08.00-08.30
Registration
09.00-09.15
Arrival of HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn
OPENING CEREMONY
Room: Queen’s Park 1
MC: Surapeepan Chatraporn
09.15-09.30
Presentation of a report to HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn
Pirom Kamolratanakul
– President of Chulalongkorn University
Opening address by HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn
KEYNOTE ADDRESSES
Room: Queen’s Park 1
Moderator: Surapeepan Chatraporn
09.30-10.00
Edible Flower Culture in Asia
Fumihiro Konta
– National Museum of Nature and Science, Japan
10.00-10.30
Plant Species Diversity Supports Southeast Asian Culture
Nobuyuki Tanaka
– Kochi Prefectural Makino Botanical Garden
10.30-11.00
Refreshments
11.00-11.30
Evolution of Thai Floral Art
Sakul Intakul
– The Museum of Floral Culture, Thailand
11.30-11.50
Visit by HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn to the flower exhibition
11.50-14.00
Lunch break
FLOWER CULTURE ACROSS ASIA
Room: Queen’s Park 1
Chairperson: Sakul Intakul
14.00-16.45
Floral Tradition of South India
Vijayalakshmi Rudrappan
– Ennar Engineering and Marketing
Flowers in Ritual Traditions of Bali
Odeck Ariawan
– Observer in Balinese Tradition
Aesthetic Symbolism of Sacred Flowers in Newār Culture of Kathmandu Valley
Milan Ratna Shakya
– Tribhuwan University
The Representation of Flowers in Bhutanese Culture
Dorji Gyeltshen
– The Centre for Bhutan Studies
Flower Culture in Laos
Phonesvan Bilavarn
– Puangchampa Cultural House
15.30-15.45
Refreshments