It was a great event and I am fortunate to have participated the symposium with more than 700 people on the first day. The events addressed many keynote speakers to give speeches and present the history as well as the political issues of the relation between Cambodia and United States. Remarkably, the Q and A sessions was very interesting as there were many important and good questions being posted. I would briefly describe the event of the symposium and what I have learnt from this..:)
21 July, 2010
Morning session
Begin the session by a professional Moderator, Mr Jeff Daigle, the public affairs Officer, he introduced the events and made a remark to welcome Ambassador Carol Rodley (U.S Ambassador to Cambodia), and H.E. Sok An (Deputy Prime Minister).
Continue to Session 1 in the morning session, it was almost entirely about the history of US-Cambodia diplomatic relation from 1950-2010.
It was presented by Dr. Kenton Clymer, who is presidential research professor in the Department of history at Norther Illinois. I did enjoy his informative speech mentioned the overview of US-Cambodia diplomatic relations and the history of the relations. I really admire Dr. Kenton Clymer who is a great teacher and author who has written many history books while three of them covers the history of American relations with Cambodia.
The next speaker who presented the historical and cultural relationship of US and Cambodia was Dr. David Chandler, a specialist in history and politics of Cambodia. He presented the issues and history of Cambodia, the Tragedy of Cambodia and Cambodian's pastime.
After the speeches have been addressed by the two American historians, Dr. Clymer and Dr. Chandler, H.E. Ek Sereywath (Advisor to the Royal Government of Cambodia and former Cambodian Ambassador to the United States) continued to present the overview of the current U.S-Cambodia relationship.
Q and A Sessions
Afternoon Session
The Session 2 was about the U.S-Cambodia diplomatic relation, Post Civil War from 1992 till the present. It was addressed by the Ambassador Kent Weiedemann, the former U.S Ambassador to Cambodia. He presented the early years of Cambodia's democracy.
Next, H.R.H. Samdech Norodom Sirivudh, supreme privacy councilor to His Majesty the king of Cambodia and founder chairman of the Cambodian institute for cooperation and peace, made his speech regarding the US-Cambodia relations in the 1990's.
The third speaker of the afternoon session, was Ambassador Charles Ray and Ambassador Joseph Mussumeli, both are the former Ambassadors to Cambodia. They presented the role of the U.S in the democratic development and reconstruction of Cambodia.
22 July 2010
The next day of the academic symposium was moderated by the moderator Mr. Aaron Sorenson.
The session is about the Present and Future cooperation of the United States and Cambodia.
Dr. Chheng Vannarith, the executive director, Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace, presented on the vision ahead that HOW the United States and Cambodia can move forward in the next 60 years.
Dr. Franklin Huffman also presented on the topic of Educational and Cultural exchanges between the United States and Cambodia. In addition, the topic of Cultural Exchanges between the US and Cambodia, was presented by H.E. Chuch Phoeurn, secretary of State, Ministry of Culture and Fine arts.
Lastly, Ambassador Carol A. Rodley made a close remake and summary of the overall symposium.
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