;Day 1: Friday November 14
Room 1
Room 2
8.00 - 8.45
Registration
8:45 – 9:00
Welcome Remarks, President, Chiang Mai University
9:00-10.00
“Studies of the Salween Thanlwin Nu: Why are we here – From Mawlamyine to Chiang Mai”
[Plenary Roundtable]
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Dr. Chayan Vaddhanaphuti, RCSD, Chiang Mai University
Dr Yu Xiaogang, Green Watershed, China
Srisuwan Kuankachorn, TERRA, Thailand
U Aung Myint, REAM, Burma
Question and Answer
Moderator: Prof Saw Win.
10:00 – 10:30
Coffee break [Jim Goodman, an author of the book “Grand Canyon of the East”]
10.30-12:00
“Situation Analysis”: present plans, present politics and present situation on the ground
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Prof. Maung Maung Aye
Witoon Permpongsacharoen, MeeNet, Thailand
Wang Yongchen, Green Earth Volunteers, Beijing, China
Vanessa Lamb, York Centre for Asian Research and Ryerson University
Question and Answer
Moderator: Dr. Carl Middleton, Chulalongkorn University.
Room 3
12:00-13.00
Lunch
13:00-14.30
Biophysical connections: Values and
Baseline data of Salween-ThanlwinNu River
[Paper presentations]
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Dr. Win Aung, “The Assessment
of Water Quality near the Mouth
of the Thanlwin River”,
Dr. Daw Sen Yee, “Investigation
of Elemental Contents in
Sediment, Sand and Water
Samples Collected from Bilugyum
at the Mouth of Thanlwin River
for Searching of Environmental
Pollution”,
Cherry Aung, “Diversity and
distribution of benthic organisms
in the Thanlwin River Mouth,
Mon State”,
Daw Myint Myint Than, “Species
composition of some fishes from
downstream area of Thanlwin
River”.
Moderator: TBA.
14:30 - 14.45
Coffee Break
Politics of Natural Resource Development
in the Upper Reaches of the Nu
Updates and perspectives from Civil
Society
[Paper presentations]
[Roundtable]
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Thomas Ptak, “Dams and Development, Organizer: TERRA/ MEENet
Understanding Hydropower in the Nu
 Dr Yu Xiaogang, Green
River Valley, Northwestern Yunnan
Watershed
Province, China”,
 U Aung Myint, REAM
Tashi Nyima, “Mining and damming
 Montree Chantawong, TERRA
Gyalmo Ngulchu (Salween) in Tibet:
Resistance and resilience of local
Moderator: Witoon Permpongsacharoen
inhabitants facing an uncertain future”, or Srisuwan Kuankachorn.
Ka Ji Jia, “Political Ecology of Rangeland
Protection on the Tibetan Plateau: A
Case Study of the Sanjiangyuan EcoResettlement Community, Qinghai
Province, P.R. China”;
Tang Xiaoyang, [Topic TBA?]
Moderator/Discussant: Kevin Woods.
14:45 - 16.15
Voices of the Salween Youth
[Roundtable]
Organizer: Kesan
Panelists:
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Oattra Aung (UKSY – Union
for Karenni Student and Youth)
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Naw La Kapaw Htoo (Tha
Htone OROL – Volunteer – Thaton,
Mon)
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Nan Aye Aye Myine (Hpa-an
Youth Network – Co-ordinating
member for Our Salween Campaign,
Karen)
[University Panel?]
“Environmental Impact Assessment
(EIA) Policy and Practice: Safeguarding
Sustainable Development”
[Roundtable]
Organizer: Pact/Mekong Partnership for
the Environment
Panelists:
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Discussants: Sai Khur Hseng, Shan
Sapawa
Moderator/Discussant: Ah Nan
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U Than Aye, Director, Environmental
Conservation Department, Myanmar
Ministry of Environmental
Conservation and Forestry
Mrs. Indhira Euamonlachat,
Environmental Expert, EIA Bureau,
Office of Natural Resource and
Environmental Policy and Planning
(ONEP), Thai Ministry of Natural
Resources and Environment
(MONRE)
Dr. Kanokwan Manorom, Assistant
Professor/Dean, Faculty of Liberal
Arts, Ubon Ratchathani University
Mr. Paul Sein Twa, Karen
Environment and Social Action
Network (KESAN)
Mr. Laofang Bundidterdsakul, Legal
Advocacy Center for Indigenous
communities
Moderator/Discussant: Dr. Peter King,
Senior Policy Advisor, Institute for Global
Environmental Strategies
16:15 – 17:30
Transnational boundary river cooperation [plans for the future]
[Plenary]
Organizer: TERRA/ MEENet
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Prof. Maung Maung Aye (Burma) (t.b.c.)
Krittika Lertsawat, ENLAWTHAI Foundation (Thailand) (t.b.c.)
Dr. Zhou Zhanggui (China) (t.b.c.)
Speaker 4 (t.b.c.)
Moderator: Witoon Permpongsacharoen
6.00
Dinner in Chiang Mai.
Day 2: Saturday November 15
Room 1
Room 2
Room 3
8.00 - 8.45
Registration
8:45-10:15
Voices from Treacherous Terrain: affirming and advancing grassroots research on the Salween-Thanlwin-Nu
[Plenary]
Organizer: KESAN
Panelists (Grassroots researchers):
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Hein Kyaw plus one more yet to be confirmed with Karen Environmental and Social Action Network (Burma)
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Zhang Chunshan (China)
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Thailand representative (t.b.c.)
Discussants:
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Paul Sein Twa, Kesan (Burma)
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Yu Xiaogang, Green Watershed (China)
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Wang Yongchen, Green Earth Volunteers (China)
Moderator: Jeff Rutherford, Fair Earth Consulting
10:15-10:30
Coffee
10:30 – 12:00
Seismicity, dams, and risk
[Invited roundtable]
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Mr. Thura Aung, Secretary and
Research Associate of the Myanmar
Earthquake Committee (Myanmar
Engineering Society)
Maung Maung Aye “Earthquake
Hazards: A Brief Analysis on the
Seismo-tectonic Activities in
Myanmar Region”
Fan Xiao, “Relationship between
Earthquakes and Dams in China:
What the geological studies from
the Jinsha River tell us about the
Transboundary Water governance:
Challenge or opportunity?
Communities, livelihoods and rights
politics from across the basin
[Paper presentations]
[Paper presentations]
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Kattelus Mirja, “Transboundary
cooperation and hydropower
development in the Salween River:
Challenges and opportunities”
Kyungmee Kim “Transboundary
consent and intra-state discontent
over hydropower development in
the Salween River: a potential
source for regional conflict?”
Nang Shining “Evaluating the
Implementation of EGAT
International's Corporate Social
Responsibility Policy for the Hat Gyi
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Khin Khin Gyi, “Socioeconomics
and Livelihood Values of Setse
and Kyaikkhami Coastal Areas in
the Mouth of the Thanlwin
River”,
Zhou Yong, “Can FPIC Rule be
Implemented in China? Realizing
Indigenous Peoples' Rights in
Salween-Thanlwin-Nu
Hydropower Development”,
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impacts of dam building on the Nu
River”,
Speaker 4 (t.b.c.)
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Moderator: Dr. Yu Xiaogang (t.b.c)
Dam Project on the Salween River,
Myanmar/Burma”,
Mr. Ren Peng, Global Environment
Institute [Topic?],
Moderator/Discussant: Worawan
Sukraroek, Oxfam (t.b.c.)
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch
13:00 – 14:30
Valuing the Salween-Thanlwin-Nu:
Economy, Archaeology,
Environment
[Paper presentations]
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Liliana Camacho, "A Survey of
Economic Tools for
Environmental Management and
Valuation in the Salween River
Basin",
Carl Middleton and Ashley
Pritchard "Arenas of (in)justice
in hydropower dams on
international rivers: The cases of
Xayaburi Dam, Mekong River and
Hat Gyi Dam, Salween River"
Aura Salmivaara “The
environmental profile of Salween
based on global spatial datasets”,
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Alec Scott,
“Burma's Rivers and Riverine
Communities”,
Moderator/Discussant: Gary Lee, Oxfam
(t.b.c.)
Transboundary Legal Obligations and
Governance of Finance
Civil society movements and local
livelihoods
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Presenters:
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Xuan Xu and Tint Zaw Hein “Title”?
Ms. Jiang Heng, “Beijing New Century
Academy on Transnational
Corporations of MOFCOM”
Mr. Li Fusheng, China Exim Bank
“Title”,
Bian Yonmin “China’s legal obligations
to conduct transboundary impact
assessments.”
Moderator/Discussant: TBA.
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Wang Yongchen, “On the frontline
of NGO-Government relations over
Nu river hydropower development”,
Teerapong Pomun, “Marginal
Ecology and the Movement of Local
Communities against Lower Mekong
Dams”,
Paiboon Hengsuwan, “Redefining
Citizenship and Local Livelihoods on
the Thai-Burmese Border through
Anti-Salween dam Movement”,
Moderator: Jennifer L. (RCSD) (t.b.c.)
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Dr Rasmi Shoocongdej,
“Archaeology of Salween: A View
from Thailand"
Moderator/Discussant: REAM.
14:30 – 14:45
Coffee Break
14:45 – 16:00
University: Next Steps?
NGO: Next Steps?
CSO and Grassroots: Next Steps?
Moderator: Dr. Chayan
Vaddhanaphuti
Moderator: Rual Lian Than/ Manfred (HBF)
Moderator: KESAN
Youth: Next Steps?
Moderator: Tom (Mekong School)
16:00 – 17:30
Plenary: “What Next: Ways Forward”
Reporting Back
Final remarks and reflections
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Speaker from China [HBF to select]
Speaker from Myanmar [REAM to help select]
Vanessa Lamb
Chair: Dr. Chayan Vaddhanaphuti
Evening
Dinner on your own. Meeting to be scheduled for core STN Studies Group Members (to discuss meeting and future steps).