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Wrocław University of Economics & Asia Pacific Research Centre

The 12th Asia-Pacific International Conference:
Towards the Indo-Pacific: new strategies and patterns of international cooperation and exchange

November 15, 2023

 
09:00 – 09:10 (CET) Opening speech by prof. dr. hab. Andrzej Kaleta, Rector of the Wroclaw University of Economics and Business.

09:10 – 10:10 (CET) Towards the Indo-Pacific: new strategies and patterns of international cooperation and exchange. Plenary session with speeches by special guests streamed on YT & FB from the conference studio (hybrid mode: participants on site + online).

10:30 – 12:30 (CET) the first academic session with the participants’ presentations (hybrid mode: participants on site + online).

13:00 – 15:00(CET) the second academic session with the participants’ presentations (hybrid mode: participants on site + online).

15:30 – 16:30(CET) Academic cooperation programmes with universities in Asia-Pacific countries. Presentations & panel discussion (hybrid mode: participants on site + online).

 

The presented program proposal is the starting plan for the Polish time. The final program will be adjusted as far as possible to the time zones of registered conference participants connecting online.

Proposals of thematic areas for conference participants submitting their papers:

  • Regional trade relations and agreements between the EU and the Indo-Pacific countries in the post pandemic & post-war reality and beyond.
  • Contemporary directions, forms, and origins of foreign direct investments (FDI).
  • Areas of political, social, and economic cooperation and competition between selected EU and Indo-Pacific economies.
  • Disruption and reconfiguration of Global Value and Supply Chains in the changing global economy.
  • Recent geopolitical and economic threats to the stability of the EU and Indo-Pacific region.
  • Doing Business in the Indo-Pacific Region from the perspective of the EU companies – challenges, barriers, and opportunities.