Thursday 26 July, 2012, Time 14.45 17.40
Convention Center, the Empress Hotel, Chiang Mai

No registration fee. Registration can be made before the start of the roundtable. *Thai-English translation will be provided.

Special Lecture “An Overview of Economy of Northern Thailand & ASEAN Economic Community”
Mr. Pattana Sithisombat, Chair, with the Committee for Economic Quadrangle, 10 Chambers of Commerce, Northern Thailand (CEQC), Chiang Mai

Roundtable discussion
Ms. Panchit Pitsawong, Office of Commercial Affairs Chiang Mai
Mr. Soraphob Cheudamrong, Vice Chair of Chiang Mai Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Veerapong Moochaotai, the Federation of Tourism Industries
Mr. Somkiat Pisuthcharoenphong, Regional Customs Bureau III
Assistance Professor Dr. Nisit Panthamitre, Faculty of Economics, Chiang Mai University
Moderator: Mr. Santisook Weerapant, Secretary General, the Committee for Economic Quadrangle, 10 Chambers of Commerce, Northern Thailand (CEQC), Chiang Mai

The roundtable discussion is a part of the ICIRD 2012 Conference “Towards an ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) - Prospects, Challenges and Paradoxes in Development, Governance and Human Security” organized by the Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development (RCSD), Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University, in collaboration with the Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University; Master of Arts in International Development Studies Program, Chulalongkorn University; and the Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University, on 26-27 July 2012 at the Empress Hotel, Chiang Mai, Thailand. (for information, contact rcsd@cmu.ac.th)

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