Past Event
12th Asia Europe Economic Forum (AEEF)
This year's conference is entitled "Global Governance of Public Goods: Asian and European Perspectives".
The AEEF conference entitled ‘Global Governance of Public Goods: Asian and European Perspectives’ took place on 1-2 October 2015 in Paris, France. The event brought together some fifty high-ranking Asian and European participants, including active and former senior policymakers, notable academic experts and private sector specialists.
The Asia Europe Economic Forum (AEEF), established in 2006, is a high-level forum which brings together Asian and European policymakers and experts for research-led discussions on global issues. The Asia Europe Economic Forum is jointly organised with the Centre d’Etudes Prospectives et d’Information Internationale (CEPII) and the Bertelsmann Stiftung, on the European side; the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and the Korea University on the Asian side.
SESSION SUMMARIES
Session 1: The return of global imbalances
Session 2: Slowdown in international trade
Session 3: Monetary policy, growth and exchange rates
Session 4: Thee economics of climate change ahead of COP21
Session 5: The multilateral system collapsing
VIDEO INTERVIEWS
Schedule
13:45 – 14:00
Registration and Coffee
14:00 – 14:15
Welcoming remarks
Sébastien Jean, Director, CEPII; Senior Scientist, INRAE
Introductory remarks
Guntram B. Wolff, Director
14:15 – 15:45
SESSION 1- THE RETURN OF GLOBAL IMBALANCES
Chair: Naoyuki Yoshino, Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute
Giancarlo Corsetti, Professor, Cambridge University
Il Houng Lee, Former G-20 Sherpa for Korea and President, KIEP
Natacha Valla, Dean of the School of Management and Innovation, Sciences Po
Jun Zhang, Director of the China Center for Economic Studies, Fudan University
15:45– 16:15
Coffee Break
16:15 – 17:45
SESSION 2- SLOWDOWN IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE
Chair: Yung Chul Park, Distinguished Professor, Korea University
Joseph Francois, Managing Director, World Trade Institute
Sébastien Jean, Director, CEPII; Senior Scientist, INRAE
Masahiro Kawai, Professor, University of Tokyo, and Senior Research Advisor, RIETI
Innwon Park, Professor, Division of International Studies, Korea University
19:30 – 21:00
Dinner
Keynote
Pascal Lamy, President, Paris Peace forum
9:00 – 10:45
SESSION 3- MONETARY POLICY, GROWTH AND EXCHANGE RATES
Chair: Zsolt Darvas, Senior Fellow
Chong-en Bai, Associate Dean, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University
Michel Houdebine, Chief Economist, French Treasury
Kiyoto Ido, Vice Chairman IIES and former Executive Director Bank of Japan
Klaus Masuch, Principal Adviser, DG-Economics, ECB
10:45– 11.15
Coffee Break
Introductory Remarks
Claude Blanchemaison, ASEF Governor for France
11:15 – 13:00
SESSION 4- THE ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE- PUBLIC SESSION
Chair: Andreas Esche, Director Programe Megatrends, Bertelsmann Stiftung
Björn Conrad, Associate Vice President for Research
Jean-Francois Di Meglio, President, Asia Centre in Paris
Guntram B. Wolff, Director
Mitsutsune Yamaguchi, Special Advisor, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth
Discussion
Chair: Andreas Esche, Director Programe Megatrends, Bertelsmann Stiftung
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 –14:45
Keynote address
Jean Lemierre, Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors, BNP Paribas Group
14:45 – 16:15
SESSION 5- IS THE MULTILATERAL SYSTEM COLLAPSING?
Chair: He Fan, Professor, Peking University
Bernard Hoekman, Professor and Director of Global Economics, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute (EUI)
Yung Chul Park, Distinguished Professor, Korea University
Francesco Giavazzi, Professor of Economics, Bocconi University
Jean Pisani-Ferry, Senior Fellow
16.30
End of forum
Speakers

Chong-en Bai
Associate Dean, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University

Björn Conrad
Associate Vice President for Research
Giancarlo Corsetti
Professor, Cambridge University

Zsolt Darvas
Senior Fellow

Jean-Francois Di Meglio
President, Asia Centre in Paris

Andreas Esche
Director Programe Megatrends, Bertelsmann Stiftung
Joseph Francois
Managing Director, World Trade Institute

He Fan
Professor, Peking University

Kiyoto Ido
Vice Chairman IIES and former Executive Director Bank of Japan

Michel Houdebine
Chief Economist, French Treasury

Sébastien Jean
Director, CEPII; Senior Scientist, INRAE

Jun Zhang
Director of the China Center for Economic Studies, Fudan University

Masahiro Kawai
Professor, University of Tokyo, and Senior Research Advisor, RIETI

Pascal Lamy
President, Paris Peace forum

Il Houng Lee
Former G-20 Sherpa for Korea and President, KIEP

Klaus Masuch
Principal Adviser, DG-Economics, ECB

Yung Chul Park
Distinguished Professor, Korea University

Innwon Park
Professor, Division of International Studies, Korea University

Mitsutsune Yamaguchi
Special Advisor, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth

Naoyuki Yoshino
Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute

Natacha Valla
Dean of the School of Management and Innovation, Sciences Po
Claude Blanchemaison
ASEF Governor for France

Jean Lemierre
Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors, BNP Paribas Group

Guntram B. Wolff
Director
Location & Contact

Matilda Sevón
[email protected] +32 2 227 4212