21st ASEAN Regional Forum Heads of Defense Universities/Colleges/Institutions Meeting (ARF HDUCIM) 17-21 September 2017; Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila, Manila Philippines
List of Confirmed Participants
As of 17 September 2017
Australia: Australian Defence College
1. Air Commodore Matt Hegarty- Commander, Department of Defence
Bangladesh: National Defence College
2. Lieutenant General Chowdhury Hasan Sarwardy– Commandant 3. Commodore Khondkar Misbah-Ul-Azim
Brunei: Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) Defence Academy
4. Colonel Saiful-Akhmar Haji Mohammad Shariff - Commandant 5. Lieutenant Colonel (U) Haji Mohammad Albadii Shahnoel bin Haji Mohammad Noeh - Lead Directing Staff, Command and Staff College
Cambodia: National Defense University
6. Major General Mony Var 7. Brigadier General Daravichet Ung
Canada: Canadian Forces College
8. Brigadier General Kevin R. Cotten, OMM, CD -Commandant 9. Dr. Paul Mitchell - Director of Academics
China: National Defense University
10. Lieutenant General Tianliang Xiao–Vice President 11. Senior Colonel Qiyu Xu - Professor 12. Lieutenant Colonel Xiaotian Zhang – Professor 13. Lieutenant Colonel Chi Zhang – Professor 14. Lieutenant Colonel Wenpeng Tao – Professor 15. Lieutenant Colonel Jiagui Liu– Staff 16. Senior Colonel Xianyun Wang - Defense and Armed Forces Attaché, Chinese Embassy in the Philippines 17. Captain Xudong Dou – Secretary to the Defense and Armed Forces Attaché, Chinese Embassy in the Philippines
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Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Kim IL Sung Military University
18. Major General Yong Guk Jon – Vice President, Kim IL Sung Military University 19. Brigadier General Tong Gun Sin–Senior Research Fellowman, Department of External Affairs, Ministry of People’s Armed Forces 20. Major In Chol Ri – Staff Officer, Department of External Affairs, Ministry of People’s Armed Forces
European Union: European Security and Defence College
21. Mr Dirk Dubois - Head
India: National Defence College
22. Lieutenant General Yenduru Venkata Krishna Mohan –Commandant 23. Mr Amitabh Ranjan Sinha – Director, Ministry of Defence
Indonesia: Indonesian Defense University
24. Lieutenant General Dr. I Wayan Midhio, M. Phil – Director 25. Colonel Afrizal Hendra 26. Professor Dadang Gunawan 27. Mr Juniawan Priyono
Japan: National Institute for Defense Studies
28. Mr Tatsuo Yamamoto– President 29. Mr Tomonori Yoshizaki - Director, Policy Simulation 30. Captain Shuetsu Sasaki JMSDF- Director, Education department 31. Mr Naoyuki Miyazawa- Senior Research Fellow, Education department 32. CaptainTakuya Shimodaira JMSDF- Research Fellow 33. ColonelTatsuya Tsuge JASDF 34. Lieutenant Colonel Johei Isaka - Staff, Education department 35. Mr Masayuki Masuda- Research Fellow 36. Mr Takaya Nishimura–Coordination Special Officer 37. Mr Yuji Maeda– Researcher 38. Colonel Kazunobu Akutsu – Defense Attache, Embassy of Japan in the Philippines
Lao PDR: Kaisone Phomvihane Academy of National Defence
39. Brigadier General Khamla Phanxayasouk - Chief in Charge of Political Commissar 40. Lieutenant Colonel Soubine Tho - Head of the Office of Kaisone Phomvihane Academy of National Defence
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41. Lieutenant Colonel Thonechanh Tongvongkham- Deputy Director of ASEAN Political and Security Division 42. Major Ammala Phongphaekham - Staff of ASEAN Political and Security Division
Myanmar: National Defence College
43. Brigadier General Win Lwin–Commandant, Military Institute of Nursing and Paramedical Science 44. Colonel Nay Myo Hlaing - National Defence College 45. Lieutenant Colonel Kyaw Thu Win– Office of the Chief of Armed Forces Training, Ministry of Defence
Pakistan: National Defense University
46. Lieutenant General Rizwan Akhtar- President 47. Air Commodore Aamir Bashir 48. Lieutenant Colonel Adnan Danish Khan- GSO – 1 (Research)
Philippines: National Defense College of the Philippines
49. Brigadier General Rolando G Jungco AFP (Ret)– Executive Vice President 50. Usec Gloria Jumamil Mercado- Undersecretary, Office of the Cabinet Secretary 51. Dr Theresita Atienza– Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs 52. Professor Charithie Joaquin –Chief, Academic Affairs Division 53. Mr Rostum Bautista, MNSA –Chief, Research and Special Studies Division
Republic of Korea: Korea National Defense University
54. Mr Byeongjo Kim – Acting President 55. Colonel Pyojae Lee - Director of International Cooperation Office 56. Major Youngjun Kim - Professor 57. Second Lieutenant Jun Yong Park - Interpretation Officer 58. Mr Seok Pyo Han – Senior Researcher 59. Mr Hongsik Kim - Researcher
Russia: Military Educational Scientific Centre of Ground Forces (Combined Arms Academy of Armed Forces of the Russian Federation)
60. Major General Sergei Pasichnik– Deputy Head, Military Educational Scientific Centre of Ground Forces
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61. Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Zhitenev–Interim Head, Academic and Methodological Department, Military Educational Scientific Centre of Ground Forces 62. Captain Stanislav Krutko–Deputy Head, First Department of the Second Directorate of the Linguistic Centre, Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
Singapore: Singapore Institute of Military Training
63. Colonel (Retired) Seng Hock Lim –Dean, Institute of Military Learning 64. Lieutenant Colonel Benhur Sebastian–Directing Staff, Goh Keng Swee Command and Staff College
Sri Lanka: General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
65. Rear Admiral Jagath Ranasinghe - Vice Chancellor
Thailand: National Defence Studies Institute
66. Lieutenant General Narain Siripubarn -Chief of Staff 67. Major General Apichat Chamart - Deputy Chief of Joint Staff 68. Group Captain Chaiya Okdaeng -Director of Publication and Information Technology Division 69. Major Voravee Pumklin -Secretary, Policy and Plans Division, Military Council Department
Timor Leste: Instituto de Defensa Nacional (Institute of National Defense)
70. Mr. Guilherme da Costa de Jesus Soares–Interim Director
United States: National Defense University
71. Rear Admiral Jeffrey Ruth –Commandant, Joint Forces Staff College 72. Mr Carleton Cramer - Dean, College of Security Studies, Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies 73. Lieutenant Commander Matthew Currid - Flag Aide, Joint Forces Staff College 74. Dr Cynthia Watson– Professor of Strategy, National War College
Vietnam: National Defense Academy of Vietnam
75. Lieutenant General Viet Khoa Tran -President 76. Senior Colonel Van Tai Vu -Deputy Head of Faculty of Strategies 77. Major Thanh Cong Do -External Relations Officer and Interpreter
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ASEAN Secretariat
78. Mr Paladin Ansharullah Saroso- Senior Officer, Analysis and Monitoring Division 79. Ms Airin Rachma - Technical Officer, Security Cooperation Division
21st ASEAN Regional Forum Heads of Defense Universities/Colleges/Institutions Meeting (ARF HDUCIM) 17-21 September 2017; Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila, Manila Philippines
List of Observers
Philippines
1. Undersecretary Vicente Agdamag – Deputy Director General for Operations, National Security Council 2. Lieutenant General Donato San Juan AFP – Superintendent, Philippine Military Academy 3. Major General Hermingildo Aquino AFP - Commander, AFP Education, Training, and Doctrine Command 4. Brigadier General Restituto Padilla AFP – Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans, J5, AFP 5. Police Chief Superintendent Randolph Delfin 6. Director Peter Paul Reuben Galvez – Director IV, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Plans and Programs, Department of National Defense 7. Brigadier General Archimedes Viaje AFP – Dean, Corps of Professors, AFP Command and General Staff College 8. Colonel Ferdinand Jose Rivera PROF – Professor, Corps of Professor, AFP Command and General Staff College 9. Dr Nolie Enem – Assistant Chief, Research, Doctrine, and Policy Division, J8, AFP
United States
Major Jeffrey Scaggs – Assistant Army Attaché, US Embassy
India
Captain Sachin Sequeira – Defense and Military Attaché, India
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