sunday 16 december
18.00 - 19:30: Registration and Welcome Reception - Level 3, Le Meridien Hotel Chiang Mai
monday 17 december
8.00 - 8.30: Registration, Ballroom, Level 2, Le Meridien Hotel
8.30 - 8.40: Opening Remarks
8.40 - 9.00: Official Welcome
9.00 - 10.30: Session 1 | Animals and the Law - Setting the Scene
Matthew Baird (AUS) – How the law has failed animals – Grey Nurse Sharks and Kangaroo Culling.
Irene Lye Lin Heng – (Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law)(Singapore) – ‘Cultural, Religious and Ethical Perspectives on the Protection of Wild Animals’
I-Ning Tsai (Industrial Technology Research Institute) (Taiwan) – ‘The Legal Protection of Performing Animals in Taiwan: Resolving Human - Performing Animals Conflict’
10.30 - 11.00: Morning Tea Break
11.00 - 12.30: Session 2 | Animals and Humans
Lev Bromberg (Melbourne University) (Australia) – ‘A new Independent Office of Animal Welfare in Australia’
Mark Perry and Lillian Corbin (UNE) (Australia) – ‘Technological solutions in animal farming: Ethical and legal issues in adoption’
Iyan Offor (Strathclyde University) (UK) – ‘The Influence of International Trade on the Emergence of Global Animal Law’
12.30 - 13.30: Lunch
13.30 - 15.00: Session 3 | Illegal Wildlife Trade and Animal Protection in ASEAN and beyond - Part 1
Karanvir Kukreja (World Animal Protection) (Thailand) – Ending the bear bile industry in Asia: Possible steps in saying goodbye to unnecessary cruelty in South Korea’
Angad Keith (University of Melbourne) (Australia) – Hunting for Efficacy: A Critical Evaluation of International Responses to Wildlife Trafficking in the African Great Lakes Region’
Pham Thanh Nga (Kopica Law Firm) (Vietnam) – The Vietnam legal system on the protection of wild animals
15.00 - 15.30: Afternoon Tea Break
15.30 - 17.00: Session 4 | Protecting ASEAN Elephants - Part I
Chacrit Sitdhiwej (Thammasat University) (Thailand) – ‘Development of laws protecting elephants in Thailand prior to the introduction of modern wildlife and biodiversity protection laws’
Nuthamon Kongcharoen (Chiang Mai University) (Thailand) – Drafting Thailand’s Elephant Law
Sallie Yang (USAID Wildlife Asia)(Thailand) – ‘The Elephant in the Room:Demystifying Thailand’s Legislative and Regulatory Frameworks on Elephant Protection and Conservation’
17.00 - 17.15: Consideration of Declaration on Animals in ASEAN
tuesday 18 december
8.55 - 9.00: Introduction to Day 2
9.00 - 10.30: Session 5 | Illegal Wildlife Trade and Animal Protection in ASEAN and beyond - Part II
Eliah Castiello (Australia) – ‘No good deed should go unflourished: Bringing Geneva Call’s Deed of Commitment to the issue of animal trafficking’
Martin Morgan-Taylor (De Montfort University) (UK) and Pedithep Youyuenyong (Chiang Mai University) (Thailand) – ‘Regulating light pollution in the nocturnal environment in the European Context’
Chanokporn Sumanasrethakul (Thailand) – ‘The Fight Against Wildlife Trafficking in Thailand’
10.30 - 11.00: Morning Tea Break
11.00 - 12.45: Session 6 | Animals in Tourism and Trade
Nuggehalli Jayasimha (Humane Society) (India) – ‘Enacting legislation to end intensive confinement of egg laying hens’
Dr Jeffrey Hobbs and Dr Piengpen Na Pattalung (Phuket Rajabhat University) (Thailand) – ‘Elephants and Tigers and Dolphins! Oh My! A Case Study of the Narratives Presented at Animal Tourist Attractions in Phuket, Thailand’
Jason Anom (Horwath HTL) (Malaysia) – ‘Wildlife, tourism and dollar signs: A study of conservation and commodification in three Malaysian marine parks’
Amanda Kennedy (UNE) (Australia) – ‘Closing the loophole: Animal testing for cosmetics in China’
12.45 - 13.45: Lunch
13.45 - 15:15: Session 7 | Protecting ASEAN Elephants - Part II
John Koldowski (Leishan Normal University) (China), Eric Laws (Siam University) (Thailand), and Noel Scott (Griffith University) (Australia) – ‘The need for integrated elephant research’
Khin Thandar (Myanmar) – the Myanmar Elephant Strategy and Action Plan
John Roberts - Asian Captive Elephant Working Group - Key Findings on Captive and Working Elephants
15.15 - 15.45: Afternoon Tea Break
15.45 - 16.45: Session 8 | Future of Animals in ASEAN – solutions and recommendations
Moderated plenary discussion
16.45 - 17.00: Closing Session
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