• Date: November 13th, Friday, 2020 13:00 – 18:00
• Online conference via Zoom

2020 ASPOS-SNUAC Joint Conference

Organized by Civil Society Program & ASPOS

13:00 -13:10 Opening Remark

Yoichiro Sato (Professor, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan)

13:10-14:20 Keynote Speech Session (Two speakers from ASPOS and SNUAC)

Tatsuro Niikawa (Professor, Doshisha University, Japan)

“Risk Governance in East Asia: Public Policy and Private Action to COVID-19”

Hyun-Chin Lim (Professor Emeritus, SNU; Founding Director of SNUAC)

“Asia amid COVID-19: Lessons and Tasks”

14:20-14:30 Break

14:30-16:00 Session I: Analyzing COVID-19 in East Asia Countries

Chair: Hong-Ik Chung (Professor Emeritus, SNU, Korea)

Presenter: Toru Oga (Associate Professor Kyushu University, Japan)

“Examining Myth of the Authoritarian Advantage in East Asia: Does the Government Stringency rely on the political institution or Political Capital?”

Presenter: Ik-Ki Kim (Former Xin’ao International outstanding professor, Renmin University of China)

“Different Patterns of Responses to the COVID-19 in China, Korea and Japan”

Presenter: James Gomez (Regional Director, Asia Centre, Thailand)

“COVID-19 and Southeast Asia: Key Political Trends”

16:00-16:10 Break

16:10-17:40 Session II: COVID-19 and Policy implications from National, Regional, and Global

Chair: Joongho Kook (Professor, Yokohama City University, Japan)

Presenter: Aysun Uyar Makibayashi (Associate Professor, Doshisha University, Japan)

“Regional Responses to Covid-19 and Potentials for Further International Cooperation at Regional Level”

Presenter: Suk-Ki Kong (Research Professor, SNUAC)

“Civic Engagement in K-Quarantine Responses to the COVID-19: Challenges to Korean Civil Society”

Presenter: Benjamin San Jose (Assistant Professor, Ateneo de Manila University, the Philippines)

“The Philippines’ Covid Response: Challenges of Curbing a Pandemic while Managing the Return of its Migrant Workers”

17:40-17:50 Closing Remark

Hong-Ik Chung (Professor Emeritus, SNU, Korea)

17:50-18:30 Online Reception

Date: November 13 (Fri.), 2020.
Venue: Online (Zoom)
Contact: Won June Kim (mcdreamy93@snu.ac.kr)