Day Three

Monday, October 9, 2023

09:30 – 10:30 [Surma]
Conversation over Tea(By Invitation Only) "The Necessity of Resilience and Inclusive Growth in the Global South"

Speakers:
Anowarul Haq, Assistant Resident Representative, UNDP-Bangladesh
Asif Nazrul, Professor, Department of Law, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Simon Kofi Tettey, Shipping Management Business Analyst, WHO Global Service Centre, Ghana
Maliha Mozzamel, Climate Change Program Specialist, UNDP-Bangladesh (Moderator)

 09:30 – 10:30 [Meghna]
Conversation over Tea(By Invitation Only) "Globalism: Separating the Ideology from the Conspiracy"

Speakers:
Habibul Haque Khondker, Professor, Zayed University, UAE
Faris Hadrovic, Business Development and Government Relations Expert, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Xia Liping, Professor, Department of Diplomatic Studies, China Foreign Affairs University, China
Parvez Karim Abbasi, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, East West University, Bangladesh(Moderator)

11:00 – 12:20 [Grand Ballroom]
Plenary Session "Defining Competition in the Indo-Pacific"

Setting the Agenda:
Peter Haas, US Ambassador in Bangladesh

Speakers:
Jeremy Bruer, Australian High Commissioner in Bangladesh
Lilly Nicholls, CanadianHigh Commissioner in Bangladesh
Sarah Cooke, British High Commissioner in Bangladesh
Zillur Rahman, Executive Director, CGS; Chairman of the Bay of Bengal Conversation, Bangladesh (Moderator)

12:20 – 13:30 [Grand Ballroom]
Plenary Session "Refugee Crisis Across the World: The Fate of Millions in Limbo"

Speakers:
SooJin Rhee, UNHCR Deputy Representative in Bangladesh
Irfan Yar, Founder& Managing Director, Afghanistan Security Institute, Canada
Jan-Rolf Janowski, Chargé d'Affaires, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bangladesh
Karen Smith, Professor, Leiden University, Former UN Special Adviser, South Africa
Raja Devasish Roy, Chief, Chakma Circle, Bangladesh
Touhid Hossain, Former Foreign Secretary, Bangladesh(Moderator)

13:30 – 14:30 Lunch [Ballroom]
14:30 – 15:50 [Grand Ballroom]               

Plenary Session "The Futureof Development Partnershipsin Asia"

Speakers:
Charles Whiteley, Ambassador & Head of Delegation, Delegation of the EU to Bangladesh
Gregory Simons, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Science, Turiba University, Sweden
Kazi Faisal Bin Seraj, Country Representative, The Asia Foundation, Bangladesh
Stefan Liller, Resident Representative, UNDP-Bangladesh
Wu Lin, Associate Professor, Institute of Asian Studies, China Foreign Affairs University, China
Peter Grk, Secretary General, Bled Strategic Forum, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Slovenia (Moderator)

15:50 – 16:40 [Grand Ballroom]               
Plenary Session "The Dragon’s Domain: BRI after a Decade"

Speakers:
Aamna Khan, PhD Candidate, Jilin University, China
Ali Riaz, Distinguished Professor, Illinois State University, USA
Smruti S. Pattanaik, Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis, India
Vali Golmohammadi, Assistant Professor, Tarbait Modares University, Iran
Xia Liping, Professor, Department of Diplomatic Studies, China Foreign Affairs University, China
Yoshikazu Kato, Research Fellow, Rakuten Securities Economic Research Institute, Japan (Moderator)

16:40 – 17:00 [Grand Ballroom]

Closing
Zillur Rahman, Executive Director, CGS; Chair, Bay of Bengal Conversation, Bangladesh

17:00  – 18:00  
Tea / Coffee [Ballroom Foyer]

20:00 – 23:00 [Grand Ballroom]
After Event Party (By Invitation Only)

Studio, Day 3: Monday, October 9
11:00 to 11:30
Silk Roads and Spice Routes – Integrating The East And West:
Smruti S. Pattnaik, Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis, India
Wu Lin, Associate Professor, Institute of Asian Studies, China Foreign Affairs University, China
Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah, Professor, Department of Public Administration, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh (Moderator)

12:00 to 12:30
Ukraine and Russia Conflict and Effects on the Indo-Pacific:
M Sakhawat Hussain, Former Election Commissioner, Bangladesh
Vlada Galan, Partner, Altum International Strategies, Ukraine
Gregory Simons, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Science, Turiba University, Sweden (Moderator)

13:00 to 13:30
Green New Deal for the Global South:
Judith Mwaniki, Director, Development Programmes, “Consortium of Economic Research and Development Studies,” Kenya
Prasenjit Chakma, Chief of Policy & Deputy Director, UNDP
Mahjabeen Khalid, Former Member of Parliament, Bangladesh (Moderator)

14:30 to 15:00
The Burma Faultline:
Karori Singh, Former Director and Emeritus Fellow, South Asia Studies Centre, University of Rajasthan, India
Touhid Hossain, Former Foreign Secretary, Bangladesh
M Sakhawat Hussain, Former Election Commissioner, Bangladesh(Moderator)

16:30 to 17:00
War, Pandemic, and Bottlenecks in the Global Supply Chain:
Simon Kofi Tettey, Shipping Management Business Analyst, WHO Global Service Centre, Malaysia
Mamun Rashid, Managing Director, PwC, Bangladesh
Leonardo Paz Neves, Researcher, Getulio Vargas Foundation, Brazil(Moderator)

18:00 to 18:30
Multilateralism Vs Bilateralism: The Future of Diplomacy:
Anurag Acharya, Director, Policy Entrepreneurs Incorporated, Nepal
John Gomes, Former Ambassador, Bangladesh
Jovan Ratkovic, Senior Fellow, Agora Strategy Group, Germany(Moderator)

19:00 to 19:30
Future Markets of Asia:
Abdul Haque, Business Leader; Former President, Bangladesh Reconditioned Vehicles Importers and Dealers Association (BARVIDA)
Yoshikazu Kato, Research Fellow, Rakuten Securities Economic Research Institute, Japan
David Morris, Senior Fellow, Center for China and Globalization, Australia (Moderator)