Forum on Philippine Legal Compliance to the 2015 ASEAN Economic Community

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(This forum is open to the public and is free of charge. For more info, contact Mr. Carlo Go at +63 927-5269847,  Ms Mila Baetiong & Brigitte Encarnacion at 920-5514 loc. 207, or Ms Au Tolentino at 929-3654).

Programme

Morning Session
8:00 – 8:30 Registration
8:30 – 8:45 Welcome Remarks
Prof. Danilo L. Concepcion
Dean, UP College of Law
8:45 – 9:00 Opening Remarks
Hon. Adrian S. Cristobal, Jr.
Undersecretary, DTI
9:00 – 9:15 Forum Orientation
Dr. Ramon L. Clarete
Dean, UP School of Economics
9:15 – 9:30 Overview on the Legal Audit
Atty. Celeste Cembrano-Mallari
UP Institute of International Legal Studies
9:30 -10:00 AEC Compliance Thru Pacta Sunt Servanda
Prof. H. Harry L. Roque, Jr.
UP Institute of International Legal Studies
10:00 – 10:30 AEC Integration thru Philippine Administrative Compliance
Prof. Diane A. Desierto
Asst. Professor, University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law, and Co-Director, ASEAN Law & Integration Center (ALIC)
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 – 11:15 Reactors
Dr. Raul C. Pangalangan
Professor of Law and Former Dean
UP College of Law
Dean Sedfrey M. Candelaria
Ateneo Law School
11:15 – 11:30 Open Forum
11:30 – 1:00 pm Lunch Break
Afternoon Session
1:00 -1:30 Investments
Amb. Manuel Antonio J. Teehankee
Former Philippine Permanent Representative to the WTO
1:30 – 2:00 Trade in Services and the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs)
Executive Director Jose Victor V. Chan-Gonzaga
Department of Foreign Affairs, and Former Charge’-de’Affaires, Philippine Permanent Mission to the WTO
2:00 – 2:30 Cross-border Legal Challenges
Atty. Vicente M. Joyas
President, Integrated Bar of the Philippines
2:30 – 3:00 Coffee Break
3:00 – 3:30 Reactors
Atty Andre C. Palacios
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Millenmium Challenge Account-PhilippinesDean Ramon L. Clarete
UP School of Economics

Prof. Diane A. Desierto

3:30 – 4:00 Synthesis
Amb. Manuel Antonio J. Teehankee
4:00 – 4:30 Closing Remarks
Prof. H. Harry L. Roque, Jr.
Atty. Maricel Seno
Moderator and Master of Ceremonies