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| Venue: Conference Hall, The Nippon Foundation Bldg., 2F, 1-2-2 Akasaka, Minato-Ku, Tokyo |
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| Agenda |
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| 18 November 2004 |
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| 09.00 | Registration | |
| 9.30-10.15 | 1. Inaugural Session | |
| Chair: Ambassador Sudhir Devare, Vice-Chairman, RIS | ||
| Address by Professor Ito Kenichi, President, Council on East Asian Community, Tokyo | ||
| Address by H.E. the Ambassador of India in Japan Mr M.L. Tripathi | ||
| Release of book Towards and Asian Economic Community by Hon’ble Mr Koichi Kato, Member of Japanese Diet | ||
| Inaugural Address by Hon’ble Mr Koichi Kato, Member of Japanese Diet | ||
| Vote of Thanks by Dr Nagesh Kumar, Director-General, RIS | ||
| 10.15-10.45 | Tea Break | |
| 10.45-12.30 | 2.
Relevance of an Asian Economic Community and Possible Approaches |
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| Chair: Professor Eisuke Sakakibara, Keio University and former Vice-Minister of Finance, Japan | ||
| A Presentation of the theme paper by Dr Nagesh Kumar, DG-RIS | ||
| Remarks by Distinguished Panelists | ||
| Dr Rodolfo C. Severino, Former Secretary-General, ASEAN | ||
| Prof. Zhang Xiaoji, Director-General, Research Department of the Foreign Economic Relations, DRC of the State Council, Beijing | ||
| Professor Toshihiko Kinoshita, Waseda University, Tokyo | ||
| Professor Fukunari Kimura, Keio University, Tokyo | ||
| Dr Eric Teo, Council Secretary, SIIA | ||
| 12.30-13.30 | Lunch | |
| 13.30-15.30 | 3. Regional Trade and Investment Liberalization: Trends and Potential | |
| Chair: Professor M. Ariff, Executive Director, Malaysian Institute of Economic Research, KL | ||
| Key Presentations | ||
| Japan: Professor Shujiro Urata, Waseda University and RIETI | ||
| ASEAN: Dr Djisman Simandjuntak, Chairman, CSIS, Jakarta | ||
| China: Prof. Yao Chao Cheng, Academic Dean, Faculty of International Trade, Shanxi University FE, Taiyuan, China | ||
| India: Mr Rahul Khullar, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, India | ||
| Korea: Dr Chan-Hyun Sohn, Senior Fellow, KIEP, Seoul | ||
| Regional: Dr Tiziana Bonapace, Chief, Trade Policy, TTD, UN-ESCAP | ||
| Open Discussion | ||
| 15.30-15.45 | Tea Break | |
| 15.45-17.15 | 4. Monetary and Financial Integration in Asia | |
| Chair: Professor Toshihiko Kinoshita, Waseda University and formerly Head of Research, Japan Bank of International Cooperation | ||
| Key Presentations | ||
| Prospects
for Monetary Cooperation in Asia: Dr
Masahiro Kawai, Tokyo University Paper Presentation |
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| Approaches to Asian Bond Market Development: Ambassador Manaspas Xuto, Executive Director, International Institute for Trade and Development, Bangkok | ||
| Chiang-Mai Initiative and Beyond: Dr Sharad Bhandari, Regional Economic Monetary Unit, ADB, Manila | ||
| Open Discussion | ||
| 18.30 | Dinner hosted by the Ambassador of India at his residence | |
| 19 November 2004 | ||
| 09.30-10.45 | 5. Prospects for Regional Cooperation for Energy Security | |
| Co-chair: Ambassador Shashank, former Foreign Secretary, India and Dr Rodolfo C. Severino, Former Secretary-General, ASEAN | ||
| Key Presentations | ||
| Asian Energy Outlook and Its Implications: Prof. Ryouichi Komiyama, Institute of Energy Economics of Japan, Tokyo | ||
| Role of Regional Cooperation for Energy Security in Asia: Professor Tsugio Ide, G-SEC, Keio University and former Vice-Minister, EPA, Japan | ||
| Prospects of an Asian Energy Community: Dr Rajiv Kumar, Chief Economist, Confederation of Indian Industry, New Delhi | ||
| Open Discussion | ||
| 10.45-11.00 | Tea Break | |
| 11.00-12.30 | 6.
Strategic Relevance of Asian Economic Integration: A Panel Discussion |
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| Co-chairs: Ambassador Aftab Seth, former Indian Ambassador in Japan and currently President, Global Security Research Institute, Keio University, Tokyo and Prof. Zhang Xiaoji, Director-General, Research Department of the Foreign Economic Relations, DRC of the State Council, Beijing | ||
| Key Presentations by | ||
| Dr Eric Teo, Council Secretary, Singapore Institute of International Affairs | ||
| Professor Mukul Asher, National University of Singapore | ||
| Mr Kavi Chongkittavorn, Nation, Bangkok | ||
| Professor Brij Tankha, Delhi University | ||
| Open Discussion | ||
| 12.30-13.30 | Lunch | |
| 13.30-15.30 | 7. Concluding Session: A Roundtable Discussion on the Way Forward | |
| Co-Chairs: Ambassador Sudhir Devare | ||
| Key Panelists | ||
| Professor E. Sakakibara, Former Vice Minister of Finance, Japan | ||
| Professor M. Ariff, Executive Director, MIER | ||
| Ambassador Manaspas Xuto, Executive Director, ITD | ||
| Ambassador Shashank, Former Foreign Secretary, India | ||
| Ambassador Aftab Seth, G-SEC | ||
| Dr Isabelle Saint-Mezard, Centre for Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong | ||
| Dr C. Rammanohar Reddy, Editor, Economic and Political Weekly, India | ||
| Open discussion | ||
| Wrap-up | ||
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