From 9:00 am to 9: 45 am HST, Ms. Kim will present on the politics of multilateral energy cooperation in Northeast Asia.  Juyoung Kim (ROK) is a non-resident Korea Foundation fellow at Pacific Forum.  Juyoung has nearly five years of policy research experience in several think tanks in South Korea including the Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security, Future Resources Institute and East Asia Institute. Her research interest in natural resource governance, geopolitics of energy and multilateral energy cooperation has evolved gradually from her work experiences. She is currently completing her PhD study on the politics of governing Mozambique’s LNG industry at King’s College London. Juyoung’s research at Pacific Forum aims to explore how changes in energy security policies of the three Northeast Asian countries, such as China, Japan and South Korea, have affected and been affected by changes in another country’s policy choices, and how this political process has resulted in the spread of similar policy ends in the region.

From 10:00 am to 10:45 am HST, Mr. Mills will present his research on logistics and deterrence in the Pacific. Walker D. Mills (USA) is a Marine infantry officer currently serving as an exchange instructor at the Colombian Naval Academy in Cartagena. He is a non-resident fellow at Marine Corps University's Brute Krulak Center for Innovation and Future War, as well as a fellow with the Irregular Warfare Initiative. He is a Non-resident WSD-Handa Fellow at Pacific Forum. He has published numerous articles in War on the Rock, USNI Proceedings, The Marine Corps Gazette, West Point's Modern War Institute and others. you can find him on twitter at @WDMills1992.

From 11:00 am to 11:45 am HST, Dr. Bartley will present on his project Relationships in the grey zone: Indonesia, Vietnam, and the lure of the Quad. Dr Adam Bartley (AUS) is a 2022 Fulbright Scholar (Ausmin, DFAT) and Non-resident Vasey Fellow at Pacific Forum. He has a PhD in international relations from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology where he was a research specialist in U.S. foreign policy and regional Indo-Pacific security. He is the author of two manuscripts examining U.S. foreign policy and China entitled: Perceptions of China and White House Decision-Making, 1941-1963: Spears of Promise, Shields of Truth and US Foreign Policy and China: Security Challenges During the Bush, Obama, and Trump Administrations. Dr Bartley’s current research examines the intersection of geoeconomics and security in the Indo-Pacific amid the rise in gray-zone warfare. Adam lectures at RMIT university.

From 12:00 pm to 12:45 pm HST, Dr. Piekos will be presenting on alignment decisions in Southeast Asia and U.S.-China competition for influence. William Piekos (USA) recently received his PhD in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania. His research focuses on alignment policies in Southeast Asia, U.S.-China relations, and East Asian security issues. Previously, he worked in the Asia Studies Program at the Council on Foreign Relations and at the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. His analysis on Chinese foreign policy and U.S. policy in Asia has been published by the Center for Advanced China Research, CNN, and the Council on Foreign Relations, among others. He received his MA (en route) in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania and his BA in International Studies from Middlebury College.

From 2:00 pm to 2:45 pm HST, Mr. Citowicki will present his research project Fast Tracking Space Cooperation: Quad and AUKUS. Philip Citowicki (AUS) is the Executive Officer of the Space Industry of Australia (SIAA), the peak industry body for Australia’s space industry. He is a former federal government adviser to former Australian Foreign Minister the Hon Julie Bishop and he was previously the aide Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom in London. In these positions Philip has undertaken a broad range of political and policy responsibilities and has seen him establish deep connections with think-tanks and government bodies globally. He has featured on TV and print in Australia, the U.S. and UK on foreign policy and government affairs. Philip is also in the Australian Army Reserve.

From 3:00 pm to 3:45 pm HST, Ms. Jo will present on her project Varieties of Hedging: Foreign Policy Improvisation in the Shadow of Great Power Competition. Eun A Jo (ROK) is a PhD Candidate in Government at Cornell University. She is interested in national narratives, memory, and the domestic politics of international reconciliation, with a focus on East Asia. In her dissertation, she examines how states narrate their former enemies, through a comparative study of South Korea and Taiwan. She is an incoming 2022-2023 Predoctoral Fellow at the George Washington University’s Institute for Security and Conflict Studies, a 2022 Taiwan Fellow, and a 2021-2022 Korea Foundation Fellow of the Pacific Forum. Prior to her study, Eun A worked as an advisor in international security at the South Korean Permanent Mission to the United Nations. She holds a BA from University College Utrecht, Utrecht University, and an MPP from Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University.

From 4:00 pm to 4:45 pm HST, Ms. Nguyen will present on US-ASEAN digital economy cooperation: Challenges and prospects. Hanh Nguyen (VNM) is a nonresident WSD-Handa fellow at the Pacific Forum. She received herM.A. in international relations at International Christian University, Tokyo. She is the author of "Asymmetric Interdependence and the selective diversification of supply chains" (Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia, with Stephen R. Nagy).

From 9:00 am to 9:45 am HST, Dr. Lohmann will present his research project entitled The Multilateralization of Unilateral Sanctions: The Case of U.S. Export Controls toward the People’s Republic of China. Dr. Sascha Lohmann (DEU) is a Visiting Researcher at the Americas Division of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin. Previously, he was Fritz Thyssen Fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, Transatlantic Research Fellow at the Institute for European Integration, University of Hamburg/Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt Foundation, as well as American-German Situation Room Fellow at The German Marshall Fund of the United States/American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, Johns Hopkins University. His current research focuses on U.S. export control policy on emerging and foundational technologies vis-à-vis the People’s Republic of China, and its multilateralization through cooperation by U.S. allies in Europe and Asia. A political scientist by training, he graduated with a diploma from Free University Berlin, and completed a PhD at Goethe University Frankfurt.

From 12:00 pm to 12:45 pm HST, Ms. Nguyen will present on her project Maritime Law Enforcement in the South China Sea as a Destabilizing Force? Preliminary Findings. Hong Kong To Nguyen (VNM) is a PhD student in International Relations at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University. She received a BA in philosophy and political science from Columbia University and an MSc. in International Relations from Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University. As a current Japanese government (MEXT) scholar, she is studying maritime security and international law in the South China Sea. Besides graduate school, Nguyen is also a part-time researcher at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Social Research of Phenikaa University. She has written for Project Syndicate, The Diplomat, the Mekong Review, ISEAS Perspectives, and NBR’s Asia Policy.

From 1:00 pm to 1:45 pm HST, Dr. Priyandita will present his project Going East and West: Indonesia's China Strategy since the end of the Cold War. Gatra Priyandita (IND) is an analyst at ASPI’s International Cyber Policy Centre, where he leads a project researching cyber-enabled IP theft. Gatra is a political scientist by training, specializing in the study of foreign policy and security in Southeast Asia. Prior to joining ASPI, he did a PhD in Political Science at the Australian National University (ANU), where he studied Indonesia’s response to the rise of China. He holds eight years of research experience, working extensively on projects studying Indonesian foreign policy, Southeast Asian security, and cybersecurity. He has fieldwork experience in China and across Southeast Asia. Gatra is also currently a non-resident WSD-Handa fellow at the Pacific Forum, where he is continuing his study on Sino-Indonesian relations. He is also part of its Young Leaders’ program. In addition to his PhD, Gatra also received a Bachelor of Asia-Pacific Security (Honours) from the ANU in 2014. Outside his native Indonesia, Gatra has lived in Austria, United States, China, and Australia.

From 2:00 pm to 2:45 pm HST, Ms. Kim will present her project North Korea Sanctions Regimes in Northeast Asia. Jiyeon Kim (ROK) is a Nonresident James A. Kelly Korea Fellow at the Pacific Forum. She holds a combined BA in Political Economy from Pitzer College, an MSc in International Relations from London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy (MALD) from the Fletcher School at Tufts University. Her master’s research at Fletcher focuses on the evolution of the North Korea sanctions regime and its impact on the North Korean economy. Jiyeon previously served as a researcher at Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA) and completed her internship at Korea Institute for National Unification (KINU) and with the 38 North program at Stimson center. Jiyeon’s research interests include North Korea sanctions regimes, North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missile program, nuclear nonproliferation, US-China relations, and International Relations of East Asia.

From 3:00 pm to 3:45 pm HST, Ms. Principe will present her research on Past and Future of Philippines-US relations. Florence Queen Principe (PH) is a Non-resident Vasey Fellow at the Pacific Forum. She is currently a Program Manager at FACTS Asia and Managing Editor and Coordinator of the Philippine Strategic Forum. She is also a Senior Research Associate at Amador Research Services. She previously served as a research analyst and coordinator for Publications and Track Two exchanges at Asia Pacific Pathways to Progress. Her research interests include major power relations, maritime security, regional alliances, and directions of Philippine Foreign Policy. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Master’s Degree in International Studies at the University of the Philippines Diliman.

From 4:00 pm to 4:45 pm HST, Dr. Huynh will present his project Navigating cross-Strait relations: A case study of Taiwan’s middle-power diplomacy. Huynh Tam Sang (Ph.D.) (VNM) is a Research Fellow at Taiwan NextGen Foundation and a Lecturer in the Faculty of International Relations at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh City. He is an alumnus of the National Sun Yat-Sen University (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) and the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences. His main fields of interest are East Asian international relations, Vietnam’s foreign policy, and middle-power diplomacy, with special reference to Vietnam, Australia, and Taiwan. His recent focus has been on the cross-Strait relations, Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy, and Taiwan’s foreign relations. Sang has written for East Asian Policy, The Diplomat, ISEAS Perspective, East Asia Forum, Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, Taiwan Insight, Taipei Times, The Interpreter, Asia & the Pacific Policy Society, 9DashLine, among others. He can be reached at sangtamhuynh@gmail.com