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Agenda of 2012 Education Forum for Asia Annual Conference

Tentative Agenda
September 21-23, 2012
Jin Jiang Hotel, Chengdu, China

21 Sep 2012, Friday

09:00-22:00

Registration (The Hall of Jin Jiang Hotel)

14:00-14:40

Press Conference (Chamber of Mist)

22Sep 2012, Saturday

07:00-08:30

Breakfast (Louvre Garden)

08:30-09:00

Entering of the Guests

09:00-09:45

Opening Plenary (Jinjiang Hall)
Host:
Mr. Huang Xinchu              Secretary of Chengdu Municipal Committee of the CPC
Welcome Remarks:
Mr. Jiang Jufeng                Governor of Sichuan Provincial Government
H.E. Mr. Fidel V. Ramos    Former President of the Philippines and Initiator of Education Forum for Asia
H.E. Mr. Mark Eyskens      Former Prime Minister of Belgium
Mr. Zhou Wenzhong           Secretary General of Boao Forum for Asia
UNESCO Representatives (Assistant Director General)
Officer of Ministry of Education, P R China

09:45-10:00

Asian Education- Towards A More Prosperous and Better Future (Jinjiang Hall)
Host:
Mr. Yao Wang              Secretary General of Education Forum for Asia
Keynote Speakers:
Mr. Witaya Jera Dechakul         Secretary General of the Southeast Asia Education Minister Organization
Mr. Datuk Ab. Rahim Md. Noor  Secretary General of the Ministry of Higher Education of Malaysia
Mr. W.W.G. Zoysa                    Deputy Minister of Education, Sri Lanka
Mr. Narendra Jadhav                  Member of Planning Commission, Government of India
Mr. Anisul Hassnain                  Official from the Ministry of Education of Pakistan
Mr. Mahdi Safari                       Ambassador of Iran
Mr. Neil Barns                          Board Member of Education New Zealand

10:00-11:20
Tea Break

11:20-11:30

Asia Foreign Study Scholarship Program Award Ceremony- Scholarship Winners & Institutional Sponsors
The Seventh Annual Asian Students Photography Exhibition Award Ceremony

11:30-13:00

Buffet  Lunch

14:30-17:30

Session 1: On Sustainable Development of Education in Western China-Discussion and Case Studies (Jinjiang Hall)
Theme: Education Leads Technology, Talents Serve Development

16:00-16:15
Tea break

Host:
Mr. Zhang Li          Director of National Center for Education Development and Research
Speakers:
Mr. Tang Qian       Assistant Director-General of UNESCO
Mr. Du Yue           Secretary General of the National Commission of the People’s Republic of China for UNESCO
Mr. Wu Zhiliang    Chairperson of Macao Foundation
Mr. Tu Wentao      Director of the Department of Education of the Sichuan Provincial People’s Government
Mr. Luo Chongmin  Director of the Department of Education of the People’s Government of Yunnan Province
Mr. Fu Yonglin      Deputy Mayor of Chengdu People's Government
Mr. Zhou Xu          Director of the Department of Education of Chongqing Municipal People’s Government, Deputy Director of the Work Council
Mr. Shi Gendong   Executive Director of the Working Committee, UNESCO Project on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in China
Mr. Wang Jiayi      President of Northwest Normal University
Mr. Zhou Jiliu         President of Chengdu University
Mr. Peter Haymond Consul-General of the American Consulate General in Chengdu

 

Session 2: On Balanced Development of Education in Urban and Rural Areas-Develop a More Inclusive Basic Education(Brocade City Hall)
Host:
Mr. Zuo Huarong       Deputy Director of the Chengdu Education Bureau
Speakers:
Mr. Yang Yinfu          Deputy Director of National Center for
Education Development and Research
Mr. Liang Li               Director of the Directorate of Education and Youth of the Macao Special Administrative Region
Mr. Tan Xuejun          Deputy Director of the Chengdu Education Bureau
Mr. Chen Hanqiang   President of Taiwan Mu Duo Society
Mr. Li Zeya               Vice Chairman of People’s Political Consultative Conference and Director of Education Bureau of Qingyang District, Chengdu
Mr. Zhang Tianjin       Director of Education Bureau of Wuhou District, Chengdu
Ms. Wang Haiyan      Project Manager of Cultural and Education Section of the Embassy of the United Kingdom
Mr. Li Xigui                President of Beijing National Day School
Mr. Sun Yunxiao        Deputy Director of China Youth& Children Research Association
Mr. Yang Zhiqing        Assistant of the Principal of Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Director of International Exchange& Cooperation Department
Mr. Tian Jian             Principal of Shishi High School
Ms. Wang Linda        Director of the Board of Yihai Education Group

 

Session 3: On Asian Vocational Education- How to Make Vocational Education More Beneficial (Dignitary Hall) 
Host:
Mr. Wang Boqing     Chairman of Mycos Company, Distinguished Professor of Southwest University of Finance and Economics
Speakers:
Mr. Chen Yu             Vice President of China Association of Employment Promotion
Mr. Tang Min            Consultant of the State Council, Vice President of
YouChange Foundation
Mr. Zha Jianzhong     Chairman of UNESCO Industry-University Cooperation Council
Mr. Wang Li              Deputy Director of UNESCO International Research and Training Centre for Rural Education
Mr. He Jiming           President of Chengdu Polytechnic
Mr. Liu Zhihui            President of Chengdu Vocational College of Agricultural Science and Technology
Mr. Wei Quanbin       President of Sichuan Southeast College of Civil Aviation
Mr. Liao Debin           President of Chengdu Industrial Vocational and Technical College
Mr. Wei Quanbin       President of Sichuan Southwest College of Civil Aviation
Ms. Jen Tyrell           Counselor of Australian Embassy, China       
Mr. Ashfaque Hasan Khan Principal of National University of Sciences & Technology
Mr. Theresa Thompson   Director of National Legal Studies Institute, USA
Dr. Tariq Mahmood         Chief Research Officer of Pakistan Council for Science and Technology
Ms. Do Thanh Van          Third Secretary of the Embassy of the Socialist Repulic of Vietnam

18:00-20:00

Welcome Banquet (Louvre Garden)
Host:
Official from Chengdu Municipal Government 
Speaker:
Mayor of Chengdu Municipal Government
Art Performances by Students from Chengdu

23 Sep 2012, Sunday

07:00-08:30

Breakfast

 

09:00-11:30

Session 4: On Quality of Asian Teachers – Promoting Life-long Professional Development of Asian Teachers(Brocade City Hall)
Host:
Mr. Liu Xincheng       Principal of Capital Normal University; Vice Director of China Association for Promoting Democracy
Speakers:
Mr. Xu Tao               Director of the Department of Teacher Education of the Ministry of Education (TBC)
Ms. Hao Fanghua       Vice President of Beijing Normal University
Mr. Chen Qun             President of East China Normal University(TBC)
Mr. Zhang Minxuan     President of Shanghai Normal University
Mr. Qi Wanxue           President of Shandong Norman University
Mr. Zhou Jieming        President of Sichuan Normal University
Mr. Yu Fayou             Researcher of National Institute of Education Sciences
Mr. Lin Dongtai           Deputy President from Taiwan Normal Universities
Mr. Shyam Kant Silwal  Senior Consultant of Mr.Bista Kirti Nidhi, former Prime Minister of Nepal
Mr.François Dumas     Deputy Director of Evaluation, Prospective and Performance Department of the French Ministry of Education
Mr. AnthonyJ. Kane    China Programs Manager, American Councils for International Education
Ms. Rosa Aronson      Executive Director of TESOL International Association
Mr.Chaerun Anwar      Education Counselor of the Embassy of Indonesia

10:30-10:45
Tea Break

Session 5: On International Exchange and Cooperation in Asian Education –Regional Mobility of Teachers and Students (Jinjiang Hall)

 

Host :
Mr. Li Youwen            Director of International Cooperation Department, Beijing Foreign Studies University
Speakers:
Mr. Yang Jun              Deputy Director of the Department of International Cooperation and Exchanges, the Ministry of Education
Mr. Hu Zhiping            Deputy Director of China National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language
Mr.Yan Shijing            Vice President of Sichuan University
Mr. Fu Guohua            Vice President of Hainan University
Mr. Zhang Jianlin         Party Secretary of Business College of Beijing Union University

 

Ms. Maria Amelita C Aquino  Consul-General of the Consulate General of the Republic of Philippines in Chongqing 
Mr. Frank Shih              Professor of Stony Brook University
Mr. Qaisar Abbas          Dean/Professor of COMSATS Institute of Information Technology
Mr. Stuart Jones           Head of Professional Development, Asia Pacific, IBO
Ms. HuaXiaohang          Deputy Chair of China National Committee, United World College
Ms. Ren Jianyun           President of TriWon Global Inc
Mr. Ahmed Renima       Lecturer and President of the Scientific Committee of University S.B.B. Chlef
Mr. Arnaldo Ghersi        Doctor of MIT, President of Online Education Solutions
Mr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Technical Affairs Counsellor of Pakistan
Mr. Arnaldo Ghersi        Doctor of MIT, President of Online Education Solutions

Session 6:  India China Management Education Conference(Four Seasons Hall)
Host:
Dr.Narendra Jadhav      Member of Planning Commission, Government of India
Mr.Mohammed Saqib    The Secretary General of India China Economic and Cultural Council
Mr.Dushyanth Damodaran The Associate Director of India China Economic and Cultural Council Beijing Office
Speakers:
Mr.P.S. Deodhar           President of India China Economic and Cultural Council
Mr. Aamir Ullah Khan    Former Director of Bangalore Management Academy
Dr. Shobhit Kumar        Chancellor of Shobhit University
Prof. Raj S, Dhankar     Dean of Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University
Mr. Indra Mani Pandey   HE Consul General of India, Consul General of India, Guangzhou
Dr. Abdul Gani              Registrar, Central University Kashmir
Dr. R Natarajan              Director, T. A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI), Manipal
Dr. Prafful Agnihotri       Director, IIM Trichi
Dr. Ajay Singh              Programme Director, ISB, Hyderabad
Mr. Li Jingwen              Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering; Foreign Academician of Russian Academy of Sciences; Director of School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Technology
Mr. Li Weiguang           Chief Professor of Finance, Tianjin University of Finance& Economics
Mr. Wei Sen                 Professor of School of Economics, Fu Dan University
Mr. Zheng Yannong       Vice President of China Electronic Commerce Association
Mr. Li Xinchun               Former President of Sun Yat-sen Business School
Mr. Huang Haifeng        Assistant Dean, Peking University HSBC Business School
Mr. Wang Yuesheng       Director of International Economics Institute, Peking University 
Mr. Fang Deying            Vice President of Beijing Technology and Business University
Mr. Wang Hongsheng    Member of the Management Committee of the Indian Research Center, Peking University   
Ms. Jia Baolan               Member of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference; Chief Editor of Dushu Magazine; Copy Editor of SDX Joint Publishing Company

11:30-12:30

Closing Ceremony (Signing Ceremony News Release) (Brocade City Hall)
Host:
Mr. Yao Wang           Secretary General of the EFA
Speakers:
Mr. Chen Lin             Director of Chengdu Bureau of Expo Affairs(TBC)
Mr. Zhong Yi             Selectman of Macao Foundation

12:30-13:30

Farewell Banquet

14:00-17:00

Sightseeing:
Route 1: Visiting Schools
Route 2: Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding

Seeing Off Guests

 























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