Date: Friday, November 14, 2014 13:30-18:00
Venue: International Conference Center
Hiroshima (Located at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima City)

Program »

Keynote Speakers
Laphai Seng Raw (Metta Development Foundation, 2013 Ramon Magsaisai Awardee)
Tatsuya Mori (Film Directore, Writer)

Panels by API fellows:
Panel 1:
Struggle for Recognition: Rohingya Citizenship in Myanmar’s Transition
Panelists:
1) Ahmad Suaedy (Indonesia API Fellow Year 2009-2010), Director,
Abdurrahman Wahid Centre for Interfaith Dialogue and Peace
2) Abu Tahay, Director, Rohingya Resources Network, Yangon
Abstract:
The issue of citizenship for minorities is increasingly important with
intensified globalization and democratization. Under this growing
influence, equality should be given to all but the Rohingya in Myanmar
have been excluded. This panel will represent the dynamics of the
Rohingya struggle to defend their rights on international and regional
levels.

Panel 2:
An Experience Exchange and Activity Cooperation between Japan’s Minamata
Case and Thailand’s Maptaphut Campaign
Panelists:
1) Penchom Saetang (Thailand API Fellow Year 2005-2006),
Director, Ecological Alert and Recovery―Thailand (EARTH)
2) Yoshihiro Yamashita, Minamata disease victim; Visiting Researcher,
Open Research Center for Minamata Studies
(ORCM)
Abstract:
The presentation will share a crucial role and growing importance of
regional civic collaboration, by reviewing some aspects of citizen
movements in Japan following the worst industrial pollution disaster in
Japan―the Minamata disease outbreak―and the support provided to patients
until today. Presentation will also cover lesson learnt from Minamata
movement and activities being done and applied by EARTH to do their
campaign and activities in Thailand (Maptaphut and its vicinity in
Rayong province).

Moderator: Masaaki Okamoto (CSEAS)
Discussant: Mary Racelis (U. of Philippines)