LOCATION

Virtual Round Table
hosted in Seoul, Korea

DETAILS

• Programme 2020
• Presenters
• About Seoul

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HOST PARTNER

CONTACT US

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Clara Fernández López, clara@uia.org

UIA Virtual Round Table Asia-Pacific 2020

The virtual 2020 Asia-Pacific was a great success. We welcomed 121 delegates from 86 associations and offices.
Links to video versions of the presentations can be found below. A participants list is also available.

Programme

Schedule is listed in Korean local time (GMT+9)

Thursday 17 September

9:00
Programme opens (Theater, Lounge and Seoul booth will be open from 9:00 to 19:00 with all functions active)

for delegates from convention bureaux
11.00-12.00
database training on UIA's Yearbook of International Organizations and International Congress Calendar
– View the presentation

14.00-15:30
Round Table session 1
Opening keynote by Mr Cyril Ritchie, President of UIA, First Vice-President of CoNGO: “The UN's 75th Anniversary and your association - why it matters”
– View the keynote
Panel discussion with all speakers

Break

16:00 - 18:00
Round Table session 2
Case studies followed by in-depth workshops:

• John Peacock, Associations Forum: “Why All Associations Need Good Structure, Governance and Plans.”
  – View the presentation
  
• Dr Christie Chang, Past President, Sakyadhita International Association of Buddhist Women: “Looking for and negotiating a destination for an association event”
  – View the presentation
  
• Mr Octavio B Peralta, Secretary-General, Asia-Pacific Federation of Association Organizations (APFAO), and Secretary-General, Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP): "Association Business Model Innovation"
  – View the presentation
  

19.00
Programme of Day 1 closes

Friday 18 September

9:00
Programme opens (Theater, Lounge and Seoul booth will be open from 9:00 to 16:30 with all functions active)

11:00 - 13:00
Round Table session 3
Case studies followed by in-depth workshops:

• Dr Wai Yie Leong, Member of Board of Directors, International Network of Women Engineers and Scientists: “Measuring the impact your association has on the community”
  – View the presentation
  
• Mr Zar Gomez, Regional Coordinator, Caritas Asia: “Mobilizing resources from within and from outside a federation”
• Mr Ryan Brubaker, Web Designer, UIA: “Achieving goals, finding partners: UIA’s Global Civil Society Database”
  – View the presentation
  

14:00 - 15:30
Round Table session 4
Closing keynote by Mr Octavio B Peralta, Secretary-General, Asia-Pacific Federation of Association Organizations (APFAO), and Secretary-General, Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP): “Purposeful associations”

Panel discussion with all speakers
– View the keynote

16:30
Round Table closes