0830-0900 hrs

Registration and badge collection

0900-0945 hrs

Opening Session

• Siripol Yodmuangchareon, Director General of the Department of Internal Trade, Thailand – Welcome speech
• Pradeep S Mehta, Secretary General, CUTS International  – Opening remarks 
• Jean-Michel Jordan, Humanitarian Coordinator for Southeast Asia, Swiss Embassy in Thailand
• Karen Ellis, Investment, Competition & Business Development Services Team, DFID, UK
• Dinh T. My Loan, Director General, Competition Administration Department, Ministry of Trade, Vietnam
• Philippe Brusick, Head, Competition and Consumer Policy Branch, UNCTAD

0945-1045 hrs

Session One

Competition Policy and Its Relationship to Development: The Asian Experiences

• Deunden Nikomborirak (TDRI, Thailand) - Competition Policy and Its Relationship to Development: An Overview of the Linkages
• Marc Proksch (UNESCAP) – Competition Policy and Cross-border Investment: An Asian Perspective 
• Douglas Brooks (ADB) – Competition Policy and Development: Evidence from the Asian Region

Chair

Le Dang Doanh, MPI, Vietnam

1045-1100 hrs

TEA/COFFEE BREAK

1100-1230 hrs

Session Two

Competition Policy and Development: Perspectives from some Asian Developing Countries

• Le Dang Doanh (MPI, Vietnam) - Why Should a Developing Economy Adopt a Competition Policy and Law? -  The Case of Vietnam
• Leeber Leebouapao (NERI, Lao PDR) – Lao PDR: How Would a Small Landlocked Least Developed Economy Embrace Competition Policy and Law?

Chair

Dinh T. My Loan, Competition Administration Department, Ministry of Trade, Vietnam

1230-1400 hrs

LUNCH

1400-1530 hrs

Session Two

Competition Policy and Development: Perspectives from some Asian Developing Countries

• Atiur Rahman (Unnayan Shamannay, Bangladesh) – Would Competition Policy Promote Pro-Poor Development in a Least-Developed Economy? - The Case of Bangladesh
• Bharath Jairaj (CAG, India) – India’s New Competition Regime: Competition Policy in a Large-Emerging Economy

Chair

S. Chakravarthy, CUTS C-CIER, India

1530-1545 hrs

TEA/COFFEE BREAK

1545-1715 hrs

Session Two

Competition Policy and Development: Perspectives from some Asian Developing Countries

• Nuth Monyrath (EIC, Cambodia) - Cambodia At the Threshold of International Integration and Economic Reform: Is Competition Policy and Law Needed?
• Dhrubesh Chandra Regmi (SAWTEE, Nepal) – Promoting Competition Policy and Law for Development in a Least Developed Economy: Insights from Nepal

Chair

John Preston, DFID, UK

0900-1030 hrs

Session Three

Competition Policy and Regional Integration

• Philippe Brusick  - Competition Policy & RTAs: An Overview
• Erlinda Medalla – Competition Policy Issues in the ASEAN Context
• Malathy Knight John – Competition Policy Issues in Regional Cooperation Arrangements: The Case of SAARC and BIMSTEC

Chair

Sitesh Bhojani, Australia

1030-1045 hrs

TEA/COFFEE BREAK

1045-1200 hrs

Session Four

Capacity Building and International Cooperation on Competition Policy

• John Preston – International Cooperation and Capacity Building on Competition: DFID Experiences
• Patrick Krauskopf – International Cooperation and Capacity Building on Competition: A Swiss Perspective
• Pradeep S Mehta – Trilateral Development Cooperation: An Emerging Trend

Chair

Karen Ellis, DFID, UK

1200-1330 hrs

LUNCH

1330-1700 hrs

WORKSHOP ON PROJECT EVALUATION AND THE WAY FORWARD

1330-1400 hrs

• Alice Pham - Project Progress, Achievements and Lessons Learnt
• Nitya Nanda  - Competition Scenario in Select Asian Developing Countries – A Synthesis Report

1400-1430 hrs

1430-1445 hrs

TEA/COFFEE BREAK

1445-1630

Roundtable discussion on The Way Forward as the Closing Session

Chair

Pradeep S Mehta, Secretary General, CUTS International