19 November 2008 |
10:00– 10:30am |
Registration |
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Introduction
Dr Bulent (Hass) Dellal OAM
Executive Director, Australian Multicultural Foundation
Words of Welcome to Monash Malaysia
Professor Walter Wong
Deputy Pro Vice-Chancellor, Monash Malaysia
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10:35– 11:00am |
Keynote address (Download Podcast - 67mb)
His Royal Highness Raja Dr Nazrin Shah
Crown Prince of Perak Darul Ridzuan
Chair: Sir James Gobbo AC CVO
Chair, Australian Multicultural Foundation |
11:00 – 11:30am |
Morning Tea
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11:30 - 12:00pm |
Opening Comments
Sir James Gobbo AC CVO
Chair, Australian Multicultural Foundation
Ravindra Kumar
Editor and Managing Director, The Statesman India
Dr Mark Collins
Director, Commonwealth Foundation
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12:00 - 1:00pm |
Session 1: General Perspectives and Overview
Professor Graeme Hugo
University of Adelaide
Professor Kee Pookong
Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Chair: Professor John Nieuwenhuysen AM
Monash Institute for the Study of Global Movements
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1:00 – 2:00pm |
Lunch |
2:00 – 3:30pm |
Session 2: Social Cohesion and Inclusion
Engaging with Faith, Identity and Integration
Dr Howard Duncan
Executive Head - Metropolis Project
Rev Dr Hermen Shastri
Secretary General Council of Churches
Dr. Kris Rampersad
Communications and Literary Consultant, Trinidad and Tabago
Chair: Dr Helen Nesadurai
Monash University, Malaysia
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3:30 – 4:00pm |
Afternoon Tea |
4:00 – 5:30pm |
Breakout Sessions
based on sessions 1 and 2
Session 1 Chair: Sam Rajappa
Journalist, The Statesman
Session 2 Chair: Dr Howard Duncan
Executive Head, Metropolis Project
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| 7:00pm |
Conference Dinner
Host: H. E Penny Williams, Australian High Commissioner
Venue: Sunway Lagoon |
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20 November 2008 |
9:00 – 10:30am |
Session 3: Education Diasporas
Sam Rajappa
Journalist, The Statesman
Professor Richard Bedford
University of Waikato
Professor Stephanie Fahay
Deputy Vice Chancellor International, Monash University
Chair: Associate Professor Dr Ong Puay Liu
Institute of Ethnic Studies (KITA), University Kebangsaan, Malaysia
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10:30 – 11:00 |
Morning Tea |
11:00 – 12:30pm |
Session 4: Realising People's Potential
Inclusion, opportunity and social capital
Professor Sanjukta Dasgupta
Calcutta University
Bala Thakrar
Asian Foundation of Philanthropy
Dr Lim Teck Ghee
MiDAS, UCSI University
Chair: Professor James Chin
Monash University, Malaysia |
12:30 – 1:30pm |
Lunch |
1:30 – 3:00pm |
Breakout Sessions
based on sessions 3 and 4
Session 3 Chair: Professor Stephanie Fahey
Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Monash University
Session 4 Chair: Bala Thakrar
Asian Foundation for Philanthropy
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3:30 – 3:30pm |
Afternoon Tea |
3:30 – 5:00pm |
Session 5: Diasporas – Where to next?
Panel Session
Ravindra Kumar
The Statesman India
Sione Leolahi
Niue Association of Non-Government Organisation
Andrew Firmin
Commonwealth Foundation
Professor Kee Pookong
Ritsumeikan Asia pacific University
Practical Outcomes
Dr Bulent (Hass) Dellal
Executive Director, Australian Multicultural Foundation
Chair: Dr Mark Collins
Commonwealth Foundation
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5:00pm |
Conference Close
Professor John Nieuwenhuysen AM
Director, Monash Institute for the Study of Global Movements
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| 6:30pm |
Cocktail Reception
Sunway Lagoon |
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21 November 2008 |
Day Tours |
