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Asia, Europe and the Future of Regional Economic Integration, 15 June 2008, Jeju, Korea.
Sunday 15 June 2008
Halla Hall, Shilla Hotel, Jeju, Korea
Ministry of Strategy and Finance of Republic of Korea
Ministry of Finance of Slovenia, and European Commission
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- List of participants (10 kB)
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| Programme | ||
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| 8:30-9:00 | Registration | |
| Opening Session – ASEM: A Bridge for Cooperation and Integration |
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| 9:00–9:40 | Opening Remarks | Joong Kyung Choi, Vice Minister of Strategy and Finance, Korea Presentation - (82 kB) |
| Keynote Speech | Christine Lagarde, Minister for Economy, Industry and Employment,
France Presentation - (40 kB) |
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| Keynote Speech | Il SaKong, Special Economic Advisor to the President, Chairman of
the Presidential Council on National Competitiveness, Korea Presentation - (90 kB) |
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| Session II – Deepening Asian Integration: the Relevance of the European Experience |
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| 9:40-11:00 | Chair | Akira Kojima, Chairman of the Japan Center for Economic Research |
| Speakers | Yung Chul Park, Professor at Korea University and
Charles Wyplosz, Professor at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies of Geneva, Presentations - (54 kB)(2 MB) |
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| Discussants | Lucas Papademos, Vice President of the European Central Bank (ECB)
Yunling Zhang, Director of the Institute of Asian Pacific Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences |
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| Session III – Europe and Asia Facing the Global Financial
Turmoil: Can Regional Financial Integration Enhance Financial Stability? |
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| 11:30– 13:00 | Chair | Hiroshi Watanabe, Special Adviser to the President, Japan Centre for International Finance, Former Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs, Japan |
| Speakers | Masahiro Kawai, Dean of the Asian Development Bank Institute Presentations - (71 kB)(106 kB)
Benoît Cœuré, Head of Multilateral Affairs and Development Policy, Co-President of the Paris Club Presentation - (179 kB)
Ramón Gascón, BBVA China Country Manager |
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| Discussants | Yongding Yu, Director of Institute of World Economics and Politics,
Chinese Academy of Social Science Antonio de Lecea, Director for International Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission |
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| Lunch | ||
| 13:00-14:30 | Keynote Speech | Joong Kyung Choi, Vice Minister of Strategy and Finance, Korea |
| Session IV – EU-Asia Growing Interdependence: Policy implications |
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| 14:30-16:10 | Chair | Klaus Regling, Director General of Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission |
| Speakers | Jean Pisani-Ferry, Director of BRUEGEL Presentations - (400 kB)(474 kB)
Yansheng Zhang, Director of the International Economics Research Institute, National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Presentation - (386 kB) |
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| Discussants | Jorge Braga de Macedo, President of the Tropical Research Institute,
Former Minister of Finance, Portugal Wook Chae, President of Korea Institute for International Economic Policy |
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| Panel Discussion - Towards an EU-Asia Strategic
Partnership: Challenges and Opportunities |
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| 16:40-18:00 | Chair | Wolfgang Munchau, Editor of The Financial Times |
| Panellists | Joaquín Almunia, European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary
Affairs
Andrej Bajuk, Minister of Finance, Slovenia Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General of UNCTAD Hiroshi Watanabe, Special Adviser to the President, Japan Centre for International Finance, Former Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs, Japan |
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| Closing Remarks | ||
| 18:00–18:15 | Closing Remarks | Andrej Bajuk, Minister of Finance, Slovenia Presentation - (31 kB) |
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