EU-ASIA RELATIONS: a CRITICAL REVIEW

Final Programme

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International Conference
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Thursday March 27th – Friday March 28th 2008

CONTEMPORARY EUROPE RESEARCH CENTRE
Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence
The University of Melbourne
Level 2, 234 Queensberry St, Carlton

Day 1 - Thursday 27 March 2008

8.40 – 9.10 Conference Registration

9.10 - 9.15 Welcome
A/Prof Philomena Murray (Director, Contemporary Europe Research Centre, The University of Melbourne, Australia)

9.15 – 9.30 Opening Address
H. E. Bruno Julien, (Ambassador of the European Commission Delegation in Canberra, Delegation of the European Commission to Australia and New Zealand)

9.30 – 10:30 Jean Monnet Keynote Address

Professor Phillipe C Schmitter (European University Institute): ‘The Experience of European Integration and the Potential for East Asian Integration

Chair:
H. E. Bruno Julien, (Ambassador of the European Commission Delegation in Canberra, Delegation of the European Commission to Australia and New Zealand)

10:30 – 11:00 Morning Tea Break

11.00 - 12:10 Session 1: How Europe Looks at Asia

Session Chair: Dr Ben Wellings (Deputy Director, National Europe Centre, Australian National University, Australia)

• Dr Fraser Cameron (European Institute for Asian Studies, Belgium): ‘EU-Asia Relations since 2001: Setting the Scene’
• A/Prof Philomena Murray (Contemporary Europe Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Australia): ‘How Europe Looks at Asia : Between Expectations and Capabilities’

12.10 – 13.10 Lunch

13.10 - 14.20 Session 2: How Asia looks at Europe

Session Chair: Prof Pascaline Winand (Director, Monash European and EU Centre, Monash University, Australia)

• Ms Nicole Alecu de Flers (Institute for European Integration Research, Austria): ‘The EU in the Eyes of Asia: From Internal Integration to External Projection?’
• Dr Natalia Chaban (University of Canterbury, New Zealand): ‘The EU through the Eyes of Asia’s National Elites: Views from Japan, South Korea, Mainland China, SAR Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand’

14.20 – 14.50 Afternoon Tea Break

14.50 – 17.10 Session 3: Regionalism, Governance and Cooperation

Session Chair: A/Prof Philip Bull (Director, Innovative Universities European Union Centre, La Trobe University, Australia)

• Prof Kennedy Graham (University of Canterbury, New Zealand) ‘EU and Asian Approaches to Global Governance’
• Prof Joseph A. Camilleri (La Trobe University, Australia): ‘Restoring the Silk-Road: Perceptions, Perspectives and Policies’
• Ms Tânia Felício (United Nations University – CRIS, Belgium): ‘The European Union and ASEAN: Normative Power(less) in Regional Security and Human Rights’
• Dr Dimitrios Konstadakopulos (University of the West of England, United Kingdom): ‘Cooling the Earth? The Changing Priorities of EU-Asia Technology Cooperation’

18.30 – 19.00 Pre Conference Dinner Drinks
Graduate House (224 Leicester Street, Carlton)

19.00 - Conference Dinner
Graduate House (224 Leicester Street, Carlton)

Day 2 – Friday 28 March 2008

9.30 – 10.00 Conference Registration

10.00 - 11.10 Session 4: Asian Integration – Going Nowhere?

Session Chair: Prof Georg Wiessala (Director of Research, University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom)

• Prof Douglas Webber (INSEAD, France): ‘Soft-Core Asia: Strategic Rivalry and Economic Cooperation In An Amorphous Region’
• Dr Lay Hwee Yeo (Singapore Institute of International Affairs, Singapore): ‘The Missing “Cs” in East Asian integration’

11.10 - 11.40 Morning Tea Break

11.40 - 13.25 Session 5: Economic Relations between the EU and Asia

Session Chair: A/Prof Mile Terziovski, (Deputy Director, Contemporary Europe Research Centre, The University of Melbourne, Australia)

• Prof Elzbieta Kawecka-Wyrzykowska (Warsaw School of Economics, Poland): ‘EU-ASIA Economic Relations : Prospects and Challenges for Closer Cooperation’
• Dr Heungchong Kim (Korea Institute for International Economic Policy, Korea): ‘A Korea-EU FTA in the Context of EU’s External Strategies towards Asia’
• Mr Natee Vichitsorasatra (Loughborough University, United Kingdom): ‘Bilateralism and Multilateralism: A Balancing Act for Material and Ideational ‘Cooperation’ between the EC and East Asia’

13.25 - 14.25 Lunch

14.25 – 15.35 Session 6: Global Issues – Can the EU and Asia Cooperate?

Session Chair: Dr Pradeep Taneja (The University of Melbourne, Australia)

• Mr Bertrand Fort (Asia-Europe Foundation, Singapore): ‘Engaging with the “Other East”: A Critical Analysis of the Current State of the EU’s Asia Policy’
• Prof Georg Wiessala (University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom): ‘Engaging with the “Other East”: A Critical Analysis of the Current State of the EU’s Asia Policy’
  

15.35 - 16.00 Afternoon Tea

16.00 – 17.25 Roundtable: Towards a Comprehensive EU-Asia Strategy?

Chair: A/Prof Philomena Murray (Director, Contemporary Europe Research Centre, The University of Melbourne, Australia)

Discussants:

• Dr Fraser Cameron (European Institute for Asian Studies, Belgium)
• Mr Bertrand Fort (Asia-Europe Foundation, Singapore)
• Dr Lay Hwee Yeo (Singapore Institute of International Affairs, Singapore)
• Prof Douglas Webber (INSEAD, France)
  

17.25 – 17.30 Concluding Remarks
A/Prof Philomena Murray (Director, Contemporary Europe Research Centre, The University of Melbourne, Australia)

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