Monday, November 21
09:30 – 10:30-Grand Ballroom
Inaugural Session:
Zillur Rahman, Executive Director, Centre for Governance Studies and Chair, Bay of Bengal Conversation
Dr. A K Abdul Momen MP, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh
Boris Tadic, Former President, Serbia, Full Member, Club de Madrid
Dr. Manjur A Chowdhury, Chairman, Centre for Governance Studies, Bangladesh
10:30 – 11:00
Tea/Coffee Break - Ballroom Foyer
11:00 – 11:50 - Grand Ballroom
Plenary Session : The Integration Agenda: A Roadmap Towards SDGs
Stefan Liller, Resident Representative, UNDP Bangladesh
Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya, Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh
Dr. Pramod Jaiswal, Research Director, Nepal Institute for International Cooperation and Engagement
Dr. Asif Iqbal Siddiqui, Lead Academic, Curtin University, Australia
Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry, Former Foreign Secretary and Ambassador, Pakistan
Dr. Sayema Haque Bidisha, Professor of Economics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh (Moderator)
11:50 – 12:40 - Grand Ballroom
Plenary Session: Untangling the myriad of multilateral frameworks in the Indo-Pacific Setting the Agenda
Peter D Haas, US Ambassador to Bangladesh
Panelists
Robert Chatterton Dickson, British High Commissioner to Bangladesh
Jeremy Bruer, Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh
Ito Naoki, Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh
Zillur Rahman, Executive Director, Centre for Governance Studies, Bangladesh
12:40 – 13:10 - Grand Ballroom
Sounding Board:
Forest for the Trees: the Unsung Role of Nature Conservation in Climate Adaptation and Mitigation
Justin Green, International Programs, US Forest Service
Edward L. Vargo, Professor and Endowed Chair, Urban and Structural Entomology, Texas A&M University, USA
Dr. Manjur Ahmed Chowdhury, Chairman, National River Conservation Commission, and Chairman, Centre for Governance Studies, Bangladesh (Moderator)
13:10 – 13:40 - Grand Ballroom
In Conversation:
Boris Tadic, Former President, Serbia, Full Member, Club de Madrid
Ali Aslan, International TV Presenter, Moderator, and Journalist, Germany (Moderator)
13:40 – 14:40 – Lunch : Ballroom
Conversations over Lunch: The Red Signal to Green Governance at Surma
Dr. Ijaz Hossain, Retired Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Dr. Md. Nuruzzaman, Director, Research and Publications, National Academy for Planning and Development, Bangladesh
Dr. Sadeka Halim, Professor of Sociology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Emmanuel Antwi Akoto, Project Manager, BSW – Bundesverb and
Solarwirtschaft e.V.Ghana
Dr. Sebastian Groh, Associate Professor, BRAC Business School, Bangladesh (Moderator)
Technology: Finding the Future’s Footprint at Meghna
Sheikh Danial, Director, Sonali Life Insurance Company Limited, Bangladesh
Shimelse Mekonnen, Co-Founder, MeSh Cart, USA
JP Singh, Software Engineer, Entrepreneur, and Activist, India
Mario De Pinto, Consultant in Strategy Public Policy and Communication, Italy (Moderator)
Rediscovering the South Asian Identity at Chitra
Touseef Raina, Chairman, Global Youth Foundation and Politician, India
Asif Durrani, Former Diplomat, Pakistan
Dr. Habibul Haque Khondker, Professor of Sociology, Zayed University, UAE (Moderator)
14:40 – 14:50 - Grand Ballroom
Ministerial Speech:
Asaduzzaman Khan MP, Minister of Home Affairs, Bangladesh
14:50 – 15:00 - Grand Ballroom
Speed Talks:
Suhasini Haider, National Editor and Diplomatic Affairs Editor, The Hindu, India
15:00 – 15:15 - Grand Ballroom
Guest of Honor :
Dr. A K Abdul Momen MP, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh
15:15 – 16:00 - Grand Ballroom
Plenary Session: Democracy X.0: Mandate of the Mass
Dana L. Olds, Chief of Party, Democracy International, Bangladesh
Rani Yan Yan, Adviser, Chakma Circle, and Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Defender, Bangladesh
Kazi Faisal Bin Seraj, Country Representative, The Asia Foundation, Bangladesh
Jovan Ratcovic, Former Foreign Policy Adviser to the President of Serbia
Nurul Kabir, Editor, New Age, Bangladesh
Zeina Jallad, Lawyer and Human Rights Scholar, Palestine (Moderator)
16:00 – 16:20 - Grand Ballroom
Speed Talks:
Bangladesh-India Relations: Too Close for Comfort?
Dr. Ali Riaz, Distinguished Professor, Illinois State University, USA
Geopolitical Tensions, Geoeconomic Disruptions. The Economy of Tomorrow in the Asia-Pacific
Marc Saxer, Head of Asia Regional Project, Friedrich – Ebert – Stiftung, Germany
16:20 – 17:05 - Grand Ballroom
Plenary Session :
100 Seconds to Midnight: Converging Crises Across the World
Dr. Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir, Chairman and Professor, Department of Development Studies, University of Dhaka
Dr. C. Christine Fair, Professor, Securities Studies Program, Edmund A. Walsh, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, USA
Greg Simons, Associate Professor, Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden
Dr. Satoru Nagao, Non-Resident Fellow, Hudson Institute, USA
Anil Kumar Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, Vivekananda International Foundation, and Former Ambassador, India
Dr. Nancy Snow, Founder & Director, Global Persuasion Strategies (GPS), East Asia and USA (Moderator)
17:05 – 17:30
Tea / Coffee - Ballroom Foyer
19:30 – 22:30 - Grand Ballroom
Gala Dinner (By Invitation Only)