One-Day Virtual Conference on Strategic Futures: Regional Maritime Security Complexes (Wester n Pacifi c Rim; Indian Ocean - Southern Ocean ; and the Arabian Sea Littoral ) Jointly organized by Indian Council of World Affairs and Centre for Public Policy Research, Kochi 18 August 2021 10:30 - 11:00 AM Inaugural Session Welcome Remarks Dr. D. Dhanuraj, Chairman, CPPR Inaugural Speech Mrs. Vijay Thakur Singh Director-General, Indian Council of World Affairs Keynote Speech Ambassador T.P. Sreenivasan Former Ambassador of India and Governor for India of the IAEA 11:00 - 12:00 PM Session 1: Western Pacific Rim Security Complex Chair Dr. Vijay Sakhuja Former Director, National Maritime Foundation; and Distinguished Fellow, CPPR Panelist Dr. Avinash Anil Godbole Associate Professor, International Relations and Assistant Dean, O.P. Jindal Global University Panelist Dr. Takeshi Daimon-Sato Professor, School of International Liberal Studies, Waseda University, Japan 1 www.cppr.in Panelist Dr. Pragya Pandey Research Fellow, ICWA 12:00 - 12:10 PM BREAK 12:10 - 01:10 PM Session 2: Western Indian Ocean - Southern Ocean Security Complex Chair Prof. Dr. W Lawrence S Prabhakar Author, Researcher & Professor, International Relations & Strategic Studies; Advisor, CPPR Panelist Dr. R. P. Pradhan Associate Professor, Dept.of Humanities & Social Science, BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus; and Distinguished Fellow, CPPR Panelist Dr. Shelly Johny Assistant Professor of Political Science, St. Aloysius College (University of Calicut); and Senior Fellow, CPPR Panelist Dr. Sankalp Gurjar Research Fellow, ICWA 01:10 - 01:45 PM BREAK 01:45 - 02:45 PM Session 3 - Arabian Sea Littoral Maritime Security Complex Chair Vice Admiral M. P. Muralidharan, AVSM & Bar, NM (Retd) Former Director-General, Indian Coast Guard; and Distinguished Fellow, CPPR Panelist Rear Admiral Krishna Swaminathan, AVSM, VSM Flag Officer Offshore Defence Advisory Group and Adviser, Offshore Security and Defence to the Govt of India Panelist Dr. Uma Purushothaman, Assistant Professor, Dept of International Relations and Politics, Central University of Kerala Panelist Dr. Vivek Mishra Research Fellow, ICWA Registration https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe9CGsusOLC11 Link LaQNF47YdMa9pu70ANM7NmlsMbkOyLwhFy4A/viewform 2 www.cppr.in.