About the Speakers:

Eric Frécon is assistant professor at the French Naval Academy. He is also the coordinator of the Observatory on Southeast Asia within Asia Centre, in Paris, and a member of the European Union committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in Asia Pacific. Previously, he served as a research fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) in Singapore. He completed his Ph.D. at Sciences Po, in Paris. His last book is entitled Chez les pirates d’Indonésie (Among the Indonesian Pirates), Paris: Fayard, 2011. He is currently a visiting fellow at RSIS, within the Maritime Security Programme.

Commander François Ceccaldi graduated from the French Naval Academy in 2000 and then specialized in Anti-Submarine Warfare. He has served in several operational positions on board destroyers, in particular as Principal warfare officer and operations officer. He has commanded a patrol boat in the Indian Ocean. Since August 2013, Commander François CECCALDI serves as a liaison officer both to the Information Fusion Centre, and to the Regional Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Coordination Centre.

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Co-hosted by Embassy of France and RSIS.