2008 Press Releases

The Rise of Asia and its Challenge for Europe – UCC Conference
07.11.2008

Senior academics from Asia and Europe together with Irish government figures, a number of ambassadors and business people, will gather in Cork on November 14th next for the second annual conference of the Irish Institute of Chinese Studies (IICS) at UCC.

The conference titled “The Rise of Asia and the Challenge for Europe”, will also provide the opportunity to launch the Asia Studies Ireland Association (ASIA), a dynamic network of Irish academics, researchers, policy makers, cultural leaders, students, and business people interested in Asia, and in particular the relations between the EU and Asia.
 
The Lord Mayor of Cork, Mr Brian Bermingham along with UCC President, Dr Michael Murphy will officiate at the Opening Ceremony followed by Micheál Martin, TD, Minister for Foreign Affairs who will deliver the Keynote Address.

Ambassadors from several Asian countries (People’s Republic of China, India, Japan, South Korea, and Malaysia) will then participate in a roundtable discussion titled “Ireland in Asia during Challenging Times” and chaired by Dr Tom Hardiman, member of the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) Board of Governors.

The conference will also feature two panel discussions comprising figures from the worlds of academia, business and journalism.

Panel I, chaired by Professor Paul Giller, Registrar and Vice-President for Academic Affairs, UCC will focus on “30 Years of Reform in China”.  Participants will include Professor Gary Liu, China Europe International Business School, Shanghai, Paul Gillespie, Foreign Policy Editor, the Irish Times, Professor Louis Brennan, Trinity College Dublin and Dr Chris Connolly, IICS, UCC.

Panel II, chaired by Mr. Peter Ryan, the Director of Intellectual Exchange, ASEF, Singapore, will discuss “The Economics of Asia’s Rise” with participants Professor Badar Alam Iqbal, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (UP), India, Professor Yeoh Koh Kheng, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Dr Joern-Carsten Gottwald, IICS, UCC and Professor Bernadette Andreosso-O’Callaghan, University of Limerick.

The Conference takes place in Jury’s Hotel, Cork on Friday, November 14th, 9.30am-6.30pm and will be preceded by the Inaugural Meeting of the Asian Studies Ireland Association (ASIA).

A detailed conference schedule and registration form is available online at http://www.ucc.ie/institutechinesestudies

Photographed at the Conference were: Professor Fan Hong, Director of Irish Institute of Chinese Studies, UCC, Professor Deirdre Hunt, UCC, Dr Michael Murphy, President, UCC, Mr Pat McGrath, Managing Director and CEO, PM Group and Professor Gary Liu, China Europe International Business School, Shanghai.

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