Plenary Session: Panel of Experts (1)

Please join us for the plenary session (1) on July 23 at 9:30 am with our distinguished panel of experts: Dato' Sri Saifuddin Bin Abdullah, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia (online) Ambassador Gautam Mukhopadhaya, Senior Visiting Fellow, CRS; Former Indian Ambassador to Syria, Afghanistan and Myanmar (in-person) Ambassador Robert H.K. Chua, Dean, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Diplomatic Academyformer Singapore Ambassador to Myanmar (2006 – 2017) (in-person)

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Pre-publication launch: Turning Land in Capital

Join the pre-publication launch of "Turning Land into Capital: Development and Dispossession in the Mekong Region" to be released by University of Washington Press in August 2022 for a book talk/roundtable with editors Philip Hirsch, Kevin Woods, Natalia Scurrah and Michael B. Dwyer along with Tyrell Haberkorn and Anan Ganjanapan on 22 July in Room 1.

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Participant Registration: No Fees!

Please confirm your attendance at ICIRD7 here either on-site or online. There are no fees for participants, but on-site space is limited so please register before 18 July for in-person attendees, or 20 July for online participants. Looking forward to seeing all of you very soon in Chiang Mai!

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Panel: Land Contestation in the Mekong

This panel gathers a collection of new research exploring attempts to govern or acquire land and the actions of different authorities (state, private, community), often pitted against one another by their claims. The research presented was conducted by master’s students from the Development Studies program at Chiang Mai University, with a focus on land relations and who are supported by Mekong Region Land Governance (MRLG). View the entire list of abstracts for the panel here (panel #5) and join in person or online for the full presentation during ICIRD7!

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Panel: Border and Migration between China & Southeast

Convened by Long Xiaoyan and Wang Yueping from Yunnan University's School of Ethnology and Sociology, this panel focuses on connectivity between China and Southeast Asia, both through long-running geographic, ethnic, and migratory ties and also examines connectivity through modern means and phenomenon like tourism, transnational investment and trade, and the impact of covid-19. Please follow this link to view all abstracts for this panel (panel #1).

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