Asia Pacific Forum 2023

12th and 13th DECEMBER 2023
Hosted byAgenda“ New Horizon for Asia Pacific Region’s Sustainable Growth
Beyond Challenges and Impediments ”
DAY 1 : TUESDAY, 12th DECEMBER 2023
TIME: 11:30-13:30 (JST) /(The following description are in JST)
11:00 – 11:30 Online registration
11:35 – 11:40 Opening remarks
Mr. Masakazu TOYODA, Chairman & CEO, JEF(5min)

11:40 – 12:00 Keynote speechProf. Naoyuki YOSHINO, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Economics, Keio University
Director, Financial Research Center (FSA Institute, Government of Japan)(20min)Asia Pacific Forum 2023

12:00 –13:30 Session 1: Newly Emerging Trade Architecture in the Indo-Pacific Region(90min)Moderator: Mr. Naoyuki HARAOKA, Executive Managing Director, JEF (5min)
12:05–12:35* Speakers*:* 5minutes per speaker

Prof. ZHANG Yunling [China]
Professor and Academician of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences(CASS) ,Chair Professor of Shandong University
Ms. Anita PRAKASH[ERIA]

Senior Policy Advisor for International Economic Cooperation,
Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia（ERIA）
Prof. Sachin CHATURVEDI [India]
Director General, Research and Information System for Developing
Countries (RIS)Dr. Yose Rizal DAMURI [Indonesia]
Executive Director, Department of Economics, Centre for Strategic andInternational Studies (CSIS)
Prof. Shujiro URATA [Japan]
Professor Emeritus,Waseda University
Dr. Alan BOLLARD [New Zealand]
Professor of Pacific Region Business at Victoria University of Wellington---------------------------------------- 12:35 –12:45 Intermission-----------------------------------------------12:45 –13:10

Discussion among speakers(25min)13:10 –13:25

Q&A(15min)

13:25 –13:30

Wrap up by moderator(5min)*********************************************************************

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DAY 2: WEDNESDAY, 13th DECEMBER 2023
TIME: 11:30-14:30 (JST)11:30 –12:45

Session 2: Demographic Challenges in the Indo-Pacific Region(75min)Moderator: Dr. Josef T. YAP [Philippines] Senior Research Fellow ,Ateneo School of Government
11:35–11:55

Speakers*:(5min)* 5minutes per speaker

Datuk Seri JAYASIRI Jayasena [Malaysia]
Former Secretary General, Ministry of International Trade and Industry(MITI)Mr. Manu BHASKARAN [Singapore]
CEO, Centennial Asia Advisors Pte Ltd
Dr. Prof. AHN Choong-Yong [South Korea]
Distinguished Professor, Graduate School of International Studies,Chung-Ang University
Dr. Somkiat TANGKITVANICH [Thailand]
President, Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI)
11:55 –12:25

Discussion among speakers(30min)

12:25 –12:40

Q&A(15min)12:40 –12:45

Wrap up by moderator(5min)---------------------------------------13:00 –14:20

12:45 –13:00 Intermission------------------------------------------------

Session 3: Energy Security and Climate Change(80min)Moderator: Dr. Prof. AHN Choong-Yong, Distinguished Professor,
Graduate School of International Studies,Chung-Ang University
13:05 –13:30 Speakers*:
Amb. Murray McLEAN [Australia]
Chairman, Dunmore McLean Pty Ltd.

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Daw Khine Khine NWE [Myanmar]
Secretary General, The Repbulic of the Union of Myanmar Federationof Chambers of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI)Dr. Josef T. YAP [Philippines]
Senior Research Fellow , Ateneo School of Government
Dr. Mignonne Man-Jung CHAN [Taiwan]
Deputy Director & Research Fellow, Taiwan Center for security Studies
Dr. VO Tri Thanh [Vietnam]
Chairman, Vietnam National Committee for Pacific Economic
Cooperation (VNCPEC)

13:30 – 14:00 Discussion by all the speakers(30min)

14:00 – 14:15 Q&A(15min)

14:15 – 14:20 Wrap up by moderator(5min)

14:20 - 14:30

Closing Session
Summary: Comments and findings(5min)

Comments from the next co-organizer(5min)