CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

12 March, 2015, Thursday

Venue: Auditorium, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi

ACADEMIC SESSION (09:30-17:30 hours):

09:00-09:30 hours – Registration

09:30-09:35 hours – Welcome Address by Brig. Rumel Dahiya (Retd), Dy. Director General, IDSA
09:35-09:45 hours – Keynote Address by Shri. Anil Wadhwa, Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs of India

09:45-09:55 hours – Brief on Partners and Associates of Delhi Dialogue VII

09:55-11:35 hours

Session 1: Geopolitical Issues

Moderator: [ASEAN] Mr. Mediyatama Suryodiningrat, Editor in Chief, The Jakarta Post

1. Maritime Security

• Lead Speaker: [India] Cdr. Abhijit Singh, Research Fellow, IDSA
• Panellist: [ASEAN] Dr. Nguyen Vu Tung, Vice-President, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam
• Cyber Security

• Lead Speaker: [India] Dr. Kamlesh Bajaj, CEO, Data Security Council of India
• Panellist:
  [ASEAN] Tan Sri Azumi Mohamed, Chairman, Cyber Security, Malaysia
  [India] Mr. Alok Vijayant, Director, Cyber Security Operations, NTRO, India

11:35-11:50 hours – Tea/Coffee

11:50-13:20 hours

Session 2: Socio-Cultural Issues

1. Building Knowledge Societies and Economies: Education and Skill Development including Mutual Recognition of Degrees
2. Strengthening Cultural Linkages and People-to-People ContactsModerator: [India] Prof. S D Muni, Distinguished Fellow, IDSA
   • Lead Speaker: [ASEAN] Atty. Julito D Vitriolo, Executive Director IV, Commission on Higher Education, Govt. of Philippines
   • Panellists:ASEAN] Asst. Prof. Rajesh Rai, Asst. Director, Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), Singapore
     [India] Prof. Baladas Ghoshal, Director, Society for Indian Ocean Studies, India

13:20-14:10 hours – Lunch

14:10-15:50 hours

Session 3: Economic Issues

1. 1. Infrastructure and Connectivity
   2. Energy
   3. Integrating Regional Production Networks and Value Chains

Moderator: [India] Amb. Shyam Saran, Chairman, RIS and NSAB

• Lead Speaker:
  [ASEAN] Dr. Sankaran Nambiar, Senior Fellow, Malaysia Institute of Economic Research (MIER), Kuala LumpurDr. Prabir De, Professor, RIS and Coordinator, ASEAN-India Centre at RIS
• Panelists:
  [ASEAN] Prof. Suthiphand Chirathivat, Head, ASEAN Studies Centre, and Director, Chula Global Network, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok[India] Dr. Nagesh Kumar, Head, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific’s South and South-West Asia Office

15:50-16:00 hours Tea

16:00-17:30 hours

Session 4: The Way Forward

1. 1. Future Directions for ASEAN-India Relations
   2. Directions for Delhi Dialogue VIII

Moderator: [ASEAN] Prof. Hidetoshi Nishimura, Executive Director-ERIA.

• Panellists:
  [India] Brig. Rumel Dahiya (Retd.), Dy. Director General, IDSA, New Delhi[India] Amb. Rajiv K. Bhatia, Director General, ICWA, New Delhi[ASEAN] Amb. Gopinath Pillai, Chairman, Management Board of the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), Singapore

  [ASEAN] Tan Sri Rastam Mohd Isa, Chairman and Chief Executive, ISIS Malaysia

  [ASEAN] H.E. U Nyunt Maung Shein, Chairman, Myanmar Institute of Strategic and International Studies, Myanmar

  [ASEAN] Kavi Chongkittavorn, Senior Fellow, ISIS, Thailand