University-Community Engagement Conference : UCEC 2012

08.00-09.00	Registration
09.00-09.45	Overview Co-Chairs of Program Committee : Conference Overview and Welcoming Remarks: Assistant Professor Dr.Titiporn S. Puntasen,Thammasat University, Thailand & Dr. Azlinda Azman, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
	Opening Ceremony Report and Welcome Speech by Steering Committee Chairs Associate Professor Dr. Decha Sungkawan,Thammasat University, Thailand & Professor Dr. Anna Christina Abdullah, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia.
	Opening Address Secretary-General, the Higher Education Commission (HEC),the Ministry of Education Professor Dr. Somkit Lertpaithoon, Rector of Thammasat University and Professor Dato' See Ching Mey, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Division of Industry and Community Network , Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
09.45-10.00	Video Presentation
10.00-10.30	Keynote Speaker I : The Venerable Dhammanandha Bhikuni Wat Songdham Kallayani, Nakorn Pathom, Thailand on "Education, Spirituality and Social Responsibility"
10.30-10.45	Coffee Break
10.45-12.00	Panel Discussion: Rethinking Policy Directions on University - Community Engagement Panelist 1 : Associate Professor Dr.Decha Sungkawan,Thammasat University Panelist 2 : Associate Professor Dr.Vanchai Sirichana, President of Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand Rethinking Policy Directions on University Community Engagement Romyen Kosaikanont (PhD), Assistant to the President Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand [Download Presentation] Panelist 3 : Professor Dr. Lim Koon Ong, Emeritus Professor, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs and Research Chancellery, UCSI University, Malaysia University-Community Engagement: A Private University Perspective [Download Presentation] Panelist 4 : Assistant Professor Dr. Pradit Takerngrangsarit, President of Payap University, Thailand Panelist 5 : Dr.Suchart Muangkeow, Chairman, Board of Lampang Rajabhat University, Thailand Lampang Rajabhat University: Community Engagement [Download Presentation] Chair: Assistant Professor Dr. Jitti Mongkolnchaiarunya, Thammasat University, Thailand
12.00-13.00	Lunch
13.00-13.30	Keynote Speaker II : Professor Dato' Anwar Fazal, Director, Right Livelihood College, Centre for Policy Research and International Studies (CenPRIS), Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia on "U-C Engagement Network in the Asia Pacific Region: Opportunities and Challenges for Participatory Paradigm for Knowledge Creation and Social Change"
13.30-15.00	Paper Presentation under the sub-theme "U-C Engagement: Critical and Conceptual Review"
15.00-15.15	Coffee Break
15.15-17.00	Paper Presentation under the sub-theme "Participatory Paradigm for Research Practice: Opportunities and Challenges"
17.30-19.00	Welcome Reception hosted by: Thammasat University