[KS] Two conferences on Economic Integration in East Asia

[Bernhard Seliger]

Dear colleagues,

in early December Hanns Seidel Stiftung Seoul together with Korean partners
organizes two conferences on the topic of Regional integration in East Asia,
which might interest members of this mailing list.

Everyone interested is welcome. Please send inquiries to info at hss.or.kr.



1. Conference on December, 1st, 2003

ASEAN plus Three:
Perspectives of Regional Integration in East Asia and the Lessons from
Europe

December 1, 2003-11-19
Sangnam Institute of Management Oak Room
Yonsei University


Organized by
Institute of East and West Studies, Yonsei University
Hanns Seidel Stiftung, Singapore Office and Seoul Office
East Asia Forum-Korea National Focal Point

Sponsored by
Bayerisches Staatsministerium fur Wirtschaft, Germany
Asia Research Fund, Korea

Invitation


Regional integration has become increasingly prevailing in the international
political economy. After the first wave of regionalist tendency during the
1970s, the number of regional integration agreements has again surged since
the beginning of the 1990s.

The East Asia region has so far been relatively immune to this increasing
worldwide tendency towards regionalism. There has been the ASEAN Free Trade
Area comprised of 10 countries in Southeast Asia. Although many Asian
countries are members of APEC, which also contains non-Asian, Pacific –basin
countries, APEC still has to wait long to be developed into a free trade
agreement or a customs union. In addition, major Asian countries such as
China, Japan and Korea are now just working on regional integration
agreements.

In contrast to this relatively belated consciousness on regional integration
in East Asia, a recent surge of interest regarding the formation of regional
economic integration arrangements among East Asian countries deserves closer
attention. Very recently, regionalism has become an important topic for the
region of the East Asia and the Southeast Asia. Sometimes, hectic diplomatic
activity to negotiate bilateral and multilateral agreements has
characterized the last couple of years in this region. However, the link
between Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia in these activities has until now
been relatively unexplored. It is important for economies and politics of
the region, but also for multinational actors.

Through generous funding from the Bavarian State Ministry of the Economy,
Transportation and Technology of the German State of Bavaria, the Asia
Research Fund, and East Asia Forum-Korea National Focal Point in Seoul, we
are able to organize this international conference on “ASEAN plus Three:
Perspectives of Regional Integration in East Asia and the Lessons from
Europe”.

We hope this international conference provide an opportunity for productive
discussion to explore perspectives and consensus for the regional
cooperation and integration.

Sincerely yours,



Dr. Bernhard Seliger
Hanns Seidel Stiftung - Seoul Office

Prof. Kap-Young Jeong
Institute of East and West Studies, Yonsei University

Prof. Chung-in Moon
East Asia Forum - Korea National Focal Point

Schedule


08.40 – 09.10		Registration & Opening
09.10 – 09.30		Welcoming Addresses
Dr. Sung-Ho Lee, Vice President, Yonsei University
Dr. Bernhard Seliger, Hanns Seidel Stiftung
Mr. Franz Herrmann Hirlinger, Bavaria State Office

09.30 – 10.00		Keynote Speech
“East Asian Economic Community: Prospects and Implications”
Dr. Pengiran Mashor Pengiran Ahmad
(Deputy Secretary General, ASEAN Secretariat)

10.00 – 10.20		Coffee Break

First Session: 	Economic Integration in East Asia – Lessons from Europe

10.20 - 12.20 	Chair:  Prof. Caeone Kim  (Seoul National University,
Economics)

“Economic integration in East Asia and Europe – a comparison”
Prof. Werner Pascha (Duisburg/ Essen University, Director, Center for East
Asian Economies)

“Integration through competition – the European experience”
Prof. Gerhard Prosi (Former Director, Institute for Economic Policy,
Christian-Albrechts-University at Kiel, Germany)

“EU and East Asian Integration”
Prof. Jinwoo Choi  (Hanyang University, Political Science)


Discussants:
	Dr. Hongshic Lee (KIEP, Economics)
			Prof. Soojin Kim (Ewha Women’s University, Political Science)
			Prof.  Sang-joon Kim (Yonsei University, Political Science)

12.20 – 14.00 		Lunch Break


Second Session: 	‘ASEAN plus Three’ vs Southeast Asian Integration

14.00 – 16.00	Chair:  Prof. Sung-Yeal Koo (Yonsei University, Economics)

			“ASEAN Plus Three Versus ASEAN Integration”
Prof. Jose Tongzon (National University of Singapore)

“East Asian Economic Integration: A Perspective from Thailand”
Dr Nattapong Thongpakde (National Institute of Development Administration,
Thailand)

“East Asian Economic Community: A Perspective from Malaysia”
Dr. Mohd Haflah Piei (Malaysian Institute of Economic Research)

Discussants:

Prof. Doowon Lee (Yonsei University, Economics)
Prof. Yoonwhan Shin (Sogang University, Political Science)
Prof. Seok-choon Lew (Yonsei University, Sociology)


16.00 – 16.10		Coffee Break

Third Session: 	Towards an ‘ASEAN plus Three’ Economic Union?

16.10 – 18.10 	 Chair: Prof. Jeymin Lee (Yonsei University, Economics)

“East Asian Economic Integration and Implications for CLMV Countries
(Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam)”
Dr. Pham Quoc Tru, (Central Institute for Economic Management, Vietnam)

“Beyond Economic Community?: Scope of East Asian Cooperation”
Prof. Jae-seung Lee (Institute for Foreign Affairs and National Security,
Political Science)

“Regional Integration in East Asia”
Prof. Young-chong Choi (Catholic University of Seoul, International
Relations)

Discussants:
Prof. Hochul Lee (Incheon University, Economics)
Prof. Alex Gordon (Seoul National University, Sociology)
Dr. Kisoo Kim (Sejong Institute, Political Science)




18.10 – 18.20		Closing Remarks

18.30 – 20.30		Dinner


2. Conference on December, 2nd, 2003


ASEAN plus three(Korea, China, Japan) in the light of European integration:
the valuable lessons





·
    Tuesday, December 2, 2003
     19th Floor
 Korea Press Center
 Seoul, Korea



Organizers:
Seoul ASEM Institute for international Relations,
Association Coreenne des Etudes Politiques Francaises(ACEPF),
Hanns Seidel Stiftung – Seoul Office,
Singapore Office

Sponsors:
Bavarian Ministry for the Economy,Transportation and Technology,
Maeil Business Newspaper,
K-TV National Visual Media & Publishing Center

Simultaneous interpretation will be provided.

Invitation to the ASEAN plus three in the light of European integration :
the valuable lessons


Under the post cold war, three axes of the world can be regarded as Europe,
America and East Asia.

While Europe and America pursue a regional bloc such as EU  and NAFTA. East
Asia takes a negative attitude toward the regional bloc by not driving
forward FTA,

  We would like to discuss the reasons in the light of European integration.
We hope that east asian countries will apply the European valuable lessons
in the near future.

We gratefully acknowledge the generous support from the Bavarian State
Ministry of the Economy, Technology and Transport, which made this
conference possible.

We would like to acknowledge that the conference could not be possible
without the devoted efforts of Dr. Bernhard Seliger, Hanns Seidel Stiftung
Seoul Office and Mr. Karl-Peter Schonfisch, Hanns Seidel Stiftung Singapore
Office

Many Kindness to all who contributed to the conference.

Changhoon LEE
President, Seoul ASEM Institute for International Relations
President, Association Coreenne des Etudes Politiques Francaises
Honorary President, Halla University


Schedule


8Time : Tuesday, December 2, 2003
8Place : 19th Floor, Korea Press Center

08.30-09.00    Registration
09.00-09.30    Welcoming addresses by His Excellency, Mr. Dorian PRINCE
                EU Ambassador in Korea ; Mr. Karl-Peter SCHOENFISCH,
representative Hanns Seidel Stiftung Singapore Office
09.90-10.15    Keynote speech 1 :
“East Asian Economic Community: Prospects and Implications” Mr.Pengiran
Mashor Pengiran Ahmad, Deputy Secretary General, ASEAN Secretariat

Keynote speech 2 :
“Dilemma of East Asia Toward the Regional Bloc”
Dr. Chang Hoon LEE, Honorary President , Halla University, President ,
Seoul ASEM Institute, President , l’ACEPF

10.15-10.30    Coffee Break
First Session:

10.30-12.30   The European Experience presided by Prof. Sungjo PARK
(Free University Berlin)

Security Cooperation - European expierence and Asian Way
Prof. Sangtu Ko, Yonsei University
(Discussant : Chlgu Woo, Youngnam University; Dr. Kyungwook Sim, KAIDA)
“Economic integration in East Asia and Europe–a comparison”
Prof. Werner Pascha, Duisburg/ Essen University, Director, Center for East
Asian Economies
(Discussant:Dr. Hogeun Lee, Korean Tripartite Commission)
“Integration through competition– the European experience”
Prof. Gerhard Prosi, former director, Institute for Economic Policy,
Christian-Albrechts-University at Kiel, Germany
(Discussant: )

12.30 – 14.00    Lunch break

Schedule

Second Session:
14.00- 15.45    The Perspectives of East Asia
presided by Dr&ex-president Sangphil Sim(Hong ik University)
	      “ASEAN +3 and Korea, Japan, China”
Prof. Jongwon Lee, Suwon University
                (Discussant : Prof. Kiyeon Sohn, University of Incheon)

"The Role of ASEAN Integration in the Establishment of an East Asian
Community"
Associate Professor Jose Tongzon, National University of Singapore
(Discussant: Prof. Sunghak Lim, Yonsei University)

“East Asian Economic Integration: A Perspective from Thailand”
Dr.Nattapong Thongpakde, National Institute of Development Administration,
Thailand
(Discussant: Dr. Dongyoon Lee, Sogang University)

"Towards an East Asian Economic community"
Dr Mohd Haflah Piei, Deputy Director of Malaysian
Institute of Economic Research (Session TBC)

15.45-16.00    Coffee Break

Third Session:
16.00 – 17.45    Towards an “ASEAN plus 3” Economic Union? presided by Dr.
Bernhard Seliger(Hanns Seidel Foundation Seoul Office Representative)

“ASEAN plus 3 , Theoretical Foundations for ASEAN +3:Prospects and
Limitations”
Prof. Seokwoo Kim, University of Seoul
(Discussant: Seokjin Lew, Sogang University)

“East Asian Economic Integration and Implications for CLMV Countries
(Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam)”
Dr Pham Quoc Tru, Deputy Director General,
Department of Multilateral Economic Cooperation,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
(Discussant: Prof. Sang Hwa Chung, Yonsei University)

“ASEAN+3 and the Scope of East Asian Cooperation”
Jaeseong Lee, Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security
(Discussant: Hyun-Seok Yu, Chung Ang University )

17.45 – 18.00     Closing ceremony

Reception (buffet reception in the conference building)




Dr. Bernhard Seliger
Resident Representative
Hanns Seidel Foundation
Seoul Office
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e-mail: seliger at hss.or.kr
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