Sessions in detail

• Report and Welcome
  Professor Dr. Bundhit Eua-arporn
  President, Chulalongkorn University
• Welcome Address
  Mr. Park In-kook
  President, Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies

Plenary Session I – Tackling Inequality with Enabling Knowledge in Asian Development (brief)

Chair: Dr. Susan Vize, Regional Adviser, Social & Human Sciences, UNESCO, Bangkok

Presenters:

1. Professor Dr. Pasuk Phongpaichit
   Professor Emeritus in Political Economy, Faculty of Economics, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
   "Inequality and Sustainability”
2. Professor Lee SeeJae, Professor-Emeritus (Sociology), The Catholic University of Korea, Republic of Korea
   “Challenge to Professionalism: Citizen Deliberation in Decision-making Process of the Nuclear Power Policy in Korea”
3. Mr. Sakchai Patiparnprechavud, Vice President-Polyolefins and Vinyl Business, SCG Chemicals, Thailand
   "Circular Economy: The Future We Create"

Plenary Session II – Challenges of Social Justice in Asia (brief)

Chair: Dr. Tidarat Sinlapapiromsuk, Vice Dean for International Affairs, Faculty of Law, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Presenters:

1. Professor Dr. Yee Jaeyeol
   Department of Sociology, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
   "Importance of Social Value in the Age of Sustainability”
2. Hon. Dr. Suntariya Muangpawong
   Deputy Secretary, Supreme Court of Thailand
   "People-Oriented Justice Reform”
3. Dr. Cynthia Maung
   Founder and Director, Mae Tao Clinic, Thailand-Burma border
   “Health as Human Rights: Access to Essential Social Services for the Cross-Border Population along the Thai-Burma Border”
4. Professor Dr. Imtiaz Ahmed
   Professor of International Relations & Director, Centre for Genocide Studies, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
   "Confronting the Archetypes of Singularity, Fear and Intolerance"

Plenary Session III – University and Public Engagement: Transgressive Learning and Action (brief)

Chair: Dr. Bharat Dahiya, Senior Advisor, Environment, Development and Sustainability Program, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Presenters:

1. Ms. Mariko Komatsu
   Project Coordinator, Fukushima Booklet Publication Committee; Ph.D. candidate, Hiroshima University, Japan
   “The Zones of Proximal Development for Universities and Civil Society: Lesson Learnt from Fukushima Radiation Disaster”
2. Mr. Toshiyuki Doi
   Senior Advisor, Mekong Watch, Japan
   “People’s Stories for Transformative Learning: Bringing Local Communities’ Wisdom into Classroom”
3. Mr. Ahmad Rifai
   Co-Founder/Executive Director, Kota Kita Foundation, Solo, Indonesia
   "City as A Classroom: Learning from Indonesian Civil Society Experiences in Defining 'Urban Citizenship'"
4. Mr. Khamphoui Saythalat
   Executive Director, Participatory Development Training Centre, Lao PDR

PS1: Crises of Sustainability in ASEAN: Urgent Proposals for Creative Institutionalization of Transformative Learning (brief)

Chair: Dr. Choltis Dhirathiti, Executive Director, ASEAN University Network

Presenters:

1. Associate Professor Dr. Yeoh Seng Guan
   School of Arts and Social Sciences, Monash University Malaysia, Malaysia
   “Can Study Trips Save Asia?: A Case-Study of the SASS ‘In Search of’ Study Trips”
2. Mr. Theodore Mayer
   Academic Director, Institute for Transformative Learning of the International Network of Engaged Buddhists, Thailand
   “How Innovations in the Higher Learning Classroom Can Help Transform the Growing Crises of Climate Change and Social Inequality in Asia: A Concrete Proposal”
3. Dr. Nadarajah Manickam
   Chair Professor, Xavier Centre for Humanities and Compassion Studies, Xavier University Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
   “Going Beyond Hegemonic Stories and Silos: Towards a Transdisciplinary School of New Humanities and Social Sciences”

PS2: Development of a Framework for the Local Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (brief)

Chair: Professor Dr. Mario Tabucanon, Senior Research Fellow, United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, Japan

Presenters:

1. Professor Dr. Norichika Kanie
   Keio University, Japan
   “Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals: The case of a community in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan”
2. Dr. Sayamol Charoenratana
   Deputy Director, Chulalongkorn University Social Research Institute, Thailand
   “Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals: The case of a community in Nan Province, Thailand”
3. Professor Dr. Nestor Castro
   University of the Philippines, Diliman, the Philippines
   “Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals: The case of a community in Quezon City, Philippines”
4. Associate Professor Dr. Smriti Das
   Associate Professor, TERI School of Advanced Studies, India
   “Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals: The case of a community in New Delhi, India”

PS3: Ecological Crisis, Knowledge Imbalances and Innovation Strategy (brief)

Chair: Mr. Boonthan T. Verawongse, Secretary General, Human Rights and Development Foundation (HRDF) Thailand; Co-convenor, Thailand High-Level Political Forum Alliance, Thailand

Presenters:

1. Associate Professor Dr. Chanathip Pharino
   Public Wellbeing Division, Thailand Research Fund, Thailand
2. Associate Professor Dr. Kohei Watanabe
   Teikyo University, Japan
   “Municipal Waste Management—Seeking the Balance between Efficiency and Participation”
3. Ms. Penchom Saetang
   Director, Ecological Alert and Recovery—Thailand (EARTH)
   “Citizen Science and Its Role as a Participatory Tool in Achieving SDGs (under threats of uncontrollable movement of toxic waste)”

PS4: Human Capital and Social Sustainability in the Context of Aging Asian Society (brief)

Chair: Associate Professor Dr. Vipan Prachuabmoh, Dean, College of Population Studies, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Presenters:

1. Professor Gavin Jones
   Emeritus Professor, Australian National University, Australia
   “Gender and Socio-Economic Gaps in Educational Attainment and the Labor Market”
2. Dr. Elke Loichinger
   Institute for Population Research, Germany
   “Productive Aging and Social Sustainability: Prospects, Opportunities and Challenges”
3. Dr. Yoon-Jeong Shin
   Research Fellow, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs(KIHASA), Republic of Korea
   “Gender Equality in Education and Employment in Korea"

PS5: The Heartware of Sustainability – Faith, Spirituality, and Local Wisdom” (brief)

Chair: Dr. Hezri Adnan, Senior Director, Institute of Strategic and International Studies Malaysia; Former member of the United Nations’ International Resource Panel (IRP), Malaysia

Presenters:

1. Dr. Priyanut Dharmapiya
   Director, Sufficiency School Center, Foundation of Virtuous Youth, Thailand
   “Cultivating the Right Mindset in Development: Sufficiency Economy Philosophy"
2. Ms. Supa Yaimuang
   Director, Sustainable Agriculture Foundation, Thailand  
   “Sustainability through Community Collaborations: Linking Rural Knowledge/Wisdom to Urban Challenges”
3. Dr. Mochamad Indrawan, Research Scientist, Research Center for Climate Change - Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia
   “Making Spirituality Work for Sustainability: Transformative Learning with the People of the Forest Margins”
4. Professor Ananta Kumar Giri, Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai, India
   "With and Beyond Sustainable Development: Towards New Planetary Heart Works and the Calling of Evolutionary Flourishing"

PS6: The Role of Think Tanks as Driving Force for a More Sustainable Asia (brief)

Chair: Professor Jin Guangyao, Director, Asia Research Center, Fudan University, China

Presenters:

1. Professor Yi Shen
   Director, Center for BRICS Studies & Research Center for the Governance of Cyberspace, Fudan University, China
   “Exploring a Pragmatic Model of Think Tank Building in the University”
2. Professor Li Chunfu
   Vice Director, Asia Research Center, Nankai University, China
   “Think Tank at University and Peace Research: in the Aspects of Research on Korea Peninsula in Asia Research Center at Nankai Univesity”
3. Ms. Hongrui Zhu
   Researcher, Fudan Development Institute, Fudan University, China
   “The Characteristics of Chinese University Think Tanks and their Practical Paths to Promote Social Sustainable Development”

Plenary Session IV – Peddling Inequality to Social Sustainability in ASEAN (brief)

Chair: Dr. Thorn Pitidol,  Center of Research on Inequality and Social Policy (CRISP), Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University, Thailand

Presenters:

1. Professor Dr. Jonathan Rigg
   Director, Asia Research Institute and Provost’s Chair, Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, Singapore
   “Both Worse and Better than It Seems: From Inequality Data to Inequality Experiences”
2. Associate Professor Dr. Veerayooth Kanchoochat
   National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Tokyo, Japan
   “ASEAN Detours: Tackling Inequality through Decentralization and Social Reform”
3. Ms. Ermina Sokou
   Social Affairs officer, Social Development Division, UNESCAP
   “Who are the furthest behind in Asia and the Pacific? Measuring Inequality of Opportunity”
4. Dr. Chheang Vannarith
   Associate Fellow, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute; Advisor to Cambodia Civil Society Alliance Forum (Council of Ministers), Advisor to National Institute of Diplomacy and International Relations
   “Social Innovation for Social Sustainability”

• Professor Dr. Bundhit Eua-arporn, President, Chulalongkorn University
• Mr. Park In-kook, President, Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies