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HDFF Chairman’s Circle/ Strategic Forum started successful !

“Quo Vadis Thailand?”

Thursday, January 27, 2011

General (ret) Bunchon Chawansin, HDFF Chairman

On the Thursday, January 27, 2011, HDFF successfully launched the HDFF Chairman’s Circle/Strategic Forum series 2011 supported by IRPC at the Pullman Hotel, Bangkok.

Thai as well as international speakers shared their profound knowledge and inside views on strategic and security issues in Thailand which led to fruitful conversations and startling findings.

HDFF Chairman General (ret) Bunchon Chawansin (seated left) with keynote speaker LtGen Navin Damrigan, Ph.D. (seated middle) and participants of inaugural Chairman’s Circle

Active participants as well as very honest and knowledgeable speakers contributed to the great success of this inaugural Chairman’s Circle/Strategic Forum 2011.

The discussions and debates continued even after the official ending of the event. These talks and information exchanges greatly contributed to the event. Participants also mentioned that they were surprised as well as delighted about the openness with which even sensitive issues were discussed. The event was held under the Chatham House Rules which means that information gained during this event may be used. However, the person sharing the information must not be named.

HDFF would like to thank the speakers as well as the participants for their active participation making this HDFF Chairman’s Circle truly extraordinary.

HDFF Chairman General (ret) Bunchon Chawansin (seated middle) with keynote speaker LtGen Dr. Perapong Manakit. (seated right), Senior Expert Dr. Peter Lehr (University St. Andrews Scotland, seated left) and participants of inaugural Chairman’s Circle

This was the inaugural event of the HDFF Chairman’s Circle/Strategic Forum which will be held monthly with the next meeting commencing on 17 February 2011 dealing with the situation in Myanmar. Further events will cope with the Philippines as well as the South China Sea. More information will be posted soon on the website or can be obtained via event@hdff.or.th