On Tuesday, March 12 and Wednesday, March 13, 2024, the Ministry of Finance, Japan will hold a two-day symposium titled, "The global economy and policy coordination in a time of increasingly complex global challenges."
The world is seeing an increase in geopolitical risk due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and other conflicts, and a subsequent increase in global economic risk due to threats to food and energy security and increased financial instability.
With these issues in mind, this international symposium will invite experts from various countries to discuss the issues that Japan and other countries should grapple, and to discuss new means of coordinating policy, with a focus on international economics and finance.
Please join us and listen to experts' and policy makers' sincere discussion about how to interpret and resolve the issues the world faces.
* Each session details and participating panelists will be updated.
Outline
Date： 12 March 2024 1:00pm-5:30pm(JST), 13
March 2024 10:00am-11:45am(JST)
Theme： The global economy and policy
coordination in a time of increasingly complex global challenges
Venue: Garden Tower Banquet Floor "Room Fuyo",
Hotel New Otani
Hosted by Ministry of Finance, Japan
Organized by The Genron NPO
Language： English (Simultaneous English-Japanese interpretation)
Registration Fee： Free
Capacity： 200 people
※Registration will be closed as soon as the capacity is reached.
※Participation should be in person as a general rule.
Day 1: March 12 (Tuesday) Day 2: March 13 (Wednesday)
Keynote Speakers and Panelists
Symposium
"The global
economy and policy coordination in a time of increasingly complex global challenges
"
Date: Tuesday, March 12 and Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Venue: Hotel New
Otani Tokyo
English and Japanese (simultaneous interpretation)
Program
Day 1: Tuesday, March 12
1:00pm-1:30pm (JST) Opening remaark:
Kanda Masato (Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs, Japan)
1:30pm-3:00pm Panel Discussion 1
"Expanding
international cooperation that includes
the Global South as geopolitical risks rise"
Moderator:
Sunjoy Joshi (Chairman of Observer Research Foundation, India)
Panelists:
Bronwen Maddox (Director and Chief Executive, The Royal Institute of
International Affairs, United Kingdom)
Carlos Ivan Simonsen Leal (President, Getulio Vargas Foundation (GFV),
Brazil)
Ashok Lavasa (Former Finance Secretary of India; Former Vice President of Asian
Development Bank (ADB))
Kenneth Kang（Deputy Director in the Strategy, Policy and Review Department of
the International Monetary Fund）
3:15pm-3:45pm Keynote Speech: The US Presidential election
and Global Economy Outlook
Adam Posen（President, the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)）
4:00pm-5:30pm Panel Discussion 2
"Thinking about
the future of free trade, capital flow,
and capital markets in light of current international
conditions"
Moderator:
Rohinton Medhora (Distinguished fellow, Centre for International Governance
Innovation (CIGI), Canada)
Panelists:
Kanda Masato (Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs, Japan)
Adam Posen (President, the Peterson Institute for International Economics
(PIIE))
José Antonio Ocampo (Former Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia;
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs; Professor at Columbia
University)
Vera Songwe（Founder and Chair of Liquidity and Sustainability Facility Former
Under-Secretary-General of United Nations, Former Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission
for Africa）
*And one more panelist
Day 2: Wednesday, March 13
10:00am-11:30am Panel Discussion 3
"Dealing with
conditions in fragile states facing interconnected energy, food, debt, and
climate change crises"
Moderator:
Paul Samson (President of the Centre for International Governance Innovation
(CIGI), Canada)
Panelists:
Mari Elka Pangestu (Former Managing Director of Development Policy and
Partnerships, World Bank)
Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko（Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture,
African Union Commission (AUC))
R.H.S Samaratunga (Senior Advisor to the President on Economic Affairs, Sri
Lanka)
Raymond Gilpin (Chief Economist, Head, Strategy, Analysis and Research,
Regional Bureau for Africa, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) )
Oyun Sanjaasren（Director of External Affairs,the Green Climate Fund/ Former
Minister of the Environment and Green Development of Mongolia/ Former Minister of Foreign
Affairs of Mongolia）
11:30-11:45 Closing remark
*Please be noted that session topics, panelists, and schedule could be changed without any prior notice.
*Registration is required.
*Registration Deadline is Friday, March 1
*Please refrain from recording any part of the event using audio and/or video recording devices.
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