[Event Information]
GSDM 94th Platform Seminar
“Economic Performance and Prospects for Economic Cooperation in Northeast Asia”
14th Sep, 2017 14:15-17:00
( Fukutake Hall, Hongo Campus, the University of Tokyo )
Seminar Focus: Northeast Asia faces several risks, including geopolitical ones stemming from the DPRK’s nuclear and ballistic missile tests and political tensions among China, Japan, and the ROK (due to historical and territorial issues, and THAAD), and the economic risks of trade protectionism coming from the new Trump Administration in the US. Despite these, economic prospects in Northeast Asia are relatively favorable. Against this backdrop, this Platform Seminar examines the structural issues of Northeast Asian economies (China, the DPRK, Japan, Mongolia, the ROK, and the Russian Far East) and explores the prospects of economic cooperation in the region. Experts from the US, China, Mongolia, the ROK, and Russia join Japanese experts to discuss the potential for various types of economic cooperation, such as via tourism, infrastructure development (including oil and gas), logistics connectivity, and trade and investment. Such cooperation is expected to contribute to trust building and peace and security in the region.
| Date | : | 14:15-17:00, Thursday, September 14, 2017 |
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| Venue | : | Fukutake Hall, Hongo Campus, the University of Tokyo |
| Speaker | : | Keynote Speech Professor Akio TAKAHARA , Graduate School of Public Policy, the University of Tokyo Panel discussion Dr. Barry BOSWORTH, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution Professor SONG Jin, Associate Professor, Department of Economic Development, Institute for World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Professor LEE Jong-Wha, Director, Asiatic Research Institute, Korea University Dr. Mitsuhiro MIMURA, Senior Research Fellow, ERINA Professor KIM Byung-Yeon, Department of Economics, Seoul National University Dr. Pavel MINAKIR, President, Economic Research Institute, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Professor N. BATNASAN, Business School, National University of Mongolia Dr. Hirofumi ARAI, Director of Research Division and Senior Research Fellow, ERINA |
| Language | : | English/Japanese simultaneous translation |
| Sponsored by | : | Global Leader Program for Social Design and Management (GSDM), the University of Tokyo The Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia(ERINA) |
| Co-sponsored by | : | Graduate School of Public Policy (GraSPP), the University of Tokyo |
| Registration | : | Please register from here. |
| Program | |
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| 14:15–14:25 | Welcoming Remarks, Professor Hideaki SHIROYAMA, Coordinator of GSDM |
| 14:25–14:45 | Keynote Speech, Professor Akio TAKAHARA, GraSPP Presentation materials |
| 14:45–15:30 | Panel Discussion, moderated by Professor Masahiro KAWAI, GraSPP and Representative Director and Director-General, ERINA Panelists’ Views (5 minutes each) (1) US view, Dr. Barry BOSWORTH, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution (2) Chinese view, Professor ZHANG Yuyan, Director, Institute for World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (3) ROK view, Professor LEE Jong-Wha, Director, Asiatic Research Institute, Korea University (4) Japanese view on the DPRK, Dr. Mitsuhiro MIMURA, Senior Research Fellow, ERINA Presentation materials (5) ROK view on the DPRK, Professor KIM Byung-Yeon, Department of Economics, Seoul National University (6) Russian view, Dr. Pavel MINAKIR, President, Economic Research Institute, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Presentation materials (7) Mongolian view, Professor N. BATNASAN, Business School, National University of Mongolia Presentation materials (8) Japanese view on economic cooperation, Dr. Hirofumi ARAI, Director of Research Division and Senior Research Fellow, ERINA Presentation materials |
| 15:30–16:00 | Exchanges amongst panelists |
| 16:00–16:45 | Discussions with the floor |
| 16:45–16:55 | Wrapping-up, Professor Masahiro KAWAI, GraSPP and and Representative Director and Director-General, ERINA |