaus-Jürgen Hedrich, former Secretary of State, Germany