Program

Registration

Welcome Remarks - Worapot Manupipatpong, Director for CBT, ADBI

Photo Session

Coffee Break

Keynote Speech: Government, Governability and Local Governance in Japan - Akira Nakamura, Prof., Meiji University

Q&A

Lunch

Session 1: Macroeconomic Indicators - Moderator: Worapot Manupipatpong

Understanding Macroeconomic Indicators - Speaker: Yoko Niimi, ERD, ADB

• Presentation: Understanding Macroeconomic Indicators [ PDF 325.1KB | 60 pages ]

Open Discussion

Coffee break

Journalist's perspectives - Speaker: Akira Kojima, NIKKEI

Open Discussion

Welcome Dinner hosted by ADBI

Session 2: Regional Economic Integration - Moderator: Worapot Manupipatpong

Emerging Asian Regionalism - Speaker: Shinji Takagi, Visiting Fellow, ADBI

• Presentation: Emerging Asian Regionalism: A Partnership for Shared Prosperity [ PDF 349.7KB | 35 pages ]

Open Discussion

Coffee break

Journalist's perspectives - Speaker: Anthony Rowley, Tokyo Correspondent, The Business Times

Open Discussion

Lunch

Session 3: Environment - Moderator: Fan Zhai, Research Fellow, ADBI

Re-uniting Climate Change and Sustainable Development - Speaker: Kuniaki Makiya, Secretary General, IGES

• Presentation: Re-uniting Climate Change and Sustainable Development [ PDF 1.3MB | 44 pages ]

Open Discussion

Coffee break

Journalist's perspectives - Speaker: Monzurul Huq, Tokyo Correspondent, Prothom Alo

Open Discussion

Session 4: Governance - Moderator: Biswanath Bhattacharyay

Best Practices in Public Governance - Speaker: Paul Collins, Editor, Public Administration & Development

• Presentation: PAD on the Cutting Edge: International Trends in Governance & Development [ PDF 220.5KB | 29 pages ]

Open Discussion

Coffee break

Role of Journalism and Good Governance - Speaker: Suvendrini Kakuchi, Country Representative for Sri Lanka, PANOS

• Presentation: Role of Media in Good Governance [ PDF 905.8KB | 26 pages ]

Open Discussion

Lunch

Session 5: Infrastructure - Moderator: Paul Collins

Infrastructure and Regional Cooperation - Speaker: Biswanath Bhattacharyay, Special Advisor to the Dean, ADBI

• Presentation: The Infrastructure and Regional Cooperation and Integration in Asia [ PDF 295KB | 42 pages ]

Open Discussion

Coffee break

Journalist's perspectives - Speaker: Anthony Rowley, Tokyo Correspondent, The Business Times

Open Discussion

Visiting Kyocera Sakura Factory

Lunch

Visiting NHK Broadcasting Center

Awards Ceremony Dinner & Reception, Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan