Forum Program
*Draft only, program subject to change.
Location: Maple Leaf Room, Lister Conference Centre, 2nd Floor, 11613 87 Ave, Edmonton, Alberta
Date: October 26-27, 2017
Thursday, October 26
08:30 - 09:00 Breakfast and Registration
09:00 - 09:10 Welcoming Remarks
Gordon HOULDEN, Director, China Institute, University of Alberta
WU Shicun, President, National Institute for South China Sea Studies
09:10 - 09:30 Opening Keynote Address
Introduction: Roger EPP, Director, UAlberta North
Keynote Remarks: His Excellency Mr. LU Shaye, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the P.R.China to Canada, Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Canada
09:30 - 11:00 Panel I: Geopolitical Situation and Security Challenges
Chair: WU Shicun, President, National Institute for South China Sea Studies
Speakers：
James BOUTILIER, Special Advisor, Maritime Forces Pacific Headquarters, Canada
KOO Min Gyo, Associate Dean, Office of International Affairs Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University, South Korea
ZHU Feng, Executive Director, China Center for Collaborative Studies on the South China Sea, Nanjing University
Murray HIEBERT, Senior Advisor, Southeast Asia Program, CSIS
11:00 - 11:15 Health Break
11:15 - 12:45 Panel II: Security and Safety Challenges of Navigation
Chair: Gordon HOULDEN, Director, China Institute, University of Alberta
Speakers：
Ted McDORMAN, Professor, Law Faculty, University of Victoria
Hao Duy PHAN, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore
DING Duo, Research Fellow, National Institute for the South China Sea Studies
SONG Jiwei, Research Associate, China Center for Collaborative Studies on the South China Sea, Nanjing University
12:45 - 13:45 Lunch
13:45 - 15:15 Panel III: Maritime Environment Protection
Chair: Ashley ESAREY, China Institute, University of Alberta
Speakers：
Ja Ian CHONG, Associate Professor of Political Science, National University of Singapore
Kurkpatrick DORSEY, Professor of History Department, University of New Hampshire
Tabitha MALLORY, Nonresident Fellow, National Bureau of Asian Research
Xiaoyi JIANG, Associate Professor, China Institute of Boundary and Ocean Studies, Wuhan University
15:15 - 15:30 Health Break
15:30 - 17:00 Panel IV: Dispute Management and Ocean Governance
Chair: ZHU Feng, Executive Director, China Center for Collaborative Studies on the South China Sea, Nanjing University
Speakers:
Wendell SANFORD, Research Associate, Maritime and Environmental Institute, Dalhousie Law School; Director of Outreach, Ottawa Branch, the Naval Association of Canada University
LIU Fu-Kuo, Research Fellow, Institute of International Relations, Taiwan Chengchi University
Nong HONG, Executive Director, ICAS; Senior Fellow, China Institute, University of Alberta
Friday, October 27
09:30 - 11:00 Panel V: Maritime Cooperation
Chair: Anita DEY NUTTALL, Associate Director, UAlberta North
Speakers:
Aldo CHIRCOP, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Dalhousie, Canada
ZOU Xinqing, Professor, Department of Coastal and Oceanography Science, Nanjing University
Adele BUCKLEY, Treasurer and Past Chair, Executive Committee, International Pugwash Council
Whitney LACKENBAUER, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of History, St. Jerome's University, Waterloo
11:00 - 11:10 Wrap-up
ZHU Feng, Executive Director, China Center for Collaborative Studies on the South China Sea, Nanjing University
Gordon HOULDEN, Director, China Institute, University of Alberta
11:10 - 12:30 Lunch