AGENDA & RECORDINGS


Event Date

Format

November 6, 2024

November 6, 2024
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Agenda Setting & Keynote Address

Opening Dinner and Keynote Address

Opening Session

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DR. JEFFREY ORDANIEL
Lead Convenor, The Manila Dialogue on the South China Sea
Agenda Setting
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GEN. EDUARDO AÑO (RET., AFP)
National Security Adviser, Philippines
Opening Remarks
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H.E. FERDINAND MARCOS, JR.
President of the Philippines
Keynote Address

November 7, 2024

November 7, 2024
9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Rules-based Order

Panel 1: The Coast Guard as Guardians of the Rule of Law at Sea

Coast Guard Plenary

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GILBERTO TEODORO JR. (TBC)
Secretary of National Defense of the Philippines
Opening Remarks
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ADM. RONNIE GIL LATORILLA GAVAN
Commandant, Philippine Coast Guard
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FIRST ADM.DATUK CHE ENGKU SUHAIMI CHE ENGKU DAIK
Director of Maritime Affairs of Sabah and Labuan, Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency
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RADM. HIROAKI KANOSUE
Vice Commandant for Operations, Japan Coast Guard
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ADM. LINDA L. FAGAN (TBC)
Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard
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DR. SATU LIMAYE
Vice President, East West Center
Panel Chair
November 7, 2024
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Invited participants should proceed to Apartment 301, 3/F. Lunch for the rest of the participants will be available at the Grand Kitchen.

Beyond the Superpower - Regional Approaches to Maritime Security Burden Sharing: A Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Special Working Lunch Roundtable (By Invitation Only/Chatham House Rule)

Off-the-Record/By-Invitation Only Working Lunch Panel

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DANIELA BRAUN
Country Director, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Philippines
Welcome Remarks
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COMMO. JAY TARRIELA (TBC)
Chief, West Philippine Sea Transparency Office, Philippine Coast Guard
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DR. ALEXANDER VUVING (TBC)
Professor, Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu
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DR. COLLIN KOH (TBC)
Senior fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
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PROF. BEC STRATING (TBC)
Director, La Trobe Asia & Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University
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VADM PRADEEP CHAUHAN (RET., INDIAN NAVY) (TBC)
Director-General, National Maritime Foundation-India
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THOMAS DANIEL (TBC)
Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy and Security Studies programme, ISIS Malaysia
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ATSUKO KANEHARA (TBC)
Research Director for the Canon Institute for Global Studies
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DR. PETER LEE (TBC)
Research Fellow, Center for Regional Studies, Asan Institute for Policy Studies
November 7, 2024
1:45 pm - 3:30 pm
Rules-based Order

Panel 2: Advancing the Rule of Law in the South China Sea - Perspectives from Claimant States

Panel Discussion

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ANTONIO CARPIO
Chairman, Institute of Maritime and Ocean Affairs
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CAPTAIN XIAOBO LIU (RET., PLA NAVY)
Director, Marine Study Center, Grandview Institution, Beijing
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DR. HAI-DANG VU
Researcher, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam
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SUMATHY PERMAL
Senior Research Fellow, Maritime Institute of Malaysia
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FRETTI GANCHOON
Senior State Counsel, Department of Justice, Philippines
Panel Chair
November 7, 2024
3:45 pm - 5:30 pm
Partnership & Peace, Rules-based Order

Panel 3: Rule of Law in the South China Sea: Should the World Care?

Panel Discussion

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PROF. JAMES KRASKA
Charles H. Stockton Professor of International Maritime Law, Stockton Center for International Law, U.S. Naval War College
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DR. SARAH KIRCHBERGER
Head, Center for Asia-Pacific Strategy & Security, Institute for Security Policy, Kiel University
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PROF. WONGI CHOE
Professor and Head of Center for ASEAN-India Studies, Korea National Diplomatic Academy
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PROF. BEC STRATING
Director, La Trobe Asia & Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University
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TBC
Tbc
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BRAD GLOSSERMAN
Senior Adviser, Pacific Forum
Panel Chair

November 8, 2024

November 8, 2024
9:15 am - 10:30 am
Peace & Threats

Panel 4: Understanding Threats in the South China Sea, 2023-2024

Panel Discussion

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PROF. JAY BATONGBACAL
Professor, University of the Philippines College of Law
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PROF. BO HU
Director, South China Sea Strategic Situation Probing Initiative
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DR. HAI DO
Deputy Director General, East Sea Institute, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam
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PROF. FREGA W. INKIRIWANG
Associate Professor, Republic of Indonesia Defense University
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RAY POWELL
Director, Sealight-Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation, Stanford University
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TBC
Tbc
Panel Chair
November 8, 2024
10:45 am - 12:30 pm
Partnership & Peace, Peace & Threats

Panel 5: Peace and Stability in the South China Sea - the Stakes of the International Community

Diplomatic Roundtable

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H.E. ENDO KAZUYA
Ambassador of Japan to the Philippines
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H.E. HUANG XILIAN (TBC)
Ambassador of China to the Philippines
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H.E. HAE KYONG YU
Ambassador of Australia to the Philippines
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HON. MARYKAY CARLSON (TBC)
Ambassador of the United States to the Philippines
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H.E. ANDREAS MICHAEL PFAFFERNOSCHKE
Ambassador of Germany to the Philippines
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H.E. DAVID HARTMAN (TBC)
Ambassador of Canada to the Philippines
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PROF. DINDO MANHIT
President, Stratbase Institute
Panel Chair
November 8, 2024
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Transparency & Information

Working Lunch: Exposing Bad Behavior at Sea - Transparency and Countering Malign Influence Operations

Working Lunch Plenary

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JONATHAN MALAYA
Assistant Director General for Strategic Communications, National Security Council Philippines
Opening Remarks
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COMMO. JAY TARRIELA, PCG
Chief, West Philippine Sea Transparency Office
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RADM. KATSUYA YAMAMOTO (RET., JMSDF)
Program Director, Security Studies, Sasakawa Peace Foundation
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PHUONG-THAO NGUYEN
PhD Candidate, Osaka School of International Public Policy, Osaka University
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RAY POWELL
Director, Sealight-Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation, Stanford University
Panel Chair
November 8, 2024
2:00 pm - 3:45 pm
Partnership & Peace, Rules-based Order

Panel 6: Partnerships for A More Rules-based South China Sea - Roles of External Partners

Panel Discussion

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PROF. ALESSIO PATALANO
Professor of War & Strategy in East Asia, Department of War Studies, King's College London
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PROF. BRAHMA CHELLANEY
Professor of Strategic Studies, Center for Policy Research, New Delhi
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CAPT. FURUYA KENTARO
Japan Coast Guard Academy
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GREGORY POLING
Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative-CSIS, Washington, DC
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JENNIFER PARKER
Expert Associate at the National Security College, ANU
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DR. JEFFREY ORDANIEL
Lead Convenor, The Manila Dialogue on the South China Sea
Panel Chair
November 8, 2024
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Plenary Discussion

Panel 7: Key Takeaways, Policy Recommendations and Next Steps

Plenary Discussion

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REAR ADMIRAL ROMMEL ONG (RET., AFP)
Professor of Praxis, Ateneo School of Government
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DR. BIC TRAN
Postdoctoral Fellow, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
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DR. JOHN BRADFORD
Executive Director, Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies (YCAPS)
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CARL BAKER
Executive Director, Pacific Forum
Moderator