(NYMWPS) — In celebration of the eighth anniversary of the Philippine victory in the Arbitral Tribunal and the ninth founding anniversary of the National Youth Movement for the West Philippine Sea, a peaceful and transglobal organization that has been advocating for the Philippine sovereignty and territorial integrity since 2015, the public is cordially invited to attend a free Zoom webinar.
What: 14th Virtual International Conference on South China (West Philippine) Sea
The theme is “Eight Years After Arbitral Tribunal Award: Challenges and Interventions on Peace, Security, and Stability in the South China (West Philippine) Sea.”
When: Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, Manila time. (11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Chamorro Standard Time.)
Webinar speakers:
• Antonio T. Carpio
Retired Senior Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the Philippines
• Loida Nicolas Lewis, Esq.
Prominent Filipino-American community and global leader; philanthropist, businesswoman and immigration lawyer; chairperson, US Filipinos for Good Governance; chairperson, Reginald F. Lewis Foundation; author of “Why Should Guys Have All the Fun: An Asian American Story of Love, Marriage, Motherhood and Running a Billion Dollar Empire.”
• Carlyle A. Thayer, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Australian Defense Force Academy University of New South Wales
• Capt. Carl O. Schuster, USN (Ret.)
Defense consultant, and former director of operations, Joint Intelligence Center, U.S. Pacific Command
• Dr. Bhushan Dewan
Retired Indian Navy commander and renowned security expert on strategic issues, geopolitics, Indo-China relations and international relations
• Kumari Mansi, Ph.D.
Deputy Director of Indo-Pacific Studies Center, Assistant Professor at Amity University Haryana, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Taiwan Fellow
• Professor Haruko Satoh
Co-Director of IAFOR Research Center Osaka School of International Public Policy at Osaka University in Osaka, Japan.
• Su Wai Mon, Ph.D.
Research Fellow (Oceans Law and Policy), Center for International Law, National University of Singapore
• Col. Raymond Powell, USAF (Ret.)
Security analyst; founder, director, CEO of SeaLight; former fellow, Distinguished Careers Institute at Stanford University; former air attaché of the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam.
• Pooja Bhatt, Ph.D.
Associate professor, Jindal School of International Affairs, Jindal Global University, and author of “Nine Dash Line: Deciphering the South China Sea Conundrum.”
• Dinh Hoang Thang, Ph.D.
Director of the Center for Information and Internal Relations of the Vietnamese Institute of Developmental Studies, and former Vietnamese ambassador to the Netherlands.
Register in advance for this webinar at https://shorturl.at/2aOj8
The event will also be live-streamed on the official Facebook page of the National Youth Movement for the West Philippine Sea @NYMWPS.
