The Human Sciences Encounters in Phnom Penh

The goal of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) is to transform ASEAN into a region with free movement of goods, services, investment, skilled labour and a freer flow of capital.Scholars, researchers, policymakers, civil society and NGO activists, and university students are invited to attend an afternoon symposium examining some of the underlying objectives.

ASEAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION 2015:    

Wednesday, 8 April 2015 – 2:00- 6:00 pm

Co-sponsors: American University of Phnom Penh (AUPP), Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI)

                                 & Human Sciences Encounters in Phnom Penh (HSEPP)

The conference will be held (in English) at Toul Kork Center, No. 51, Street 315  (located between AUPP and CDRI).Entrance is free, but please reserve a seat by sending an email to: info@aupp.edu.kh.

The final program is here:

WELCOME:Dr. Sharon Siverts (AUPP)

                Dr. Pascale Hancart Petitet  (HSEPP)

OPENING REMARKS: Dr. Rethy CHHEM (CDRI)

PANEL #1: Broadening Economic Integration:  The Mekong Basin and Beyond

Dr. Mariko FRAME (AUPP), “ASEAN Economic Integration and Potential Environmental Impacts”

Vutha HING (CDRI), "ASEAN Economic Community 2015:

Opportunities, Readiness and Reform Agenda for Cambodia"

Dr. Meng VONG (Institute of National Language, Royal Academy of Cambodia), “Cambodia Between Thailand and Vietnam: Political and Economic Challenges"

Moderator: Gael CAMPAN (AUPP)

BREAK (15 Minutes)

PANEL #2:  A Free Flow of Labour: Disparities in Regional Development

Sophal CHAN  (Centre for Policy Studies, Cambodian Economic Association), "The Implications of Labour Migration For Economic Development at Different Phases"

Vichet SAM (University Research Center in Economics and Management, RULE), "Free Flow of Skilled Labour In ASEAN: A Risk For Cambodian Graduates?"

Moderator: Stephen ROSENBAUM (AUPP)

RECEPTION