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Symposium “The global economy and policy coordination in a time of increasingly complex global challenges”

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Symposium “The global economy and policy coordination in a time of increasingly complex global challenges”

　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         ：Tuesday, March 12 and Wednesday, March 13, 2024
  • Venue      ：Hotel New Otani Tokyo, Japan
  • Language ：Simultaneous Interpretation (English and Japanese)
  • Schedule  ：
    • 　　　　Day 1：March 12 (Tuesday)
    • 　　　　Please note：All times below are in Japanese Standard Time and the time of all sessions are subject to change.
    • 　　　　1:00-1:30pm        Opening:     Kanda Masato (Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs, Japan)
    • 　　　　1:30-3:00pm        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)
    • 　　　　3:15-3:45pm        Keynote Speech: Adam Posen (President, the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE))
    • 　　　　4:00-5:30pm        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 United Nations Under-Secretary-General and the 9th serving Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA))
    • 　　　　Day 2：March 13 (Wednesday)
    • 　　　　10:00-11:30am     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)
    • 　　　　11:30-11:45am     Closing
  • *Please be noted that session topics, panelists, and schedule could be changed without any prior notice.
  • 【Requests to Participants】
  • Please refrain from recording any part of the event using audio and/or video recording devices.
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