Whenever economies all over the world enter a recession, economic nationalism rises everywhere. Since we believe in laissez-faire economics we do not think economic nationalism is the solution. Instead, we intend to broaden the public policy debate on the merits of a free economy and limited governments. Our session provides a platform for political dialogue and academic exchange. It aims to deepen participants’ knowledge of economic nationalism and liberalism, their relation to free trade and markets, the creation of wealth, and a free society in general. The session also intends to develop mechanisms to fend off the various economic and national policies. We hope that a set of economic freedom arguments and messages will be made known to the participants and applied.

- Moderator
Wan Saiful WAN JAN (Chief Executive, IDEAS, Malaysia)

- Opening Speech
Lars-Andre RICHTER (Resident Representative, Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom Korea Office)

- Congratulatory Speech
Rolf MAFAEL (Ambassador, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany to Korea)

- Keynote Speaker
SAM, Rainsy (President, Cambodia National Rescue Party & Former Minister of Finance)

- Discussants
CHOI, Byung-il (President, Korea Economic Research Institute)
FENG, Xingyuan (Professor, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
Pham Chi LAN, (Former Vice President of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry)
LIU, Junning (Senior Fellow, Institute of Chinese Cultural Studies)
Barun MITRA (Director, Liberty Institute, India)
Tricia YEOH (Research Director, Institut Rakyat, Malaysia)

- Rapporteur
Nonoy OPLAS (President, Minimal Government Thinkers, The Philippines)