9:30-10:00

Registration and coffee
  

10:00-10:20

Opening remarks

• Masahiro Kawai, Dean and CEO, ADBI
• Richard Baldwin, Professor of International Economics and Co-Director, CTEI,  Graduate Institute, Geneva
   

10:20-10:40

Keynote address

• Pascal Lamy, Director-General, World Trade Organization
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10:45-12:45

SESSION 1: PRODUCTION NETWORKS IN EAST ASIA

• Moderator: Mr Tomochika Uyama, Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan to the WTO

Supply Chains: Drivers of Change

• Presenter: Patrick Low, Chief Economist, WTO
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• Commentator: Guillermo Valles, Director, Division of International Trade in Goods and Services and Commodities, UNCTAD

Trade in Value-Added: East Asian Perspective

• Presenter: Satoshi Inomata, Director, International Input-Output Analysis Research Group, Institute of Developing Economies-JETRO
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• Commentator: Yuqing Xing, Director of Capacity Building and Training Programs, ADBI
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Engaging Small and Medium Enterprises in Production Networks: Firm-level Analysis of Five ASEAN Economies

• Presenter: Ganeshan Wignaraja, Director of Research, ADBI
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• Commentator: Friedrich von Kirchbach, Director, Division of Country Programs, International Trade Centre

Open Floor Discussion

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SESSION 2: REFORM OF THE WTO

• Moderator: H.E. Ambassador Stuart Harbinson*, Former Permanent Representative of Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of China, to the WTO

WTO 2:0: Global Trade Governance for 21st Century Trade

• Presenter: Richard Baldwin, Professor of International Economics and Co-Director, CTEI,  Graduate Institute, Geneva
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• Commentator: H.E. Mr Luzius Wasescha, Former Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the WTO

The Relevance of WTO Rules in the 21st Century

• Presenter: Biswajit Dhar, Director General, Research and Information System for Developing Countries
• Commentator: Theresa Carpenter, Executive Director, CTEI, Graduate Institute

Plurilateral Agreements: Are They a Viable Alternative to the WTO?

• Presenter: Michitaka Nakatomi, Special Advisor, JETRO
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• Commentator: Gabrielle Marceau, Counsellor, Legal Affairs Division, WTO

Open Floor Discussion

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SESSION 3: FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS

• Moderator: H.E. Mr. CHOI Seokyoung, Permanent Representative of Korea to the WTO

Asian FTAs: Trends, Prospects and Challenges

• Presenter: Masahiro Kawai, Dean and CEO, ADBI and  Ganeshan Wignaraja, Director of Research, ADBI
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• Commentator: Cédric Dupont, Professor of International Relations/Political Science, Graduate Institute

The ASEAN Economic Community: Progress, Challenges and Prospects

• Presenter: Chia Siow Yue, Senior Research Fellow, Singapore Institute of  International Affairs
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• Commentator: Maika Oshikawa, Head, Asia and Pacific Desk, Institute for Training and Technical Co-operation, WTO
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Multilateralization of FTAs: An Asian Perspective

• Presenter: Shujiro Urata, Professor of Economics, Waseda University
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• Commentator: Rohini Acharya, Counsellor, RTA Section, Trade Policies Review Division, WTO
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Open Floor Discussion

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19:30 ONWARDS

9:00-10:45

SESSION 4: COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL POLICIES

• Moderator: Harsha V. Singh, Deputy Director-General, WTO

Crisis-Era Protectionism: Form, Facts, and Fiction

• Presenter: Simon Evenett, Professor of International Trade and Economic  Development, University of St. Gallen
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• Commentator: H.E. Mr. Fook Seng Kwok, Permanent Representative of Singapore to the WTO

Trade, Investment and the WTO

• Presenter: Zhang Yunling, Director of Asia-Pacific Studies, Chinese  Academy of Social Sciences
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• Commentator: Alejandro Jara, Deputy Director-General, WTO

Open Floor Discussion

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Evolution of Industrial Policy and Green Growth

• Presenter: Sanghoon Ahn, Managing Director, Korea Development Institute
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• Commentator: Aaron Cosbey, Associate and Senior Climate Change and Trade Advisor, IISD

Exchange Rate Policy and RTAs

• Presenter: Richard Pomfret, Professor of Economics, University of Adelaide and Victor Pontines, Research Fellow, ADBI
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• Commentator: Claus D. Zimmermann, Associate, Sidley Austin
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NEXT STEPS & CLOSING

• Masahiro Kawai, Dean and CEO, ADBI
• Ganeshan Wignaraja, Director of Research, ADBI
• Richard Baldwin, Professor of International Economics and Co-Director, CTEI,  Graduate Institute, Geneva
• Patrick Low, Chief Economist, WTO