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CONFERENCE ON STATE POLICY AND INDUSTRIAL TRANSFORMATION AT THE SUB-NATIONAL LEVEL IN ASIA 7 October 2011 Seminar Rooms I & II Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Singapore PROGRAMME (as at 22 August 2011) Friday, 7 October 2011 8.45 am 9.15 am Registration 9.15 am 9.45 amOpening Remarks Ambassador K KESAVAPANY Director, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore Dr Wilhelm HOFMEISTER Regional Representative, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), Singapore Introduction and Overview Dr Francis HUTCHINSON Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore 9.45 am 11.15 am SESSION I ChairpersonMr Vikram KHANNA Discussant:Associate Editor, Business Times, Singapore Paper 1:Electronics Sector: Recent Trends and Challenges Facing Emerging Regions Paperwriter:Dr K J JOSEPH Professor and Ministry of Commerce Chair Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum, Kerala Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 2 Paper 2:The Case of Chengdu, PRC Paperwriter:Assoc Professor Leo Van GRUNSVEN Human Geography and Planning, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University,The Netherlands Paper 3:The Case of Tamil Nadu Paperwriter:Dr V Vigneswara IIAVARASAN Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 11.15 am 11.30 amCoffee 11.30 am 12.40 pmSESSION II ChairpersonDr Omkar Lal SHRESTHA Discussant:Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Paper 4:Eastern Seaboard Provinces, Thailand Paperwriter:Assoc Professor Daniel UNGER Department of Political Science, Northern Illinois University, USA Paper 5:Da Nang, Vietnam Paperwriter:Dr CA Ngoc Tran Director, Secretariat of the National Council for Science and Technology Policy (NCSTP), Vietnam Q&A 12.40 pm 2.00 pmLunch 2.00 pm 3.30 pmSESSION III ChairmanMr FAIZAL BIN YAHYA Discussant:Research Fellow, Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore Paper 6:Singapore Paperwriter:Assoc Professor TOH Mun Heng NUS Business School, Mochtar Riady Building, National University of Singapore 3 Paper 7:Cebu Province, Philippines Paperwriter:Dr Bram HELVOIRT Programme Manager, Research & Development, CBI, Netherlands Paper 8:Johor, Malaysia Paperwriter:Dr Francis HUTCHINSON Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore Q&A 3.30 pm 4.00 pmTea 4.00 pm 5.30 pmSESSION IV ChairmanDr Denis HEW Discussant:Director, Policy Support Unit, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Singapore Paper 9:Gumi Province, Korea Paperwriter:Dr SAM Ock Park President, University Senate, Seoul National University Paper 10:Kaohsiung, Taiwan Paperwriter:Assoc Professor Linda LEE Department of Asia-Pacific Industrial & Businessmen Management, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Paper 11:North Brabant Paperwriter:Dr Olaf MERK Administrator for Regional Development Division, OECD, Paris, France Q&A 5.