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10. 2007. Macao. Invitado Como Ex-Presid[...] *** PROGRAM SCHEDULE *** 24 SEPTEMBER 2007 (MONDAY) 14:30 ~ 18:00 Registration Pre-Function Space 25 SEPTEMBER 2007 (TUESDAY) OPENING CEREMONY 09:00 - 12:15 09:00 Registration Pre-Function Space 10:45 Guests to be seated Milan Hall 11:00 ~ 12:15 OPENING CEREMONY Milan Hall 11:00 ~ 12:15 Opening Speech by Mr. Edmund Ho Hau Wah, Chief Executive of Macau S.A.R. Speech by Dr. Estela Morales Campos, Chief Coordinator of FIEALC Speech by Dr. Riccardo Campa, President of FIEALC Speech by Dr. Gary Ngai, President of the Executive Board of MAPEAL, President of the Organizing Committee of XIII Congress of FIEALC Group Photo Lion Vivification Ceremony and Lion Dance Performance ECONOMIC FORUM (Supported by Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute) Main Theme: Regional Economic Cooperation Between Asia-Pacific and Latin America Sub-theme: Macau's Bridging Role 12:30 ~ 18:00 12:30 ~ 14:15 ECONOMIC FORUM AND LUNCHEON Florence Hall 12:15 ~ 12:30 Guests proceed to Florence Hall 12:35 ~ 12:45 Opening Speech by Mr. Tam Pak Yuen, Secretary for Economy and Finance of Macau S.A.R. 12:45 ~ 14:15 Luncheon hosted by Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) Program Schedule 1/47 14:15 ~ 16:20 ECONOMIC FORUM - PLENARY SESSION I Milan Hall 14:15 Guests proceed to Milan Hall 14:35 Speech and Discussion SESSION Chair: • Dr. Gary Ngai, President of Executive Board of MAPEAL, President of the Organizing Committee of the XIII Congress of FIEALC Speakers: • Dr. Luiz Henrique Proença Soares, Former President of the Institute for Economic Applied Research (IPEA) of the Brazilian Planning, Budget and Public Management Ministry • Mr. Christian Clay, Trade Commissioner, Embassy of Mexico, Beijing • Mr. Hernan Guiterrez, Commercial Attaché, Embassy of Chile in the Republic of Korea • Prof. Won-ho Kim, Director, Center for Regional Economic Studies of Korea Institute for International Economic Policy President of Latin American Studies Association of Korea (LASAK) • Prof. Neantro Saavedra-Rivano, Director, APEC Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Japan Commentators: • Mr. Raul Urteaga Trani, Economic Counselor, Ministry of Trade and Investment Affairs; Representative Office, Mexico’s Secretary of Economy, Embassy of Mexico, Tokyo, Japan • Mr. Riccardo Forrester, Consul General of Argentina, Hong Kong • Prof. Jiang Shi-xue, Professor and Deputy Director, Institute of Latin American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences 16:05 Questions and Answers 16:20 Coffee Break Program Schedule 2/47 16:35 ~ 18:00 ECONOMIC FORUM - PLENARY SESSION II Milan Hall 16:35 Speech and Discussion SESSION Chair: • Dr. Gary Ngai, President of Executive Board of MAPEAL, President of the Organizing Committee of XIII Congress of FIEALC Speakers: • Prof. Abdul Nafey, Director, Latin American Research Center, University of Jawahral Nehru, India • Prof. Zhang Xiao-jing, Director, Research Center of Macro-economics Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China • Prof. Chen Guang-han, Director, Research Center of Hong Kong and Macau Studies, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China • Prof. Shen Ding-li, Executive Dean of Institute of International Studies and Director of Center for American Studies of Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R.C. • Wang Cheng-an, Secretary General, Fórum para a Cooperação Económica e Comercial entre a China e os Países de Língua Portuguesa • Dr. Takeo Shikado, Representative (Asia), Inter-American Development Bank Commentators: • Mr. Raul Urteaga Trani, Economic Counselor, Ministry of Trade and Investment Affairs; Representative Office, Mexico’s Secretary of Economy, Embassy of Mexico, Tokyo, Japan • Mr. Riccardo Forrester, Consul General of Argentina, Hong Kong • Prof. Jiang Shi-xue, Professor and Deputy Director, Institute of Latin American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences 17:45 Questions and Answers 18:00 END Program Schedule 3/47 CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS (1) 14:35 ~ 16:05 25/9/2007 14:35 CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS Rm 9-10 SESSION 1-A1 Rm 9 Rural and Urban Issues Chair: Agustín Morales Speakers: Agustín Morales: "La cuestión agroalimentaria en Venezuela" Eloy Alves Filho: "Avaliando políticas públicas para redução da pobreza em áreas rurais do Brasil e de Portugal" Peixian Fu: "A complete land reform is critical to the healthy development of economy in Latin America" Ikunori Sumida / Hachiro Hagiwara: "Problemas urbanos e o papel da política no Brasil contemporáneo'' 16:20 Coffee Break 16:35 CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS Rm 9-10 SESSION 1-B1 Rm 9 Áreas Rurais: Políticas públicas para redução da pobreza em vigor no Brasil e em Portugal Chair: Eloy Alves Filho: "Reforma agrária: contribuições à promoção de um desenvolvimento rural integrado no Brasil e em Portugal" Speakers: Arlete Salcides: "Década da alfabetização no mundo: vantagens do alfabetismo na voz dos beneficiários de ações educativas no Brasil e em Portugal" Wenceslau Gonçalves Neto: "Sustentabilidade na agricultura familiar: que futuro podem esperar os jovens agricultores?" Important remarks: The participants included in this program are based on the information we received before the deadline of registration, namely those who have confirmed their attendance or paid. Those who have not confirmed might not be listed. If that is the case, and if you do come and don’t see your name on the list of presenters or discussants, please go to the reception counter for advice, in order to get a suitable place in the program. Program Schedule 4/47 SESSION 1-B2 Rm 10 Literature in Central America Chair: Cecilia Silva: "La palabra y la imaginacion en tiempos de violencia en América Latina words and imagination in times of violence in Latin America" Speakers: Linda Ledford Miller: "Literature as history: two views on the massacre of indigenous peoples in Guatemala" Jorge Roman-Lagunas: "La poesia centroamericana del siglo xx: una vision politica" 18:05 END Program Schedule 5/47 26 SEPTEMBER 2007 (WEDNESDAY) 08:30 Registration Pre-Function Space CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS (2) 09:30 ~ 13:00 09:00 ~ 10:30 CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS Rm 3 - 10 SESSION 2-A1 Rm 3 Modernización y cambio económico y político en México y el Este de Asia Chair: Alejandra Salas Porras: "Responsabilidad social empresarial entre los grupos mexicanos y coreanos" Speakers: Karla Valverde Viesca: "Quality of democracy and institutional change in Mexico" Alfonso Sanchez Mugica: "Relaciones periféricas: aproximaciones teóricas a las políticas exteriores de los países no potencias" Discussants: Enrique Gutierrez Marquez SESSION 2-A2 Rm 4 Impacto de la presencia China en el comercio internacional de la América Latina Chair: Luis Antonio Paulino: "O Brasil e os BRICS estudo comparado de estratégias de desenvolvimento e inserção competitiva na economia mundial". Speakers: Luiz Eduardo Simões Souza: "A desindustrialização na república Argentina e o comércio com a república popular da China" Danzhi Yang: "China’s peaceful rise and its implication to Latin-America" Ricardo Marcos Buzo de la Peña: "Hacia una nueva relación de China con América Latina" Program Schedule 6/47 SESSION 2-A3 Rm 5 Espacios de accion de la sociedad civil en Asia Pacifico: perspectivas desde Mexico Chair: Maria Elena Romero: "La sociedad civil japonesa y el proceso de reforma de estado" Speakers: Alfredo Romero Castilla: "De la lucha por la democratización a los movimientos autónomos en Corea del Sur" Emma Mendoza: "Participación ciudadana en los proyectos de energía alternativa en Japón" Susana Chacón Domínguez: "México y sus relaciones con apec" Discussant: Karla Valverde Viesca SESSION 2-A4 Rm 6 América latina en un mundo en transformación: nuevas tendencias y cambios estructurales en su inserción internacional Chair: Gilmar Masiero: "The sustainability of biofuels and ethanol as an alternative energy source: perspectives from Latin America and Asia" Speakers: Ruben de Hoyos: "Un nuevo tipo de relación internacional por regiones: la cuenca del rio perla (China), la cuenca del rio de la plata (sudamérica)" Victor Lopez / Renato Balderrama: "América Latina en el juego de los poderes mundiales. China, Japón y Estados Unidos. Segunda parte: “el caso de las relaciones México-China: de la amenaza a la oportunidad” SESSION 2-A5 Rm 7 Caribbean International Relations Chair: Lancelot Cowie Speakers: Mark Kirton: "China and the commonwealth caribbean in an era of global change: prospects and challenges" Debbie A. Mohammed: "Addressing the development deficit in caricom through the caribbean single market and economy (csme): critical issues for advancing the csme process” Solange Cross: "Contemporary caribbean diplomacy: reflections on the ‘new’ diplomacy of the twenty-first century" Program Schedule 7/47 SESSION 2-A6 Rm 8 International Development Models Chair: Jiang Shixue: "Three factors in sino-Latin American relations and their implication" Speakers: Ana Alves: "China in Latin America: benefits, risks and consequences" Yu Wan: "Probe into the problem of the choices of foreign trade strategies for the developing countries eliminating the immiserizing growth — the experiences of Latin- American countries and the enlightenment to China” Luis Tomé: "China’s rise and global political power: the cases of Latin America and Africa" SESSION 2-A7 Rm 9 Latin America and Asia Chair: Won-ho Kim Speakers: Ricardo Dathein: "An analysis on the necessity of development policies to Brazil, USA, and South Korea" Yang Li: "The importance of Mexico’s model and theory of development for China" Zhu Nai-xiao: "Comparative study on intellectual proprety right between
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