Sponsored by:

Arts and Cultural Promotion Center, Chiangmai  University and The Toyota Foundation, Japan.

 Chiangmai Orchid Hotel, Chiangmai.

 22nd March and 23rd March, 2001

1. Some Concepts in Studying "Tai Identity" 
2. History of Tai Peoples : A Critical Review 
3. "State of Knowledge in History of Laos"
4. "State of Knowledge in Lan Xang Literature" 
5. "State of Knowledge in Khun, Lu and Lawa Literature" 
6. Status of Tai Manuscripts (Tai Ahom -Tai Yai) Studies 
7. Present state of pap-sa documents in sipsongpanna "Shan (Tai) scripts and Their Development in Myanmar (Burma)" 
8. "Chiang Khaeng 1893/96: A Lu Principality in the Upper Mekong Valley as the Focus of British-French Rivalry" 
9. The "Tais" and Their Neighbors : The Case of ChianG Tung 
10. "The Short Chronicle of Vientiane" 
11. "The Sipsongpanna Chronicle" 
12. "Chiang Saen Chronicles" 
13. "Tai Trends" in Tai School Books 
14. "Leng Don" Mythical Hero of the Early Ahom Kingdom
15. "Relations Between Lan Na and Lan Xang According to Epigraphic Data" 
16. "San Lopphasun" : A Literary Work of the Late Lan Xang Period. 
17. Puen Vientiane or Vientiane Legend: Its Significance in Sociocultural Context. 

A collection of these documents will be published in book form after the conference.