KOPEC: Demographic Change and International Labor Mobility in the Asia Pacific Region

Monday 24 March 

Arrival and Registration

 1800 -2030  

Welcoming Dinner Reception

• Hosted by KOPEC Chair

Tuesday, March 25 

Opening Session
Chair: Dr. Soogil Young, KOPEC Chair

0830 - 0850

Opening Remarks

• Dr. Soogil Young, KOPEC Chair

Congratulatory Remarks

• Dr. Charles Morrison, PECC International Chair
• Ms. Doris Magsaysay-Ho, ABAC Philippines

0850 - 0915

Keynote Address I : Demographic Change and Its Implications for Business and Labor Mobility in Asia Pacific

• Prof. Graeme Hugo, Federation Fellow, Professor of Geography, and Director of the National Centre for Social Applications of GIS, University of Adelaide
  default default Demographic Change and Its Implications for Labour Mobility in Asia and the Pacific (174.74 kB) (174 KB) default
  

0915 - 0940

Keynote Address II : Governance Challenges on Labor Migration in the Asia Pacific Region

• Dr. Manolo Abella, Chief Technical Advisor, ILO Asian Regional Programme on Governance of Labor Migration
  default default Challenges to Governance of Labour Migration in Asia Pacific (114.38 kB) (114 KB) default

0940 - 1000

Discussion

1000 - 1020

Photo Session and Coffee Break

Session I : Northeast Asia
Chair: Dr. Chia Siow Yue, Senior Fellow, Singapore Institute of International Affairs

1020 -1150

Case Studies

• China: Mr. Liu Yanbin, Institute for International Labor Studies, China
  default default International Labor Mobility: China Case Study (63.91 kB) (63 KB) default
   
• Hong Kong China: Dr. Wong Siu-lun, University of Hong Kong
  default default Hong Kong: Demographic Change and International Labor Mobility (328.33 kB) (328 KB) default
   
• Chinese Taipei: Prof. Ke-Jeng Lan, National Chung Cheng University
  default default The Management Mechanism of Hiring Foreign Workers in Chinese Taipei (155.5 kB) (155 KB) default
   
• Korea: Drs. Jai-Joon Hur and Kyuyong Lee, Korea Labor Institute 
  default default Demographic Change and International Labor Mobility in Korea (1.02 MB) (1.02 MB) default
   
• Japan: Prof. Yasushi Iguchi, Kwansei Gakuin University 
  default default Declining population, structural change in the labor market and migration policy in Japan (294.61 kB) (294 KB) default
   
• Mongolia: Dr. Bolormaa Tsogtsaikhan, National University of Mongolia
  default default Demographic changes and labor migration in Mongolia (277.01 kB) (277 KB)

1150 -1250

Regional Overview

• Dr. Young-Ki Choi, President, Korea Labor Institute

Discussion

1300 -1400

Luncheon

• Hosted by Mr. Younghoon David Kim, CEO of Daesung Group and Member of ABAC Korea (Topaz Room)

Guest Speech

•  Mr. Jae-gap Lee, Director General, Ministry of Labor, Korea

Session II : Southeast Asia
Chair: Dr. Narongchai Akrasanee, Vice-Chair, Thailand National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation

1410 - 1530

Case Studies

• The Philippines: Prof. Tereso S. Tullao, Jr., De La Salle University, Manila
  default default Demographic Changes and International Labor Mobility in the Philippines: Implications for Business and Cooperation (374.78 kB) (374 KB)

• Indonesia: Drs. Aris Ananta and Evi Nurvidya Arifin, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
  default default Demographic and Population Mobility Transitions in Indonesia (362.48 kB) (362 KB)

• Thailand:Dr. Yongyuth Chalamwong, Thailand Development Research Institute
  default default Demographic change and International Labor Mobility in Thailand (250.72 kB) (250 KB)
  

• Vietnam: Mr. Phung Quang Huy, Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry to be presented by Mr. Dao Trong Khang, DTK Consulting Co., Ltd.
  default default Exported Labour - Practice and Policy Issues: Vietnamese Case (69.89 kB) (69 KB) default
  

• Malaysia: Ms.Vijayakumari Kanapathy, Institute of Strategic and International Studies
  default default Managing Cross-border Labour Mobility in Malaysia: Two Decades of Policy Experiments (140.76 kB) (140 KB)

• Singapore: Profs. Chew Soon Beng and Rosalind Chew, Nanyang Technologial University
  default default Coping with International Movement of Personnel: Its Impact on Low Wage Domestic Workers in Singapore (113.05 kB) (113 KB)

15:40 -16:40

Regional Overview:

• Dr. Chia Siow Yue, Senior Fellow, Singapore Institute of International Affairs

Discussion

1640  - 1700   

Coffee/Tea Break

Session III: Australasia Session
Chair: Dr. Sherry Stephenson, Organization of American States

1700 - 1730

Case Studies

• Australia and New Zealand: Prof. Graeme Hugo, University of Adelaide, Australia, Dr. Paul Callister, Victoria University of Wellington and Ms. Juthika Badkar, Department of Labour, New Zealand
  default default International Labor Mobility in Australia and New Zealand (909.56 kB) (909 KB)

1730 - 1800  

Discussion

1830 - 2130

Welcoming Dinner:

• Hosted by the Federation of Korean Industries (Topaz Room) 

Guest Speech:

• Tae-yul Cho, Deputy Minister For Trade, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Wednesday, March 26

Session IV : Pacific America
Chair: Dr. Manolo Abella, Chief Technical Advisor, ILO Asian Regional Programme on Governance of Labor Migration

0900 -1030 

Case Studies

• United States: Drs. Susan Martin and B. Lindsay Lowell, Georgetown University
  default default International Labor Mobility: United States Case Study (167.71 kB) (167 KB)

• Canada: Ms. Catherine Sas, Q.C., Canadian Bar Association
  default default Canada's Movement of Temporary Workers: Our Approach to Temporary Immigration within the Overall Imm (330.98 kB) (330 KB)

• Mexico: Dr. Ofelia Woo Morales, University of Guadalajara
  default default Migration of Laborers: A Mexican Case-study (57.51 kB) (57 KB)
  

• Chile: Dr. Claudia Martinez A., University of Chile to be presented by Dr. Sherry Stephenson, Organization of American Studies
  default default Labor Mobility: The Case of Chile (180.23 kB) (180 KB) default

• Peru: Dr. Anibal Sánchez, National Institute of Statistics and Information to be presented by Dr. Sherry Stephenson, Organization of American Studies
    default default International Labor Mobility: Peru Case Study (531.34 kB) (531 KB)

• Colombia: Mrs. Jaifa Mezher El Kareh, Director, and Nestor Orduz Cádenas, Advisor, Colombia Nos Une Program, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (rev 22-03-08)
   

1030 -1050

Coffee/Tea Break

1050 -1140 

Regional Overview:

• Dr. Sherry Stephenson, Advisor, Economic Policy Issues and Chief, Institutional Relations, Organization of American States (OAS), Washington D.C.

Discussion

Session V : Business Perspectives
Chair: Dr. Charles Morrison, President, East West Center, International PECC Chair

1140 -1230

Implications for Business and Cooperation in the Region

• Ms. Doris Magsaysay-Ho, ABAC Philippines
  default default Labor Mobility in the Global Shipping Industry (46.97 kB) (46 KB) default

Views of a Global Firm

• Ms. Lori Forman, Microsoft
  default default Labor Mobility in Asia Pacific: Views of a Global Firm (456.75 kB) (456 KB) default

1240 -1350 

Luncheon

• Hosted by Dr. Young-Ki Choi, KLI President

Guest Speech

• Dr. Kil-Sang Yoo, President, Korea International Migration Association (KIMA)

Session VI : Implications for International and APEC Cooperation
Chair: Dr. Charles Morrison, President, East West Center, International PECC Chair

1400 -1440

The Views of the International Labor Organization

• Mr. Piyasiri Wickramasekara, Senior Migration Specialist, ILO
  default default Cooperation on International migration and labour mobility: ILO perspectives (200.52 kB) (200 KB) default

• Mr. Federico Soda, IOM, Bangkok
  default default Cooperation on International Migration (675.69 kB) (675 KB) default

1520 -1540 

Coffee/Tea Break

Concluding Session
Chair: Dr. Soogil Young, KOPEC Chair

1540 -1640 

Concluding Discussions

• Wrap-up Comments by the Synthesis Authors
  
• Discussion

1640 - 1700 

Closing Remarks 

• PECC International Chair
• KOPEC Chair

1830 - 2000

 Farewell Dinner by KOPEC Chair