PROGRAM AND EVENTS
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
THE INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND POLITICAL-SOCIAL STABILITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FROM THE LEGAL PERSPECTIVE
Time: Friday, 22 September 2017
Venue: Conference Hall A.1001, Ho Chi Minh University of Law
(#2 Nguyen Tat Thanh Street, District 4, Ho Chi Minh City)
AGENDA
8h00 – 8h20 |
Registration |
8h20 – 8h30 |
Welcoming Speakers and Delegates |
8h30 – 8h45 |
Opening Speech Prof. Dr. Mai Hong Quy Rector of Ho Chi Minh City University of Law |
Session 1 |
Environmental impacts on political and social stability |
Co-chairs: Representative of the Board of Directors of Ho Chi Minh City University of Law Dr. Duong Thanh An (Director of Policy and Law Department, Vietnam Environment Administration) Dr. Michael Parsons (Policy Adviser to the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment) |
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8h45 – 9h00 |
Identifying potential risks to environmental security in Vietnam and some legal issues Dr. Pham Van Vo Faculty of Commercial Law, Ho Chi Minh City University of Law |
9h00 - 9h15 |
Applying key lessons from international experience in modernizing Vietnam's system for environmental protection Dr. Michael Parsons Policy Adviser to the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment |
9h15 – 9h30 |
Environmental pollution control in Singapore: the intersection of torts, statutes, regulations and community norms Prof. Gary Chan Kok Yew Singapore Management University |
9h30 – 10h00 |
Discussion |
10h00 – 10h15 |
Photo session |
10h015 – 10h30 |
Tea-break |
10h30 - 10h45 |
Regional environmental security: the valuable messages to the Asian countries based on Japanese experience for climate change, air pollution, hazardous and chemical wastes, and sea pollution
Assoc. Prof. Kanami Ishibashi Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS) |
10h45 – 11h00 |
The law on the rights to have access to environmental information in Vietnam Dr. Thai Thi Tuyet Dung Faculty of Administrative Law, Ho Chi Minh City University of Law |
11h00 - 11h30 |
Discussion |
11h30 - 13h30 |
Lunch |
Session 2 |
Environmental impacts on economic development |
Co-chairs: Representative of the Board of Directors of Ho Chi Minh City University of Law Dr. Pham Van Vo(Ho Chi Minh City University of Law) Prof. Gary Chan Kok Yew (Singapore Management University) |
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13h30 – 13h45 |
Fighting the Giants: Taking Corporate Responsibility for Environmental Damage through Indonesian Courts’ Decisions Dr. Arie Afriansyah University of Indonesia |
13h45 – 14h00 |
Impacts of the construction of hydroelectric plant in the Mekong river on Vietnam's environmental security – some legal issues PhD Candidate Vo Trung Tin Faculty of Commercial Law, Ho Chi Minh City University of Law |
14h00 – 14h15 |
Legal complexity and institutional arrangement challenges in designing a mandatory greenhouse gas emissions reporting scheme in Thailand LLM. Chacrit Sitdhiwej Faculty of Law, Thammasat University, Thailand |
14h15 – 14h45 |
Discussion |
14h45 – 15h00 |
Tea-break |
15h00 – 15h15 |
Legal issues on import control of exotic species in Vietnam Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vu Thi Duyen Thuy Faculty of Economic Law, Hanoi University of Law |
15h15 – 15h30 |
Development of mediation mechanism for environmental disputes in Vietnam Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Viet Dung Faculty of International Law, Ho Chi Minh City University of Law |
15h30 – 16h15 |
Discussion |
16h15 – 16h30 |
Closing Remarks Prof. Dr. Mai Hong Quy Rector of Ho Chi Minh City University of Law |
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