29 June - 2 July
at Urazoe-So, Urazoe City, Okinawa
(3rd draft, Muto, May 5)
Day 1 (29 June):
* Morn/afternoon Exposure Trip in Okinawa
* Evening Reception
Day 2 (30 June):
09:00-10:00 Greetings by former Okinawa Governor Ohta
Opening presentations
Walden Bello and Muto Ichiyo
10:00-12:00 Plenary I: Okinawa: Struggle against Militarism
and Human Dignity
Arasaki Moriteru
Takazato Suzuyo
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-15:00 Plenary II: US Strategy & Globalization
(Joseph Gerson, Margo Okazawa-Rey, Mushakoji Kinhide, Kim Yong Han)
15:00-15:30 Coffee Break
15:30-18:00 Plenary III: War and colonial legacies
(Lee Jung Ok, Matsui Yayori, Taira Osamu, Tessa Morris-Suzuki,
Chen Kuan Hsing)
18:00-19:00 Dinner
19:00-21:00 Group meetings for the sharing of subregional problems
Group I: Northeast Asia - Japanese militarism, Korean peninsula,
Taiwan Straits
Group II: Southeast Asia
Group III: South Asia
(Chen Kuan Hsing, Roland Simbulan, Jeannie Manipon, Kalamat Ali, Syed
Hussein Ali, Corazon Fabros, Green Korea United, Carolyn Hau, Harsono
and others are asked to take the lead in the group meetings.)
Day 3 (1 July):
09:00-11:30 Plenary IV: Regional Mechanisms for Peace
Reports from previous day group meetings
Panel: Hiro Umebayashi, Nick Mclellan (Joe Camilleri), Tao Wenzhao,
North Korea, Kim Seung-kuk (Lee Sam-Sung)
11:00-13:30 Plenary V: People's security vs. militarization,
deprivation, & environmental destruction
Melani Budianta (or Ace woman), Chirawattana Charoonpatarapong,
Urashima Etsuko, Surichai Wangheo, Ui Jun
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:00 Simultaneous workshops on action and alliance formation
a) People's own ways of conflict resolution and military intervention
in regional affairs
b) People's action networks against militarization and economic
"globalization," national, regional and beyond
16:00-16:30 Break
16:30-19:00 Final Plenary
Presentation, discussion, and adoption of resolutions and conference
declaration
(Day 4 Afternoon; an open public forum convened by the Okinawa groups)
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