Demographic Change and International Labor Mobility
in the Asia Pacific Region
Implications for Business and Cooperation

(ver 19 March 2008)

(download as pdf)

Monday 24 March

Arrival and Registration

Welcoming dinner reception hosted by KOPEC Chair

Opening Session
Chair: Dr. Soogil Young, KOPEC Chair

Opening Remarks
Dr. Soogil Young, KOPEC Chair

Congratulatory Remarks
Dr. Charles Morrison, PECC International Chair and Ms. Doris Magsaysay-Ho, ABAC Philippines

Keynote Address I: Demographic Change and Its Implications for Business and Labor Mobility in Asia Pacific

Prof. Graeme Hugo, Federation Fellow, Professor of Geography, and Director of the National Centre for Social Applications of GIS, University of Adelaide

Keynote Address II: Governance Challenges on Labor Migration in the Asia Pacific Region

Dr. Manolo Abella, Chief Technical Advisor, ILO Asian Regional Programme on Governance of Labor Migration

Discussion

Photo Session and Coffee Break

Session I: Northeast Asia
Chair: Dr. Chia Siow Yue, Senior Fellow, Singapore Institute of International Affairs

Case Studies

• China: Mr. Liu Yanbin, Institute for International Labor Studies, China
  
• Hong Kong China: Dr. Wong Siu-lun, University of Hong Kong
  
• Chinese Taipei: Prof. Ke-Jeng Lan, National Chung Cheng University
  
• Korea: Drs. Jai-Joon Hur and Kyuyong Lee, Korea Labor Institute
  
• Japan: Prof. Yasushi Iguchi, Kwansei Gakuin University
  
• Mongolia: Dr. Bolormaa Tsogtsaikhan, National University of Mongolia

• Regional Overview: Dr. Young-Ki Choi, President, Korea Labor Institute
• Discussion

Luncheon hosted by Mr. Younghoon David Kim, CEO of Daesung Group and Member of ABAC Korea (Topaz Room)

Guest Speech, by Mr. Jae-gap Lee, Director General, Ministry of Labor, Korea

Session II: Southeast Asia
Chair: Dr. Narongchai Akrasanee, Vice-Chair, Thailand National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation

Case Studies

• The Philippines: Prof. Tereso S. Tullao, Jr., De La Salle University, Manila
• Indonesia: Drs. Aris Ananta and Evi Nurvidya Arifin, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
• Thailand: Dr. Yongyuth Chalamwong, Thailand Development Research Institute
• Vietnam: Mr. Phung Quang Huy, Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry to be presented by Mr. Dao Trong Khang, DTK Consulting Co., Ltd.
• Malaysia: Ms.Vijayakumari Kanapathy, Institute of Strategic and International Studies
• Singapore: Profs. Chew Soon Beng and Rosalind Chew, Nanyang Technologial University (rev 22-03-08)

• Regional Overview: Dr. Chia Siow Yue, Senior Fellow, Singapore Institute of International Affairs
• Discussion

16:40-17:00   

Coffee/Tea Break

Session III: Australasia Session
Chair: Dr. Sherry Stephenson, Organization of American States

Case Studies

• Australia and New Zealand, by Prof. Graeme Hugo, University of Adelaide, Australia, Dr. Paul Callister, Victoria University of Wellington and Ms. Juthika Badkar, Department of Labour, New Zealand

• Discussion

Welcoming Dinner: hosted by the Federation of Korean Industries (Topaz Room)
        

Wednesday, March 26

Session IV: Pacific America
Chair: Dr. Manolo Abella, Chief Technical Advisor, ILO Asian Regional Programme on Governance of Labor Migration

• United States: Drs. Susan Martin and B. Lindsay Lowell, Georgetown University
• Canada: Ms. Catherine Sas, Q.C., Canadian Bar Association (rev 22-03-08)
• Canada: Ms. Catherine Sas, Q.C., Canadian Bar Association (presentation)
• Mexico: Dr. Ofelia Woo Morales, University of Guadalajara
• Chile: Dr. Claudia Martinez A., University of Chile to be presented by Dr. Sherry Stephenson, Organization of American Studies
• Peru: Dr. Anibal Sánchez, National Institute of Statistics and Information to be presented by Dr. Sherry Stephenson, Organization of American Studies
• Colombia: Mrs. Jaifa Mezher El Kareh, Director, and Nestor Orduz Cádenas, Advisor, Colombia Nos Une Program, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (rev 22-03-08)

Coffee/Tea Break

• Regional Overview: Dr. Sherry Stephenson, Advisor, Economic Policy Issues and Chief, Institutional Relations, Organization of American States (OAS), Washington D.C.
• Discussion

Session V.  Business Perspectives
Chair: Dr. Charles Morrison, President, East West Center, International PECC Chair

• Implications for Business and Cooperation in the Region, by Ms. Doris Magsaysay-Ho, ABAC Philippines
• Views of a Global Firm, by Ms. Lori Forman, Microsoft

Luncheon hosted by Dr. Young-Ki Choi, KLI President

Guest Speech: Dr. Kil-Sang Yoo, President, Korea International Migration Association (KIMA)

Session VI.  Implications for International and APEC Cooperation
Chair: Dr. Charles Morrison, President, East West Center, International PECC Chair

• The Views of the International Labor Organization, Mr. Piyasiri Wickramasekara, Senior Migration Specialist, ILO
• The Views of the International Organization for Migration, Mr. Federico Soda, IOM, Bangkok

• Discussion

Coffee/Tea Break

Concluding Session
Chair: Dr. Soogil Young, KOPEC Chair

Concluding Discussions

• Wrap-up Comments by the Synthesis Authors
  
• Discussion

Closing Remarks

• PECC International Chair
• KOPEC Chair