Seventh Sustainable Development Conference
8-10 December, 2004, Holiday Inn, Islamabad

Troubled Times: Sustainable Development and Governance in the Age of Extremes

Conference Programme Day one

Day One l Day Two l Day Three

Wednesday, December 8, 2004

Concurrent Session A-1 Session I: Regional Agreements	11:30 am – 1:15 pm
Panel: Global Governance for Trade and Sustainable Development: An Agenda for the WTO
Chair	Haroon Sharif, DFID, Pakistan
Discussant	Faisal Bari, Mahbub-ul-Haq Development Centre, Pakistan
Speakers	Title
Adil Najam, Tufts University, USA	Is the Global Trading System Disintegrating: Is that Good or Bad?
Hernan Blanco, RIDES, Chile	South American Perspectives on Trade, Environmental and Sustainable Development: WTO and Beyond
Huma Fakhar, Fakhar Law International, Pakistan	An Economic and Legal Benefit Analysis of Regional Trade Agreements
	Discussion
Lunch	1:15 pm – 2:00 pm

Concurrent Session A-2	11:30 am – 1:15 pm
Panel: Violence, Displacement and the Issue of Identity - 1947
Chair	Saba Gul Khattak, SDPI, Pakistan
Discussant	Yasmin Saikiya, UNC-Chapel Hill, USA
Speakers	Title
Ian Talbot, Coventry University, UK	The 1947 Violence and the Migration and Resettlement of Muslims from Amritsar
Ishtiaq Ahmed, Stockholm University, Sweden	Punjabi Identities Before and After the 1947 Partition of Punjab
Pippa Virdee, Coventry University, UK	Migration and Post-Partition Resettlement in Lyallpur: The Impact of Refugee Labour
	Discussion
LUNCH	1:15 pm – 2:00 pm

Concurrent Session A-3	11:30 am – 1:15 pm
Panel: Alternative Realities: The Voice and Role of Fiction Writers
Chair	Ameena Saiyid, Oxford University Press, Pakistan
Discussant	Lubna Chaudhry, SUNY Binghamton University, USA
Speakers	Title
Christina Oesterheld, University of Heidelberg, Germany	Visions and Values: Some Recent Urdu Novels
Ritu Menon, Women Unlimited, India	The Dissenting Feminist Voice in a Globalized Marketplace
Ravni Thakur, Delhi University, India	Women Writers as Agents of Change: Some Comparative Perspectives
Muneeza Shamsie, Literary Critic and Journalist, Pakistan	Pakistani English Fiction: Tales of Conflict and Violence
	Discussion
LUNCH	1:15 pm – 2:00 pm

Concurrent Session B-1 Session II: Trade and Sustainable Development: A Southern Agenda	2:00 pm – 3:45 pm
Panel: Global Governance for Trade and Sustainable Development: An Agenda for the WTO
Chair	Haoling Xu, UNDP, Pakistan
Discussant	David Boyer, IISD, Canada
Speakers	Title
Shaheen Rafi Khan, SDPI, Pakistan	The WTO, Trade and Sustainable Development: A Southern Agenda
Yousaf Haroon, PTCL Academy, Pakistan	Trade, Telecom and Sustainable Development: Are Current Telecom Market Trends Leading us towards Sustainable Development?
Dawood Mamoon, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague	Trade Liberalization and Wage Movements of Unskilled Labor in the South
	Discussion
TAE	3:45 pm – 4:15 pm

Concurrent Session B-2	2:00 pm – 3:45 pm
Panel: Violence, Displacement and the Issue of Identity - Post Partition Pakistan
Chair	Ian Talbot, Coventry University, UK
Discussant	Pippa Virdee, Coventry University, UK
Speakers	Title
Saba Gul Khattak, SDPI, Pakistan	Post 9/11: Terror, Terrorists and Women in Pakistan’s Tribal Areas
Muntassir Mamoon, Dhaka University, Bangladesh	History, Power and Legitimacy: Bangladesh Perspective
Hussain Ahmad Khan, NCA, Pakistan	Constructing Identities through Symbols in South Punjab
Yasmin Saikiya, UNC-Chapel Hill, USA	Bodies in Pain: Voicing a People's History of 1971
	Discussion
TEA	3:45 pm – 4:15 pm

Concurrent Session B-3	2:00 pm – 3:45 pm
Panel: Health Care Finance and Delivery - Session I: International Experience
Chair	Anne Austen, DFID, Pakistan
Discussant	Kaiser Bengali, Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC), Pakistan
Speakers	Title
Peter Coyte, University of Toronto, Canada	(Un) Masking Policies of Health Care Finance
Siripen Supakankunti, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand	Thai Health System in Transition: Achieving Universal Coverage?
Hasbullah Thabrany, Indonesia	Establishing Social Health Insurance in Indonesia: Concept, Processes and Lessons
Paul Rueckert GTZ, Germany	Universal Coverage and Equitable Access to Health Care: Lessons Learned from the German Health Insurance System for Low and Middle Income Countries
	Discussion
TEA	3:45 pm – 4:15 pm

Concurrent Session C-1	4:15P am – 6:00 pm
Panel: Communal Harmony in South Asia: Success Stories
Chair	Saleem Shah, SDPI, Pakistan
Speakers	Title
Ashis Nandy, CSDS, India	Silence of the Wolves: Memories and Anti-Memories of a Genocide
Nirmali Wijegoonawardana, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka	Road for Peace: A9 Opening a Road to Peace Post-Conflict Transformation in Sri Lanka
Sikander Mehdi, Karachi University, Pakistan	Sindh: Building Peace through Harmonious Diversity
Arshed Bhatti, Civil Junction, Pakistan	Future of Disharmony in the Context of History of Harmony in South Asia
Mahboob Sada, Christian Study Centre, Pakistan	Social and Communal Harmony: Real Stories of Success
	Discussion
	3:45 pm – 4:15 pm

Concurrent Session C-2	4:15 pm – 6:00 pm
Panel: Exploring the South Asian Security Dimensions: Military, Economic, and Human
Chair	Mushahid Hussain, PMLQ, Pakistan
Speakers	Title
Adil Najam, Tufts University, USA	Taking Security Seriously: Security for Whom, from What, Why and How?
Najma Najam, Fatima Jinnah University, Pakistan	Human Security Issues Refined: The Ant’s View
Moeed Yusuf, SDPI, Pakistan	Streamlining the Indo-Pak Negotiation Agenda
Ejaz Haider, Friday Times, Pakistan	The Evolution of Pakistan’s Security Issues
Binalakshmi Nepram, Center for Strategic and International Studies, India	Small Arms Proliferation and Narcotics in India's North East
	Discussion
	3:45 pm – 4:15 pm

Concurrent Session C-3 Session II: Regional Experience	4:15 pm – 6:00 pm
Panel: Health Care Finance and Delivery
Chair	Peter C. Coyte, University of Toronto, Canada
Discussant	Kaiser Bengali, Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC), Pakistan
Speakers	Title
Matiullah Khan and Fazl-e-Hakim Khattak, Ministry of Health, Pakistan	Health Care Financing: Overview and Prospects for Pakistan’s Forthcoming Five Year Plan
Shafqat Shehzad, SDPI, Pakistan	Alternative Resource Mobilization Strategies for Pakistan’s Health Care
Sania Nishtar, Heartfile, Pakistan	Public-Private Partnership in Health: A Global Call to Action
Talib Lashari, The Network, Pakistan	Health Care Financing in Kerala: Lessons for South Asia
	Discussion
	3:45 pm – 4:15 pm

Day One l Day Two l Day Three