Program (as of 17 November, 2016)
					
					Overall Program Structure
						The 23rd Session of the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF-23)
					  ~ Building a Future through Space Science, Technology and Innovation ~
				
					
					
						 
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                        * Time and title for each session is subject to change.
					 
					
					
					
					
					
					
					Monday, November 14
					INITIATIVE ACTIVITIES
					
												
							
							| 9:00 - 12:00 | SAFE WS 
 (SOFITEL, Davao)
 | Kibo-ABC WS 
 (SOFITEL, Boracay)
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							| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch  Break | 
							
							
							| 13:00 - 17:00 | SAFE WS
 
 
 | Kibo-ABC WS
 
 
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					Working Group Session
					
					Tuesday, November 15
					WORKING GROUP SESSION - Day 1
					
						
							
							| 9:00 - 12:00 | SA WG 
 (SOFITEL, Luson)
 | ST WG 
 (SOFITEL, Visayas)
 | SEU WG 
 (SOFITEL, Boracay)
 | SE WG 
 (SOFITEL, Davao)
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							| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch  Break | 
							
							
							| 13:00 - 15:00 | SA WG & ST WG Joint Session
 
 (SOFITEL, Luson)
 | SEU WG | SE WG | 
							
							
							| 15:00 - 17:00 | SA WG | ST WG & SEU WG Joint Session
 
 (SOFITEL, Visayas)
 | SE WG | 
							
							| 17:00 - 20:00 | Evening Gathering (Side Event)
 @ SOFITEL, Mindanao
 | "Innovative Space Enterprise & Space Gen Ledership Mentoring" 
 Co-Organizers: JAXA/Japan, DOST/the Philippines, DOS/USA
 Supporters: Space Foundation, Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC)
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					Wednesday, November 16
					WORKING GROUP SESSION - Day 2
					
						
							
							| 9:00 - 10:30 | SA WG Joint Session with MGA
 
 (SOFITEL, Luson)
 | ST WG 
 (SOFITEL, Visayas)
 | SEU WG 
 (SOFITEL, Boracay)
 | SE WG 
 (SOFITEL, Davao)
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                            10:30 - 12:00 | SA WG | 
							| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch  Break | 
							
							
							| 13:00 - 17:00 | SA WG | ST WG | SEU WG | SE WG | 
							
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							| 18:00 - 20:00 | New Cooperation Session@ (SOFITEL, Boracay) | 
						
 
					
					
					 
					Plenary
					
					
						APRSAF-23 Plenary General Co-chairs
						
								
									| General Co-chairs
 | THE PHILIPPINES : Dr. Rowena Cristina L. Guevara Undersecretary for Research and Development,
 Department of Science and Technology (DOST)
 JAPAN : Ryuichiro Shirama
 Deputy Director General, Research and Development Bureau,
 Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
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Thursday, November 17
					PLENARY SESSION - Day 1
				
						Morning Session
						
							
							
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								| Time | Title | Speaker | 
							
								| 9:00 - 9:05 | Opening | Dr. Carlos Primo C. David Executive Director, Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging
 Technology Research and Development (PCIEERD)
 Department of Science and Technology (DOST), THE PHILIPPINES
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| 9:05 - 9:15 | Welcome Remarks | Dr. Rowena Cristina L. Guevara Undersecretary for Research and Development,
 Department of Science and Technology (DOST),
 THE PHILIPPINES
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| Mr. Ryuichiro Shirama Deputy Director General, Research and Development Bureau,
 Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), JAPAN
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| 9:15 - 9:35 | Keynote Speech | Secretary Fortunato T. De La Peña Department of Science and Technology (DOST),
 THE PHILIPPINES
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| 9:35 - 9:50 | Photo Session | 
							
| 9:50 - 10:20 | Coffee Break / Press Conference | 
							
| 10:20 - 10:30 | Summary of APRSAF-22 | Ms. Noer Laela Sari Head of Management Administration and Protocol Subdivision
 National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN), INDONESIA
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| ExCom Activity Report | Mr. Masazumi Miyake Chairman of APRSAF Executive Committee (ExCom)
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| 10:30 - 11:20 | Special Session-1: "Space for Society: Technology Mitigates Natural Disasters" Organized by DOST
 Moderator: Dr. Enrico C. Paringit, Associate Professor, Training Center for Applied Geodesy and Photogrammetry,
 University of the Philippines Diliman
 
 
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Lawrence Anthony S. Dimailig, Project Development Officer IV, Disaster Response Assistance and Management Bureau, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Dr. Gay Jane Perez, President , Philippine Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (PHILGRSS) 
Dr. Shiro Kawakita, Sentinel Asia project / JAXA 
Dr.Arturo Daag, Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) 
Dr. Alex Held, Chair of the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Australia
 Panel Discussion & Sentinel Asia 10th Anniversary
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| 11:20 - 12:10 | Country Reports | Mr. Mark Todd Senior Policy Officer, Civil Space and Cyber Security, Industry Transition Branch,
 Industry Growth Division, Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, AUSTRALIA
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| Dr. D. Gowrisankar Deputy Director of International Cooperation
 Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Headquarters, INDIA
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| Prof. Dr. Thomas Djamaluddin Chairman, National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN), INDONESIA
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| Dr. Naoki Okumura President, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), JAPAN
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| Dr. Noordin Bin Ahmad Director General, National Space Agency of Malaysia (ANGKASA), MALAYSIA
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								| 12:10 - 13:30 | Lunch Break | 
						
						
						
						Afternoon Session
				
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| Time | Title | Speaker | 
| 13:30 - 14:40 | Country Reports | Dr. Joo-Jin Lee Senior Research Fellow, Former President
 Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), REPUBLIC OF KOREA
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| Mr. Yun Wee Lau Market Development Manager in the Market Development Department,
 Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing (CRISP),
 National University of Singapore, SINGAPORE
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| Mr. Sergey Savelyev Deputy Director General for International Cooperation
 State Space Corporation ROSCOSMOS, RUSSIAN FEDERATION
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| Dr. Ammarin  Pimnoo Researcher and Satellite Engineer of GISTDA Academy,
 Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA), THAILAND
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| Mr. Ali Baygeldi Head of Satellite Design and Integration Department
 Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications, TURKEY
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| Mr. Salem Almarri Assitant Director General, Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre, UAE
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| Dr. Pham Minh Tuan Deputy Director, Space Technology Institute (STI)
 Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), VIETNAM
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| 14:40 - 15:00 | Coffee Break | 
| 15:00 - 15:50 | Special Session-2: "Small Satellites for Innovation"
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| "DIWATA-1 Highlights" "Breakthrough by Collaboration - Fostering the  Next Generation"
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| Co-Moderators: Dr. Joel Joseph S. Marciano Jr, Acting Director, DOST-ASTI Dr. Koichi Wakata, JAXA ISS Program Manager
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| Speakers: Mr. Raul Sabularse, Deputy Executive Director, DOST-PCIEERD Prof. Yukihiro Takahashi, Hokkaido University
 Mr. Harold Bryan S. Paler, Senior Science Research Specialist, DOST-ASTI
 (Young Professional representative)
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| 15:50 - 16:05 | Break | 
| 16:05 - 16:20 | Summary Reports by Working Groups & Initiatives
 | Space Applications Working Group (SAWG)/SAFE/Sentinel Asia |  | 
| 16:20 - 16:30 | Space Technology Working Group (STWG) |  | 
| 16:30 - 16:45 | Space Environment Utilization Working Group (SEUWG)/Kibo-ABC |    | 
| 16:45 - 16:55 | Space Education Working Group (SEWG) |  | 
| 16:55 - 17:05 | Report by APRSAF Related Project | Report on MGA (Mult-GNSS Asia) Activities |  | 
| 17:05 - 17:10 | Closing of Day-1 (Announcement by Secretariat) | 
| 18:30~ | RECEPTION: hosted by DOST-PCIEERD@SOFITEL | 
 
Friday, November 18
					PLENARY SESSION - Day 2
					
						Closing Plenary
						
							
							
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								| Time | Title | Speaker | 
							
								| 9:00 - 10:20 | Space Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region - Presentations by international organizations and entities in other regions are invited.
 | Mr. Osamu Ochiai Scientific and Technical Officer, Group on Earth Observations (GEO)
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| Ms. Kelly Hayden Economics Affairs Officer, Space Applications Section,
 Information and Communications Technology and Disaster Risk Reduction Division
 United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
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| Ms. Tatiana Gallego-Lizon Director, Urban Development and Water Division, Southeast Asia Department
 Asian Development Bank (ADB)
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| Ms. Xiong Qian Project Manager, Department of Strategic Planning and Project Management
 Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO)
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| ~UK International Partnership Programmes - Cooperation with Asia-Pacific~ Mr. Chris Lee
 Head of International Space Policy, UK Space Agency (UKSA)
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| ~ DOS Country Report ~ Ms. Neevy Laningham
 Asia Pacific Civil Space Policy & ITER Cooperation, U.S. Department of State (DOS) /
 
 Mr. Christopher Blackerby
 NASA Representative in Asia, USA
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| Mr. Atsushi Saito Director, Space Policy Division, Foreign Policy Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA), JAPAN
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| ~ 2nd International Space Exploration Forum (ISEF2)@Tokyo ~ Mr. Toshihiko Kamada
 Director, Office for Space Utilization Promotion, MEXT, JAPAN
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| IAC 2017@Aderaid/GLEX@Beijing Mr. Christian Feichtinger
 IAF Executive Director
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								| 10:20 - 10:50 | Wrap-up Session : Asia-Pacific Space Leaders Round-table
 Moderator: General Co-chairs
 Leaders from the Asia-Pacific region are invited to share their observation on APRSAF as well as their visions for building a future through space science, technology and innovation.
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								| 10:50 - 11:15 | Coffee Break | 
							
								| 11:15 - 11:25 | Other Matters | 
							
								| 11:25 - 12:10 | Adoption of Recommendations of APRSAF-23 | 
							
							
| 12:10 - 12:20 | Closing Remarks by General Co-chairs | 
							
								|  | Lunch | 
							
								| 14:00~ | Cultural Tour |