ADBI-OECD Roundtable on Innovation for Balanced and Sustainable Growth
Agenda

Registration

Opening Remarks - Dirk Pilat, Head, Structural Policy Division, Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

Worapot Manupipatpong, Director, Capacity Building and Training Department, Asian Development Bank Institute

Session I: Innovation Today
Innovation today goes much beyond R&D and involves a growing range of ways of creating new value and improving products and processes. Innovation also involves a growing range of countries, including new global players such as China and India. Global networks of innovation have emerged that have transformed how innovation is performed, where it occurs, who does it and why. Innovation in today's world also increasingly relies on collaboration among a wide range of partners - producers but also users of innovation. Information and communication technologies, especially the Internet, facilitate that collaboration.

What does today's innovation landscape look like for Asian countries? How has it changed? What are the opportunities for Asia?

Session Chair: Kenn Cukier, Journalist, The Economist

Kenn Cukier. Journalist, The Economist

Alistair Nolan, Senior Policy Analyst, Directorate for Science Technology and Industry, Organization for Economic Co-operation Development

• Presentation: Innovation Today [ PDF 4.6MB | 30 pages ]

John West, Senior Consultant for Capacity Building and Training, Asian Development Bank Institute

• Presentation: Innovation, the Arts and Creative Industries [ PDF 62.1KB | 10 pages ]

Coffee Break

So Umezaki, Researcher, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia

• Presentation: Comprehensive Asia Development Plan (CADP) and Its Implication for Innovation for Balanced and Sustainable Growth [ PDF 2.6MB | 22 pages ]

Preethi S. Panawennage, Director/CEO, Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies, Sri Lanka

• Presentation: Innovation Today [ PDF 64KB | 17 pages ]

Open Discussion

Lunch and Photo Session

Session II: Innovation for Balanced and Sustainable Growth
The recent economic crisis has raised doubts about policy approaches to growth. New sources of growth are urgently needed to help the world recover from the economic crisis and move towards a more sustainable growth path. Innovation - which involves both the creation and diffusion of products, process and methods - is a critical part of the solution. It provides the foundation for new industries, businesses and jobs. It can also help in balancing foreign and domestic sources of growth by enabling the transformation of sheltered and lagging sectors of the economy. While not a solution to all the world's ills, innovation is an important tool that can and should be better utilized.

What role does innovation play for economic growth today? How can it help in balancing growth across domestic and foreign sources? What are the policies that are required in Asia?

Session Chair: Worapot Manupipatpong, Director, Capacity Building and Training Department, Asian Development Bank Institute

Dirk Pilat, Head, Structural Policy Division, Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

• Presentation: Innovation for Balanced and Sustainable Growth: Some Considerations [ PDF 947.4KB | 25 pages ]

Peter Morgan, Senior Consultant for Research, Asian Development Bank Institute

• Presentation: The Role of Financial Innovation in Economic Growth [ PDF 143.2KB | 22 pages ]

Coffee Break

Wang Chien-nan, Assistant Director General, Department of Economic Research, Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taipei, China)

• Presentation: Innovation for Balanced and Sustained Growth (Taiwan) [ PDF 1019KB | 13 pages ]

Thanin Pa-Em, Deputy Secretary-General, National Economic & Social Development Board, Thailand

• Presentation: National Strategy towards Knowledge, R&D and Innovation Development in Thailand [ PDF 1.2MB | 19 pages ]

Sajid Manzoor Asadi, Research, Asian Development Bank Institute/Pakistan

• Presentation: Micro-Credit Plus Skill for Women - An innovative path for Sustainable Development [ PDF 189.3KB | 13 pages ]

Open Discussion

Cocktail Dinner

Session III: Making Innovation Work for Development
Low-income countries in Asia face additional challenges for making innovation the source of economic development, such as lagging framework conditions and low investment in human and social capital. They should therefore be supported in strengthening their framework conditions and educational attainment. Improving rural productivity requires significant investments in basic infrastructure, including transport, rural energy and irrigation. Modernizing agriculture through a locally adapted approach in which entrepreneurship, agricultural productivity, and value addition drive poverty reduction and green growth are also important. Policies should take account of the role of women as drivers of growth in these economies and of the role of the informal economy.

What are the challenges that low-incomes countries in Asia face in making innovation work for them? What lessons can be learned from experience? What are the priorities?

Session Chair: Yoshie Nakatani-Otsuka, Head, OECD Tokyo Center

Patarapong Intarakumnerd, College of Innovation, Thammasat University, Thailand

• Presentation: Making Innovation Work for Development: The Role of Intermediaries on Development of Industrial Clusters in Thailand [ PDF 552.2KB | 28 pages ]

Shunsuke Managi, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, Japan

• Presentation: Green Innovation [ PDF 674.9KB | 21 pages ]

Coffee Break

Sok Chea, Head of Science and Technology Office, Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy, Cambodia

• Presentation: Making Innovation Work for Development [ PDF 195.3KB | 20 pages ]

Ganbat Bulgaa, Director, Department of Innovation Policy, National Development and Innovation Committee, Mongolia

• Presentation: Mongolia toward Innovation-based Development: Issues and Challenges [ PDF 1.1MB | 38 pages ]

Vivek Aggarwal, Managing Director, Madhya Pradesh Road Development Corporation, India

• Presentation: Making Innovation Work For Development [ PDF 599.7KB | 14 pages ]

Open Discussion

Lunch

Session IV: Seizing the Benefits of the Global Value Chain at the Local Level
Multinational firms play a leading role in the globalization of innovation. Close to half of the world's R&D expenditure is accounted for by only 700 firms, and these have been a key factor in the emergence of global innovation networks and value chains that are transforming Asian economies. Reaping the benefits of value chains and global innovation network in Asia increasingly requires governments and other stakeholders to undertake the investments and policy reforms that provide a good environment for business investment and innovation. In addition to the quality of framework conditions, human capital, research and communications infrastructure, as well as the size and quality of local markets are factors that help economies attract investment and participate in global value chains.

How are global value chains spreading in Asia? What are the benefits for the local economy? How can Asian economies seize greater benefits from global networks?

Session Chair: Dirk Pilat, Head, Structural Policy Division, Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

Alistair Nolan, Senior Policy Analyst, Directorate for Science Technology and Industry, Organization for Economic Co-operation Development

• Presentation: Seizing the Benefits of the Global Value Chain at the Local Level [ PDF 4.5MB | 28 pages ]

Risaburo Nezu, Senior Research Fellow, Fujitsu Research Institute

• Presentation: How Japanese Companies have Transformed their Value Chains in a Time of Globalization [ PDF 948.1KB | 29 pages ]

Toshi Arimura, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Sophia University, Japan

• Presentation: Innovation through Global Chains: The Case of Environmental Voluntary Actions: ISO14001 & Green Supply Chain Management [ PDF 514.5KB | 33 pages ]

Coffee Break

Myrna Clara B. Asuncion, Director, National Planning and Policy Division, National Economic and Development Authority, Philippines

• Presentation: Philippines: Seizing the Benefits of Global Supply Chain [ PDF 573.3KB | 21 pages ]

Khamlien Pholsena, Director General of Planning Department, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Lao PDR
Khamsonvanh Phutdavong, Deputy Director of Secretary Office to Minister, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Lao PDR

• Presentation: Benefitting from Global Value Chain - Case of Lao PDR [ PDF 732.5KB | 15 pages ]

Himmat Singh Ralla Singh, Deputy Director General, Prime Minister's Department, Malaysia

• Presentation: Country Report for Malaysia [ PDF 487.9KB | 16 pages ]

Open Discussion

Session V: Green Growth, Innovation and Technological Transfer - Business Perspectives
Climate change is a global challenge that can only be addressed effectively through massive innovation. Pricing of environmental externalities, such as carbon emissions, will be an important trigger for the development and diffusion of green technologies and innovations. Diffusion of innovation is essential for addressing many global and social challenges.

How much can business sector innovation, in response to appropriate framework conditions contribute to green growth?

Session Chair: Alistair Nolan, Senior Policy Analyst, Directorate for Science Technology and Industry, Organization for Economic Co-operation Development

Christophe Xerri, Senior Executive Vice President, Mitsubishi Nuclear Fuel Co., Ltd

• Presentation: Innovation: It is native to business! [ PDF 68.2KB | 13 pages ]

Ira Wolf, Japan Representative, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)

• Presentation: The Research and Development Process [ PDF 112.2KB | 1 page ]

Minako Ito, Advisor, Beijing office of Business Social Responsibility

• Presentation: Green Growth, Innovation and Technological Transfer – Business Perspectives [ PDF 2.1MB | 41 pages ]

Coffee Break

Nining Sri Astuti, Dean, Faculty of Economics, University of Indonesia

• Presentation: Green Growth, Innovation and Technology Transfer - Business Pespectives: The case of Indonesia Debt for Nature Swap [ PDF 2.4MB | 22 pages ]

Md. Rafiqul Islam, Director (Planning and Implementation), Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation

• Presentation: Green Growth, Innovation and Technological Transfer – Business Perspective: Bangladesh [ PDF 328.8KB | 24 pages ]

Arvind Shrivastava, Managing Director, Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance Corporation, India

• Presentation: Innovation Landscape in India [ PDF 324.7KB | 31 pages ]

Open Discussion

Lunch

Session VI: Green Growth, Innovation and Technological Transfer - Policy Perspectives
Investment in long-term research and innovation will be needed to develop breakthrough technologies that private initiative alone will not undertake. New approaches to technology transfer are needed. New financing mechanisms can be used to provide incentives for global and local innovations that address global challenges. Bilateral and multilateral co-operation will also be essential. Proven co-operation strategies include joint investment in basic and pre-competitive research; mapping of R&D needs; technology transfer initiatives; and scholarships and fellowships for international researchers and students. Yet the current global challenges require more concerted approaches to accelerate technology development and diffusion and bring innovative products to the market.

What role can innovation play in helping Asian countries make the transition to green growth? What are the opportunities for Asia?

Session Chair: John West, Senior Consultant for Capacity Building and Training, Asian Development Bank Institute

Dirk Pilat, Head, Structural Policy Division, Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

• Presentation: Green Growth and Innovation – Some Policy Considerations [ PDF 1MB | 28 pages ]

Barbara Rhode, Minister-Counselor, Head of Science & Technology, Delegation of the European Union to Japan

• Presentation: Green Growth, Innovation and Technology Transfer - European policies of S&T cooperation with SE Asia [ PDF 481.5KB | 35 pages ]

Itaru Yasui, President, Japan's National Institute of Technology and Evaluation

• Presentation: Japanese Strategy for Low-Carbon Technologies [ PDF 749.2KB | 26 pages ]

Coffee Break

Li Hui, Program Official, National Development and Reform Commission, PRC

• Presentation: PRC's Innovation for Green & Sustainable Growth, and Policy Perspectives [ PDF 993.3KB | 23 pages ]

Zakiyudin, Secretary of Agency for Assessment of Policy, Business Environment, and Quality of Industry, Ministry of Industry of Indonesia

• Presentation: Green Growth through Green Industrial Development [ PDF 667.4KB | 29 pages ]

General Discussion

Session VII: Concluding Roundtable
This session will provide the opportunity to pull together the main conclusions from the roundtable, and to identify issues to be addressed in possible future events on innovation issues in developing Asia.

Session Chair: John West, Senior Consultant for Capacity Building and Training, Asian Development Bank Institute

What are the main lessons learnt on innovation for balanced and sustainable growth? Which way forward?

Concluding Remarks