Alliance Francaise on Witthayu Road is holding "Bangkok's Night Of Ideas", a conference and debate on the environmental issues and the role of citizens in Southeast Asian cities, today at 5.30pm. The event also will be presented online.
A collaboration with the Embassy of France, the French Research Institute on Contemporary Southeast Asia (Irasec), the Urban Design and Development Center at Chulalongkorn University (CU-UDDC) and Heinrich Böll Foundation, this is the first of a series of conferences around the theme of "Ecological And Civic Transitions In Southeast Asia's Cities" supported by the Fonds d'Alembert from the Institut Français in Paris.
The event will start with a screening of two short documentaries -- Flows Of Sand by Monika Arnez and Modern Wars: Sihanoukville, A Chinese Or Cambodian City by Judith Kohl and Carol- AnneTelenis, from 5.30pm to 6pm.
A roundtable tale debate will take place from 7-8.30pm and will be streamed online for those who aren't able to attend in person. Five panelists will touch on "Urban Changes In Southeast Asia: What Is The Citizen's Role?".
They include Dr Niramon Serisakul, director of CU-UDDC; Dr Sarayut Supsook, a professor at Chulalongkorn University and expert of Baan Kudichin Museum; Dr Adèle Esposito, a researcher at CNRS and Irasec; ML Jiratip Devakula, co-founder of the youth "Young-Thon" group who graduated from the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies, the Netherlands; and Dr Dominique Alba, director of Atelier Parisien d'Urbanisme (APUR).
This session will include a screening of two documentary excerpts -- Bangkok Towards A Walkable City by Irasec and Reflections Of The Youth On The City Or Their Living Areas by Alliance Française.
The debate will be conducted in English. There is no admission fee but prior registrations are required.
