ACI Review Seminar Programme - Lee Kuan Yew School of Public

Asia Competitiveness Institute (ACI) Review Seminar on Proposed Maritime Silk
Road Vision (MSRV) 2030/ Asia Economic Connectivity Vision (AECV) 2030,
Updating Competitiveness Ranking, Geweke Causality Analysis on Economic
Development and ASEAN-10 as a Food Basket
26 August 2014, Lobby of Oei Tiong Ham Building
Organized by
Asia Competitiveness Institute (ACI) at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP),
National University of Singapore (NUS)
PROGRAMME
Dress Code: Business Attire
0830 – 0900
0900 – 0910
0910 – 0920
Arrival of Discussants, Moderators, Presenters and Participants
Welcome Remarks
Associate Professor Tan Khee Giap
Co-Director, ACI-LKYSPP-NUS
Opening Remarks by Guest-of-Honour
HE Andri Hadi
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia
0920 – 1020
Session 1: ACI’s Proposed Maritime Silk Road Vision (MSRV) 2030/ Asia Economic
Connectivity Vision (AECV) 2030
0920 – 0925
Moderator:
Mr Kartik Rao
Research Associate, ACI-LKYSPP-NUS
0925 – 0940
Presenters:

Associate Professor Tan Khee Giap
Co-Director, ACI-LKYSPP-NUS

Professor Tan Kong Yam
Co-Director, ACI-LKYSPP-NUS

Dr Linda Low
Senior Research Fellow, ACI-LKYSPP-NUS

Professor Ramkishen S. Rajan
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, ACI-LKYSPP-NUS

Mr Evan Tan
Research Assistant, ACI-LKYSPP-NUS
0940 – 1005
Discussants:

Mr Steven Wong
Deputy Chief Executive, Institute Of Strategic & International Studies, Malaysia

Dr Vo Tri Thanh
Vice President, Central Institute for Economic Management, Vietnam

Dr Roehlano Briones
Senior Research Fellow, Philippines Institute for Development Studies, Philippines

Dr Bustanul Arifin
Professor, University of Lampung & Board of Founder/Senior Economist, Institute for
Development of Economics and Finance, Indonesia

Dr Sothea Oum
Economist, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East ASIA (ERIA)
1005 – 1015
as of 26 August
Question and Answer
1015 – 1105
Session 2: ACI’s Competitiveness Ranking of ASEAN-10
1015 – 1020
Moderator:
Ms Sujata Kaur
Research Assistant, ACI-LKYSPP-NUS
1020 – 1035
Presenters:

Ms Sangiita Yoong Wei Cher
Research Assistant, ACI-LKYSPP-NUS

Dr Linda Low
Senior Research Fellow, ACI-LKYSPP-NUS
1035 – 1045
Discussant 1:
Mr Steven Wong
Deputy Chief Executive, Institute Of Strategic & International Studies, Malaysia
1045 – 1055
Discussant 2:
Dr Bustanul Arifin
Professor, University of Lampung & Board of Founder/Senior Economist, Institute for Development
of Economics and Finance, Indonesia
1055 – 1105
Question & Answer Session
1105 – 1120
Coffee/Tea Break
1120 – 1230
Session 3: Geweke Causality Analysis Model for Economic Development on Cambodia, Laos,
Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore
1120 – 1125
Moderator:
Mr Blake Berger
Research Associate, ACI-LKYSPP-NUS
1125 – 1140
Presenters:

Ms Zeng Ting
Research Associate (PhD candidate), ACI-LKYSPP-NUS

Ms Denise Ye Ye
Research Associate, ACI-LKYSPP-NUS

Ms Suo Haoran
Research Assistant, ACI-LKYSPP-NUS

Ms Yan Yanying
Research Assistant, ACI-LKYSPP-NUS

Associate Professor Tan Khee Giap
Co-Director, ACI-LKYSPP-NUS
1140 – 1150
Discussant 1 for Laos and Vietnam
Dr Vo Tri Thanh
Vice President, Central Institute for Economic Management, Vietnam
1150 – 1200
Discussant 2 for Malaysia
Mr Steven Wong
Deputy Chief Executive, Institute Of Strategic & International Studies, Malaysia
1200 – 1210
Discussant 3 for Singapore
Dr Kapur, Basant Kumar
Professor, Department of Economics, National University of Singapore
1210 – 1220
Discussant 4 for Cambodia
Dr Sothea Oum
Economist, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East ASIA (ERIA)
1220 – 1230
Question & Answer Session
as of 26 August
1230 – 1330
Session 4: Agricultural Productivity for Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Malaysia,
Indonesia, Thailand and Philippines
1230 – 1235
Moderator:
Mr Yuan Randong
Research Assistant, ACI-LKYSPP-NUS
1235 – 1250
Presenters:

Ms Suo Haoran
Research Assistant, ACI-LKYSPP-NUS

Professor Ramkishen S. Rajan
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, ACI-LKYSPP-NUS
1250 – 1300
Discussant 1 for Indonesia and Malaysia
Dr Bustanul Arifin
Professor, University of Lampung & Board of Founder/Senior Economist, Institute for Development
of Economics and Finance, Indonesia
1300 – 1310
Discussant 2 for Philippines, Myanmar and Vietnam
Dr Roehlano Briones
Senior Research Fellow, Philippines Institute for Development Studies, Philippines
1310 – 1320
Discussant 3 for Thailand
Dr Waleerat Suphannachart
Faculty of Economics
Department of Agricultural and Resource Department, Kasetsart University, Thailand
1320 – 1330
Questions & Answer Session
1330 – 1340
Closing Remarks and the Way Forward
Professor Tan Kong Yam
Co-Director, ACI-LKYSPP-NUS
End of Seminar
as of 26 August