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Asian Think Tanks Workshop Program

Tuesday June 5th: Knowledge Sharing to Strengthen Development

8:30- 9:00 Registration and Breakfast Session
9:00- 9:15 Welcome Remarks
Masahiro Kawai, Dean, ADBI
9:15- 9:20 Introduction to the Workshop
Elaine Glennie, Senior Capacity Building Specialist, ADBI
9:20- 9:45 Introduction of Participants
9:45-10:45 Session 1: Knowledge Management for Development
Daan Boom, Principal Knowledge Management Specialist
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
10:45-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:00 Group Session 1:
Define key KM and KS objectives for development, identify role of think tanks
in supporting KM and KS for develop, and identify constraints and challenges
to be addressed
12:00-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-14:00 Session 2: Strategic Approach to Knowledge Management and Knowledge Sharing to Achieve Development – ADB’s Approach
Daan Boom, Principal Knowledge Management Specialist, ADB
14:00-14:15 Coffee Break
14:15-16:00 Session 3: Strategic Approach to Knowledge Management and Knowledge Sharing to Achieve Development
- Approaches of Three Think Tanks from the Region
16:00-16:15 Coffee Break
16:15-17:30 Group Session 2:
Define key KM and KS objectives for Think Tanks in strengthening development, identify target audiences, identify strategic approaches to meet KM and KS objectives, and identify constraints and challenges to be addressed.
17:30-19:00 ADBI Reception

Wednesday June 6th: Knowledge Needs of Target Audiences

8:30- 9:00 Breakfast Discussion Session
9:00-10:15 Session 4: Strategic Approaches to Addressing Knowledge Needs of Target Audiences
Ainslie Smith, Senior Communications Specialist, ADBI
10:15-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-11:45 Session 5: Strategic Approaches to Strengthen Knowledge Sharing - ADBI’s Approach
Ainslie Smith, Senior Communications Specialist, ADBI
11:45-12:45 Lunch Session
12:45-14:00 Session 6: Strategic Use of the Website to Support Institutional Promotion
Daniel Szuc, Principal Consultant, Apogee Usability Asia Ltd., Hong Kong
14:00-14:15 Coffee Break
14:15-15:30 Session 7: Strategic Use of the Website to Strengthen Networking and Collaboration
Daniel Szuc, Principal Consultant, Apogee Usability Asia Ltd., Hong Kong
15:30-15:45 Coffee Break
15:45-17:00 Group Session 3: Map research institutes’ priority target audiences to specific individual ‘knowledge’ needs, and strategic approaches to enable access to ‘knowledge’ required by target audiences

Thursday June 7th: Strengthening Strategies for 'Knowledge Sharing'

8:30- 9:00 Breakfast Discussion Session
9:00-10:00 Session 8: Prioritizing IT Investments to Advantage Technology Developments and Trends
Matthew Holden, Asia Pacific Director,
Emerging Markets Development Group, SAP Asia Pte Ltd, Singapore
10:00-10:15 Coffee Break
10:15-11:15 Session 9: Developing a Plan for Adopting and Implementing Priority Strategic Approaches to Strengthen KM and KS
Daniel Szuc, Principal Consultant, Apogee Usability Asia Ltd., Hong Kong
11:15-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-12:30 Group Working Session:
Identify priority actions for strengthening think tank knowledge management and knowledge sharing which identifies the strategic value added gained by the think tank for each action if the action is adopted and implemented. Based on the list of prioritized actions develop a timebound action plan for implementation including staff resource and budget requirements
12:30-13:30 Lunch Session
13:30-15:00 Individual Working Session:
For each research institute a timebound prioritized action plan is to be prepared, which includes roles and responsibilities of main stakeholders, staff resource and budget requirements, and a realistic timeline for implementation
15:00-15:15 Coffee Break
15:15-16:15 Group Session 4:
Develop a strategy for marketing the plan to the research institute’s management
16:15-16:30 Coffee Break
16:30-17:00 Session 10: Research to Identify Effective Development Strategies – ADBI’s Strategic Approach
Douglas Brooks, Senior Research Fellow, ADBI

Friday June 8th: Collaboration to Support Development and Strengthen Poverty Reduction

8:30- 9:00 Breakfast Discussion Session
9:00-10:00 Session 11: Networking and Collaboration - Poverty Reduction

Session Lead: Sununtar Setboonsarng, Senior Research Fellow, ADBI

Description of ADBI and research institutes main research activities under this theme, with brief outline of research hypothesis, research activity timeline and main research methodology applied, target audience and planned outputs, and collaborating partner agencies

Research Institute Presentations:

  1. Elshad Mikayilov, Senior Project Manager, Economic Research Centre (Azerbaijan)
  2. Azizkhan Khankhodjaev, Head of Development Unit, Center for Economic Research (Uzbekistan)
  3. Khan Ahmed Sayeed Murshid, Research Director, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies
  4. Arup Mitra, Professor, Institute of Economic Growth (India)
  5. Dwarika Nath Dhungel, Senior Researcher (Former Executive Director), Institute for Integrated Development Studies (Nepal)
  6. Dushni Weerakoon, Deputy Director & Fellow, Institute of Policy Studies (Sri Lanka)
  7. Larry Arthur Strange, Executive Director, Cambodia Development Resource Institute
  8. Phouthone Sophathilath, Head of Capacity Development & International, National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (Lao PDR)
10:00-10:15

Coffee Break
10:15-11:00 Session 12: Networking and Collaboration - Regional Cooperation

Session Lead: Jayant Menon, Senior Research Fellow, ADBI

Description of ADBI and research institutes main research activities under this theme, with a brief outline of research hypothesis, research activity timeline and main research methodology applied, target audience and planned outputs, and collaborating partner agencies

Research Institute Presentations:

  1. Ulziibayar Vangansuren, Executive Director, Mongolian Development Research Center
  2. Ram Upendra Das, Fellow, Research and Information System for Developing Countries (India)
  3. Shashanka Bhide, Senior Research Counsellor, National Council of Applied Economic Research (India)
  4. Gregore Pio Lopez, Senior Research Officer, Malaysian Institute of Economic Research
  5. Sayora Arifdjanova, Coordinator, Central Asian Gateway Component, Center for Economic Research (Uzbekistan)
11:00-11:15 Coffee Break
11:15-12:00 Session 13: Networking and Collaboration - Trade, Finance and Private Sector Development

Session Lead: Douglas Brooks, Senior Research Fellow, ADBI

Description of ADBI and research institutes main research activities under this theme, with a brief outline of research hypothesis, research activity timeline and main research methodology applied, target audience and planned outputs, and collaborating partner agencies

Research Institute Presentations:

  1. Li Xiangyang, Deputy Director/Senior Research Fellow, Institute of World Economics and Politics (PRC)
  2. Phoukhong Bannavong, Deputy Director General, National Economic Research Institute (Lao PDR)
  3. Watcharas Leelawath, Researcher, International Institute for Trade and Development (Thailand)
  4. Dinh Hien Minh, Deputy Director, Department for Trade Policy and Integration Studies, Central Institute for Economic Management (Vietnam)
  5. Ghulam Muhammad Arif, Chief of Research, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
12:00 -13:00

Lunch Session
13:00 -14:00 Session 14: Networking and Collaboration - Infrastructure and Governance

Session Lead: Susan Stone, Senior Research Fellow, ADBI

Description of ADBI and research institutes main research activities under this theme, with a brief outline of research hypothesis, research activity timeline and main research methodology applied, target audience and planned outputs, and collaborating partner agencies

Research Institute Presentations:

  1. Ghulam Rauf Roashan, Director, Institute for Afghan Studies
  2. Zhao Xu, Director, Department of International Cooperation, Unirule Institute of Economics (PRC)
  3. Raymond Homau Atje, Head, Department of Economics, The Centre for Strategic and International Studies (Indonesia)
  4. Syaikhu Usman, Senior Researcher, SMERU Research Institute (Indonesia)
  5. Mario Ceniza Feranil, Director for Research Service/OIC-Vice President, Philippine Institute for Development Studies
  6. Thomas Webster, Director, National Research Institute (Papua New Guinea)
  7. Emilio T. Antonio, JR., President, Center for Research & Communication Foundation, Inc. (Philippines)
14:00-14:15 Coffee Break/ Workshop Evaluation
14:15-16:15 Group Session 5:
Identify priority areas for research collaboration, prepare outline concept notes, and develop a pragmatic framework for coordination
16:15-16:30 Closing Remarks
Mario Lamberte, Director for Research, ADBI





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