ICONAS Speech Summary – Dr. Ponciano S. Intal
Dr. Ponciano S. Intal, Jr. (Senior Economist, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East ASIA) Dr. Intal started his presentation on accelerating development and deepening economic integration by highlighting the fact that apart from China, ASEAN is the most successful region to reduce poverty and with the highest economic growth. ASEAN is also a growing […]
ICONAS Keynote Speech – Danny Lee
Danny Lee (Director of Community Development, ASEAN Secretariat) Mr. Danny Lee focuses his keynote speech on raising the issue of how transforming ASEAN into people centered organization still requires lots of efforts from many stakeholders. Two years ago, ASEAN Secretariat asked the question of “Where is ASEAN?” On a survey about ASEAN, 76% of the […]
ICONAS Speech Summary – Ass. Prof. Farish A. Noor
Associate Professor Farish A. Noor (Associate Professor at Rajaratnam School of International Studies) Prof. Farish A. Noor started the discussion by delivering question “Where is ASEAN?” to the audience of the seminar. The general answer would be “there” which is epistemology wrong answer. The question “Where is ASEAN” refers to the meaning of ASEAN in […]
ICONAS Speech Summary – Mr. Suthipand Chirathivat
Championing ASEAN Economic Community – Mr. Suthipand Chirathivat Mr. Suthipand focuses his discussion on the framework of championing ASEAN Economic Community by discussing it on four remarks: growing ASEAN economies and market integration, driving AEC through growing ASEAN market integration, managing AEC through sectoral and regional change by learning from Thailand’s experiences and the […]
ICONAS Speech Summary, Amb. I Gusti Agung Wesaka Puja
Championing ASEAN Political – Security Society: Opportunities and Challenge – Amb. I Gusti Agung Wesaka Puja Mr. I Gusti Agung Wesaka Puja started his presentation on the question of how many people in the room know about ASEAN Community. The answer to this question was that not many people in the seminar room actually know about […]