19th International Conference on The Future of Asia

Dates:Thursday May 23 and Friday May 24, 2013

Conference Program

Overall Moderator:
Ko Sakai Editor, Asia and Oceania News Department, Nikkei Inc.
Eiji Furukawa Senior Staff Writer, International News Dept., Nikkei Inc.
Day 1: Thursday, May 23 9:30 - 18:30 (tentative)
AM Opening
Remarks
Tsuneo KitaPresident and CEO, Nikkei Inc.
Keynote
Speech
Lee Hsien Loong Prime Minister, Republic of Singapore
Moderator
Yasuhiko Ota Editorial Writer & Senior Staff Writer, Nikkei Inc.
Speech
Albert del Rosario Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Republic of the Philippines
Break
Speech
Thongloun Sisoulith Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Speech
Fumio Kishida Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan
Lunch
PM Panel
Discussion
Rising Tensions in East Asia - Challenge to the Region's Security
Panelists
Shin Kawashima Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo
Surin Pitsuwan Former Secretary General, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
Arthur Waldron Lauder Professor of International Relations in the Department of History, University of Pennsylvania
Yan Xuetong Dean, The Institute of Modern International Relations, Tsinghua University

Panelist and Moderator
Shinichi Kitaoka President, International University of Japan
Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Dialogue
Fazle Hasan Abed Founder & Chairperson, BRAC
Akihiko Tanaka President, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
Break
Speech
Nguyen Thien NhanDeputy Prime Minister, Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Panel
Discussion
Prospect of China and the Xi Jinping Administration
Panelists
Zhu JianrongProfessor of Faculty of Humanities, Toyo Gakuen University
Xiao MinjieEconomist
Takamoto SuzukiSenior Economist, Marubeni Corporation, Marubeni Research Institute

Panelist and Moderator
Yuji MiyamotoFormer Ambassador of Japan to the People's Republic of China
Chairman, Miyamoto Institute of Asian Research
Day 2: Friday, May 24 9:30 - 17:30 (tentative)
AM Keynote
Speech
Yingluck ShinawatraPrime Minister, Kingdom of Thailand
Speech
Sri Mulyani IndrawatiManaging Director, The World Bank
Break
Speech
Keat ChhonDeputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy and Finance, Kingdom of Cambodia
Speech
Haruhiko KurodaGovernor, Bank of Japan
Moderator
Yoichi TakitaSenior Staff Writer, Nikkei Inc.
Lunch
PM Dialogue
Mahathir bin MohamadFormer Prime Minister, Malaysia
Takehiko NakaoPresident, Asian Development Bank
Speech
Simon BridgesMinister of Energy and Resources and Minister of Labour, New Zealand
Break
Panel
Discussion
The Establishment of ASEAN Economic Community
-Toward 2015 and Beyond
Special Supporter : ASEAN-Japan Centre

Greeting
Yoshikuni OhnishiSecretary General, ASEAN-Japan Centre

 

Panelists
Vathit ChokwatanaDirector, Saha Pathanapibul PLC., Thailand
Kiyoaki IigayaChief Executive for Asia, Hitachi, Ltd.
Shandre ThangaveluAssociate Professor, National University of Singapore
Junichi YamashitaExecutive Officer, International Business Division, FamilyMart Co., Ltd

Panelist and Moderator
Hiroyuki IshigeChairman and CEO, Japan External Trade Organization

*Honorifics and titles omitted, in no particular order.
*Please be advised that agenda, speakers, presentation themes may be subject to change.

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