Nobel Peace Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus to speak at ACAS Int'l Conference, 17-18 Nov 2022

The Ateneo Center for Asian Studies (ACAS) is delighted to announce that Professor Mohammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and 1984 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Community Leadership, will deliver a keynote address at its 11th International Conference on Asian Studies (ACAS ICAS 11) on 17-18 Nov. 2022.

With a focus on Asia, ACAS-ICAS 11 takes up the ramifications of the pandemic in its theme “The Socioeconomic Landscape in Asia after the Pandemic: Scenarios and Implications to Development.”  Keynote addresses will also be delivered by  Dr Cyn-Young Park, director of the Regional Cooperation and Integration Division of Asian Development Bank, and Dr. Ergys Islamaj, senior economist at the East Asia and Pacific Chief Economist Office, World Bank.

ACAS ICAS 11 is a two-part hybrid event taking place in a virtual and an in-person environment.  The first part is the live conference on Nov. 17 and 18, and the second is the extended conference from Nov. 21 to Dec. 21 which offers continued participant access to the conference through video-on-demand.   The venue for the in-person conference is the Ateneo’s Loyola Campus.

Conference registration is ongoing. Early bird discounts are offered up to October 15. To register, please visit  bit.ly/acas-icas11reg.

To know more about the conference please visit ateneo.edu/icas11.