4TH RURAL DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE [RDC2018]
19th-21 of July 2018 - Bangkok, Thailand
Aetas Lumpini Hotel

AGENDA
Thursday - July 19, 2018

12:30 - 13:00 Early Registration
13:00 - 14:00 Registration
14:00 - 14:10 Welcome speech from the Tomorrow People Organization

14:10 - 14:35
New Media: Exploring Art, Human Ecology Education through the Lens of Human Rights
Dr. Orest Cap [Canada]

14:40 - 14:55
Rural medical health camps
Dr. Sethna Thandapani [India]

15:00 - 15:30 Coffee break

15:30 - 16:00
Incentive Farming Resilience and its Limits to Governing the Rural Commons: Rethink the “Golden Corridor Program” in Yunlin, Taiwan
Dr. Cassidy I-Chih Lan [Taiwan]

16:05 - 16:40
Development @ 360
Ms. Bhargavi Dave [India]

18:50 Networking dinner
Friday - July 20, 2018

10:00 - 10:30
Voicing both sides of the Mekong river: how the people are adapting to a changing natural environment between local identity and NGO development projects
Ms. Giulia Cuini [China]

10:35 - 11:05
Land village inventory for optimization the utilization of land in rural area
Ms. Westi Utami [Indonesia]

11:05 - 11:35 Coffee break

11:35 - 11:55
Stewardship of Local Health system – A study in Rural West Bengal, India
Dr. Ketaki Das [India]

12:00 - 12:35
Livelihood Transformations and Impacts of Oil Palm Plantation Expansion towards Orang Rimba in National Park of Bukit Duabelas (TNBD) Area of Jambi Province
Mr. Angga Eko Emzar [Germany]

12:40 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 14:30
Efficacy of tax and Non-Tax Incentives for Rural Community Economic Development
Prof. Suren Kulshreshtha [Canada]

14:35 - 15:05
Branch Expansion: Implications on Institutional Efficiency of MFIs in Bangladesh and Microfinance Services in Rural Areas
Dr. Farhana Nargis [Bangladesh]

15:05 - 15:35 Coffee break 

15:35 - 16:00
Capacity Assessment of Community Based Organization in Cambodia
Mr. Khun Bunnath [Cambodia]

16:05 - 16:35
Indigenous green leafy vegetables (IGLV) a source for rural development in the highlands of Papua New Guinea
Dr. Stanis Malangen [Papua New Guinea]

18:30 Optional tour: Siam Niramit Show Bangkok with dinner
Saturday - July 21, 2018

10:00 - 10:30
Child labour in rural Indonesia: Parents' perspective on child work
Dr. Nurhadi Nurhadi [Indonesia]

10:35 - 11:00
Agriculture technology adoption in Uttar Pradesh, India
Mr. Deo Singh [India]

11:05 - 11:30
MGNREGA Transform Rural Lives of Dhalai District of Tripura: Impact Study
Dr. Jayanta Roy [India]

11:35 - 12:00
Muslim diaspora to the Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines: Implications to the Local Health System
Dr. Ryan Camado Guinaran [Philippines]

12:00 - 12:25 Coffee break

12:25 - 13:00 Closing Ceremony, Certificated, Evaluations and Photography opportunity

13:30 Optional tour : Grand Palace complex and Wat Pho (Reclining Buddha temple)