“Beyond Boundaries: Peoples Uniting in Defending Rights”
September 2023
Bangkok, Ubon Ratchathani Province, and online
MAEW2023 Full Program and Registration Links
“Discussion/workshop “Energy Democratization for Thailand’s Sustainable Future”
Co-organizers
– Mekong Energy and Ecology Network (MEENet)
– MAEW
Speakers
– Witoon Permpongsacharoen, Mekong Energy and
Ecology Network (MEENet)
– Chuenchom S. Greacen, An independent energy researcher
– Sopitsuda Tongsopit, Solar and Energy Storage Specialist in California (online)
– Pasapong Gamonwet Deputy Manager of Power Purchase and Cost Management Division, Power Economics Policy Department Provincial Electricity Authority of Thailand
Moderator: Witoon Permpongsacharoen, Mekong Energy and Ecology Network (MEENet)
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Panel “Mekong young farmers in action: Exploring agroecological pathway towards the future of our food system”
– Towards Organic Asia (TOA)
– Project SEVANA South-East Asia
– GRAIN Speakers
Mr. Siwakorn Odochao, Mae Wang District, Chiang Mai Province
– Ms. Theingi Knin, Kachin State, Myanmar
– Mr. Thoem Phann, Kamphong Chhnang Province, Cambodia Opening talk by Ubon Yoowah, Advisor of the Alternative Agriculture Network (AAN)
Moderator: Kingkorn Narintarakul, Food for Change
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Beyond Boundaries: The corporations and states VS people and environment”
Panelists
– “The situation of the Mekong Migrant worker” by – Somchai Homlaor, Foundation for Human Rights and Development (HRDF) and;
– Chai Jarm, Tai Yai migrant worker
– Politics and the young generation: Look the region through the situation in Thailand by Rangsiman Rome, Member of the House of Representatives, Moving Forward Party
– “Indigenous Women: Rights and Struggles” by Abby Dupale, LILAK (Purple Action for Indigenous Women’s Rights Online
– “States and Corporations in Large-scale, crossing-borders Investments” by Shalmali Guttal, Focus on the Global South
– “Myanmar Today” by Khin Ohmar, Progressive Voice
– “River, Fishery and our Life” by Aut Long, Coalition of Cambodia Fishers (CFF) และ Action Research Team (ART), Cambodia
Moderator: Premrudee Daoroung, Project SEVANA South-East Asia
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Panel discussion “Campaign experience across the region”
Co-organizers
– FOCUS on the Global South (FOCUS)
– STEP, the Philippines
– Social Action for Community Development (SACD)
– Prachatai
– MAEW
by representatives of young activists from various campaigns and countries including;
– Mr. Jerwin “Jhewoung” Capatoy, STEP Sierra Madre, the network against Kaliwa Dam in the Philippines
– Ko Aung Khant Thu, Artist and democracy activist from Myanmar
– Sokunmolika Sethy, Social Action for Community Development (SACD) Cambodia
Moderator Gary Lee, International Rivers (IRs)
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“Fresh from the field: Change, suffering, hope and the future In the Eyes of Mekong Peoples”
Co-organizers
– Project SEVANA South-East Asia
– Focus on the Global South
– Prachatai
Panelist
– “The Mekong Farmers” by Dr. Prapart Pintoptang
– “The Eastern Economic Corridor: What it is telling us?” by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Chaiyon Praditsilp, Chairman of the Interdisciplinary Doctor of Philosophy for Sustainable Development Program Rambhai Barni Rajabhat University Chanthaburi Province
– “Huay Mak Tai village: From Pak Mun to Phou Ngoy Dam” by Premrudee Daoroung, Laos Dam Investment Monitor (LDIM)
Commentator: Prof. Chantana Banpasirichote Wungaeo Moderator: Kheetanat Wannaboworn, Focus on the Global South
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“Thai Direct Investment: Impacts on Community, Environment and Human Rights Violations”
Co-organizers
-ETO Watch Coalition (Extra–Territorial Obligation Watch Coalition)
-Prachatai
Panalists
– Two books introduction by Chanang Umpharak, The
Mekong Butterfly
– Gas pipeline project in Myanmar by Teerachai Sancharoenkitthavorn, The Mekong Butterfly
– Dams in Lao PDR by Pairin Sohsai, International Rivers
– Progress on sugar cases in Cambodia by Sor. Rattanamanee Polkla, Community Resource Center Foundation
– Compilation overview on the previous 11 cases and in Book 2 by Worawan Sukrarerk, EarthRights International.
Moderator: Chanang Umpharak, The Mekong Butterfly
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Panel “Community’s Climate Resilience: People’s Voices and Actions”
Co-organizers
-Focus on the Global South
(FOCUS)/alliances organizations and network
-Prachatai
-MAEW
Panalists
– Amornrat Thongpat, Southern Peasants Federation of Thailand (SPFT)
– Qomarrun Nazmi, Serikat Petani Indonesia (SPI)
– Venerable THO Thoross, Sang Rukhavoan Community Forestry
– Emily Fajardo, Coal Free / Nuclear Free Bataan Movement (CFBM/NFBM) #KaBaRo
Reflection: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Narumon Arunotai, CUSRI “Reflections on the importance of local knowledge and wisdom on climate change resilience”
Facilitatator: Galileo de Guzman Castillo from Focus on the Global South
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Panel “Ubon Ratchathani: Value, Natural Resources and Life along the Mun and Mekong Rivers”
Co-organizers
– Ubon Monitoring Group on Flood and Mekong Dams
– Songsarn Coffee Shop
– MAEW
Panelists
– Nikorn Weesapen, Human rights lawyer
– Sompong Viengchan, A representative of the affected communities by Pak Mun Dam
– Mongkol Julathat, President of the chamber of commerce of Ubon Ratchathani Province
– Ass. Prof. Kanokwan Manorom, Director of Mekong Sub-Region Social Research Center (MSSRC), Faculty of Liberal Arts, Ubon Ratchathani University
Moderator: Kamol Homklin, Thai Isaan PBS, Media for Happiness Foundation
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“Mekong Dam and Impacts to Ubon Ratchathani”
Co-orgnizers
– Ubon Monitoring Group on Flood and Mekong Dams
– Songsarn Coffee shop
– MAEW
Panelists
– Sorn Champadok, Community representative from the affected area by the Mekong Mainstream dam in Phosai District, Ubon Ratchathani Province
– Wittayakara Sowatta, writer
– Sujinum Jaikaew, Young farmers from Khemarat District
– The award winners from the photo contest Overview and
Moderate by: Premrudee Daoroung, Project SEVANA South-East Asia
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Special Lecture “Downstream Impacts of Dams in Northeastern Cambodia”
Co-organizers
– Ubon Monitoring Group on Flood and Mekong Dams
– Mekong Sub-region Social Research Center (MSSRC), Faculty of Liberal Arts, Ubon Ratchathani University
– MAEW
Speakers
-Dr. Ian Baird, Professor, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison (In the Northeastern Thai dialect)
-Welcoming speech by Associate Professor Dr. Surasak Khamkhong, Dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts, UbonRatchathani University
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Crossing the fear frontier: Experience of the activists in the region”
Co-organizers
– Mekong Sub-region Social Research Center (MSSRC), Faculty of Liberal Arts, Ubon Ratchathani University
– MAEW
Speakers
– Mr. Jerwin “Jhewoung” Capatoy, STEP Sierra Madre A young activist fighting against Kaliwa Dam in the Philippines
– Loem Sreymom, Workers’ Information Center, Cambodia
– Phay Phanya.Mother Nature Cambodia
Moderator: Associate Professor Kanokwan Manorom, Director of Mekong Sub-Region Social Research Center (MSSRC), Faculty of Liberal Arts, Ubon Ratchathani University
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Co-organizers
– Philadelphia Bookshop
– MAEW
Speakers
Wittayakara Sowatta, Writer and the owner of PhiladelphiaBookshop
– Kotchakorn Bualumlum, writer, the Isaan Records
– Dr. Ian Baird, Professor, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Discuss in the Northeastern Thai dialect)
Moderator: Sodsai Srangsok, Pak Mun and Mekong researcher
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