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Penang Peace Dialogue
Meet-the-Media Session
With thanks to our Media Partners
Penang Peace Dialogue Sunday 6th September
Jen Hotel George Town by Shangri-la
Grand Ballroom, Level 3
Full Day Dialogue
Arrival of Participants
7.30am
Registration at the Grand Ballroom
Keynote Speeches
Grand Ballroom, Level 3
Welcome & Introductions
8.00am
Emcee Dr Beh May Ting
Prof Victor Gao
8.15am
Emerging from 100 years of humiliation: How will the China Global Belt and Road Initiative Benefit the World? (Provisional title)
Prof Jeffrey Sachs (Zoom)
8.45am
A brief history of 500 years of European Colonization & Pax Americana. Is WW3 inevitable? (Provisional title)
Dr Wang Sheng-Wei
9.15am
Mapping the World and the Voyages of Zheng He – why did China not conquer the world?
Tea Break (served at table)
9.30am
Dr Joanna Lei
9.45am
Like Water 上善若水: Leadership at the Bifurcation Point
Prof Kishore Mahbubani
10.15am
United Nations & Challenges to Reform – How can the people participate?
(Provisional title)
Arrival of H.E. Joko Widodo
Received by Nyonya Dancers
Citation to honour H.E. Joko Widodo
10.45am
By Viswa Sadasivan (2 minutes)
H.E. Joko Widodo
10.47am
Keynote Address by the 7th President of the Republic of Indonesia
Photo taking Gift Presentation
Departure of H.E. Joko Widodo
Keynote Speakers Q&A
11.15am
Q&A Moderated by Viswa Sadasivan
Prof Emeritus KS Jomo
Prof Victor Gao
Dr Joanna Lei
Keynote Speakers’ gift presentation
11.55pm
By Dr Wang Sheng-wei
Lunch Break
12.00pm
Served at Table
Roundtable Presentations & Discussions
Two Free Flowing Dialogue Sessions
Five Hundred Years of Globalization
5min (max) for an opening statemen. The rest of the 2-hour session is free-flowing.
Broad Thematic Presentations & Conversation
1.00-3.00pm
Chaired by Zainul Abidin Rasheed
Moderated by Viswa Sadasivan
Broad Thematic Presentations & Conversation
Presentations on any of these suggested topics in answering the central question)
Central question: Is the world a better place with globalisation?
• Cross border trade, supply chains and migration
• New Monetary Systems – BRICS, gold and other forms
• Public health integration with traditional systems
• Education and cultural exchange as intercivilisational glue
• History as truth and propa
Panelists
Prof Victor Gao
Dr Arun Bala
Dr Joana Lei
Dr Peter TC Chang
Yeoh Lam Keong
Viswa Sadasivan - Moderator
Dialogue: Has Globalisation Resulted in a Better World?
Q&A
Participation from the floor
Tea Break
3.00pm
Served at Table
United Nations & Global Order Is Reform Necessary & Possible?
5min (max) for an opening statemen. The rest of the 2-hour session is free-flowing.
Broad Thematic Presentations & Conversation
3.15-5.15pm
Chaired by Dato’ Seri Mustapa Mohamed
Moderated by Dato’ Seri Mustapa Mohamed or Dr Lim Mah Hui (TBC)
Central question: Is UN Reform Necessary & Possible?
- Is it desirable and what roles can individuals play in a reformed UN framework?
- UN treaties and status in the current geopolitical context
- Space for peaceful commercialization and no first placement of weapons UN treaty
- ASEAN as a template for world peace
- Stakeholder reform of the UN – Security Council and General Assembly
- Art and spor
Dialogue: Reforming the UN in the New Multipolar World
Dialogue: Reforming the UN in the New Multipolar World
Dr Peter TC Chang,
Prof Victor Gao
Q&A
Participation from the floor
Tabletop discussions
5.15pm
Finalize submissions by participants
Collection of notes and resolutions from attendees
Dialogue Adjourned
6.00pm
Till we meet again in 2027
4-5th September
Programme may be subjected to changes
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