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Seminars & Events

International Symposium

Regional Integration in East Asia and APEC


Date&time:
Monday, October 18, 2010, (Monday)13:00-17:45 (Registration opens at 12:00)

Venue:
Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka, Tokyo 
Convention Center SHINRYOKU “1st Floor Goshiki”
(1-2, Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)

Languages:
Simultaneous interpretation in Japanese and English will be available

Organizer:
IDE-JETRO

Participation fee:
Free



Contact:
External Relations Division, Research Promotion Department, IDE-JETRO
Tel: 043-299-9536 FAX: 043-299-9726
E-mail:sympo-sc
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Program (tentative)

13:00-14:00 Opening Remark & Keynote Speeches
“The Pathway to Regional Economic Integration in East Asia: The Role of APEC”
Takashi Shiraishi (President, IDE-JETRO )
“APEC2010 in Japan”  
Hidehiko Nishiyama (APEC 2010 SOM Chair/Director-General for Trade Policy, Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)
14:00-14:10 Break
14:10-15:45 Session 1“The Future of Regional Integration in East Asia and the Role of APEC”

Chair:
Daisuke Hiratsuka (Director-General, Research Planning Department, IDE-JETRO)
Panelists:
Peter Petri (Carl J. Shapiro Professor of International Finance, Brandeis International Business School, USA)
Robert Scollay (Director, APEC Study Centre, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Cai Penghong (Director, APEC Research Center Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, China)
Hank Lim (Senior Research Fellow, Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA))
Shujiro Urata (Professor, Waseda University, Japan)

15:45-16:00 Break
16:00-17:30 Session 2 “Growth Strategy; Green Economy and Innovation”

Chair:
Kaoru Nabeshima (Senior Researcher, IDE-JETRO)
Panelists:
Gary Hufbauer (Senior Research Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics)
Laurence W. Bates (General Counsel-Japan, GE Japan)
Hee Kyung An (Project Manager, Green Management Planning Office, Korea National  Cleaner Production Center, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology)
Haruhisa Somaya (Councilor for APEC, APEC Office, Trade Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)

17:30-17:45 Closing Remark 

Takashi Shiraishi (President, IDE-JETRO )