Programme
Time
Programme
Venue
08:00am onwards
Registration
Coffee, tea, and light refreshments will be served.
Wee Cho Yaw Plaza Foyer
09:30am – 10:30am
Keynote Address 1:
Koji Yonetani
Ambassador of Japan to ASEAN
SHHK Auditorium
10.30am – 10.45am
Break
Wee Cho Yaw Plaza Foyer
10:45am – 12:15pm
Parallel Session 7
Wee Cho Yaw Plaza & UOB Innovation Hub
12:15pm – 14:15pm
Lunch
Wee Cho Yaw Plaza Foyer
14:15pm – 15:45pm
Parallel Session 8
Wee Cho Yaw Plaza & UOB Innovation Hub
15:45pm – 16:00pm
Tea Break
Wee Cho Yaw Plaza Foyer
16:00pm – 17:30pm
Parallel Session 9
Wee Cho Yaw Plaza & UOB Innovation Hub
17:30pm – 18:00pm
Closing Remarks
Wee Cho Yaw Plaza Foyer
Wee Cho Yaw Plaza level 2
Room [ABS-02-SR5] - Heat as Agency in Urban Southeast Asia: Everyday Risk Perceptions, Practices, and Climate Engagement
- Chair/Presenter
Sarah Chan Hian May
“Situating Heat Within Public Climate Risk Perceptions in Southeast Asia” - Joshua Dao-Wei Sim
“We Prefer Fresh Air”: Everyday Resistance of the “Air-conditioned Nation” Lifestyle in Singapore” - Gabriel May Moe Kyaw
“Heat as an Entry Point for Climate Engagement: Insights from a Citizen Dialogue in Singapore” - Jennifer Yunjing Li
“Cooling as Social Practice: Everyday Heat Adaptation in Singapore”
Room [ABS-02-SR6] - Land, Territory, and Environmental Justice
- Chair
Evy Gustiana - Presenter
Shine Relle Nuñez
“On the Viscerality of the Tropics: Ecological Nationalism in the Imagination of the Propagandists” - Juliana Hisham
“Tardy Titles, Green Grabbed and Gone” - Soniya Kute
“South-Southeast Asia Infrastructural Integration: Minilateral Projects and the Future of Cooperation”
Room [ABS-02-SR8] - Indigenous Ecologies, Marine Resources, and Biodiversity
- Chair
Rudolf Anthony A. Lacerna - Presenter
Rachel Grandey
“From extinction exacerbator to conservation incentive: migration reframed through Hmong Christian readings of the Babel narrative” - Kayla Anandia
“Waves of Reciprocity and Relationality: Alternative Indigenous Pathways for Sustainable Ocean Governance in Southeast Asia” - Joshua Philip D. Castillo
“Discursively Constructing Greenwashing: A Corpus-Assisted Critical Discourse Analysis of Philippine Mainstream Media” - Qiutong Zhai
“Trepang Time: Artistic Encounters and Maritime Southeast Asia’s Ecological Futures”
Room [ABS-02-SR10] - Digital Governance, AI Policy, and Cyber Norms
Chair
Abdus Somad- Presenter
Aisyah Danti
“Legitimate Interest in AI-Driven Processing: Reassessing Lawful Basis in Southeast Asian Data Protection Frameworks” Rifki Dermawan
“Is Singapore a Norm Entrepreneur in ASEAN’s Cyberspace?”Desi Yunitasari and Devi Yusvitasari
“Misclassification as Injustice: Marital Rape, Legal Design, and the Limits of Indonesia’s Digital Criminal Justice System”
Room [ABS-02-SR11] - Digital Inclusion, Technology Governance, and Regional Frameworks
Chair
Nguyen Thi Viet My- Presenter/Backup Chair
Mark Kenneth Camiling
“The Youth on Digital Platforms: eHealth Literacy and Online Health Information Seeking in the Philippines” - Lan Chi Nguyen and Kieu Trang Pham
“The “Ideal” vs the “Real”: Digital Ageism and the Tension of Agency in Vietnam’s National Transformation” Emma Goh En-ya
“A Region Reconstituted: Techno-regionalism in the SIJORI Growth Triangle”Reenah Tamilarasu
“Governing Without Government: DEFA and the Politics of Digital Coordination in ASEAN”
Wee Cho Yaw Plaza level 3
Room [ABS-03-SR14] - Memory Activism and Transitional Justice
Chair
Supasai Vongkulbhisal- Presenter
Wichuta Teeratanabodee
“Commemorating the pasts of others: Transnational collective memory, solidarity, and social movements in Asia” Ni Nyoman Asti Lestari Metami Asak
“Mobilizing The Past to Defend Democracy: From Anti-Corruption Movement to Accountability Demand in Indonesia”Eishi Senaha
“The “EDSA Tradition” as Cordon Sanitaire: The Case of the September 21 Anti-Corruption Protests in the Philippines 2025”
UOB Innovation Hub level B1
Room [LHS-TR36-B1-02] - Urban Ecology, Adaptation, and Resilience
- Chair
Francesca Chiu - Presenter
Axl Fitzgerald Bulawan
“A Meta-Analysis of Economic Resilience Research Ten Years After Typhoon Haiyan.” - Justin See
“Forging Climate Futures from Below: Lessons from Urban Climate Experiments in the Philippines and Vietnam” - Jiwon Kim
“How Recycling Makes a Community: Rethinking Agency through Jakarta’s Waste Banks” - Patiphol Yodsurang
“Decolonised Floodscape: Living with Water, Ecological Agency, and Floodplain Heritage in Ayutthaya and Central Thailand”
Room [LHS-TR38-B1-04] - Agriculture, Environment, and Rural Adaptation in Southeast Asia
- Chair
TBC - Presenter
Kanako Minaki
“Proactive Adaptation of Rice–Shrimp Farmers to Salinity and Socioeconomic Changes: A Case Study of Multi-directional Human Networks in Kien Giang, Vietnam” - Vo Nguyen Thi Minh Trang
“Environmental Resilience and Farmer Decision-Making: Climate-Smart Agriculture in the Vietnam Mekong Delta”
Room [LHS-TR40-B1-03] - Climate Governance, Green Transitions, and Energy Politics
- Chair
Wai Man Natalie Wong - Presenter
Guangzhi Ye
“Environmental Policy Effectiveness under Alternative Monetary Policy Regimes in Small Open Economies” - Wai Man Natalie Wong
“Advancing Solar Energy through Green Regionalism: A Collaborative Framework for Southeast Asia and Taiwan” - Meherwan Rohinton Patel
“The Status of Biodiversity and Climate Planning in Urban ASEAN: A Systematic Review Mapping Local Plans to Global Goals” - April Grace U. Lazarito
“Framing the Carbon Market Modernization Project: Policy Narratives and Citizen Participation in Cebu City, Philippines” - Japhet Quitzon
“Australia – A Crucial Partner for Indonesian Climate Resilience” (Co-author : John Augé )
Wee Cho Yaw Plaza level 2
Room [ABS-02-SR5] - Digital Heritage, New Media Arts, and Creative Technology
- Chair
Rundong Zhang - Co-Presenters/Backup Chairs
Jim Duran & Rudolf Anthony A. Lacerna
“Magnifying Indigenous Voices in the Digital Era: Exploring Cultural Resilience and Sustainability through Radyo Sagada” - Rosa Bella Quindoza and Diwa’Y Malaya Loreto
“Harnessing Community Engagement in Urban Heritage Digitization: Some Cases from the Philippines” - Ha Chau Bao Nhi
“Bricolaging the Media: A New Perspective on Understanding Vietnamese New Media Art” - Shafiq Amirul Rahim
“Connecting the Dots: New Media Art as a Bridge in Malaysia’s Building Heritage”
Room [ABS-02-SR6] - Colonial Legacies and Postcolonial Historical Narratives
Chair
Dewi Aulia Maharani- Presenter
Riswadi bin Azmi
“Decolonising Historical Narratives: A Multimodal Analysis of Malaysia-Thailand Relations Through the Lens of the National Archives of Thailand” - Anusha Ambreesh Kumar
“Bandung Revisited: Students and the Creation of Afro-Asian Solidarity” Jonathan Binlayo
“Fear as Threatening the Body: The History of Venereal Diseases in Colonial Philippines, 1870-1898”- Matthew Reeder
“Dressing Incognito: Unmasking the Emergence of Politicized Ethnicity in Mainland Southeast Asia.”
Room [ABS-02-SR8] - Craft, Tourism, and Cultural Heritage Expression
Chair
Chen Cheng- Presenter/Backup Chair
Yusuf Ariyanto
“From Informal Practices to Cultural Tourism Strategies: Understanding Human Behavior Patterns in Sade Hamlet” James Sintumat
“From Bagan to Bangkok: The Story of Northern Thai Lacquerware”Kim Khanh Ha
“The Ancestral Masters Ceremony of The Võ Lineage in Phước Thiền, Nhơn Trạch, during the First Post-war Decade (1975 – 1985)”
Room [ABS-02-SR10] - Heritage, Preservation, and Cultural Sustainability in Southeast Asia
Chair/Presenter
D.I. Ansusa Putra & Dian Mursyidah (Co-presenter)
“Fostering Shared Heritage in Urban Nusantara: The Cultural Sustainability at Ceng Ho Mosque in Indonesia and Malaysia”Teo Eng Kiong Shawn
“State Protection, Private Risk: Adaptive Reuse Challenges in Chinese Heritage Houses of Malaysia and SingaporeShafiq Amirul Rahim
“Connecting the Dots: New Media Art as a Bridge in Malaysia’s Building Heritage
Room [ABS-02-SR11] - Architecture, Material Culture, and Built Memory
Chair
Mohammad Istiaq Jawad- Presenter/Backup Chair
Mary Grace R. Concepcion
“Childhood memories under the Marcos Dictatorship in Rekindled: Children’s Narratives” - Supasai Vongkulbhisal
“Mobilizing the Past: Architecture, Civilizational Discourse, and Elite Power in Cold War Thailand” Chieh-Ming Lai
“Along the Canopied Paths: Botanical Exchanges and Worlding Aspirations in Siam and Thailand”
Wee Cho Yaw Plaza level 3
Room [ABS-03-SR14] - Narrative, Historical Violence, and Postmemory
Chair
Tommy Sheng Hao Chai- Presenter
Liu JingJie
“The Past in the Present: Reinterpreting Cold War Violence in Minfong Ho’s Rice Without Rain and Kim Echlin’s The Disappeared” Jericho Daniel Dv. Igdanes
“Filipino family genealogy research practices as contact zones and dialogical spaces”Arabella Karina Ortiz
“Narrativizing Geopolitics for Kids: A Rhetorical Criticism of the Metaphorization of the West Philippine Sea”Edgar Liao
“Constructing the “Youth Leader” — The Cold War Genealogy of Singapore’s National Youth Movements”
UOB Innovation Hub level B1
Room [LHS-TR36-B1-02] - Literature, Translation, and Postcolonial Narrative
- Chair
Yi Yuan
- Presenter
James Simeon Tiu
“Using Immune Systems Discourse to Reimagine the Philippine Body Politic: Contagion and Community in Gina Apostol’s Insurrecto” - Aron L. Garchitorena
“Walter Benjamin’s Translation in content and form in (Maynila) Sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag” - Angela Rumina Lourdesamy
“The Last Guardians: Intersectionality, Hybridity, and the Fragility of Pondicherry Tamil Identity in Malaysia” - Jade Yeen Onn
“Singapore as a Southeast Asian Genre: Reclaiming an Imagined Nation”
Room [LHS-TR38-B1-04] - Labour Migration, Reintegration, and Precarious Work
- Chair
Wichuta Teeratanabodee - Presenter
Mika Ella Perez
“Strengthening the Balik-Pinas! Balik-Hanapbuhay! (BPBH) Program Toward a Gender-Responsive and Sustainable Reintegration of OFW-Returnees” - Kevin Tan
“Reintegration or Repeat Migration? Women’s Migration Decision-making in the Philippine Context” - Jinyoung Park
“Everyday Agency, Precarious Futures: Displaced Myanmar Women Navigating Work, Care and Politics in Mae Sot”
Room [LHS-TR40-B1-03] - Visual Arts, Urban Murals, and Artistic Restitution
- Chair
Kenta Kishi - Presenter/Backup Chair
Chao Hu
“Transnational Imagining and Representation of Southeast Asia in Modern Art: Three Non-European Artists’ Painting Expeditions (1930s–1950s)” - Xu Hanyin
“The “Fluidity” of Identity in Urban Murals in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Malay Muralists’ Artistic and Cultural Narratives” - Manna Cruz
“Performing Face, Staging Resistance: An Analysis of the Digital Face Work Strategies of Filipina Women in AFAM Relationships Across Online Spaces” - Hein Htet San
“Visualising the Crime Scene: The Nga Mauk Ruby and Narrative Restitution”
Wee Cho Yaw Plaza level 2
Room [ABS-02-SR5] - Aging, Intimacy, and Transnational Lives
- Chair
Rachel Grandey - Presenter
Alyssa Sare Manalo
“Love in Later Life: Caregiving and Intimacy in Long-Term Filipino–Japanese Marriages of Former Entertainers in Japan” - Min Ye Paing Hein
“Migration and the Distribution of Aging: A Quantile Approach Using Thai Subdistrict Data” - Wang Jing
“Between Bangkok and Home: Transnational Experience and Strategic Kinship in One Lesbian Woman’s Life in China” - Ke Yejia
“Competing Futures in the Borderlands: Tourism, State Power, and Ethnic Differentiation in the Sino–Vietnamese Borderlands”
Room [ABS-02-SR6] - Transnational Crime, Seafood, and Arafura Sea Governance
- Chair
Piyush Kumar - Presenter
Amirah Ulfah
“Science Diplomacy and Universities as Drivers of Innovation and Regional Growth in ASEAN: Lessons from Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia” - Abdus Somad
“Transnational crime Organized in the Arafura Sea” - Stephan Ortmann
“Between Professionalism and Control: Reporting on Anti-Pollution Protests in Vietnam” - Quynh Thuy Truong
“The Affective Middle Power: Post-Socialist Governance, Social Media, and Political Fandoms in Vietnam”
Room [ABS-02-SR8] - Gender, Sexuality, and Social Norms
- Chair
Aisyah Danti - Presenter/Backup Chair
Adam Knee
“Gendered Power and Reproductive Fears in the 2020s Vietnamese Horror Film” - Christine Joy Magpayo
“Brown Hiphop and the Filipina Migrant: The Rhetoric and Performance of Dis/Empowerment in Ruby Ibarra’s Rap Album Circa 91” - Hiroko Kushimoto
“Interpreting Malay Women’s Dominance in Education: Colonial Constructions of Multiple Masculinities”
[Roundtable Discussion] - Room ABS-02-SR10 - Indexed or Irrelevant? Journal Perspectives on Southeast Asian Knowledge Production in the Age of Metrics
- Chair/Presenter
Mario Lopez - Karl Ian Uy Cheng Chua
Asian Center, University of the Philippines - Kyungmook Lee
Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, Jeonbuk National University - Thanavi Chotpradit
National Taipei University of Education - Pattaratorn Chirapravati
Honorary Editor, the Journal of Siam Society
Room [ABS-02-SR11] - Political Identity, and Religious Authority
Chair
Borei Heang- Presenter/Backup Chair
Yuji Mizuno
“Is Religious Intolerance Ideological? Evidence from Indonesia” - Siti A’ishah
“Beyond Political Endorsement(s): Neo-traditionalism and Its Relevance to Muslims in Singapore” - Ariff Hafizi bin Mohd Radzi
“Transregional Islam in the Long 1960s: Southeast Asian Muslim Students and Islamic Activism” - Sopanha Bunthoeun
“Religion, Ethnicity, and Moral Identity among the Khmer Krom in the Mekong Delta”
Wee Cho Yaw Plaza level 3
Room [ABS-03-SR14] -Ethnic Identity, Multiculturalism, and Community
- Chair
Ieshika Banerjee - Presenter/Backup Chair
Afni Regita Cahyani Muis
“International Cooperation Model for Islamic Community Development: Optimizing the Inclusiveness of Economic Development in a Multicultural Country: A Case Study of MUIS and PERGAS in Singapore” - Sharon Bentley
“Ethnic Subsumption and Dominant Ethnicity Among Ethnic Minorities in Malaysian Borneo, Sarawak” - Lum Triny
“Corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in multiethnic societies: From ASEAN to Global Frameworks” - Faizul H. Ibrahim
“People, Place, and a Sense of Belonging: The Ethnic Identity and Indigeneity of the Borderland Bisaya of Brunei and Sarawak.”
UOB Innovation Hub level B1
Room [LHS-TR36-B1-02] - Non-Religion, Spirituality, and Ritual Community
-
Chair
Sai Tun Aung Lwin - Presenter/Backup Chair
Daya Negri Wijaya
“Rera-Wulan Tana-Ekan: Green Religion of Lamaholot in East Flores” - Robin Weber
“I Do Believe in What I Want to Believe in”: The State of Spirituality in Singapore” - Risa Urano
“Living together with Ancestral Spirits: A Case Study of Laelae Island, Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia” - Huy Hoang Nguyen
“Encounter with the Holy Whale in Vietnam: Rituals, Ontologies, and Coastal Communities.”
Room [LHS-TR40-B1-03] - Territory, Infrastructure, and Geopolitical Investment
- Chair
Mochammad Arif - Presenter
Rizki Dwika Aprilian
“A Maritime Paradox: The Politics of Reclamation Development in Indonesia’s Historic Port Cities - Nguyen Thi Viet My
“Geo-technology and the Strategic Realignment of China’s Foreign Direct Investment in Vietnam” John Lowe
“Sand and Land Reclamation in the Making of Men in Singapore”
General Information
Panel allocations and speaker participation are subject to change as the event date approaches. Presenting participants will be notified directly once allocations are finalised, and the programme schedule will be updated accordingly.
Panels generally have 3–4 papers/presenters; each paper/presenter should plan for 15–20 minutes of sharing to allow time for Q&A.
All rooms will have a microphone, speakers, and a projector. Presenters may prepare slides, video, audio, and/or handouts; however, setup and distribution will count as part of your allocated time. Please bring your own laptop and HDMI adapter.