2011.12.14

(Wednesday) 

09.00—10.30

10.30—11.00

Plenary Session:

Rethinking Global South Security

Moderator: Prof. Tani Barlow (Rice University, USA)

(15 minutes for each speaker)

(1) Prof. Li Anshan (Peking University)

Title: Transformation in African Politics and its Implications

(2) Prof Margo Okazawa-Rey (Fielding Graduate University, USA)

Title: Militarism, Conflict and Women’s Activism: Challenges and Prospects for Women in Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone

(3) Mr. Mamdouh Habashi (Arab-African Research Center)

Title: Arab Spring: The Dawn of Democracy or Decline of the Geopolitical Order in the Arab World?

(4) Prof. Paulo Nakatani (Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil)

Title: Brazil-US and Regional Reconfiguration in Latin America

(5) Dr. Hung Ho-fung (John Hopkins University, USA)

Title: New Setting in Asian Geopolitics

Questions and Discussion (15 minutes)

Coffee Break

11.00—11.30

11.30—12.30

Plenary Session:

Sovereignty, Security and Solidarity for Sustainability

Presentations by Group of Moderators and Rapporteurs on themes suggested for working groups

Group Discussions

Working groups on Meeting Challenges and Promoting Alternatives for Sustainability and Solidarity

12.30—14.00 

Lunch

14.00—15.30

Plenary Session

Moderators: Dr Hui Po-keung (Lingnan University)

Prof Margo Okazawa-Rey (Fielding Graduate University, USA)

Reporting of recommendations from working groups, and discussion of a Statement of the South on Sustainability

15.30—16.00

Coffee Break

16.00—16.45

Looking Ahead and Moving on

Moderator: Dr. Lau Kin-chi (Lingnan University)

Speakers:

Prof. Muto Ichiyo (People’s Plan Study Group, Japan)

Prof. Dai Jinhua (Peking University)

Prof. Wen Tiejun (Renmin University of China)

Closing Ceremony

Moderator: Dr. Li Siu-leung (Lingnan University)

Prof. William Lee (Lingnan University)

Prof. Wen Tiejun (Renmin University of China)

Mr. Christophe Bahuet, UNDP Country Director

Performances

17.45—18.45 

Dinner