PECC XIX: Nineteenth PECC General Meeting

Wednesday, October 20

1745-1830

Registration

1830-2030

Welcome Reception

0845-0930

Registration 

0930-1745

Plenary Session

0930–0945

Opening Remarks

• Dr. Charles Morrison (Co-Chair, PECC / Chair, USAPC)
• Mr. Jusuf Wanandi (Co-Chair, PECC / Chair, INCPEC)
• Amb. Yoshiji Nogami (Chair, JANCPEC / President, Japan Institute of International Affairs)

0945–1115

First Session: Economic Recovery and Growth in Asia and the Pacific

Chair: Amb. Donald Campbell (Chair, CANCPEC)

Speakers:

• Prof. Peter Petri (Brandeis University)
  default default Incomplete Recovery (361.35 kB) (361 KB)
• Dr. Masahiro Kawai (Dean, ADBI)
  default default Economic Recovery and Asia’s Growth Strategy (49.58 kB) (49 KB)
• Dato' Dr. Mahani Zainal Abidin (Chair, MANCPEC/Chief Executive, Institute of Strategic and International Studies Malaysia)
  default default Economic Recovery and Growth in Asia and the Pacific (1.22 MB) (1.22 MB)

Q&A

1115–1130

Coffee Break

1130–1300

Second Session: Towards Resilient Societies

Chair: Amb. Yoshiji Nogami (Chair, JANCPEC)

Keynote Speech:

• Ms. Corazon de la Paz-Bernardo (President, International Social Security Association)
  default default Keynote Speech: Towards Resilient Societies (35.76 kB) (35 KB)

Speakers:

• Prof. Charles Yuji Horioka (Osaka University)
  default default The Impact of Social Safety Nets on Saving Rates (70.07 kB) (70 KB)
• Prof. Mukul Asher (National University of Singapore)
  pdf default Making pension promises more credible in Asia-Pacific countries (16.9 kB) (16 KB)
• Mr. Yang Yiyong (Director General and Professor, Institute of Social Development Research, National Development & Reform Commission, P.R.C.)
  default default China’s aim to build a Socialist Harmonious Society is to build a Resilient Society (291.81 kB) (291 KB)

Commentators:

• Prof. Noriyuki Takayama (Hitotsubashi University)
  pdf default Comments by the Pension Team Leader (38.41 kB) (38 KB)
• Dr. Etsuji Okamoto (National Institute of Public Health)
  default default Social Resilience Project: Health Insurance Team Summary (224.21 kB) (224 KB)
• Prof. Naoki Mitani (Kobe University)
  default default Unemployment Insurance in East Asian Economies (88.02 kB) (88 KB)

Q&A

1300–1415

Luncheon
Keynote Speech: Mr. Yoichi Otabe (Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs)

1430–1600

Third Session (Concurrent Sessions) - Human Security

Concurrent Session 1: Demography / Aging Societies

Chair: Amb. Antonio I. Basilio (Chair, PPECC)

Speakers:

• Prof. Graeme Hugo (The University of Adelaide)
  default default Demographic Ageing in East and Southeast Asia and Implications for the future (709.31 kB) (709 KB)
• Prof. Takao Komine (Hosei University)
  default default A Long-term Forecast of Demographic Transition in Japan and Asia (304.13 kB) (304 KB)
• Mr. Yang Yiyong (Director General and Professor, Institute of Social Development Research, National Development & Reform Commission, P.R.C.)
  
  

Concurrent Session 2:  Environmental sustainability in urban centers (PECC Project)

Chair: Hon. Michel Rocard (Chair, FPTPEC)

Speakers:

• Mr. Joachim Bitterlich (Executive Vice President International Affairs, Veolia)
  pdf pdf Environmental Sustainability in Urban Centers (1.04 MB) (1.04 MB)
• Prof. Tan Khee Giap (Chair, SINCPEC)
  pdf default An Empirical Study on Ranking of Global Liveable Cities and Policy Simulations (566.94 kB) (1.64 MB)
• Prof. Coral Ingley (Chair, NZPECC)
  pdf pdf Toward a Good Governance Approach in Eco-Cities (876.96 kB) (876 KB)

Concurrent Session 3:  Disaster Relief

Chair: Dr. David Hong (Vice-Chair, CTPECC)

Speakers:

• Dr. Liang-Chun Chen (Director, National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction)
  pdf pdf Pre-disaster Relief for Reducing Impacts by Typhoon (2.71 MB) (2.71 MB)
• Dr. Don Gunasekera (Senior Economist, The CSIRO Centre for Complex Systems Science)
  pdf pdf Rethinking Disaster Risk Management (192.52 kB) (192 KB)
  pdf pdf Rethinking Disaster Risk Management (70.08 kB) (70 KB)
• Mr. Mikio Ishiwatari (Senior Advisor, JICA)
  pdf pdf Climate Change Adaptation in Disaster Management (1.86 MB) (1.86 MB)

Concurrent Session4:  Pacific Economic Outlook(PEO): Macrofinancial Linkages and Financial Deepening (PECC Project)

Chair: Prof. Akira Kohsaka (International Coordinator, PEO Project and Professor, Osaka University)

Speakers:

• Prof. Akira Kohsaka (International Coordinator, PEO Project and Professor, Osaka University)
  pdf pdf Macro-financial Linkages and Financial Deepening (727.57 kB) (4.06 MB)
• Prof. Ronald I. McKinnon (Stanford University)
  default default China’s Exchange Rate, Trade Balance and Wage Explosion (275.9 kB) (275 KB)

Commentators:

• Dr. Pakorn Vichyanond (Research Director for Financial and Capital Markets, the Macroeconomic Policy Program, TDRI)
• Ms. Kumiko Okazaki (Senior Economist, Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank of Japan)
  pdf pdf Additional Information: Some Aspects of Financial System in China (546.29 kB) (546 KB)
• Prof. Huang Weiping (Renmin University)

1600–1615

Coffee Break

1615–1745

Fourth Session: Climate Change

Chair: Mr. Jusuf Wanandi (Co-Chair, PECC / Chair, INCPEC)

Speakers:

• Dr. Shuzo Nishioka (Senior Visiting Researcher, National Institute for Environmental Studies)
  pdf pdf Asian Leap-Frog Opportunity Towards Green Growth (1.05 MB) (1.05 MB)
• Dr. Eric Zusman (Policy Researcher, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies)
  pdf pdf United States Climate Policy: Domestic Drivers of International Cooperation (959.54 kB) (959 KB)
• Dr. Hardiv Harris Situmeang, (Advisor to the National Development Planning Agency and Indonesian National Council on Climate Change)
  default default National Integrated Process – Energy Sectors (1.92 MB) (1.92 MB)
• Dr. Soogil Young, (Chair, KOPEC / Chairman, Presidential Committee on Green Growth, Korea)
  pdf pdf Towards an Effective Post-2012 Climate Regime (987.5 kB) (987 KB)
• Mr. Zhao Xiusheng (Professor / Research fellow, Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology (INET), Tsinghua University)
  pdf pdf China’s Action for Climate Change and Low Carbon Energy Developments (2.76 MB) (2.76 MB)

Q&A

1830–2030

Dinner

Remarks: The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Mr. Seiji Maehara


Speech: Looking ahead to 2011

• Mr. Marc M. Wall (Minister-Counselor of the U.S. Embassy)
  Speech

Friday, October 22

• Mr. Cheng Siwei (Honorable Chair, CNCPEC and Former Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress)

0945–1115

Fifth Session: The Post-2010 APEC Trade Agenda

Chair: Dr. Charles Morrison (Co-Chair, PECC / Chair, USAPC)

Keynote Speech:

• Pehin Dato Lim Jock Seng (Second Minister of Foreign Affairs & Trade of Brunei Darussalam)

Speakers:

• Prof. Shujiro Urata (Waseda University)
  default default The Post-2010 APEC Trade Agenda (185.84 kB) (185 KB)
• Dr. Narongchai Akrasanee (Chair, TNCPEC)
  default default The Post-2010 APEC Trade Agenda (322 kB) (322 KB)
• Prof. Robert Scollay (University of Auckland)
  default default A Post-2010 Asia-Pacific Trade Agenda: Report from a PECC Project (242.23 kB) (242 KB)

Q&A

1115–1130

Coffee Break

1130–1300

Sixth Session: Roundtable Discussion
The Future of Global and Regional Cooperation: Looking toward the G-20 and APEC

Moderator: Amb. Yoshiji Nogami (Chair, JANCPEC)

Speakers:

• Dr. Charles Morrison (Co-Chair, PECC / Chair, USAPC)
• Mr. Jusuf Wanandi (Co-Chair, PECC / Chair, INCPEC)
  default default G20: Preparation for the Summit in Seoul (23.34 kB) (23 KB)
• Prof Yung-Chul Park (Distinguished Professor, Department of International Studies at Korea University)
  default default The World Economy and the G-20 Agenda (2.12 MB) (2.12 MB)
• Dr. Manfred Wilhelmy (Chair, CHILPEC)
  default default Looking toward the G-20 and APEC. A Latin American Perspective (21.64 kB) (21 KB)