The “India-Japan-Taiwan Trialogue” Conference: Prospects for Democratic
Cooperation
/organized by the Taiwan Thinktank
Nov. 11, 2004
Arrival in Taipei
19:00-21:30 Welcome dinner hosted by Dr. Pochih Chen, Chairman of the Taiwan
Thinktank (The Westin Taipei, 3F, Yong-An Room)
Nov. 12, 2004
Conference
8:50-9:20
Registration (The Westin Taipei, B3, Yong-Fu Room)
9:20-9:30
Welcome address by Dr. Pochih Chen, Chairman of the Taiwan
Thinktank
9:30-9:50
Keynote speech by Shri George Fernandes, Former Indian Defense
Minister; Member of Lok Sabha (House of the People), India and
President of the Janata Dal (United) Party
9:50-10:10
Q&A
10:10-10:30 Coffee break
10:30-12:00 First Session: Economic and Trade Cooperation
Chair: Mr. Sheng-Cheng Hu, Chairman, Council for Economic Planning
and Development, Taiwan
Presenters:
Dr. Jagdish Shettigar, Economic Policy Advisor, BJP, India
Dr. Shyam Sunder, Professor of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Yale
School of Management
Dr. Masaru Yoshitomi, President, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and
Industry, Japan
Dr. Chenen Ko, Professor, Department of Accounting, National Taiwan
University/Vice Chairman, Taiwan Thinktank
12:00-12:10 Break (Participants Moving to Yong Chun Room)
12:10-13:20 Remarks by Mr. Shyi-Kun Yu, Premier, Executive Yuan, Taiwan
12:20-13:30 Luncheon (The Westin Taipei, B3, Yong-Chun Room)
13:30-15:00 Second Session: Scientific and Technological Cooperation
Chair: Dr. Ferng-Ching Lin, Minister without Portfolio, Executive Yuan,
Taiwan (Former Chairman of the Institute for Information Industry)
Presenters:
(Japanese presenter to be confirmed)
Dr. Y. S. Rajan, Principal Advisor of Confederation of Indian Industry, India
Prof. M. D. Nalapat, Professor of Geopolitics and UNESCO Peace Chair at
the Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India
Dr. Ting-An Wang, Executive Secretary of Science & Technology Advisory
Group, Executive Yuan, Taiwan
15:00-15:20 Coffee break
15:20-16:50 Third Session: Democratic Cooperation
Chair: (to be confirmed)
Presenters:
Ms. Jaya Jaitly, President of the Dastkari Haat Samiti/Former President of
Samata Socialist Party, India
Mr. Hideaki Kase, Chairman of the Japan-India Goodwill
Association/Author & Expert on International Politics and Diplomacy
Dr. I-Chung Lai, Director of Foreign Policy Studies, Taiwan Thinktank
18:30-20:30
Dinner hosted by Dr. Chia-Lung Lin, Minister of Government Information
Office, Taiwan (The Westin Taipei, 3F, Yong-An Room)
Nov. 13, 2004
8:00-9:00
Breakfast hosted by the Institute for Information Industry, Taiwan
(The Westin Taipei, 3F, Yong-Cheng Room)
9:30-12:00
Organized trip to the Hsinchu Science-Based Industrial Park
12:00-14:00
Luncheon with IT industry representatives
Afternoon
Private activities and departure