CONFERENCE THEMES And SUBTHEMES

Panel 1: Development and Cooperation

• • Agriculture
  • Medical and Scientific cooperation
  • Small and Medium enterprises
  • Trade and Investment
  • Environment and Climate

Panel  2:

• • Taiwan-Asia-Pacific heritage
  • Academic scholarship and fellowships
  • Cultural and Technical Immersion
  • Youth exchange programs
  • Migration (Labor, intermarriages, etc.)
  • Tourism

Panel 3: Power Relations

DEADLINES TO REMEMBER And SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

The committee will send notices of acceptance on 17 March 2018 and ask that full papers of accepted abstracts be submitted on or before 25 March 2018.

Registration is free, but scholars whose abstracts are accepted are responsible for funding and arranging their own travel and accommodation plans. 

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

Recent years have witnessed tremendous change in the geopolitical, geoeconomic and the sociocultural dynamics of the Asia-Pacific. Prominent among them are renewed debates about ASEAN in the face of new emerging, nontraditional security challenges; the rise of China and its undisputable regional, economic and geopolitical ambitions; and the sustained flow of labor migration across the region.

In the context of these developments, one may ask what the future of the Asia-Pacific will look like. How will the relationships of countries in the region be defined vis-a-vis extra-regional powers? What are the emerging opportunities and challenges brought about by these regional developments? What are the immediate areas of cooperation between and among states?

Of particular importance for Taiwan is its New Southbound Policy (NSP), which was introduced by President Tsai Ing-wen in September 2016 and designed to respond to the aforementioned developments. It aims to enhance the relationships between/among Taiwan and 18 countries in Southeast Asia, South Asia and Australia through regional collaboration, inclusive economic linkages, talent and cultural exchange, resource-sharing, and network-building.  Even so, Taiwan also needs to continue re-evaluating itself by revisiting its strategies and policies amidst ongoing and emerging trends.

“Taiwan and the Asia-Pacific: Emerging Trends and Opportunities” will seek to address these foregoing concerns. Organized by the UP Asian Center and Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in the Philippines, the international conference, the conference will feature three major panels and their corresponding subthemes. To ensure continuing dialogue and encourage a variety of perspectives, each panel will have speakers from Taiwan and scholars from other countries. 

VENUE And VICINITY MAP

Vehicles entering the UP Asian Center (GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center) grounds can only do so via the gate on Magsaysay Avenue that is near a UP guardhouse, a few meters away from Katipunan Avenue, and across Maynilad. A small gate for pedestrians on Guerrero St. lies across the College of Law parking lot and a few meters away from a waiting shed, where the Ikot jeepney, and jeepneys from Philcoa and SM North pass by. VIEW VICINITY MAP and GOOGLE STREET VIEW

INQUIRIES

Send abstracts and inquiries to the Conference Committee:  ac.teco.conference@gmail.com