The Mindanao Conversations is a series of workshops aimed to shed light on the political economic and environmental issues plaguing Mindanao and to contribute to mapping solutions towards an alternative future of sustainable and inclusive growth amidst the ethnic, cultural and ideological diversity of the region.
This first workshop hopes to convene key representatives of the economics faculty and research-action centers of the Ateneo de Davao University, Ateneo de Zamboanga and Xavier University as well as relevant Mindanao-based agencies; and to provide a venue for collectively formulating the research agenda of the newly conceptualized Joint Ateneo Institute for Mindanao Economics (JAIME), its organization and network. To facilitate the process of agenda setting, at most 35 participants (excluding resource persons) are expected to attend this Workshop.
The agenda setting workshops are embedded in two days of discussion of current perspectives on various aspects of the Mindanao economy, their challenges and prospects. A half-day workshop on the research agenda and the organization of the JAIME involving the Ateneo-based participants is scheduled on Day 3.
Once the agenda is drafted and the organization of the JAIME and its network laid-out, the second workshop in the Mindanao Conversations Series will substantiate this agenda by taking stock of past and ongoing research and interventions in the region—as well as related national research and initiatives—from which the research projects to be undertaken are expected to take off. Subsequent workshops will focus on research results and action plans.
PROGRAMME
| Day 1 (May 21, 2015) | 2nd Floor Community Center | |
| 7:30 – 8:00 | Registration | |
| 8:00 – 8:30 | Preliminaries | InvocationNational Anthem
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| Welcome Remarks | Fr. Joel E. Tabora, SJ, PhD | |
| President, Ateneo de Davao University | ||
| Overview of the Workshop | Dr. Germelino M. Bautista | |
| Director, Ateneo Institute of Mindanao Economics | ||
| 8:30 – 9:30 | Perspectives on the Political | Ms. Nikki Philline C. dela Rosa/Dr. Francisco Lara, Jr. |
| Economy of Mindanao | Deputy Country Director, International Alert Philippines | |
| 9:30 – 10:30 | Bangsamoro Development | Dr. Safrullah M. Dipatuan |
| Plan | Chairman of the Board | |
| Bangsamoro Development Agency | ||
| 10:30 – 11:30 | Background, Research | Undersecretary Janet M. Lopoz |
| Agenda and Status of the | Executive Director, Mindanao Development Authority | |
| Mindanao 2020 Peace | ||
| and Development Plan | ||
| 11:30 – 12:00 | OPEN FORUM | |
| 12:00– 1:00 | L U N C H B R E A K | |
| Mindanao’s spatial context | ||
| and changing lanscapes: | ||
| 1:00– 2:30 | Anthropogenic Impacts and | Fr. Daniel J. McNamara, SJ, PhD |
| Climate Change | Chair, Environmental Science Department | |
| Ateneo de Davao University | ||
| Dr. Lourdes R. Simpol | ||
| Director, Tropical Institute for Climate Studies | ||
| Ateneo de Davao University | ||
| The State of Mindanao | Dr. Maria Rosario Mosqueda | |
| Agriculture | Dean, College of Agriculture, Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan | |
| 2:30 – 3:30 | The Energy Crisis in | Atty. Raphael Perpetuo M. Lotilla |
| Mindanao | Former Secretary of Energy, UP Law Professor, | |
| Regional Programme Director, Sustainable Development of the Seas of East Asia | ||
| OPEN FORUM | ||
| 3:30 – 6:30 | Forestry, Fishery and | Dr. Tonie O. Balangue |
| Mineral Resources | Former President, Resources, Environment and Economics Center, Inc. | |
| Depletion and Rents | (REECS) | |
| Mr. Richard N. Muallil | ||
| Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines, Diliman | ||
| Mindanao State University, Tawi-Tawi | ||
| Mr. Jesus Vicente C. Garganera | ||
| Executive Director, Alyansa Tigil Mina | ||
| OPEN FORUM | ||
| 7:00 | Dinner | |
| Day 2 (May 22, 2015) | 2nd Floor Community Center | |
| 8:00 – 8:30 | Recap | |
| 8:30 – 10:30 | Capital Flight and Wealth | Dr. Edsel L. Beja, Jr. |
| Outflow | Economics Department, Ateneo de Manila University | |
| Mr. Alex V. Buenaventura | ||
| President, One Network Bank | ||
| Ms. Amelita B. Atillo | ||
| Technical Adviser, USAID-ENGAGE | ||
| Mr. Vitaliano N. Nañagas II | ||
| Former Chairman, Development Bank of the Philippines, Social Security | ||
| System, Ramon Magsaysay Foundation, Foundation for the Philippine | ||
| Environment | ||
| OPEN FORUM | ||
| 10:30 – 12:30 | Persistence of Poverty | Dr. Joseph Anthony Y. Lim |
| and Conflict | Professor, Economics Department, Ateneo de Manila University | |
| Ms. Starjoan D. Villanueva | ||
| Executive Director, Alternate Forum for Research in Mindanao | ||
| OPEN FORUM | ||
| 12:30 – 1:15 | L U N C H B R E A K | |
| 1:15 – 5:00 | Poverty Intervention: | Mr. Mussolini Sinsuat Lidasan |
| Role of Islamic Finance | Executive Director, Al Qalam Institute for Islamic Identities | |
| Agribusiness or Enterprise | and Dialogues in Southeast Asia | |
| Development, Government | ||
| Program and Women | Dr. Leonardo A. Lanzona | |
| Director, Ateneo Center for Economic Research and Development | ||
| Professor, Economics Department, Ateneo de Manila University | ||
| Mr. Joselito T. Sescon | ||
| Economics Department, Ateneo de Manila University | ||
| Dr. Rolando T. Dy | ||
| Dean, School of Management, University of Asia and the Pacific | ||
| Professor, Director, Center for Food and Agri-Business | ||
| 5:00 – 6:00 | OPEN FORUM | |
| 6:00 – 6:30 | Recap | |
| 7:00 | Dinner | |
| Day 3 (May 23, 2015) | Paradise Resort, Samal Island | |
| 9:00 – 12:00 | Meeting of the Ateneo Faculty | |
| Synthesis of the Workshop | ||
| Formulation of the Proposed Research Agenda | ||
| Next Steps: Organizational | ||
| 12:00 | LUNCH | |
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