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National Security and Economic Resilience: The Sixth Katipunan Conference

The UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies (CIDS) invites everyone to the 6th Katipunan Conference on 5 November 2024, 9:00 am–5:00 pm (Philippine Standard Time) at The Loft, Areté, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City. Interested participants can visit the conference website and pre-register.

About the Conference

This policy research conference gathers the country’s scholars and practitioners in defense and development policy, featuring the latest thinking on the country’s security and economic development strategies. It builds on recent efforts to integrate these two spheres more effectively.

Present geopolitical shifts entail significant economic risks and opportunities, placing a premium on policymakers’ ability to absorb the latest data and analysis on national security and global economic trends. This event responds to this, and it is envisioned as an annual gathering to support greater coherence among the country’s top scholars. It also aims to ensure effectiveness through firmly integrated defense and development strategies. View full conference concept note.

Plenary Speakers

RAdm. Rommel Jude G. Ong
Professor in Praxis, Ateneo School of Government

Dr. Josef T. Yap
Senior Research Fellow, Ateneo School of Government

Prof. Herman Joseph S. Kraft
Convenor, Strategic Studies Program
UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies

Conference Panels 

  • Panel 1: Intelligence Frontiers: Shaping Philippine Strategy in a Changing Geopolitical Landscape
  • Panel 2: Forging Resilient Economic Futures: Philippine-China Relations in Focus
  • Panel 3: Internal Security and Governance in the Philippines: Civil, Economic, and Human Dimensions
  • Panel 4: Examining Foreign Interference: Global Forces and Local Impacts in the Philippines
  • Panel 5: Strategic Imperatives: Shaping Philippine National Security in a Shifting Geopolitical Landscape
  • Panel 6: Cybersecurity, Innovation, and Sustainability: Strategic Technologies for the Philippines
  • Panel 7: Maritime Defense and Diplomacy: Building Strategic Resilience in the West Philippine Sea

Panel details, list of presentations, abstracts, and pre-registration are available in the conference website.

Queries and Organizers

This event is within the tradition of the Katipunan Conference, a policy forum inaugurated in 2016 by the Strategic Studies Program, which gathered scholars and practitioners in national security.

For queries, please email [email protected]

The Strategic Studies Program of the University of the Philippines Center for Integrative and Development Studies (UP CIDS), UP’s policy research unit, is one of UP CIDS’ 16 Research Programs, and focuses on international relations, foreign policy, and related issues. Learn more and download SSP policy papers for free.