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Asian Forum on Global Governance
The Asian Forum on Global Governance is an annual workshop jointly organized by the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius, and the Observer Research Foundation.
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This year's Asian Forum is scheduled to take place from November 10 - 19, 2013 in New Delhi, India. The nomination and application process commences from March 15 and the last date for submission of applications is June 1, 2013.
The Asian Forum on Global Governance will take a close look at the Asian region and at the challenges facing the global community. The primary objective of this forum is to provide an instructional and networking platform for young professional leaders to discuss, debate and challenge conventional interpretations of the existing complex realities confronting communities and leaders. The program provides a unique opportunity for them to confer with high-ranking figures from the political, business and academic communities from around the globe, and especially from Asia.
Though the emphasis is on Asia, there will be a fair mix of young leaders from Europe, Americas, Africa, Asia and Australia. The participants will be drawn from diverse sectors and streams of study. Each of these participants will, at the outset, be nominated by senior figures – Heads of Governments, Ministries and Government Departments, the CEO’s of major National and Multinational Companies, Heads of Universities and of Non-Profit Organizations – and thereafter carefully selected by an eminent jury of experts.
The participants will be between 28 and 35 years of age. They would have acquired significant professional experience and would already exhibit promise at work.
Agenda
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Arrival in New Delhi at Hotel Oberoi, Dr. Zakir Hussain Marg, New Delhi, 110003 (Ph. +91.11.24363030)
| 14.00 | Arrival and Check-in at Hotel Oberoi/ Lunch |
| 16.00 19.00 | Optional Heritage Walk Spend an Afternoon Exploring the Woods and the Fort of Rai Pithora Long before the Mughals came to Delhi, the only territory which was inhabited was Qila Rai Pithora in what is now South Delhi. Excavations have found evidence of settlements at the site. The city had 13 gates, of which only some signs of three—Hauz Rani, Barka and Badaun-- have been found so far. The Badaun gate has been mentioned by the famous traveller Ibn Batuta and could have been the main entrance to the city. We will explore the ruins of the old fort built by Prithviraj Chauhan, climbing the crumbling ramparts and fort walls to get a panoramic view of the forest surroundings. |
| 20.00 | Dinner at Restaurant “The Rooftop”, Hotel Oberoi Welcome Remarks |
Monday, November 11, 2013
Reimagining Sovereignty
| 09.00 09.10 | Welcome Remarks Sunjoy Joshi, Director, Observer Research Foundation, India Manfred Lahnstein, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, ZEIT – Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius, Germany |
| 09.20 09.30 | Co-Chair Address C. Raja Mohan, Head, Strategic Studies, Observer Research Foundation Theo Sommer, Editor-at-Large, DIE ZEIT |
| 09.30 09.50 | Honorary Patron’s Address Shashi Tharoor, Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Government of India and Honorary Patron, Asian Forum on Global Governance |
| 09.50 10.30 | Breaking the Ice: Self Introduction by Participants |
| 10.30 11.00 | Tea/Coffee |
| 11.00 11.30 | Keynote Address: Gridlock: Why Global Cooperation is Failing When we need it Most David Held, Master, University College, Durham, UK |
| 11.30 12.30 | Plenary Discussion |
| 12.30 13.00 | Group Photograph |
| 13.00 14.30 | Lunch |
| 14.30 16.30 | Panel Discussion: A New Definition of Sovereignty Ashley Tellis, Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, USA Siddharth Varadarajan, Editor, The Hindu, India Shen Dingli, Vice Dean of the Institute of International Affairs, Fudan University, China Michael Schaefer, Chairman, BMW Stiftung, Germany |
| 16.30 17.00 | Tea/Coffee |
| 18.30 19.00 | Bus Transfer to Lodhi Estate |
| 19.00 22.00 | Cocktails and Dinner Hosted by Sunanda and Shashi Tharoor |
| 22.00 22.30 | Bus Transfer to Hotel Oberoi |
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Technology, Security and Society
| 09.00 09.30 | Plenary Address: Technology vs. Sovereignty Reka Szemerkenyi, Chief Foreign and Security Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister of Hungary (TBC) |
| 09.30 10.30 | Plenary Discussion |
| 10.30 11.00 | Tea/Coffee |
| 11.00 13.00 | Panel Discussion: Internet and the State: A New Area of Conflict Tripurari Sharan, Director General, Doordarshan, India Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), India Katharine Sarikakis, Professor, Department of Communication, University of Vienna, Austria |
| 13.00 14.30 | Lunch |
| Working Groups | |
| 14.30 17.00 | Technology, Security and Society a) Drones and Sovereignty b) Cyber Security and Privacy c) Democracy and New Media |
| 17.00 17.30 | Tea/Coffee |
| 17.30 18.00 | Rapporteur’s Report |
| 19.30 20.00 | Bus Transfer to Restaurant “China Kitchen”, Hyatt Regency |
| 20.00 22.30 | Dinner |
| 22.30 23.00 | Bus Transfer to Hotel Oberoi |
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Economic Gridlock: From one Crisis to the Next
| 09.30 11.30 | Panel Discussion: Elusive Global Financial Governance Steffen Kern, Chief Economist, European Security and Markets Authority, France John Hulsman, President, Hulsman Enterprises, Germany Manfred Lahnstein, Former Federal Minister of Finance, Germany Jwalant Nanavati, Co-Head, Corporate Finance, BNP Paribas, India |
| 11.30 12.00 | Tea/Coffee |
| Working Groups (shorter format) | |
| 12.30 13.00 | Gridlocks in Rulemaking a) Is the UNSC still Relevant for Peace and Security? b) FTAs, Regional Blocs and Equity: Who will Represent the Voiceless in Trade? c) Oceans: Governing the New Arenas of Contest or Cooperation? |
| 13.30 14.30 | Lunch |
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Demography and Governance
| 09.00 09.30 | Plenary Address: Dreaming with a Billion Shashi Tharoor, Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Government of India and Honorary Patron, Asian Forum on Global Governance |
| 09.30 10.30 | Plenary Discussion |
| 10.30 11.00 | Tea/Coffee |
| 11.00 11.30 | Panel Discussion: Delivery of Public Goods Rakesh Basant, Professor, Indian Institute of Management Yogesh Jain, Founder and Secretary, Jan Swasthya Sahyog (People’s Health Support Group), India Glauco Arbix, President, Brazilian Agency for Innovation, Brazil Chhavi Rajawat, Sarpanch, Soda Village, India (TBC |
| 13.00 13.15 | Preparation for Site Visits (Collection of Packed lunch) |
| 13.15 18.15 | Site Visits |
| 19.30 20.00 | Bus Transfer to Restaurant “Indian Accent” |
| 20.00 20.30 | Dinner |
| 22.30 23.00 | Bus Transfer to Hotel Oberoi |
Friday, November 15, 2013
| 10.00 10.45 | Review of Site Visits by Participants |
| 10.45 11.00 | Wrap-Up Remarks by Chair |
| 11.00 11.30 | Tea/Coffee |
| Climate Change, Sustainable Development and the Crisis in Multilateralism | |
| 11.30 13.30 | Panel Discussion: Climate Change and Sustainable Development: The Roadblocks to Consensus Aled Jones, Director, Global Sustainability Institute, Anglia Ruskin University, UK Lydia Powell, Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, India Catherine MacKenzie, Lecturer in Law, University of Cambridge, UK |
| 13.30 14.30 | Lunch |
| 14.30 17.30 | Simulation Exercise |
| 17.30 18.00 | Debriefing Session |
| 19.30 20.00 | Transfer to “The Lodhi” |
| 20.00 22.30 | Dinner |
| 22.30 23.00 | Bus Transfer to Hotel Oberoi |
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Agra Retreat (ITC Mughal, Taj Ganj, Agra, 282001; Ph: +91 562 4021700)
| 08.00 11.00 | Bus Transfer to Agra (Breakfast Served on Bus) |
| 11.00 12.00 | Arrival and Check In at ITC Mughal |
| 12.00 13.30 | Lunch |
| Post Lunch Session | |
| 13.30 15.30 | Panel Discussion: Religion and Democracy Tarek Fatah, Writer and Political Activist, Canada Charles Kupchan, Whitney Shepardson Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, USA Ananya Vajpeyi, Ananya Vajpeyi, Associate Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, India (TBC) |
| 15.30 16.00 | Tea/Coffee |
| 16.00 19.00 | Preparation for Debating Day |
| 20.00 | An Indian Evening |
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Agra retreat
| 08.30 10.30 | Visit to Taj Mahal |
| 10.30 12.30 | Visit to Agra Fort |
| 12.30 13.30 | Lunch |
| 13.30 16.30 | Bus Transfer to Delhi |
| 20.00 22.30 | Dinner at “The Rooftop”, Oberoi Hotel |
Monday, November 18, 2013
Debating Day
| 09.00 09.30 | Directions for Debating Day |
| 09.30 12.30 | Working Groups (Preparation for Debating Clubs) Will Sovereignty Trump Globalism? Is Green Capitalism an Oxymoron? Is Asia Facing a Demographic Nightmare? Does Social Media Strengthen Democracy? |
| 13.00 14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00 16.00 | Debating Sessions |
| 16.00 16.30 | Tea/Coffee |
| 16.30 17.00 | Results |
| 19.30 20.00 | Bus Transfer to “Olive Beach”, Mehrauli |
| 20.00 22.30 | Dinner |
| 22.30 23.00 | Bus Transfer to Hotel Oberoi |
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Valedictory Session
| 09.00 09.10 | Opening Remarks by Organizers |
| 09.10 09.30 | Keynote Address: Riva Ganguly Das, Joint Secretary & Head, Public Diplomacy Division, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India |
| 09.30 10.20 | Valedictory Address |
| 10.20 11.30 | Plenary Discussion |
| 11.30 12.30 | Dean’s Address and Distribution of Certificates |
| 12.30 13.30 | Lunch |
| 13.30 14.00 | Closing Session |
| Departures Commence | |
| 20.00 22.30 | Dinner at Chez Saran |
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Departures conclude