Taiwan Election Observation Seminar

Time

Topic

Speaker

9:00

 ( Registration )

9:30

Opening by FSE Executive Director

Dr. Randall L. Nadeau

9:40

Remarks by Moderator

Dr. Hans H. Tung 童涵浦

• Fulbright Year: 2003-2004
• Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, National Taiwan University

9:50

Flow of Communication in Taiwan Election Campaign

Dr. I-Chou Liu 劉義周

• Fulbright Year: 1980-1981
• Emeritus Professor, Department of Political Science, National Chengchi University
• Former Chairperson, Central Election Commission

10:30

Break

10:40

Dr. Rong-I Wu 吳榮義

• Fulbright Year: 1982-1983 
• Senior Advisor to the President, Taiwan
• Former Vice Premier, Executive Yuan

11:20

When Push Comes to Shove: The TRA vs. the '92 Consensus

Thus far, the Taiwan Relations Act has "trumped" the 1992 Consensus. What would future Taiwan-US ties look like if this reversed?

Dr. Hans Stockton 

• Director, Center for International Studies
• Professor, International Studies, University of St. Thomas

12:00

Networking -- Lunch Time (Lunch box provided)

13:00

The Sense of Losing Statehood in the Presidential Election of 2020

What does the sense of losing statehood mean for various voters? Has it trumped other big factors in this election?

Dr. Kwei-Bo Huang 黃奎博

• Fulbright Year: 2008-2009
• Vice Dean & Associate Professor of Diplomacy, College of International Affairs, National Chengchi University  

13:40

Age Matters: Generational Change and Taiwan's 2020 Elections

The presentation will explore the youth vote, including party preferences and issue concerns of the generation of voters who lived through the 2014 Sunflower Movement.

Dr. Shelley Rigger

• Fulbright Year: 2019-2020
• Cross-Strait Studies Research Program
• Professor & Chair, Department of Political Science, Davidson College

14:20

Break

14:30

Discussion -- Q&A 

Dr. Hans H. Tung 童涵浦

15:10

Closing

Dr. Randall L. Nadeau