Hitotsubashi University 12th Kansai Academia Symposium?“The Future of the TPP” will be held on Saturday, February 28, 2015
Hitotsubashi University 12th Kansai Academia Symposium?“The Future of the TPP” will be held on Saturday, February 28, 2015.
*You can watch past Kansai Academia Symposiums here (in Japanese only).
Almost two years have passed since Prime Minister Abe decided Japan would take part in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement negotiations. However, the negotiations between the United States and Japan have run aground, and the reality is that the entire negotiation process has stagnated. How will the negotiations proceed from here? Will the TPP succeed or fail? How will that influence our lives? Economists from Hitotsubashi University, a leading university in the social sciences, and other specialists will debate these questions at the symposium.
| Date | Saturday, February 28, 2015, from 13:30 to 17:30 (doors open at 13:00) |
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| Venue | Osaka International Convention Center 5-3-51 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0005 Tel: 06-4803-5555 Access: |
| Registration | Admission is free. Hall capacity: 200.
To attend, please apply here by Monday, February 23, 2015. |
Program
| 13:30 | Opening remarks
Koichi Tadenuma, President of Hitotsubashi University |
| 13:40 | University profile Koji Murata, Board Member and Vice President of Hitotsubashi University |
| 13:55 | Keynote speech
Junichi Sugawara, Senior Research Officer, Mizuho Research Institute |
| 14:55 | Q&A |
| 15:10 | Break (15 minutes) |
| 15:25 | Panel discussion
Panelists: Atsushi Oi, Board Member and Kansai Branch Manager, Mitsui & Co., Ltd.; Masayoshi Honma, Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo; Junichi Sugawara, Senior Research Officer, Mizuho Research Institute; Taiji Furusawa, Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University; (TBD) Member, Governmental Headquarters for the TPP, Cabinet Secretariat Moderator: Jota Ishikawa, Dean, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University * Please note that there has been a change to the panelists listed in HQ magazine (vol. 45). |
| 16:55 | Break (10 minutes) |
| 17:05 | Q&A |
| 17:25 | Closing remarks
Koji Murata, Board Member and Vice President of Hitotsubashi University |
| Organizer | Hitotsubashi University |
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| Co-organizers | Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.; OMRON Corporation; Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.; Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.; Shionogi & Co., Ltd.; Sumitomo Life Insurance Company; Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.; Fujitsu Marketing Limited; Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (in random order) |
| Inquiries | Research Support and Outreach Division, Hitotsubashi University 2-1 Naka, Kunitachi, Tokyo 186-8601 E-mail: w-academia1284@dm.hit-u.ac.jp Tel: 042-580-8058 |
