TENTATIVE AGENDA
International Conference on Taiwan-Australian Economic Relations in the Context of the WTO
「WTO架構下的中澳經貿關係」國際學術研討會暫訂議程

October 8, 2003 6:30pm Welcome Dinner

Hosted by Ming Lee, Chair, Department of Diplomacy, National Chengchi University (NCCU)

Date: October 9, 2003

Place: International Conference Auditorium, 5th floor, General Building of Colleges(綜合院館國際會議廳), NCCU

8:30-9:00am Registration

9:00-9:50am Opening Ceremony

Opening Remarks

Dr. Jei-cheng Cheng(鄭瑞城), President, NCCU
Frances Adamson, Representative, Australian Commerce and Industry Office (ACIO)

Congratulatory Message
Vice Minister Mu-lin Lu（呂木琳）, Ministry of Education

9:50-10:10am Coffee Break

10:10am-12: 10pm Session I Keynote Speech

Speaker: Graeme Meehan, Deputy Representative, Australian Commerce and Industry Office
Topic: Australia’s WTO Policy
Speaker: Fadah Hsieh, Vice Chairperson, Council for Economic Planning and Development, Executive Yuan
Topic: Taiwan-Australia Relatons in the WTO Context

12:10-1:15pm Lunch Time

1:15-3:15pm Session II Taiwan and Australia in the Context of Multilateralism and Regionalism

Chairman: Dr. Grier C.I. Lin（林政義）, Legislator, Legislative Yuan

Presenter: Glenn Withers, Executive Director, Graduate Program in Public Policy, Asia Pacific School of Economics and Management, the Australian National University
Topic: Managing Global People Flows: Australia, Taiwan and the New Multi-lateralism
Discussant: Alex Chiang(姜家雄 ), Associate Prof., Dept. of Diplomacy, NCCU

Presenter: Alan Oxley, Executive Director, Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation Center, Monash University
Topic: Australia’s Approaches to WTO
Discussant: Connie Guang-hwa Yang(楊光華), Associate Prof., Dept. of International Trade, NCCU

Presenter: Tsung-Rong Edwin Yang, Tutor, Chinese Civilisation Centre, City University of Hong Kong
Topic: Towards a New Era of Regionalism in Asia: Taiwan and Australia
Discussant: Chyungly Lee（李瓊莉）, Associate Research Fellow, Institute of International Relations（IIR）, NCCU

3:15-3:35pm Coffee Break

3:35-5:35pm Session III WTO, Australia and Cross-Straits Relations

Chairman: Bih-jaw Lin(林碧炤), Vice President, NCCU

Presenter: Christopher Findlay, Professor of Economics, Australia-Japan Research Centre, the Australian National University
Topic: China in the World Economy: the FTA Strategy and its Implications for Australia
Discussant: Yi-feng Tao(陶儀芬), Assistant Rsearch Fellow, Institute of International
Relations（IIR）, NCCU

Presenter: To-hai Liou(劉德海), Professor of Diplomacy and Director of the Center for WTO Studies, College of International Affairs, NCCU
Topic: Australia’s Economic Relations with China and Taiwan
Discussant: Yungho Weng(翁永和), Professor, Department of Economics, NCCU

Presenter: Bede Harris, Senior Lecturer, School of Law, University of Canberra
Topic: Recent Developments in Australian Corporations Law and their Impact on Australian Overseas Trade
Discussant: Yi-nan Lin(林宜男), Associate Professor and Chairman, Department of International Business Management, Tamkang University

5:30pm Closing Ceremony

To-hai Liou, Director of the Center for Australian Studies, College of International Affairs, National Chengchi University (NCCU)

6:30pm Dinner

Hosted by Frances Adamson, Representative, Australian Commerce and Industry Office

Note:
For productive and effective sessions, the allocated time for paper presentations
and discussion is as follows:
Paper presentation: 10-15 min.
Discussion: 8-10 min.

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國際事務學院 2003-09-24