Government of Timor-Leste

The 4th edition of the APCC (Conference of Luso-Asian Communities Timor-Leste), to be held in Dili in 2025, from June 27th to 29th, has as its main objectives the recognition of Luso-Asian communities and their historical and cultural legacy, the promotion of their identity through visibility and valorization actions, the inclusion of these communities in regional and international contexts - with emphasis on Timor-Leste's role in the CPLP and ASEAN - and the creation of institutional bases to ensure the sustainability of the network. The aim is to strengthen links between researchers, communities and decision-makers, consolidating the APCC as a platform for dialogue and cooperation for the preservation and projection of intangible heritage of Portuguese origin in Asia.

PROGRAM

JUNE 27th

Opening and 1st Session
CCD - Dili Convention Center
● Registration: 08.00am - 08.50am

● Reception ceremony: 08.50am - 09.05am

● Introductory video: 09.05am - 09.10am

● Cultural Moment: 09.10am - 09.20am - “Bidu Lensu Mutin” group, from Suai, Timor-Leste

● Introduction to APCC / 09.20am - 09.45am APCC promoter and member of the Malacca Portuguese community, Mr. Joseph de Santa Maria

● Keynote Speech / 09.45am- 10.10am: H.E. the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão

● Cultural Moment: 10.10am - 10.30am - “DOMMARINA” group, from Malacca, Malaysia

Coffee break (10.30am - 10.50am)
● Presentation of the 4th APCC Study Collection / 10.50 a.m - 11.15 a.m: By Prof. Dr. Benjamin Corte Real

● Institutional Photography: 11.15 a.m. - 11.25 a.m.
● Visit to the APCC exhibition: 11.25am - 11.35am

● Visit to the Craft Fair and Coffee Garden: 11.35 a.m - 12.10 p.m


Lunch at the CCD (12.10 p.m. - 14.00 p.m.)

1st SESSION
● Lecture / 14.00 p.m. - 14.40 p.m.: “MIXOLOGY AND INTERCULTURALITY IN PORTUGUESE EXPANSION” by Prof. Dr. João Paulo Oliveira e Costa (Full Professor at the History Department of FCSH - Universidade Nova de Lisboa)

● Cultural Moment: 14.40 p.m. - 15.00 p.m. - “Burgher Folks”, from Trincomalee, Sri Lanka

● Round Table / 15.00 p.m. - 15.40 p.m.:

○ Ms. Carolina Fernandes e Pé, former Mayor of Pangim, Goa, India

○ Mr. Earl Barthelot, President of the Burgher Folks Group, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka


○ Prof. Dr. Fernando Nobre (President of AMI - Assistência Médica Internacional)

○ ( (moderator) Prof. Doutor João Paulo Oliveira e Costa (FCSH - Universidade Nova de Lisboa)
Coffee Break (15.40 p.m. - 16.00 p.m.)
● Round Table (continue) / 16.00 p.m. - 16.45 p.m.

● Cultural Moment: 16.45 p.m. - 17.00 p.m. - “Burgher Folks”, from Trincomalee, Sri Lanka

● Closing time: 17.00 p.m.

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Welcome dinner at JL World (7pm) - By invitation only
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JUNE 28th

2nd and 3rd Session

CCD – Centro de Convenções de Díli
2nd SESSION
● Opening Speech by H.E. the Vice Prime-Minister of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, Francisco Kalbuadi Lay - 09.00 a.m. - 09.20 a.m.

● Cultural Moment: 09.20 a.m. – 09.40 a.m. – Etson Caminha – “Noise - experimental sound art”

● Lecture / 09.40 a.m. - 10.20 a.m.: “BAYINGYIS: THE LUSO-DESCENDENTS OF THE MU VALLEY, WHO ARE THEY AND HOW DID THEY ARISE?” - by Dr. Joaquim Magalhães de Castro (writer, independent journalist, photographer and researcher of the History of Portuguese Expansion)

Coffee Break (10.20 a.m. - 10.40 a.m.)
● Presentation / 10.40 a.m. - 11.10 a.m.: “REMINISCENCES OF PORTUGAL: THE BAYINGYI IN TIMES OF TURBULENCE” - by Aloysio Thurein (member of the Bayingyi community in Myanmar)

● Presentation / 11.10 a.m. - 11.50 a.m.: “THE PORTUGUESE PRESENCE IN SIAN” - by Architect Sarayut Supsook (University Professor and member of the Luso-Descendant community in Kudichin, Thailand)

● Cultural Moment: 11.50 a.m - 12.10 p.m. - Etson Caminha -(Noise – Experimental Sound Art) “Ruído - arte sonora experimental”

Lunch at the CCD (12.10 p.m. - 13.50 p.m.)

3rd SESSION
● Lecture / 13.50 p.m. - 14.30 p.m.: “ASIA ABSORBES PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE” - by Prof. Hugo Cardoso (Faculty of Letters, University of Lisbon - linguist and researcher of South Asian creole languages)

● Cultural Moment: 14.30 - 14.50h - DOMMARINA Group, from the Portuguese Quarter of Malacca

● : Round Table / 14.50 p.m - 15.40 p.m:

○ Dr. Miguel de Senna Fernandes, representative of the Macanese community

○ Mr. Joseph de Santa Maria, representative of the Malacca community

○ Prof. Dr. Hugo Cardoso (University Professor and linguist)

○ (moderator) Prof. Doutor Benjamim Corte-Real (UNTL - Univ. Nacional de Timor Lorosa'e)

Coffee Break (15.40 p.m. – 16.00 p.m.)
● Round Table (continuation) / 16.00 p.m- 16.40 p.m

● Cultural Moment: 16.40 p.m. - 17.00 p.m. - DOMMARINA Group, from the Portuguese Quarter of Malacca

● Closing time: 17.00 p.m.

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Dinner/buffet at Hotel Timor (7.30pm) - By invitation only
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● Documentary screening (at Hotel Timor) / 20.45 p.m. - 21.30 p.m. “O Bairro Português”, by Pedro Palma, with presentation by the author

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JUNE 29th

4th and 5th Session
CCD – Centro de Convenções de Díli
4th SESSION
● Speech by H.E. the President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste,
Dr. José Ramos Horta - 09.00 a.m. - 09.20 a.m.

● Lecture / 09.20 a.m. - 10.00 a.m.: “KAMPUNG TUGU IN THE GLOBAL CULTURAL ENCROACH” - by Professor Daya Wijaya (Malang State University - researcher of the Portuguese expansion in the Indonesian archipelago)

● Cultural Moment: 10.00 a.m - 10.20 a.m - “Keroncong Tugu Cafrinho” Group, from Jakarta's Tugu Quarter

Coffee Break (10.20 a.m. – 10.40 a.m.)
● : Round Table / 10.40am - 11.30am:

○ Mr. Guido Quiko, representative of the Tugu Community and leader of the “Keroncong Tugu Cafrinho” group
Prof. Dr. Daya Wijaya (University Professor and author of a doctoral thesis on the Tugu community)

○ Dr. Joaquim Magalhães de Castro (Historian and researcher on the Tugu community)

○ (moderator) Dr. Ana Gomes (Portuguese Ambassador to Indonesia between 2000 and 2003)

● Cultural Moment: 11.30 a.m. - 11.50 a.m. - Group “Keroncong Tugu Cafrinho”, from Jakarta's Tugu neighborhood

Lunch at the CCD (11.50 a.m - 1.30 p.m.)

5th SESSION
● Lecture / 13.30 p.m - 14.10 p.m.: “PORTUGUESE PRESENTATIONS ON THE ISLANDS OF SOLOR-FLORES-TIMOR” - by Prof. Dr. Maria Alice Viola (anthropologist and researcher on Southeast Asian populations)

● Cultural Moment: 2.10 p.m. - 2.40 p.m. - Grupo de Sica, Flores “TOJA BOBU - The Mask Dance Party”

● Round Table / 14.40 p.m. - 15.10 p.m.:

○ Mr. Honorius Quintus Ebang, representative of the Community of Sica, Flores

○ Mr. António Da Costa, representative of the community of Oecusse, Timor-Leste

○ Prof. Doutora Maria Alice Viola

○ (moderator) Dr. Ana Gomes (Portuguese Ambassador to Indonesia between 2000 and 2003)

Coffee Break (15.10 p.m. – 15.30 p.m.)
● Round Table (continueing) / 15.30 p.m. - 16.00 p.m.

● Presentation and signing of the “Declaration of Dili - Creation of the Association of Luso-Asian Communities - APCA”: 16.00 p.m - 16.25 p.m

● Cultural Moment: 16.25 p.m. - 16.40 p.m.- Group “BSOT”, from Oecusse

● Closing speech of the 4th Conference of the Luso-Asian Communities by H.E. the Executive Secretary of the CPLP, Dr. Zacarias da Costa - 16.40 p.m. - 17.00 p.m.

● Closing time: 17.00 p.m.

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Social dinner (7 p.m.)
● Closing dinner and socializing at the CCD, with cultural entertainment