Past Event
14th Asia Europe Economic Forum (AEEF)
The 14th Asia Europe Economic Forum will be held in Seoul on 20-21 September 2017.
The Asia Europe Economic Forum (AEEF), established in 2006, is a high level forum for in-depth research-based exchanges on global issues between Asian and European policy makers and experts.
We are pleased to announce that the 14th Asia Europe Economic Forum will be held in Seoul on 20-21 September 2017, as a side event of the ASEM Economic Minister’s meetings.
The event is jointly organised by Bruegel, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Centre d’Etudes Prospectives et d’Informations Internationales (CEPII), Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Renmin University, Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Center for East Asian Studies at Korea University
This is an invitation-only event for Bruegel members and a small number of selected experts.
See the previous editions of AEEF.
Schedule
10:00-10:30
Registration and coffee
10:30-10:50
Welcoming and introductory remarks
Jung Taik Hyun, President, KIEP
Innwon Park, Professor, Division of International Studies, Korea University
Guntram B. Wolff, Director
10:50-12:30
Session 1 - Macroeconomic Policy Coordination
Chair: Masahiro Kawai, Professor, University of Tokyo, and Senior Research Advisor, RIETI
Zsolt Darvas, Senior Fellow
He Fan, Professor, Peking University
Xiankun Lu, Managing Director, LEDECO Geneva
Chalongphob Sussangkarn, Distinguished Fellow, TDRI
12:30-14:00
Lunch
14:00-15:20
Session 2 - Investment and Global Capital Flows
Chair: Jung Taik Hyun, President, KIEP
Colin Brown, Deputy Head of Unit, Dispute Settlement and Legal aspects of Trade Policy, DG Trade, European Commission
Gongpil Choi, Director, Center for Finance and Technology, KIF
Kiyoto Ido, Vice Chairman IIES and former Executive Director Bank of Japan
Liqing Zhang, Dean, School of Finance, Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE)
15:20-15:50
Coffee break
15:50-17:10
Session 3 – Climate Change and Energy
Chair: Guntram B. Wolff, Director
Xavier Bonnet, Head, Department of Economics, Evaluation and Integration of Sustainable Development, Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy France
Sungjin Kang, Professor, Department of Economics, Korea University
Ji Zou, President, Energy Foundation China
18:30-20:30
Dinner
9:00-10:00
Partner's meeting
9:30-10:00
Registration and coffee
10:00-11:40
Session 4 – International Trade and the New World Order
Chair: Andreas Esche, Director Programe Megatrends, Bertelsmann Stiftung
Taeho Bark, Professor, Seoul National University and former Minister for Trade(2012-2013), MOFAT, Korea
Bernard Hoekman, Professor and Director of Global Economics, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute (EUI)
Suman Bery, Non-resident Fellow
Masahiro Kawai, Professor, University of Tokyo, and Senior Research Advisor, RIETI
Innwon Park, Professor, Division of International Studies, Korea University
Anita Prakash, Director General, Policy Department, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
11:40-13:00
Lunch
13:00-14:30
Session 5 – Effects of 4th Industrial Revolution on Trade and Investment
Chair: He Fan, Professor, Peking University
Sébastien Jean, Director, CEPII
Cora Jungbluth, Project Manager, Bertelsmann Stiftung
Kenichi Kawasaki, Professor and Senior Fellow, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
Xinquan Tu, Executive Dean and Professor, China Institute for WTO Studies, University of International Business and Economics
14:30-15:00
Coffee break
15:00-17:00
Session 6- Strengthening Digital Connectivity in the ASEM Area
Chair: Jaeho Yeom, President, Korea University
Kris Peeters, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Employment, Economy and Consumer Affairs, Federal Government of Belgium
Guntram B. Wolff, Director
17:00
Closing remarks
Yung Chul Park, Distinguished Professor, Korea University
Amb. Karsten Warnecke, Executive Director, ASEF
Guntram B. Wolff, Director
18:30-20:00
Farewell dinner
Location & Contact
Matilda Sevon
[email protected]
