Environmental Law Talks
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung / Faculty of Law, Chulalongkorn University
Environmental Law and Sustainable Economy:
Challenges of Climatic Change
Date:
Thursday 8 – Saturday 10 November 2012
Venue:
1) Faculty of Law, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok
2) Baan Amphawa Resort and Spa, Amphawa,
Samutsongkram
Organizations:
1) Faculty of Law, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
2) Rule-of-law Programme Asia of the Konrad Adenauer
Stiftung, Singapore
Thursday 8 November 2012
 Delegates Arrival at Suvarnabhumi Airport
 Transfer from the Airport to the Faculty of Law, Chulalongkorn
University, Phayathai Road, Bangkok
15.30 – 16.00
Registration
Refreshment Reception
16.00 – 16.40
Welcoming Ceremony and Warming up Session
16.10 – 16.30
Welcoming Remarks
By Prof. Dr. Sakda Thanitcul
Dean, Faculty of Law, Chulalongkorn University
Warming up Session
Topic: “Environmental Law and Sustainable Economy:
Challenges of Climatic Change”
 Mr. Marc Spitzkatz
Director, Rule of Law Programme Asia of KAS
 Dr. Natarika Wayuparb
Director of strategy office, Thailand Greenhouse Gas
Management Organization (Public Organization)
 Transfer from Bangkok to Amphawa, Samutsongkram (1.30 hr)
 Check in at Baan Amphawa Resort & Spa
 Welcoming Dinner
Friday 9 November 2012
06.00 – 08.00
Breakfast
08.00 – 08.20
Registration
08.20 – 09.30
Session I: Entry Point Session
Topic: “International and Regional Environmental Law and
Cooperation: River, Water, Flood and Drought
Management”
Session Chair: Mr. Marc Spitzkatz, Director, Rule of Law
Programme Asia of KAS
9.30 – 10.30
a) Foreign speakers:
 “ASEAN Legal Frameworks Relating to Disaster
Management and Emergency Response”
By Emeritus Professor KOH Kheng-Lian
Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore;
Director, Asia- Pacific Centre for Environmental Law
 “International Law, International Rivers and Climate
Change”
By Prof. Jörg Menzel
10.30 – 10.40
Break
10.40 – 11.40
b) Thai speakers:
 “Management for Water Resource, Climate Change and
Disaster for Sustainable Economy of Thailand”
By Associate Professor Dr. Sucharit Koontanakulvong
Water Engineer, Faculty of Engineer,
Chulalongkorn University
 “Environmental Management in Responding to
Climate Change and Disaster”
By Representative of Natural Resources and
Environmental Policy and Planning Office,
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
11.40 – 12.30
* Environmental Law Talk *
By All Participants
12.30 – 13.30
Lunch
13.30 – 14.00
Session II: Thailand and Laos PDR
Topic: “Experience with Mekong Management: Case of MRC”
Session Chair: Emeritus Professor KOH Kheng-Lian
a) Thai speaker:
 Mrs. Pakawan Chufamanee
Director, Division of Foreign Affair (MRC),
Water Resource Department, Ministry of Natural
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Resources and Environment
14.00 – 14.20
Break
14.20 – 15.50
Session III: Role of Civil Society: Factual Influence and
Legal Framework
Session Chair: Prof. Jörg Menzel
 Ms. Ormbun Thipsuna
Network of Community Organizations for Mekong
Basin
 Associate Professor Dr. Siriwan Silapacharanan
 “The Role of Civil Societies in the ASEAN
Environmental Context – Legal Framework: Focus on
Youths”
By Emeritus Professor KOH Kheng-Lian
Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore
15.50 – 16.30
* Environmental Law Talk *
By All Participants
16.30 – 18.30
Study Tour along the Klongs (canals) in the Ampawa area
18.30 – 19.30
Dinner
Saturday 10 November 2012
06.00 – 08.00
Breakfast
08.00 – 08.20
Registration
08.20 – 10.30
Session IV: Dispute Resolution Mechanisms: Necessity and
Design
Topic:
Session Chair: Assistance Professor Dr. Kanongnij
Sribuaiam, Faculty of Law, Chulalongkorn University
a) Foreign speakers:
 “Dispute resolution in the European Union”
By Dr. Wybe Douma
Senior Researcher, EU Law
b) Thai speakers:
 Judge Wachira Chobtang
Administrative Court
 Assistance Profssor Dr. Kanongnij Sribuaiam,
Faculty of Law, Chulalongkorn University
10.30 – 10.40
Break
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10.40 – 11.40
* Environmental Law Talk *
By All Participants
11.40 – 12.30
Wrap-up Session
12.30 - 13.30
Lunch
 Check out from the resort
 Transfer from Ampawa, Samutsongkram to Bangkok (1.30 hr)
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