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Democratic
Progressive Party (Taiwan)
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Ms. Ping-Ya Hsu
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Program Officer, Department of International Affairs
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Editor of Democracy & Progress (DPP’s English
newsletter)
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Ms. Hsu is currently the Program Officer & Editor of
Democracy & Progress (DPP’s English newsletter) of the
Department of International Affairs, Democratic
Progressive Party (Taiwan). She has an extensive work
history which include stints as Editor of Eurotrade
Magazine; Singapore Program Coordinator of the Jordan
Institute of International Awareness at the Texas A&M
University, USA; Marketing Communications Consultant at
the Electronic Data Systems, U.S.A; Account Supervisor at
Pinnacle Worldwide Public Relations, Inc., USA; and was a
Resident Fellow at the Bush Presidential Library Complex,
International Center, U.S.A. Ms. Hsu finished her studies
at the Texas A&M University, U.S.A. with a Bachelor of
Arts in International Studies and Public Relations.
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Democrat Party
(Thailand)
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Dr. Boonmark Sirinaovakul
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Member of the Executive Committee (for Technology),
Democrat Party
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Vice President for Technology, Rangsit University
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Dr. Sirinaovakul is a technology management expert and a
member of the Executive Committee for Technology of the
Democrat Party. Previously he served the government as
Member of Parliament and Chairman of Information
Technology Issues of the National Budget Committee. He is
currently Vice President for Technology of Rangsit
University. He was previously engaged in the technology
management sector as: Vice - President (Technology
Development) at Dhurakijpundit University; Senior Dean of
Graduate School of Technology, Assumption University;
Assistant Professor at University of Missouri - Rolla in
Faculty of Technology; Managing Director, Power Management
Institute International - Chulalongkorn University &
Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand; and
President of the Institute of Industrial Engineers. Dr.
Sirinaovakul received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering
from Wichita State University, Kansas, USA; M.S.
(Engineering Management) from the University of Missouri -
Rolla, USA; M.E. (Electrical Engineering) from
Chulalongkorn University, Thailand and his B.E.
(Electrical Engineering) from the King Mongkut Institute
of Technology.
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Liberal Party of
the Philippines
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Mr. Samuel Santos
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Media Relations Consultant, Liberal Party of the
Philippines
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Director, Print Media Services, Senate of the Philippines
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Mr. Santos is the Media Relations Consultant of the
Liberal Party of the Philippines and a Contributing Writer
for Liberal Philippines, a quarterly magazine of the
Liberal organizations in the Philippines. In the
government he is the Director of the Print Media Services
of the Senate of the Philippines. He has a vast working
experience as a journalist prior to his entry to
government service in 2004. He has served in various
capacities as editor, researcher, reporter and
correspondent for the major dailies such as, The
Philippine Star (a national daily), the Philippine Daily
Inquirer (a national daily), Arab News, Saudi Gazette,
Philippine Daily Globe, Manila Chronicle and the Manila
Standard. He also served as Executive Director of a media
NGO, the Policy Review and Editorial Services (PRESS). He
graduated from Ateneo de Zamboanga with a Bachelor degree
in Mass Communications. He participated in the 2nd
CALD Communications Workshop in Phnom Penh last year,
2004.
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Liberal Party of
Sri Lanka
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Mr. George Kamal Wijetunga Nissanka
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Secretary General (website administrator)
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Mr. Nissanka is the Secretary General of the Liberal Party
of Sri Lanka. He was recently tasked as administrator of
their website. In the government he served as Deputy Mayor
of the Rathnapura Municipal Council. He has been a member
of the Liberal Party since 1987 where he served on various
capacities from National Committee Member and Deputy
Secretary General. He graduated from the University of
Peradeniya with a degree in Political Science. He
participated in the 2nd CALD Communications
Workshop in Phnom Penh last year, 2004.
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National Council
of the Union of Burma
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Mr. Soe Aung
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Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee
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Mr. Soe Aung is a Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee
of the National Council of the Union of Burma (NCUB).
Concurrent to his NCUB post, he is the Director of the
External Affairs Department of the Network for Democracy
and Development and Coordinator of the Free Political
Prisoners Campaign Committee. He received his Bachelor of
Science in Physic from Rangoon University in 1985. He also
attended the International Human Rights Training Programme
of the Canadian Human Rights Foundation in Montreal
Canada.
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Parti Gerakan
Rakyat Malaysia
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Ms. Wennie Wong Siew Ying
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Communications Executive Secretary
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Organization/Publicity
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Ms. Wennie Wong Siew Ying is the Communications Executive
Secretary for Organization and Publicity of Parti Gerakan
Rakyat Malaysia. She acts as intermediary and coordinator
between the party and the media. She handles the priority
information and compilation of the PGRM website. A
seasoned journalist she was previously employed under the
Metro Desk of Nanyang Siang Pao, a news daily in, Malaysia
and the BERNAMA or the Malaysia News Agency. She received
her Advanced Diploma in Mas Communications from the Tunku
Adbul Rahman College in Kuala Lumpur (2000) and BA (Hons)
in Media Communications (Journalism) from the Sheffield
Hallam University in the UK (2002). In 2004 she also
attended the International Academy for Leadership seminar
on Freedom of the Press and Freedom of Information in
Gummersbach, Germany.
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Mr. Lai Soon Ket
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Head of Research
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SEDAR Institute - PGRM
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Mr. Lai Soon Ket is the Head of Research of SEDAR
Institute, the think-thank organization of Parti Gerakan
Rakyat Malaysia (Malaysian People’s Movement). His
function in the SEDAR website includes editing and
compilation. He graduated from the University Science of
Malaysia with a Social Science degree.
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Ms. Yeam Hui Nih (PGRM Liaison – Workshop Secretariat)
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Executive Secretary
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International Affairs and Ethic Relations Bureau
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Ms. Yeam is the Executive Secretary of the International
Relations and Ethnic Relations Bureau of PGRM. She was
previously employed by SEDAR Institute, the think-thank of
PGRM as Executive Officer. She received her Bachelor of
Arts (Honours) in Mass Communications (public relations)
minor in Political Science from the University of
Malaysia. She recently concluded a three week ALDE
(Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe) internship
at the European Parliament in Brussels (Belgium) and
Strasbourg (France) as a PGRM-CALD Intern.
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Sam Rainsy Party
(Cambodia)
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Mr. Hek Soknang
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Cabinet Staff and Website Supervisor
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Mr. Hek is a Staff Member and Website Supervisor of the
Cabinet of the Sam Rainsy Party. Concurrently he serves as
the Assistant of Senator Ung Bun-ang, Spokesperson of the
SRP. He was previously employed as Japanese language
teacher at the New York City Institute in Phnom Pehn. He
received his Bachelor degree in Chemistry from the Royal
University of Phnom Penh and is currently finishing an
Advance degree course at the Australian Centre for
Education in Cambodia.
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Singapore
Democratic Party
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Mr. Yap Keng Ho
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Singapore Democratic Party
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Since 1996 Mr. Yap Keng Ho is an activist on the internet.
In 2004, he founded a movement, Constitutional Amendments
Campaign for Singapore, political reform towards a true
Republic of Singapore. He is currently engaged by his own
company, Yap MultiMedia Film and Digital Video Industries.
He was previously employed in Bay Area of California,
Florida and in other Asian countries and ran a seed R&D
company at the Singapore Science Park. Since 2005, he also
took part in ARDA and WFDA activities and conducted the
web based surveys such as the Asia Democracy Index.
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Mr. Michael Cheng Seow Wee
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Singapore Democratic Party
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Mr. Cheng is an active Member of the Singapore Democratic
Party. He recently attended the Stockholm Sweden Singapore
Initiative for Democracy (SSID) from 16-24 of August in
Stockholm, Sweden. In Singapore he has attended two (2)
Non-Violence Workshops organized by SSID in May and July
2005. Within the SDP, he helps in production the SDP
political podcast, a well-received campaign by the
Singapore web community. He previously worked in a media
production company in the web-design related areas.
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Liberal Forum
Pakistan
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Ms. Samina Imtiaz
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Director
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Liberal Forum Pakistan
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Ms. Imtiaz is the Director of the Liberal Forum Pakistan,
CALD Associate Member and a civil society organization
working for promotion of liberal values in Pakistan. The
position involves planning and execution of activities,
seminars and workshops on national level. She is
concurrently engaged as Executive Director of an NGO, the
Peace Education and Development (PEAD). Previously she
organized a series of workshop for the International
Labour Organization on Human Rights and Media. She
attended courses on various development issues from the
Agha Khan University, International Academy for Leadership
– Germany and the Network University of Amsterdam.
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Democratic Party
(Hong Kong)
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Mr. Jimmy Chun-wai Wong
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Elected District Counsellor of Taipo (since 2000)
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Member of the DPHK Information Technology Committee
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Mr. Wong is an elected District Councillor of Tai Po (Old
Market and Serenity Region) since 2000 under the
Democratic Party of Hong Kong. He is a member of the
Information Technology Committee and the Election
Committee of DPHK. Concurrent to his government post, he
is the Business Manager of the Kowloon Hospital of the
Hospital Authority of Hong Kong. He graduated from the
Australian National University with a 1st Class
Honours degree in Political Science.
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Mr. Raymond Wai-man Lee
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Chairman
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DPHK Information Technology Committee
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Mr. Lee is a founding member and Chairman of the
Information Technology Committee of Democratic Party pf
Hong Kong. He is also member of the Central Committee,
Election Committee and the New Territories East Branch
Standing Committee.
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Uri Party (Korea)
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Mr. Jong Beam Woo
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Senior System Director
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e-Politics Division
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Mr. Woo is the Senior System Director of the e-Politics
Division of the Uri Party. He was the Group Leader of the
Uri party Internet Countermeasure at the 17th
Assemblyman Elections. In the private sector he was
president of an internet and software business company in
Korea. He graduated from the Kwangwoon University with a
degree in Electronics Technology in 1987.
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PKB - Nation
Awakening Party (Indonesia)
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Mr. Widiyanto Saputro
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Web Developer, PKB website
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General Manager, PT Esa Mandiri Teknologi
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Mr. Saputro is the General Manager of PT Esa Mandiri
Teknologi, a leading IT solution provider with
concentrations on the Indonesian Government market. He was
previously engaged as Product Development and Brand
Manager of PT Link Broadband Multimedia TBK with
successful projects on re-engineering ISP infrastructure
and application system; Internet data center security
system for BNI Indonesia (Indonesia’s largest bank).
Prior to that, he was IT and Internet Manager for ITech
Networks and MIS Systems Programmer for PT Lippo Karawaci
TBK. He received his Bachelor degree in Informatics
Management from the Universitas Pelita Harapan, Tangerang
in 1999.
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PDI-P Indonesian
Democratic Party of Struggle
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Mr. E. Swastika Noorsabri
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Strategic and Organization Development Department
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Mr. Noorsabri is currently involved with the Strategic
organization Development Department of PDI-P. Concurrent
he is the Chief of Staff of the Central Body of Education
and Training (Badiklatpus). Previously he worked under the
Data Management Bureau of the Central Committee of
Electoral Initiatives. He received his Magister of
Management on marketing from LPPM Jakarta and
International Relations from Gadjah Mada University in
Yogyakarta.
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Young Liberals and
Democrats of Asia (Secretariat)
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Ms. Anna Rosario Elicano
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Program Officer
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Ms. Elicano is the Program Officer of the Secretariat of
the Young Liberals and Democrats of Asia, based in Manila.
For YLDA, she recently handled the project management of
the YLDA Workshop on Political Campaigns in Yogyakarta,
Indonesia and has represented YLDA in various local
trainings and confabs on youth and liberalism in Manila.
Prior to her current stint with YLDA, she was employed as
Marketing Officer and Editorial Coordinator of ABS-CBN
Publishing. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in
Humanities major in Integrated Marketing Communications
from the University of Asia and the Pacific in June 2004.
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Youth Initiative
(Nepal)
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Mr. Deependra Chaulagain
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Communications Coordinator
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Mr. Chaulagain is the Communications Coordinator of the
Youth Initiative Nepal. Youth Initiative Nepal is a member
organization of the Young Liberals and Democrats of Asia (YLDA).
His responsibilities include the website coordination of
the organization. He was a volunteer at the Student
Partnership Worldwide (SPW) of the National Planning
Commission. He also worked as a Marketing Manager for Antu
(P) Ltd, doing distribution for Bharat Petroleum
Corporation. In the course of his volunteer work for Youth
Initiative, he has attended various trainings on
liberalism and youth concerns. He graduated from the
Shanker Dev Campus Ramshapath with a bachelor degree in
Business Studies in 2003 and is currently pursuing a
Masters in Business Studies in the same institution.
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Khmer Nation Youth
Movement of the Sam Rainsy Party
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Ms. Sok Vilay
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Secretary General
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Khmer Nation Youth Movement of the Sam Rainsy Party
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Ms. Vilay is the Secretary General of the Khmer Nation
Youth Movement (KNYM) of the Sam Rainsy Party. She also
serves as the editor of the official website of the
movement. KNYM is a member organization of the Young
Liberals and Democrats of Asia (YLDA). Under the KNYM, she
served as Deputy Secretary General, Vice President and
Secretary. She is an active member of the Sam Rainsy Party
and was previously engaged as member of the Party’s Russey
Keo District Council from 1999-2000. She has participated
in various youth trainings on leadership, campaigns
strategies and democracy. She finished her studies in
Management from the National Institute of Management and
is currently pursuing a Bachelor degree in English at the
SITC International Institute. She also graduated from the
ESL-Teacher Training Course at the New York City Institute
in Phnom Penh.
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Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation Philippine Office
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Dr. Ronald Meinardus (Workshop Facilitator)
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Resident Representative to the Philippines
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Dr. Meinardus is the Resident Representative of the
Friedrich Naumann Foundation in the Philippines. Before
moving to Manila in early 2002, he served his organization
in South Korea for nearly six years, where he also taught
at Hanyang University. A former journalist, Dr. Meinardus
writes political commentaries for media in Asia and
Europe. He received his journalistic training at Radio
Deutsche Welle, where he worked in different departments.
He left the German broadcasting corporation in 1992 after
he served as head of the Greek language service. Dr.
Meinardus received his doctorate in the field of
international relations from Hamburg University
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Mr. Narwin Espiritu
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Web Developer
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Mr. Espiritu is the Web Developer of the Friedrich Naumann
Foundation and is also in charge of the maintenance of the
regional website of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation’s
East and Southeast Asia Office.
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Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation East and Southeast Asia
Office
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Mr. Rainer Heufers
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Project Director - Malaysia
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Mr. Heufers studied Sinology at the East Asian Seminar of
the Free University Berlin and from 1987 to 1988,
Economics at Fudan University in Shanghai, China. From
1994 to 1995 he was assigned assistant lecturer at the
Seminar of East Asian Studies of the Free University
Berlin. He joined the German Foundation for International
Development (DSE) in 1995 as Programme Officer in the
Public Administration Promotion Center and later the
Social and Economic Development Center. In 1999, Mr.
Heufers joined the Friedrich Naumann Foundation’s Regional
Office for East and Southeast Asia as Project Director. He
takes responsibility for the programmes of the Foundation
in Malaysia and for advising the Foundation on matters
concerning the People’s Republic of China.
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Mr. James Gomez (Workshop Speaker)
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Research and Communications Manager
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Since 1998 he has been a Regional Research and
Communications Manager at the Friedrich Naumann
Foundation's Regional Office based in Thailand. In
September 1999 he published Self-Censorship: Singapore's
Shame that lead to the evolution of his
sole-proprietorship Think Centre (Singapore) <www.thinkcentre.org>
into human rights NGO. He also co-founded Think Centre
(Asia) <www.thinkcentreasia.org> in Bangkok in 2001 and
stepped down as its chairman in 2002. For his use of the
Internet for political communication and mobilizing
people, he was identified separately at various times in
2001 as one of "Asia's 50 most powerful communicators" by
Asiaweek, "An Asian Trailblazer" by Newsweek and an "Asian
Making a Difference" by the Far Eastern Economic Review.
His second book, Internet Politics: Surveillance &
Intimidation in Singapore was released in 2002. Mr. Gomez
is currently pursuing his PhD at the Monash Asia Institute
in Australia. He completed his MA in Politics from the
University of Essex, England in 1994 and his undergraduate
studies from the National University of Singapore.
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Dr. Busarin Dusadeeisariyawong
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Programme Officer - Malaysia
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Dr. Busarin Dusadeeisariyawong has been a Programme
Officer Malaysia at the Friedrich Naumann Foundation since
April 2004. She obtained her PhD in International
Relations from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, UK
in 1999. She completed her Master degree in International
Politics at the University College of Wales at Aberystwyth,
UK in 1993 and her first degree from Bangkok University.
She has an extensive work experience in the management,
export, printing, research, hotel administration, travel
industry prior to her current post.
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Mr. Roderick Chia
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Editorial and Research Assistant
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Mr. Roderick Chia is the Editorial and Research Assistant
of the FNF Regional Office in Bangkok. A Communications
Studies graduate from the Auckland University of
Technology, New Zealand, major in Journalism, he edits and
contributes articles to the FNF website. He does research
and content work for various projects, publications and
papers, and also assists in organizing FNF-related
conferences, seminars and workshops.
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Council of Asian
Liberals and Democrats
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Mr. John Joseph S. Coronel (Workshop Facilitator)
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Executive Director
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Mr. Coronel is the Executive Director of the Council of
Asian Liberals & Democrats. Mr. Coronel served as
consultant of Philippine Senator Francis Pangilinan,
consultant of Amnesty International Philippines, and Vice
President of the liberal think tank, the National
Institute for Policy Studies. He studied at the University
of the Philippines and University of Hawaii where he was a
scholar of the East West Center.
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Mr. Brian V. Gonzales (Workshop Secretariat)
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Programme Officer
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Before becoming CALD Programme Officer, Mr. Gonzales was
previously the Southeast Asia Policy Officer of WWF, the
World Wide Fund for Nature. His past work engagements
include technical assistance project management and human
resources management at the Asian Development Bank and
Ayala Corporation respectively. He studied at DLSU-College
of Saint Benilde, De La Salle University-Manila and the
Fribourg Summer School of the University of Fribourg in
Switzerland.
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