Ninth Annual South China Sea Conference
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The CSIS Southeast Asia Program and Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative are pleased to present the Ninth Annual South China Sea Conference on Wednesday, July 24, 2019. This full-day conference will provide opportunities for in-depth discussion and analysis of developments in the South China Sea over the past year and potential paths forward. Panels will address the state of play in the South China Sea, the history and historiography of disputes in the South China Sea, pathways for dispute management, and the global stakes related to the South China Sea.
9:00 a.m. Morning Keynote
9:45 a.m. State of Play in the South China Sea
Evan Laksmana
Senior Researcher
Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta
Huong Le Thu
Senior Analyst
Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)
Gregory B. Poling
Director, Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative; Fellow, Southeast Asia Program
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Liu Xiaobo
Associate Research Fellow; Director, World Navy Research Center
National Institute for South China Sea Studies
Moderator
Bonnie Glaser
Senior Adviser for Asia and Director, China Power Project
Center for Strategic and International Studies
11:00 a.m. Coffee Break
11:15 a.m. How Did We Get Here? History and Historiography
Kavi Chongkittavorn
Senior Fellow
Institute of Security and International Studies, Chulalongkorn University
Bill Hayton
Associate Fellow, Asia-Pacific Programme
Chatham House
Stein Tønnesson
Research Professor
Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
Marites Vitug
Editor-at-Large
Rappler
Moderator
Amy Searight
Senior Adviser and Director, Southeast Asia Program
Center for Strategic and International Studies
12:30 p.m. Lunch Served
1:15 p.m. Lunch Keynote
Admiral Scott H. Swift, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
Former Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet
2:00 p.m. Pathways for Dispute Management
Jay Batongbacal
Associate Professor; Director, Institute for Maritime Affairs and Law of the Sea
University of the Philippines
Lan Nguyen
Assistant Professor
Utrecht University School of Law
Prashanth Parameswaran
Senior Editor
The Diplomat
Ian Storey
Senior Fellow
ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute
Moderator
Gregory Poling
Director, Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative and Fellow, Southeast Asia Program
Center for Strategic and International Studies
3:15 p.m. Coffee Break
3:30 p.m. Global Stakes
Pooja Bhatt
PhD Candidate
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Sarah Kirchberger
Researcher, Center for Asia-Pacific Strategy and Security
Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University (ISPK)
Toshihiro Nakayama
Professor, Faculty of Policy Management
Keio University
Bec Strating
Senior Lecturer, Politics, La Trobe University; Asia Studies Visiting Fellow, East-West Center in Washington
Moderator
Michael J. Green
Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair, CSIS; Director of Asian Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
4:45 p.m. Adjourn
This event is made possible by the FESS Foundation, the Embassy of Australia, the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Embassy of Japan, the Embassy of New Zealand, and general support to CSIS.
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