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AECF 2010 | Events Sketch
Dr. Kim Hak-su, chairman of the Asia Economic Community (AEC)
Foundation and Former ESCAP Executive Secretary
versities from all across Asia. The politics session in the afternoon
was headed by the Korean Association of International Studies.
"Grand Compromise toward the East Asian Community" and
"Grand Compromise on the Agenda of EAC" were the two subjects
of the talks. Again, professors of universities from all over
Asia participated.
The second economics session followed, with the Korean
Urban Geographical Society and the Economic Geographical
Society of Korea organizing two talks on "Job Creation and
Urban Competitiveness", "Global City Network and Urban
Competitiveness". A graduate student paper presentation session
was also organized. HK Research Center for Chinese Practices
and the University of Incheon organized the culture session on
the subject of "Studies in Chinese Standards and Practices".
Professors from China and Korea were present to participate as
speakers and panel.
The last session of Day 1 was an economic session on "Asian
Responses to the Global Financial Crisis: Experiences and
Comparison" and was organized by the Korea Association for
Comparative Economics and the Economic Geographical
Society of Korea. Day 2 saw the forum set full speed ahead with
three plenary sessions, a break-out session, UN APCICT and
Model Asia Union meetings. Plenary session one started with an
opening remark by the Chairman of AECF Kim Hak-su, and an
opening remark from the Mayor of Incheon, Song Young-gil.
The congratulatory speech was given by Park Jin, Member of
Congress and Immanuel Wallerstein, Professor at Yale
University. The forum continued with another session organized
by the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy and
keynote speaker Amartya Sen, Professor at Harverd University.
USA, presenting on the "Grand Debate of 21st century
Capitalism: In Search of Alternatives to Washington Consensus".
A break-out session was also held with Asia Values Survey
Research Team organizing a talk on "Asia Values Survey for
Creating One Asia Together: Perceptions of College Students in
China, Japan and Korea", UNESCAP Sub-regional Office for
East and North-East Asia hosting talks on "A new development
paradigm in North-East Asia: Green Economy, and talks on
"CSR Korea and Asia" were organized by Herald Media.
The UN-APCICT organized "Turning Today's Youth into
Tomorrow's ICTD Leaders" participated by many distinguished
international guests. Plenary session 2 and 3 was organized by the
Korea Institute for International Economic Policy and treated
subjects such as "Asia's Response and Tasks for Recovery From
the Financial Crisis" and "Post Crisis New World Order: Asia
and G20". Finally, the model Asia union was organized by the
Asia Economic Community Foundation and the Incheon
Metropolitan City, Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority. The
talks were on "Asia's Integration".
The last day of the forum kicked off with plenary session 4
"Grand Compromise " Among US, China and the EU:
Resolving the Hegemony Crisis by G2 or G20?" organized by
The Korean Association of International Studies. UN-APCICT
continued their talks from yesterday, "Turning Today's Youth into
Tomorrow's ICTD Leaders". 3 special break-out sessions continued,
with the One Asia Club organizing the "Start One Asia"
talks. The Incheon Development Institute and Asia Journalist
Association organized talks on "Network of Competition &
Cooperation Among Asia Megacity Regions" and "Asian
Journalist's Perspective on G20 Seoul Summit 2010" respectively.
An economic session and political session followed with
"Background and Conditions for Regional Integration: Asia and
Europe Compared-The Model of Integration?-How to reformulate
the European model into East Asia", and "Asia regional integration
road map" talks and were organized by Northeast Asia
Intellectuals' Solidarity Korea.
The last plenary session, the "Grand Dialogue", was held on
the subject "Grand Dialogue between Asia and the West", with
guest speakers including Choi Won-sik, Professor of Inha
University and Bernard Senecal, Professor at Sogang University.
All talks and meetings wrapped up on Day 3 with the announcement
of the Asian Regional Integration Index with Kim
Won-ho, Professor of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. The
wrap up session followed, with Kim Hak-soo, Chair of AECF at
the podium to bring things to a close. There was also an announcement
of the Regional Integration Road Map &
Declaration of Incheon by Park Je-hoon, Secretary-General of
AECF.
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