NCRE Conference
NCRE
Programme

Note:     WS     William Sutton room, upstairs, Arts Centre Venues building
HS Hurst Seager room, downstairs, Arts Centre Venues building
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Thursday 9 September
1400 - 1700 WS   Conference Registration
1400 - 1500 HS EUSA Asia-Pacific business meeting
1500 - 1700 WS Post Graduate Conference Poster Workshop
1715 - 1730 HS Welcome: Professor Nigel Healey, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, College of Business and Economics, University of Canterbury
1730 - 1830 HS Keynote Speech: Dr. Garret FitzGerald, former Irish PM
1830 - 1930 Conference Reception and Journal & book launch: Annie's Wine Bar, Christchurch Arts Centre
Friday 10 September
0800 - 0900 WS Conference Registration
0915 - 0945 HS Opening Address: Professor Cae-One Kim, EUSA Asia-Pacific President
0945 - 1030 HS
EU Identity in the Asia-Pacific Region: The Asia-Pacific Perceptions Project - Session I
(Chair Martin Holland EUSA-NZ)
  • Natalia Chaban "When Enough is Enough: Dynamics of the EU Representations in Asia-Pacific Media"
  • Jessica Bain "The Power of TV: Images of the EU in Asia-Pacific broadcast media"
1030 - 1100 WS Morning Tea
1100 - 1230 HS
EU Identity in the Asia-Pacific Region: The Asia-Pacific Perceptions Project - Session II
(Chair Apirat Petchsiri EUSA-Thailand)
  • Paveena Sutthisripok "Images of the EU as a Political Partner for Asia-Pacific: Emerging Frames in National Media"
  • Kim Se Na "Images of the EU in the area of Social Affairs for Asia-Pacific: Emerging Frames in National Media"
  • Katrina Stats "Images of the EU as an Economic Partner for Asia-Pacific: Emerging Frames in National Media"
1230 - 1330 WS Lunch
1330 - 1500 HS
EU Enlargement and the Asia-Pacific Region
(Chair Prof. Tanaka EUSA-Japan)
  • Alberto Costi "The Impact of the Recent Enlargement Process on the EU, Member States and Third Parties"
  • Matthew Gibbons "EU enlargement and its effects on trade with New Zealand"
  • Rajendra Jain "India and an Enlarging European Union"
  • Apirat Petchsiri "Legal Based Regional Integration"
1500 - 1530 WS Afternoon tea
1530 - 1700 HS
EU-Pacific Relations
(Chair Bingran Dai EUSA-China)
  • Malakai Koloamatangi "Cotonou and the Pacific: Governance, Legitimacy and Civil Society"
  • Steve Thomas "EUphoria in the Pacific? Regional Economic Partnership Agreements - Implications for the Pacific"
  • Stephen Dearden "Sustainability Impact Assessment and the EU Pacific Economic Partnership Agreement Negotiations"
1700 - 1830 HS
State of the EU: reflections on 2004
EU Diplomatic Roundtable: Member State representatives
(Chair Alan Roberts EUSA-NZ)
1900 onwards Conference Dinner: Curator's House
Saturday 11 September
0900 - 1030 HS
Future Imperfect: Enlargement Session I
(Chair Maureen Benson-Rea EUSA-NZ)
  • Milenko Petrovic "How far and soon to the East? The prospects for future EU Enlargement"
  • Kenneth Chan "There Is No Alternative? Central and Eastern Europe in the 2004 European Parliament Elections"
  • Tony Wilson "Confronting Corruption: The Impeachment of President Paksas of Lithuania"
1030 - 1100 WS Morning Tea
1100 - 1230 HS
Economic Challenges of the EU Session I
(Chair Prof Rhee - EUSA-Korea)
  • Seung-Gwan Baek and Chang-Kyu Choi "Does the Exchange Rate Regime Matter for Reserve Accumulation?: Reserve Implication for EMU and East Asian Currency Union"
  • Jikang Zhang "The Recent Economic Impacts on Chinese Economy of EMU and EU's Enlargement"
  • Heung-Jong Kim and Kyung-Sun Park "Effects of EU Enlargement: A Gravity Analysis"
1230 - 1330 WS Lunch
1330 - 1500 HS
Future Imperfect: Enlargement Session II
(Chair Bruno Mascitelli - CESAA)
  • Katherine Vadura "The European Union, enlargement and integrating security and human rights"
  • Fiona Machin "Knocking on Europe's Door: the Turkish Cypriot community, the 'Cyprus issue' and the European Union"
  • Jim Headley "The European Union and ethnic relations in Central/Eastern Europe"
  • Dai Bingran "The Political Implications of the EU's Enlargement"
1500 - 1530 WS Afternoon tea
1530 - 1700 HS
Economic Challenges of the EU Session II
(Chair Rajendra Jain - EUSA- India)
  • Lawrence Sheehan "The Big Boys Play by Different Rules: France and Germany Defy the Commission"
  • Jeff McNeill "Politics and technical complexity: the European Parliament and the F-Gas Directive"
  • Abel Reyna - "Trade Relations between EU-15 and Central Eastern European Countries: Specialisation, Competitiveness"
1700 - 1715 HS Closing and farewell: Martin Holland, Director, NCRE
1715 - 1800 HS NCRE/EUSANZ business meeting; national networks; 2005-8 & the importance of the EU for NZ businesses: a research agenda

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