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Emerging Bangladesh: Opportunites and Challenges for Bangladesh's Future.

Panel Discussion | November 12 | 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. | The Bancroft Hotel, Great Hall

Location: 2680 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94704

Featured Speaker: H.E. Ambassador A. K. Abdul Momen, Ambassador and Bangladesh Permanent Representative, United Nations, Bangladesh Permanent Mission to the UN

Speakers: Ahmed Badruzzaman, Ph.D., Fellow of American Nuclear Society, Chevron Energy Technology Co.; Ananya Roy, Ph.D., Professor, Department of City & Regional Planning; Education Director, Blum Center for Developing Economies; Co-Director, Global Metropolitan Studies Center; Sanchita Saxena, Ph.D., Associate Director, Center for South Asia Studies; Research Consultant, The Asia Foundation; Allan Smith, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Epidemiology in the School of Public Health

Sponsors: South Asia Studies, Center for, Chevron, Energy and Resources Group, Blum Center for Developing Economies, Public Health, School of, Asia Foundation, Goldman School of Public Policy

A one-day symposium bringing together a diverse panel of experts to discuss four policy areas critical to Bangladesh’s growth and development. The program of the day will also include the following:
1) A Q&A session and a discussion of how to address some of the challenges that have been brought up during the session. We plan to put together a series of policy recommendations based on the presentations during this symposium, and hope to present them to the newly elected government in the near future.
2) Lunch
3) Keynote address by H.E. Ambassador A. K. Abdul Momen, Ambassador and Bangladesh Permanent Representative, United Nations, Bangladesh Permanent Mission to the UN
4) A cultural program

Registration is NOT required.
However, please RSVP by Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Program:

10:00 am ~ 12:00 noon: Panel Discussion
What Arsenic in Bangladesh is doing to Children
Allan Smith, M.D., Ph.D.,
Professor of Epidemiology in the School of Public Health
Domestic Coalitions and the Push for Policy Change in Bangladesh’s Garments & Textiles Industry
Sanchita Saxena, Ph.D
Associate Director, Center for South Asia Studies; Research Consultant, The Asia Foundation
Energy Demand, Climate Change, and Bangladesh - Saga of a South Asian Nation.
Ahmed Badruzzaman, Ph.D
Fellow of American Nuclear Society; Chevron Energy Technology Co.
The Bangladesh Paradox: A Story of Pro-Poor Development
Ananya Roy, Ph.D
Professor, Department of City & Regional Planning; Education Director, Blum Center for Developing Economies; Co-Director, Global Metropolitan Studies Center

Event moderated by Prof. Isha Ray, Assistant Professor, Energy & Resources Group

12:00 ~ 12:30: Lunch

12:30 pm: Keynote address
"Bangladesh from a Global Perspective: Selected Socio-Economic Issues"
by H.E. Ambassador A. K. Abdul Momen
Ambassador and Bangladesh Permanent Representative, United Nations
Bangladesh Permanent Mission to the UN

1:30 pm: Cultural Program: A lyrical dance-drama on Bangladesh performed by the famous LA-based Bangladesh Academy of Performing Arts

Dancers:
Chowdhury Nusrat Shazed and Mou Chowdhury

Vocalists:
Reea Hassan, Tomal Hossain and Sama Dewan

Percussionists:
Pial hossain and Ummey Hossain

Announcer:
Zahid Hossain

Event Contact: csas@berkeley.edu, 510-642-3608