Detailed Conference Schedule
PRE CONFERENCE DAY AT EAST-WEST CENTER (EWC)
HAWAI‘I IMIN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTER
(AT JEFFERSON HALL)
THURSDAY, JULY 1
12:00-4:30 pm
Early Registration Check-in
at EWC Hawai‘i Imin ­International Conference Center
(at Jefferson Hall) Lanai
CONFERENCE PANELS WILL BE HELD AT
HAWAI‘I CONVENTION CENTER (HCC)
FRIDAY, JULY 2
7:30 am
Bus pick-up at EWC and selected hotels
to Hawai‘i Convention Center (HCC)
7:30-10:30 am
Registration Check-in, outside Maui Room, 316A-C
7:30-9:00 am
Coffee Service provided
7:30-11:00 am
Computer Room open, room 319A
7:30-11:00 am
Secretariat Room open, room 319B
7:30-8:30 am
Open Meeting of EWC Board of Governors,
Ni‘ihau Room 312
8:45-9:00 am
Kenny Endo and Taiko Drums
to welcome conference participants
9:00-11:00 am
Opening Ceremony at HCC, Maui Room, 316A-C
MCs Lyn Flanigan and Ric Trimillos
Hawaiian Chant and Hula
performed by Michael Pili Pang and Halau Noe‘au
Welcoming Remarks
Message from President Barack Obama (invited)
The Honorable Mufi Hannemann, Mayor of Honolulu
Chair of EWC Board of Governors, Puongpun Sananikone
EWCA Report by EWCA President Lyn Flanigan
Roll Call by EWCA Chair Khaleda Rashid
Remarks by The Honorable Linda Lingle, State of Hawai‘i Governor
Address by East-West Center President Charles E. Morrison
EWC Video Celebrating 50th Anniversary
11:00 am
Buses leave for EWC
12:00-1:00 pm
Box lunch provided at EWC
1:00-4:30 pm
East-West Center Day on EWC campus
(see page 9 in the program booklet for detailed schedule)
4:30-6:00 pm
Reception at UH Kennedy Theatre
hosted by the University of Hawai‘i
6:00 pm
Optional 60s Reunion Gathering at Hale Halawai
6:00 pm
Bus pick-up at EWC to selected hotels
Free Evening
SATURDAY, JULY 3
7:30 am
Bus pick-up at EWC and selected hotels to HCC
7:30 am-12 noon Registration Check-in, outside Maui Room, 316A-C (after 12 noon registration in Secretariat
room 319B)
7:30-9:30 am
Coffee/refreshments
available for purchase at concession
8:00 am-7:00 pm Computer Room open, room 319A
8:00 am-7:00 pm Secretariat Room open, room 319B
8:00 am-7:00 pm Hospitality Room open, Oahu room, 313A-C
8:30-10:00 am
Plenary Panel:
20 Years of Climate Change Research
at the EWC and Cooperating Institutions:
Session 1
Maui Room, 316A-C
Chair/Moderator: TOUFIQ SIDDIQI and
NANCY LEWIS, Director, Research Program, East-West -Center, HI, USA
KIRK R. SMITH, Professor of Global Environmental Health, University of California, Berkeley,
CA, USA
“Co-benefits and National Responsibilities:
Current Status of Early EWC Contributions”
WU ZONGXIN, Professor and President, Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology,
Tsinghua University, China and DAVID STREETS, Senior Scientist, Argonne National
-Laboratory, IL, USA(Co-author: Toufiq Siddiqi, East-West Center)
“China’s Response Strategies for Global Climate Change – Follow-up to the ADB-SSTCTsinghua-EWC-Argonne Project”
KAZU TAKEMOTO, Vice-Minister, Ministry of the -Environment, Japan
“Japan’s Initiatives on Climate Change”
TOUFIQ SIDDIQI, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Research Program, East-West Center and President,
Global Environment and Energy in the 21st Century, HI, USA
“Asia’s Response to Climate Change — Phase 3”
10:00-10:30 am Coffee Break and Poster Session Presentation
in Hospitality Room, Oahu Room, 313 A-C
POSTER SESSION PRESENTATIONS
ASMA MAHMUD HASHMI, Associate Professor, Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture,
Karachi, Pakistan
“Art Education Through the Eyes of Students”
MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM, Pakistan
“If Resources Are Eroded, Population May Not Be Exploded”
YAHUI OLENIK, Professor, Montclair State University, NJ, USA
“Process and the Challenges of Spoken Chinese”
LE THI THU GIANG, Teacher, Disadvantaged Children School, Vietnam
“Folk Music: A Key to Some Social Issues”
VIRGIE CHATTERGY, Professor Emeritus, University of Hawai‘i, College of Education, HI,
USA
“Education of Filipinos – The Colonial Years:
Comparative Description of Spanish and American ­Educational Orientation”
NIKA NORDBROCK, Associate Professor, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, AZ, USA
“Cattle, Horses, Sky, and Grass Cowboy Poetry and Ranching Culture”
KRISH DUBEY, President, Dubey & Associates, HI, USA
“Frameworks in Teaching Management”
VASANTHI RANGANATHAN, Trustee, TREF Public Charitable Trust, India
“Partnerships in Education – Global Collaborations”
MEGUMI YOSHIDA, Visiting Fellow, Yale University Divinity School, Japan
“Toward Building a Peaceful Community in Asia Pacific: Through ‘Active Passivity and Deep
Activity
of Listening to’”
NORMAN GESCHWIND, HI, USA
“Origins of the East-West Center”
JIWNATH GHIMIRE, EWC Sustainability Task Force Co-chair & Student Affiliate, East-West
Center and WENDY MILES, EWC Sustainability Task Force Member & Degree Fellow, East-
West Center
“Greening EWC: Student and Staff Sustainability Initiatives”
10:30 am-12 noon
Room 317A
Concurrent Panel Sessions
Regions of Contestation and Collaboration – East and Southeast Asia
Chair/Moderator: PUSHPA THAMBIPILLAI
GAYE CHRISTOFFERSEN, Associate Professor, Soka -University of America, CA, USA
“Chinese Approaches to East Asian
Maritime and Energy Cooperation:
China’s Evolving Identity in Multilateral Regimes”
RAMY INOCENCIO, GIST Delegate, GIST2010 and Asia -Pacific Leadership Program Fellow,
East-West Center, CA, USA
“China-Taiwan Relations in 2049: A Generational Futures Study of Political and Economic
Cross-Strait Ties”
JOSHUA COOPER, GIST Delegate, GIST2010, HI, USA
“The ASEAN Inter-Governmental Commission
on Human Rights: The Final Regional Piece
in the Global Puzzle of Human Rights”
PUSHPA THAMBIPILLAI, Senior Lecturer, University of Brunei Darussalam, Brunei Darussalam
“Promoting the ASEAN Way:
Aiding or Hindering in ­Community Building?”
Room 317B
Leadership is Innovation:
The 21st Century Paradigm for Survival
Chair/Moderator: PAT LOUI, President, OmniTrak Group Inc., HI, USA
JIM CASTLE, Chairman, Castle Asia, PT Jasa Cita, Indonesia
RONNY ADHIKARYA, Managing Director, R-Adhikarya -International, CA, USA
SPENCER KIM, Chairman, CBOL Corporation, CA, USA
Room 318A
Health Care in Asia: The Local and Global
Chair/Moderator: PURNAWAN JUNADI
PURNAWAN JUNADI, Academic Professor, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia,
Indonesia
“A Smart Road to Health, Case of Indonesia”
GERALDINE PADILLA, Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, University of California, San
Francisco, CA, USA
“Philippine Policy and Newborn HBV Immunization”
DENNIS RICHMOND, Fellow, American College of Surgeons, CA, USA
“The ‘Americanization’ of Medical Tourism”
Room 318B
Community Responses to Climate Change: Session 1
Chair/Moderator: JEREMY WEBB
JEREMY WEBB, Member, EWCA Brisbane Chapter, Australia, and KAREN NUNAN, Member,
EWCA Brisbane Chapter, -Australia
“Brisbane: A Climate Change Ready City?”
SAROSH BANA, President, EWCA Mumbai Chapter, India
“Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change in Mumbai”
BRYAN BUSHLEY, PhD Candidate, University of Hawai‘i and Graduate Degree Fellow, East-
West Center, WA, USA
“Boon or Boondoggle: Can Nepal’s Forest-Dependent Communities Benefit from REDD?”
Room 321A
Social Network Analysis: Case Studies
Chair/Moderator: HUONG “HOLLY” PHAM
JESSICA GORDON, GIST Delegate/ Asia Pacific Leadership Program Fellow, East-West Center,
FL, USA; HUONG “HOLLY” PHAM, Asia Pacific Leadership Program Fellow, East-West
Center, Vietnam; and CAITLIN WYNDHAM, Asia Pacific Leadership Program Fellow, East-
West Center, Australia
“Social Network Analysis in Practice to Improve ­Development in Asia Pacific”
AMY QUON, Doctoral Student, UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies,
CA, USA
“Network Analysis of Development Collaborations in Haiti and Nepal”
Room 321B
Islands, Oceans, and Sustainability
Chair/Moderator: PAUL FAULSTICH
JOHN CUSICK, Assistant Specialist, Environmental Center, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, HI,
USA
“From Yakushima to Iriomote:
Outlier Islands of Japan to Ecotourism Hotspots”
PAUL FAULSTICH, Professor of Environmental Studies, Pitzer College, CA, USA
“Human Ecology Perspectives on Sustainability”
STEPHEN J. POLLARD, Principal Economist, Pacific Area Regional Department, Asian
Development Bank, Philippines
Room 327
Asian Economies in a Global Setting
Chair/Moderator: EPICTETUS E. PATALINGHUG
AKIYO IMAMURA, PhD Candidate, Graduate School of -Business Sciences, University of
Tsukuba, Japan and CINDY YOSHIKO SHIRATA, Professor, Graduate School of Business
Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan
“Relationship between Ownership and Substantial Growth of Japanese Companies”
SU YOUN KIM, Officer, ASEAN-Korea Centre, Korea
“ASEAN Economic Community and
Its Meaning for the Region”
EPICTETUS E. PATALINGHUG, Professor, University of the Philippines, Philippines
“Industrial Policy and Economic Recovery
in the 21st Century: Lessons for the Philippines”
Room 328
Education for an International Community
Chair/Moderator: SIEGFRIED RAMLER, Senior Adjunct -Fellow, East-West Center, HI, USA
WILADLAK CHUAWANLEE, Assistant Professor, Behavioral Science Research Institute,
Srinakharinwirot University, Thailand
“Program for Establishing Systems of Standards
for the Development Process of New Government ­Officials during the Work Trial Period”
MILONI GANDHI, Graduate School of Education and -Information Studies, University of
California, CA, USA
“Cultural Chameleons: Negotiating Multiple Identities in the Context of International Exchange”
JEONG TAIK LEE, Adjunct Professor, Global Business -Administration, Hankuk University of
Foreign Studies, and President, The APEC Studies Association of Korea, Korea
“Enhancing In-House Lifelong Learning Competency -Development Across Asia and the Pacific:
Culture-Communication Requirements”
SIEGFRIED RAMLER, Senior Adjunct Fellow, East-West -Center, HI, USA
“Globalizing Minds in the 21st Century”
Room 325B
Participatory Responses and Conflict Resolution
Chair/Moderator: MONEEZA HASHMI, General Manager -International Relations, Eye
Television Network Limited, Pakistan
ARVINDER S. BRARA, Chairman and Managing Director, Mantec Consultants (P) Ltd., India
“Reducing Conflict and Enhancing Cooperation through Effective Persuasion Skills (EPS)”
MONEEZA HASHMI, General Manager International -Relations, Eye Television Network
Limited, Pakistan,
“Can I Make a Difference?”
ANNE T. SWEETSER, Independent Consultant, MA, USA
“Applications of Participatory Methodology for ­Promoting Responsive Governance”
Room 316
The Arts as Outreach and Inreach
Chair/Moderator: FRED LAU, Professor of Ethnomusicology, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa,
HI, USA
CHRISTOPHER BLASDEL, Artistic Director, The International House of Japan, Inc., Japan
“Integrating Artists into Japan: The Japan-US Friendship Commission Creative Artists’ Program
and the International House of Japan”
MARGARET KING, Director, Center for Cultural Studies & Analysis, PA, USA
“The Global Reach Cultural Community –
The Connected Museum”
RILEY LEE, Director, Sound of Bamboo, Australia
“The Shakuhachi Community:
From Localised Factions to International Fraternity”
DIANE WATANABE, Founder and Vice President, Institute of Learning, Cognition, the Arts and
the Brain, CA, USA
“Lifetime Payoffs: Positive Effects of the Arts
on Human Brain Development”
12:00-2:00 pm
Luncheon (Awards Ceremony),
Kalakaua Ballroom A-B (4th flr)
2:00-3:30 pm
Plenary Panel:
Higher Education in the Great Recession: Challenges and Opportunities
Maui Room, 316A-C
Chair/Moderator: TERANCE BIGALKE, Director, Education Program, East-West Center, HI,
USA
JOHN HAWKINS, Professor Emeritus, Comparative and -International Education, UCLA, and
EWC Senior Consultant on Education, CA, USA
“Swimming Against the Tide of Recession:
Emerging Trends Chinese Higher Education”
M.R.C. GREENWOOD, Member, EWC Board of Governors (ex-officio) and President of the
University of Hawai‘i ­System, HI, USA
“University of Hawai‘i in the 21st Century:
Opportunities in the Asia-Pacific Region”
KAZUHIKO TAKEUCHI, Vice Rector, United Nations -University, Japan
“Challenges and Opportunities in
Higher Education in the Current Economic Environment, with an Emphasis on Japan”
MICHAEL YOUNG, Member, EWC Board of Governors and President of The University of
Utah, USA
“Economic Development and the Knowledge Economy: The Transformation of Higher Education
in the 21st Century”
3:30-4:00 pm
Coffee Break and Poster Session
in Hospitality Room, Oahu room, 313A-C
4:00-5:30 pm
Concurrent Program Panels
Room 317A
The Multiplier Effect:
Opportunities and Challenges
for Women in the Asia Pacific Region
Chair/Moderator: AMANDA ELLIS, Lead Specialist Gender and Development, World Bank, DC,
USA
ARFA ZEHRA, Chairperson, Pakistan Commission on Women and Professor, FCC University,
Pakistan
“NGO Perspective in Pakistan: Grass Roots Mobilization, and the Role of Women in Society”
DELIA RODRIGUEZ-AMAYA, Professor, University of -Campinas, Brazil
JESSICA EAR, Associate Professor, Internship Program Manager, College of Security Studies,
Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies, HI, USA
KALPANA SANKAR, CEO, Hand in Hand, India
KIRPAL SINGH, Director, Wee Wee Kim Center, Singapore University, Singapore
“WOMEN WINNING: Some Cautions”
Room 317B
Health and Aging in Asia and the U.S.
Chair/Moderator: VIRGINIA HINSHAW, Chancellor, -University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, HI, USA
PATRICK G. COOLEN, Director, South Sound Care -Connection/Supportive Services, WA, USA
“Aging, Alzheimer’s, and Assistance;
Impacts on Care, Costs and Communities”
LIVIA ISKANDAR, International Director, East-West Center and Degree Fellow, PULIH
Foundation, Indonesia
“Establishing a Service Delivery Organization
for Social Change: Case Study of PULIH Indonesia”
WILLIAM LONG, Professor and Chair, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia
Institute of Technology, GA, USA
“Explaining Transnational Cooperation and Governance in Infectious Disease Control in
Challenging Regions”
BRADLEY WILLCOX, Associate Director, Interdisciplinary Research on Aging, Pacific Health
Research Institute and Medical Director, Clinical Research, The Queen’s Medical Center, HI,
USA, and VICKI L. SHAMBAUGH, Director, -Research and Development, Pacific Health
Research -Institute, HI, USA
“Healthy Aging: Findings from Research
in the U.S. and Asia”
Room 318A
Toward a More Civil Society
Chair/Moderator: BROOKS ROBINSON, Economic Advisor, U.S. Pacific Command, HI, USA
JEAN LOUIS RALLU, Senior Researcher, INED, France
“The MDGs and Community Building
in Social and Development Issues”
BROOKS ROBINSON, Economic Advisor, U.S. Pacific -Command, HI, USA
“Terrorist Incidents and U.S. Foreign Assistance:
Preliminary Experiments with Causality Tests”
RICHARD E. SCHATZ, Professor of Economics, Whitworth University, WA, USA
“Education and Structural Transformation:
A Sarawak Malaysia Case Study”
Room 318B
Marine Protected Areas
Chair/Moderator: JENNY MILLER GARMENDIA
JENNY MILLER GARMENDIA, Director, Project AWARE -Foundation, CA, USA
“Ocean Governance and the
Social Construction of Ocean Space”
AILEEN P. MAYPA, Research Advisor, Coastal Conservation and Education Foundation and
East-West Center Degree Fellow, Philippines
“Local Governance Capacity Building Impacts
on Marine Protected Areas in the Philippines”
ALAN T. WHITE, Senior Scientist, The Nature Conservatory, HI, USA
“Implementation of Coral Triangle Initiative:
Focus on Marine Protected Areas”
Room 321A
20 Years of Climate Change Research
at the EWC and Cooperating Institutions: -Session 2
Chair/Moderator: WU ZONGXIN, Professor and President, Institute of Nuclear and New Energy
Technology, Tsinghua University, China and ROLAND FUCHS, Senior Fellow, -Research
Program, East-West Center, HI, USA
EILEEN SHEA, Director, NOAA IDEA Center, NC, USA
“Climate Services for Society:
Lessons from the Pacific Islands”
ALLEN CLARK, Senior Fellow, Research Program, East-West Center, HI, USA
“Climate Change and Urban Growth”
DAVID S. MCCAULEY, Principal Climate Change Specialist, Asian Development Bank,
Philippines
“Challenges to Development in ASEAN Countries from Climate Change”
ZHANG XILIANG, Professor and Deputy Director, Institute of Energy, Environment and
Economy, Tsinghua University, China
“Energy Technologies for Climate Change Mitigation
in China”
Room 321B
Leadership, Insiders and Outsiders
Chair/Moderator: TASHI GONGBU ZHAXI
LAN-HUNG NORA CHIANG, Professor, National Taiwan -University, Taiwan
“Don’t Cry for Me Argentina:
Taiwanese Migrants Returning Home”
WARIYA CHINWANNO, Dean, Mahidol University, Thailand
“The Development of the Ways to Promote and Support Research Ethics”
TASHI GONGBU ZHAXI, General Projects Manager; -Professor, Tibet Plateau Perspectives and
Agricultural -Collage of University of Tibet, China
“Evaluation of Namsaling Dekhi New Village”
Room 327
Advocacy and Quality of Life
Chair/Moderator: APRILANI SOEGIARTO, Advisor, Lipi, -Indonesia
SUSHILA SINGH, Treasurer, EWCA Nepal Chapter and -Professor, Padma Kanya Campus,
Tribhuvan University, Nepal
“Impact of Climate Change on Water Availability and Water Management in Nepal”
SHAN FENG, Professor, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, People’s Republic of
China
“Global Development: Focused Fixers or Paradigm Shifters”
G.B. AELRED FERNANDO, President, EWCA Sri Lanka -Chapter, Sri Lanka
“Meeting Energy Needs and Climate Change Awareness”
Room 328
Education:
Web and Face-to-Face Developments
Chair/Moderator: FRED ANDERSON, Professor of English Linguistics, Kansai University, Japan
YOSHIKAZU MURAKAMI, Professor (retired) and Lecturer, Ehime University, Japan
“Redesigning of Teaching and Learning
in Higher Education by Using the Internet”
JOSEPH PETERS, Professor, University of West Florida, FL, USA
“Using Web2.0 Tools to Support Online
Student Engagement for All Students”
JONATHAN STRAHL, GIST Delegate, GIST2010 and
Asia -Pacific -Leadership Program Fellow, East-West Center, OR, USA
“Using Cognitive Psychology to Inform
English Teaching Techniques in Indonesia”
Room 325B
Philosophy as Compassion in Action:
Building Schools for the Underprivileged
in India
Chair/Moderator: ASHOK MALHOTRA
ASHOK MALHOTRA, Distinguished Teaching Professor, SUNY at Oneonta, NY, USA
“History of the Ninash’s Literacy Project
from its Inception in 1996 to the Present”
DOUGLAS SHRADER, Distinguished Teaching Professor, SUNY at Oneonta, NY, USA
“Building Schools, Building Community,
Building the Future”
LINDA DRAKE, Director, Center for Social Responsibility
and Community, SUNY at Oneonta, NY, USA
“Social Impact”
Room 316
The Legacy of Ann Dunham Soetoro
Chair/Moderator: MAYA SOETORO-NG
MAYA SOETORO-NG, Education Specialist, Education -Program, East-West Center, HI, USA
“My Mother as Teacher, and its Impact on the Family”
TERANCE BIGALKE, Director, Education Program, East-West Center, HI, USA
“Ann, the Ford Foundation, and Indonesia
in the Early 1980s”
NANCY I. COOPER, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, HI,
USA and ALICE DEWEY, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, HI, USA
“The Dissertation of Ann Dunham Soetoro:
A Gift to Anthropology”
ANN HAWKINS, Independent Scholar, CA, USA
“The Field Methodologies and Mentorship
of Ann Dunham Soetoro”
BRONWEN SOLYOM, Librarian and Curator, Jean Charlot Collection, University of Hawai‘i at
Mānoa, HI USA
“The Notebooks and Field Notes of
Ann Dunham Soetoro”
7:15-9:00 pm
Welcome Reception Dinner
including Hawaiian ‘Auana (modern) Music Kalakaua Ballroom A-B (4th flr)
Award presentation to Senator Daniel K. Inouye by Lyn Flanigan and Khaleda Rashid
9:15 pm
Bus pick-up at HCC to EWC and selected hotels
SUNDAY, JULY 4
7:30 am
Bus pick-up at EWC and selected hotels to HCC
7:30-9:30 am
Coffee/refreshments
available for purchase at concession
8:00 am-5:30 pm Computer Room open, room 319A
8:00 am-5:30 pm Secretariat Room open, room 319B
Registration Check-in in Secretariat room 319B
8:00 am-5:30 pm Hospitality Room open, Oahu room, 313A-C
8:30-10:00 am
Plenary Panel:
Current Issues Facing the Asia Pacific Region
Maui Room, 316A-C
Chair/Moderator: CHARLES E. MORRISON
CHARLES E. MORRISON, President, East-West Center, HI, USA
NANCY LEWIS, Director, Research Program, East-West -Center, HI, USA
TERANCE BIGALKE, Director, Education Program,
East-West Center, HI, USA
RAYMOND BURGHARDT, Director, Seminar Program,
East-West Center, HI, USA
SITIVENI HALAPUA, Director, Pacific Islands Development Program, East-West Center, HI,
USA
SATU LEMAYE, Director, East-West Center in Washington, DC, USA
10:00-10:30 am Coffee Break and Poster Session
in Hospitality Room, Oahu room, 313A-C
10:30 am-12 noon
Room 317A
Concurrent Program Panels
Demonstration Session
Demonstration (with audience participation) by
HOANG-TAM HILTON, MD,USA
“Global Peace, Harmony and Healing
through Integral Taichi”
Room 317B
The East-West Center:
A Half Century of Legacy I
Chair/Moderator: D.E. PERUSHEK
VERNER BICKLEY, Chairman, English-Speaking Union Hong Kong, China
“Culture Learning 1972 to 1981. Seed Time or Harvest?”
CHEN-CHING LI, Professor, Shih Hsin University, Taiwan
“Human Capacity Empowerment in the 21st Century:
The Legacy of East-West Center”
D.E. PERUSHEK, Associate Director, Center for Chinese Studies, University of Hawai‘i at
Mānoa, HI, USA
“Evaluating the Ephemeral:
The Effectiveness of the 1960s TIP and JYP Programs”
Room 318A
Diverse Strategies of Leadership
Chair/Moderator: DANIEL BERMAN, HI, USA
CHUNG-YING CHENG, Professor, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, HI, USA
“Confucian Political Leadership:
Classical and Contemporary from both
Historical and Philosophical Points of View”
STEPHEN CHUN, Managing Director, Lean Consulting -Associates LLC, CA, USA
“Toyota Heart, Toyota Strength, Toyota Leadership”
KEIKO YAMAZATO, Professor, Okinawa Christian University, Japan
“A Way to Help Ordinary College Students
toward Leadership”
Room 318B
Reflection on Quality of Life
Chair/Moderator: VICTOR KOBAYASHI
MARA MILLER, HI, USA
“Environmental Stewardship, Diasporic Communities, and Recovering from Disasters:
How China’s ‘New National Garden Cities’ (NNGCs)
and Traditional Chinese Gardens Interact Globally for 21st Century Healing”
KIYOSHI NAKACHI, Professor, Meio University Japan, -Okinawa, Japan
“Assignments for Okinawa and Hawai‘i for Building
Good Asia Pacific Communities in the Global Era”
ANEES SHEIKH, Professor, Marquette University, WI, USA
“Reasons for Living: Where the East and the West Meet”
VICTOR KOBAYASHI, Professor Emeritus, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, HI, USA
“Thinking Ecologically: Reducing World Conflict
and Environmental Disaster at the Personal Level”
Room 321A
National Responses to Climate Change
Chair/Moderator: MANUEL F. MONTES
DOUGLAS A. CODIGA, Attorney, Schlack Ito Lockwood Piper & Elkind, HI, USA
“Hawai‘i Climate Change and Clean Energy Law and Policy”
CURT HAMAKAWA, Assistant Professor, Western New -England College, MA, USA
“Reliable Categories of Environmental Policies”
BERNHARD MAY, Secretary General, Trilateral Commission, Germany
“Global Challenges and National Responsibilities:
Energy Security and Global Warming as a
Complex Challenge for Pacific Asia and the World –
A European Perspective”
MANUEL F. MONTES, Chief, Development Strategies and Policy Analysis, United Nations, NY,
USA
“Financing Options and Conundrums in
Combating Climate Change”
Room 321B
Governance Issues:
Corruption, Identity and Intervention
Chair/Moderator: BRENDAN HOWE
BRENDAN HOWE, Associate Director, Institute Development and Human Security, Ewha
Womans University, Korea
“Good Asian Governance:
Freedom from Fear and Freedom from Want?”
ALVIN CHENG-HIN LIM, Teaching Assistant, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, HI, USA
“Khmerness as Event”
REGINA ORDONEZ, President, Quantum Learning Institute, Philippines
“Governance: The Bad, the Good and the Ugly”
Room 327
Why Asian and International Studies -Matter in the 21st Century
Chair/Moderator: ELIZABETH BUCK, Senior Education -Fellow, Asian Studies Development
Program, East-West Center, HI, USA
CAROLE COWAN, President, Middlesex Community College, MA, USA
EDWARD SHULTZ, Dean, School of Asian and Pacific -Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa,
HI, USA
PETER HERSHOCK, Coordinator, Asian Studies -Development Program, East-West Center, HI,
USA
LEON RICHARDS, Chancellor, University of Hawai‘i, ­Kapiolani Community College, HI, USA
Room 328
New Perspectives: Revisiting the Familiar
Chair/Moderator: JEFFREY DIPPMANN
JOHN CHARLES, Director, Renaissance Advisers Limited, United Kingdom
“Inventing the Pacific: 1978 and All That”
JEFFREY DIPPMANN, Associate Professor, Central -Washington University, WA, USA
“Individual, Community, Cosmos:
Re-envisioning Human Rights from Daoist Perspective”
STEPHEN LAUMAKIS, Professor, University of St. Thomas, MN, USA
“Is There a Christian/Catholic Contribution
to ‘Contemplative Science’?”
SALEEM AHMED, President, Moving Pen Publishers, Inc., HI, USA
“Making Religion Part of the Solution”
Room 325B
The EWC Arts Program:
A Multi-Media Presentation
Chair/Moderator: BILL FELTZ
BILL FELTZ, Coordinator, Arts Program, East-West Center, HI, USA
MICHAEL SCHUSTER, Curator, Arts Program, East-West Center, HI, USA
ERIC CHANG, Outreach Assistant, Arts Program, East-West Center, HI, USA
Room 316
The Political Economy of Corruption, Poverty, Alleviation, and Policy Reform
Chair/Moderator: JAMES ROUMASSET, Professor, -Department of Economics, University of
Hawai‘i at Mānoa, HI, USA
BRUCE V. TOLENTINO, Director for Economic Reform and Development Program, Asia
Foundation, CA, USA
“Political Economy Approaches
to Economic Reform in Practice”
SIRILAKSANA KHOMAN, Senior Advisor, National -
Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), Thailand
“Corruption and Network Relationships:
Governance Challenges for Thailand”
ARSENIO M. BALISACAN, Professor, School of Economics, University of Philippines,
Philippines
“The Philippine Economy during the
Recent Global Food and Financial Crises:
Lessons for Governance and Poverty Reduction”
SUTHAD SETBOONSARNG, Thailand Trade Representative, Government House, Office of
Thailand Trade Representative, Thailand
“Political Economy of Trade Policy Reform”
SHANKAR SHARMA, Nepalese Ambassador to the US, -Embassy of Nepal, Nepal
“Political Economy of Nepal’s Constitutional Reforms”
12:00-2:00 pm
Lunch on your own (concessions available for purchases)
Chat Sessions
2:00-3:30 pm
Plenary Panel:
Assessing Obama’s Foreign Policy:
Any Asia Pacific Change?
Maui Room, 316A-C
Chair/Moderator: RAYMOND BURGHARDT, Director, -Seminars Program, East-West Center,
HI, USA
MICHAEL GREEN, Associate Professor of International -Relations, Georgetown University
School of Foreign Service and Senior Advisor and Japan Chair, CSIS
VICTOR CHA, Senior Adviser and Korea Chair, CSIS; -Director of Asian Studies, Georgetown
University and -Former Director of Asian Affairs, National Security Council, Georgetown
University, USA
CLYDE PRESTOWITZ, President, Economic Strategy -Institute, DC, USA
3:30-4:00 pm
Coffee Break and Poster Session
in Hospitality Room, Oahu room, 313A-C
4:00-5:30 pm
Concurrent Program Panels
Room 317A
Providing International Higher Education
at the EWC for Underserved Groups
Chair/Moderator: KIM SMALL
KIM SMALL, Scholarship Program Specialist, Education Program, East-West Center, HI, USA
MATTANA PONGMAI, Ford Foundation IFP Degree Fellow, Education Program, East-West
Center, HI, USA
MA. FELICIA FLORES, Ford Foundation IFP Degree Fellow, Education Program, East-West
Center, HI, USA
EUGENE VRICELLA, Scholarship Program Coordinator, -Education Program, East-West Center,
HI, USA
JOSEPH LAWRENCE BRIDER, U.S.–South Pacific -Scholarship Program Degree Fellow,
Education Program, East-West Center, HI, USA
PALMIRA GONÇALVES ARAÚJO VILANOVA, U.S.–Timor-Leste Scholarship Program Degree
Fellow, Education -Program, East-West Center, HI, USA
Room 317B
The East-West Center:
A Half Century of Legacy II
Chair/Moderator: WILLIAM RICHTER, Professor Emeritus, Kansas State University, KS, USA
KAZUYUKI MATSUMOTO, Retired, Japan
“EWC 1969 ISI Where Have All the Flowers Gone?”
MICHAEL MOLLOY, HI, USA
“Experiencing Diversity at the EWC:
Some Results and a Question”
ESTRELLA BESINGA SYBINSKY, Retired Professor, Sonoma State & Chair, Program
Committee, EWCA, Capital Region Chapter, MD, USA and PETER ANDREW SYBINSKY, Chief
of Staff, Public Health Services, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, State of Maryland,
MD, USA
“Cross-Cultural Storytelling:
The Lighter Side of the East-West Center:
Learning Within Diverse Frameworks”
Room 318A
Preparing Participatory
& Social-Justice Oriented Citizens: -Perspectives from Asia-Pacific Societies
Chair/Moderator: DAVID GROSSMAN, Dean of Education, Chaminade University of Honolulu
and Adjunct Senior -Fellow, Education Program, East-West Center, HI, USA
YAN WING LEUNG, Associate Professor, Hong Kong -Institute of Education, Hong Kong
“Politically Active Citizens in an Apolitical System of Civic Education: The Case of Hong Kong”
SHIOWLAN DOONG, Associate Professor, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan
“Moral Indoctrination Versus Democratic Education:
The Rhetoric and the Practice of Taiwan’s
Citizenship Education”
JULIE HIGASHI, Professor, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
“The Emergence of Local Governments as
Promoters of Citizenship Education in Japan”
SOU-KUAN VONG, Research Centre Director, Associate -Professor, University of Macau, China,
“Moral and Civic Education – A Self and Governmental Technology Leading to a Harmonious
Macau Society”
GAY GARLAND REED, Professor, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, HI, USA
“Educating Socially Responsible Citizens:
A View from Hawai‘i”
Room 318B
Judiciary Agendas and the Rule of Law
Chair/Moderator: RICHARD WINTERS
SHUMEI HOU, Research Fellow, Griffith Asian Institute, -Griffith University, Australia and
RONALD C. KEITH, -Professor of China Studies, Griffith University, Australia
“The New Direction of the Chinese People’s
Supreme Court Leadership”
JON M. VAN DYKE, Professor, William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawai‘i at
Mānoa, HI, USA
“The Rule of Law and the Independent Judiciary
in the Pacific Islands”
RICHARD WINTERS, Remsen Professor of Government, Dartmouth College, NH, USA
“Political Corruption Across Nations:
What Can We Learn from Studies of the U.S. States?”
Room 321A
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Chair/Moderator: SENGODA GOUNDER RAJAMANI
SENGODA GOUNDER RAJAMANI, Secretary/Treasurer, EWCA Chennai Chapter, India
“Climate Change – Control of Green House Emissions from Liquid/Solid Wastes by Bio Energy
Generation
and Utilization”
EDWARD W. SCHWERIN, Professor, Florida Atlantic -University, FL, USA
“Environmental Policy and Green Public Procurement: China, Japan, and Korea”
AMADO TOLENTINO, Executive Governor for Developing Countries, International Council of
Environmental Law, Philippines
“The Need for an International Court of the Environment”
Room 321B
Re-thinking Identity Through Place
Chair/Moderator: LAWRENCE C. FOSTER, Professor,
William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, HI, USA
YUKARI AKAMINE, Lecturer, Okinawa Christian University, Japan
“Okinawa’s Challenges to Achieve the
Rights of Self-Determination in Education”
WIDYA WIDJAJANTI NOTOUTOMO, Architect, Urban & -Regional Planner, Indonesia
“Come and Dine with Us in Pacinan:
An Approach to Revitalize Interaction and ­Communication among Communities in Semarang”
HEATHER DIAMOND, Lecturer, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, HI, USA
“Museumizing the Miao:
Xijiang, China and the Dilemmas of Tourism”
RICH CARR, Associate Professor, University of Alaska, AK, USA
“Tiko, Nederends, and the Sea of Islands:
Epeli Hau‘ofa’s Visionary Oceanic Ideal”
Room 327
Recent Developments
in Population and Health in Asia
Chair/Moderator: ROBERT RETHERFORD, Coordinator, -Research Program, East-West Center,
HI, USA
ANDREW MASON, Senior Fellow, Research Program,
East-West Center, HI, USA
“Population Aging and the Generational Economy”
TIM BROWN, Senior Fellow, Research Program, East-West Center, HI, USA
“Evolving Prevention Needs for HIV in Asia”
MINJA KIM CHOE, Senior Fellow, Research Program,
East-West Center, HI, USA
“Sustained Below-Replacement Fertility
in Japan and South Korea”
JIAJIAN CHEN, Senior Fellow, Research Program, East-West Center, HI, USA
“Effects of Population Policy and Economic Development on Fertility in China”
Room 316
Performance Session
GARRETT KAM, Independent Arts Consultant and Dancer, USA and Indonesia
“Wayang Sampur-na: Epic Turning Points”
5:30-7:00 pm
Fourth of July Reception on HCC Rooftop Garden
(4th flr) featuring the Royal Hawaiian Band
7:15 pm
Bus pick-up at HCC to EWC and selected hotels
Open evening to watch firework displays
MONDAY, JULY 5
7:30 am
Bus pick-up at EWC and selected hotels to HCC
7:30-9:30 am
Coffee/refreshments
available for purchase at concession
8:00 am-4:00 pm Computer Room open, room 319A
8:00 am-4:00 pm Secretariat Room open, room 319B
Registration Check-in in Secretariat room 319B
8:00 am-4:00 pm Hospitality Room open, Oahu room, 313A-C
8:30-10:00 am
Plenary Panel:
Governance for Human Development: Emerging Issues in Asia and the Pacific
Maui Room, 316A-C
Chair/Moderator: G. SHABBIR CHEEMA, Senior Fellow, -Research Program, East-West Center
and Director, Asia-Pacific Governance and Democracy Initiative, HI, USA
LAWRENCE C. FOSTER, Professor, William S. Richardson School of Law, University of
Hawai‘i at Mānoa, HI, USA
“Rule of Law and Transparency: Translucent China”
SHOJI NISHIMOTO, Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University, JAPAN, and former Assistant
Secretary General of the United Nations
“Global Economic Governance and Economic Crisis”
BELINDA A. AQUINO, Professor, Political Science and Asian Studies and Director, Center for
Philippine Studies, ­University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, HI, USA
“Human Development:
Not Just Governance But Also Inclusion“
SITIVENI HALAPUA, Director, Pacific Islands Development Program, East-West Center, HI,
USA
“Indigenous Forms of Governance and Human Development: Examples from the Pacific Islands”
10:00-10:30 am Coffee Break and Poster Session
in Hospitality Room, Oahu room, 313A-C
10:30 am-12 noon
Room 317B
Concurrent Program Panels
Advancing Leadership through Research
Chair/Moderator: MELISSA FINUCANE, Senior Fellow,
East-West Center, HI, USA,
JEFFERSON FOX, Coordinator, Research Program,
East-West Center, HI, USA
NANCY LEWIS, Director, Research Program, East-West -Center, HI, USA
JIM SPENCER, Associate Professor, University of Hawai‘i, HI, USA
SUMEET SAKSENA, Fellow, Research Program, East-West Center, HI, USA
TRINH DINH THAU, Vice Dean, Hanoi University of -Agriculture (HUA), Vietnam
BRUCE WILCOX, Professor, University of Hawai‘i, Dept. ­Public Health, HI, USA
Room 318A
Cultural and National Imaging
in the Arts of the Pacific and Asia
Chair/Moderator: CHRISTOPHER BLASDEL, Artistic -Director, The International House of
Japan, Inc., Japan
TAKIORA INGRAM, HI, USA
“Cultural Development and Policy in the Pacific Islands: the Cook Islands Experience”
RICARDO D. TRIMILLOS, Chair and Professor, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, HI, USA
“Managing National Identity for the (Performing) Arts
in the Philippines”
FRED LAU, Professor of Ethnomusicology, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, HI, USA
“‘Under the Lion Rock’:
Joseph Koo and the Music of Colonial Hong Kong”
ANTHONY RAUCHE, Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology & Music Theory and Chair,
Humanities Department, Hillyer College, University of Hartford, CT, USA
“Encountering the Other:
Building an Audience for Korean Music”
Room 318B
Great Historical Moments for Asia
Chair/Moderator: J. KENNETH OLENIK
NOEL J. KENT, Professor, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, HI, USA
“Lyndon Johnson, the Great Society and the Vietnam War: Looking Back and Thinking about
History”
J. KENNETH OLENIK, Professor, Montclair State University, NJ, USA
“Time of Destiny: Wuhan during the Summer 1927”
PRABHAS SINHA, Director, Global India Foundation, India
“India’s Rise as a Global Leader:
Emerging Challenges, Risks, Benefits & Responsibilities”
Room 321A
Sea-level Rise and Climate Security
Chair/Moderator: ERIC J. FITCH
COSMIN CORENDEA, Doctor of Juridical Science Candidate, Golden Gate University School of
Law, FL, USA
“Human Security in Pacific:
The Climate Refugees of Sinking Islands”
LAURIE COZAD, Associate Professor, University of -Mississippi, MS, USA
“Hurricane Katrina: The Promise of Chaos”
ERIC J. FITCH, Associate Professor and Director, -Environmental Science Program, Marietta
College, OH, USA
“Climate Change, Sea Level Rise
& Environmental Diaspora”
E. NAGESWARA RAO, India
“For a Whiff of Fresh Air:
Efforts to Mitigate Pollution in Hyderabad”
Room 321B
Regional Viewpoints on Climate Change
Chair/Moderator: DAVID S. MCCAULEY, Principal Climate Change Specialist, Asian
Development Bank, Philippines
JEREMY WEBB, Member, EWCA Brisbane Chapter, Australia
“Two Billion Cars by 2030: Automotive Gridlock
in the Developing World: An Avoidance Strategy”
KHALEDA RASHID, Professor and Dean, Faculty of -Architecture and Planning, Bangladesh
University of -Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
“How Best Can Bangladesh’s Agriculture Sector
Navigate through Impacts of Climate Change?”
TERENCE H. HULL, Professor, Australian National -University, Australia
“Population Perspectives in the Development of Policies Addressing Climate Change”
Room 327
The Impact of Exploding Social Networks on Democracy
Chair/Moderator: DAVID LASSNER, Vice President, ­University of Hawai‘i, HI, USA
MEHEROO JUSSAWALLA, Affiliate Faculty in Economics and Communications and Senior
Fellow Emerita, East-West Center, HI, USA
CURTIS HO, Professor, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, HI, USA
JENIFER SUNRISE WINTER, Assistant Professor, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, HI, USA
MICHAEL ANDERSON, Counselor for Public Affairs, U.S. -Embassy, Jakarta, Indonesia
“The Case of Indonesia”
Room 328
A New Era of Reporting the “News”–
The Impact of New Media,
Traditional Media, Social Media
Chair/Moderator: KAREN KNUDSEN, Director, Office of -External -Affairs, East-West Center,
HI, USA
SAROSH BANA, Executive Editor, Business India, India
TED CLARK, Editor, Foreign News Desk, National Public Radio, Washington, D.C., USA
SUSAN KREIFELS, Media Programs Coordinator, East-West Center, HI, USA
WU FEI, Columnist, Hong Kong Takungpao and Nanfeng Weekend, Hong Kong
Room 325B
Cross Cultural Communication
in Times of Crisis
Chair/Moderator: PATRICIA LENAHAN
PATRICIA LENAHAN, Medical Consultant, Diversity Training Institute for Public Safety, CA,
USA
PRANY SANANIKONE, Director of Diversity Relations, -University of California, Irvine, CA,
USA
STEPHEN THOM, Conflict Resolution Consultant, Diversity Training Institute for Public Safety,
CA, USA
“Role of Conflict Resolution in Response to Crisis”
ALVIN BROWN, Consultant, Diversity Training Institute for Public Safety, CA, USA
“Managing Crime across Cultures:
Best Practices Applicable in the 21st Century”
12 noon-1:30 pm Lunch on your own (concessions available for purchases)
EWCA Business Meeting, Room 316
Chat Sessions
Room 328
Developing Curriculum on Climate Change for K -12 Teachers
Chat Session Leader: MAYA SOETORO-NG
1:30-3:00 pm
Concurrent Program Panels
Room 317A
When Strangers Meet
through Asia Pacific Films
Chair/Moderator: JEANNETTE PAULSON HERENIKO
JEANNETTE PAULSON HERENIKO, President, Asia Pacific Films.com, HI, USA
NOPAMAT “JAD” VEOHONG, Associate Professor, -Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
VILSONI HERENIKO, Director, Center for Pacific Island Studies, University of Hawai‘i, HI,
USA
Room 317B
Community Responses to Climate Change: Session 2
Chair/Moderator: JEREMY WEBB, Member, EWCA Brisbane Chapter, Australia
BARBARA BORNET STUMPH, Chapter Leader, EWCA -Northern California Chapter, CA, USA
and TERRY LEE STUMPH, Member, EWCA Northern California Chapter,
CA, USA
“Renewable Energy Development
in California and the United States”
BELLIAPPA MONAPPA PEMANDA, Chapter Leader, EWCA Chennai Chapter, India
“Climate Change Initiatives in the State of Tamil Nadu - India”
MARY-ANN KIM, Member, EWCA Ontario Chapter, Canada
“Canada’s Inuit: Some of the Impacts of,
and Responses to, Climate Change”
NIRENDRA MASKE, Chapter Leader, EWCA Kathmandu Chapter, Nepal
“Glacier Retreat and Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFS) in Nepal Himalayas”
Room 318A
2010: Today’s East-West Center
Student Fellows & Fellowships
Chair/Moderator: MARY HAMMOND
MARY HAMMOND, Dean, Education Program, East-West Center, HI, USA
MUDASSAR IQBAL, Master’s Student in Business ­Administration, Asian Development Bank -
Government of Japan Scholarship, Pakistan
NIKOLA-MARIA KOMAILEVUKA, Bachelor’s Degree Student in Business Administration, US -
South Pacific Scholarship Program, Fiji
ELIZABETH “CEDAR” LOUIS, Doctoral Student in Geography, East-West Center Graduate
Degree Fellowship, USA
XIAOFENG KANG, Doctoral Student in Geography,
East-West Center Graduate Degree Fellowship and EWCA Alumni Scholar Award, China
Room 318B
The Digital Divide: Bridges and Developments
Chair/Moderator: ANTHONY PENNINGS
KHAIRUDDIN AB. HAMID, Vice-Chancellor, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Chancellory Office,
Malaysia
“Promoting Community Engagement for Sustainable ICT Development”
KYOUNG-YONG, JEE, Vice President, ETRI, Korea
“A Successful Case Study of
Broadband Internet Diffusion in Korea”
KEVIN KAWAMOTO, Associate Professor, University of Hawai‘i, HI, USA
“Digital Communication and the Rise of the Global Civil Society”
ANTHONY PENNINGS, Faculty, New York University, NY, USA
“Digital Television and the Impact of Global E-Commerce and Social Media”
JAECHON PARK, Professor, Inha University, Korea
“Issues that Korean Internet Faces”
Room 321A
EWC Sustainability Task Force:
What are EWC Green Successes to Date and What’s Next
Chair/Moderator: CHRISTINA MONROE, Education Project Specialist, Education Program, EastWest Center, HI, USA
JOSHUA COOPER, Alumnus, Asia Pacific Leadership -Program, HI, USA
LIZ A. DORN, Seminar Specialist, Seminars Program,
East-West Center, HI, USA
MYAH ELY, Sustainability Manager, Hagadone Printing Company, HI, USA
MELISSA FINUCANE, Senior Fellow, Research Program, East-West Center, HI, USA
JIWNATH GHIMIRE, Student Affiliate, East-West Center
AL HARJATI, Student Program Specialist, Education -Program, East-West Center, HI, USA
WENDY MILES, Degree Fellow, East-West Center, HI, USA
KRIS THOMPSON, Facilities Manager, Facilities -Management, East-West Center, HI, USA
CAROL WONG, Secretary, Publications Office, East-West Center, HI, USA
Room 321B
Integrating Elements of Disaster and -Climate Change Risk Reduction
into Community Resilience
Chair/Moderator: SUPIN WONGBUSARAKUM
SUPIN WONGBUSARAKUM, Associate Director, SSRI’s ­Hazards, Climate, and Environment
Program, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, HI, USA
“Integrating Socioeconomics in Climate Adaptation”
GLENN DOLCEMASCOLO, Head, Partnership and Networks Unit, United Nations International
Strategy for Disaster -Reduction, NJ, USA
“Global and Local Action –
Bridges for Strengthening Community Resilience”
KIRK LANGE, Head, Research and Development, Katingan Peat Forest Restoration Project,
Indonesia
“Leveraging Climate Change Mitigation Efforts
for Ecological and Community Resilience”
CHERYL ANDERSON, Director, SSRI, Hazards, Climate, and Environment Program, University
of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, HI, USA
“Integrating Gender Approaches
to Reduce Disaster and Climate Risks”
BOB ALEXANDER, Independent Disaster Risk Reduction Consultant, Rural Livelihood Risk
Management Consulting, HI, USA
“Bridging Towards Integrated DRR and CCA Community-Based Vulnerability Assessment
Methodologies”
Room 327
Reflections on the East-West Center -Experience, Circa 1960s
Chair/Moderator: BELINDA A. AQUINO
BELINDA A. AQUINO, Professor, Political Science and Asian Studies and Director, Center for
Philippine Studies, ­University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, HI, USA
LINDA K. RICHTER, Professor Emerita, Kansas State -University, KS, USA
ALAN HURDUS
ETHEL ALIKPALA WARD, HI, USA
JOAN CABREZA, WA, USA
ELIZABETH BERMAN, HI, USA
Room 325B
Empowering and Gendering in Asia
Chair/Moderator: MAYA SOETORO-NG, Education -Specialist, Education Program, East-West
Center, HI, USA
LATIFAH, Degree Fellow/ Graduate Student of Asian -Studies, East-West Center/University of
Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Indonesia
“Woman, Body, Desire of Indonesian Migrant Worker in Media: Narratives of Nation, Gender,
and Sexuality”
JOCELYN LAVINA AVENO, Professor, Central Luzon State University, Philippines
“Involving the Community:
Participatory Folk Media Development
for Technology Promotion and Farm Productivity”
HAJRA HAFEEZ-UR-REHMAN, Asia Pacific Leadership -Program Fellow, East-West Center,
Pakistan
“Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights
of Vulnerable Women and Youth: Comparing Comparative Regional Response in Thailand and
Cambodia”
SYEDA AMNA NASIR JAMAL, Media Coordinator, Special Olympics Pakistan (Punjab Ch.),
Jamal Fisheries, Pakistan
“Girls Education – Isn’t a Break the Bank-Price-Tag Item”
3:15 pm
Bus pick-up at HCC to EWC and selected hotels
5:30 pm
Bus pick-up at EWC and selected hotels to HCC
6:00-9:00 pm
Aloha Dinner including 24/VII Danceforce and Alumni Talent Show, Kalakaua Ballroom A-B
(4th flr)
9:30 pm
Bus pick-up at HCC to EWC and selected hotels
TUESDAY, JULY 6
Optional Post Conference Tours
& Departure of Participants