Opening Plenary

Welcome Messages
Mirko Herberg , Resident Representative, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Philippines
William Gois, Regional Coordinator, Migrant Forum in Asia

Keynote Message: Policy Challenges in Regional Labor Migration
Esteban Conejos, Undersecretary, Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs 
of the Department of Foreign Affairs –  (DFA OUMWA), Philippines

1^st Panel: Labor Migration in Southeast Asia   - What are the issues?

Moderator and Presentor: Dr. Manolo Abella , Chief Technical Adviser, ILO Asian Regional 
Programme on Governance of Labour Migration and former Director International Migration 
Program, International Labour Office (ILO)
Issues in Labour Migration in Southeast Asia

Reactors:
Tristanti Mitayani, former Member of Parliament, Partai Amanat Nasional 
(National Mandate Party), Indonesia

Jon Ungphakorn, former Senator of Bangkok, Thailand

Kunjoo Brabakarun, Vice President, Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC)/ASEAN Trade Union Council (ATUC)

2^nd Panel: Addressing Labor Migration on a Regional Level – Responses from ASEAN and the EU

Moderator: Assistant Secretary Luis Cruz, ASEAN Affairs, Department of Foreign Affairs Philippines

Reactors:

Medardo C. Abad, Jr.,  Director for Bureau Research Development, ASEAN Secretariat
Labor Migration in Southeast Asia: The role of ASEAN

Chris Ng, ASEAN Service Employees Trade Union Council (ASETUC) and Regional Secretary, 
Union Network International– Asia & Pacific Regional Office (UNI-APRO)

William Gois, Taskforce on ASEAN Mechanisms on the Rights of Migrant Workers

3^rd Panel:  Understanding Bilateral Agreements on Labor Migration

Introduction:  Professor Stella P. Go, Associate Professor, Behavioral Sciences of Department, 
De La Salle University and Chairperson of the Philippine Migration Research Network (PMRN)
Asian Labor Migration: The Role of Bilateral Labor and Similar Agreements
Powerpoint presentation

Reactors:

Merliza Makinano, Deputy Director of Institute for Labor Studies, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and former Director of DOLE- International Labor Affairs Service (DOLE-ILAS), Philippines 
Understanding Bilateral Agreements on Labor Migration

M. Kula Segaran, Member of Parliament for Ipoh Barat, Democratic Action Party (DAP), Malaysia
Understanding Bilateral Agreements on Labor Migration

Wahyu Susilo, Migrant Care/International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development (INFID)

4^th Panel: Sending and Receiving Countries – Policy Issues at the National Level

Moderator: Ellene Sana, Center for Migrant Advocacy – Philippines
ASEAN ratification of UN and ILO Agreements

Reactors:

Maria Isabelle G. Climaco, Representative, Zamboanga City, 1st District, House of Representatives, Philippines 
Accounts of Migration in and out of Zamboanga City  

Bui Sy Loi, Vice Chairperson, Committee on Social Affairs, Vietnam National Assembly
International Migrant Labourers and the Protection of their Rights

5^th Panel: What is happening and what needs to be done – Bringing MPs in

Moderator: Ana Theresia 'Risa' Hontiveros-Baraquel, Representative, Akbayan Citizens Action Party, Philippines