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1 ASIA-PACIFIC RESEARCH AND TRAINING NETWORK ON TRADE TENTATIVE PROGRAMME Asia-Pacific Trade Economists' Conference: "Trade in the Asian century - delivering on the promise of economic prosperity 1 Celebrating the 10th anniversary of ARTNeT Bangkok, September :15-09:00 Registration DAY 1: 22 September :00 09:15 Opening of the conference ESCAP IDRC 09:15 10:15 Plenary session 1 Internationl trade research agenda advances over the last decade and ARTNeT responses Patric Low, Fung Global institute Saman Kelegama, IPS Evan Due 1 This is a tentative programme and side events are not shown. Programme will be regularly updated at 1

2 10:15 10:30 Networking break 10:30 12:30 ORGANIZED SESSION 1 Development and Production Networks in Asia by Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) ORGANIZED SESSION 2 Enhancing Stakeholder Participation for Inclusive and Sustainable Trade Policies by Consumer Unity and Trust Society (CUTS International) 12:30 13:30 Lunch Production networks and industrialization in East Asia - Fukunari Kimura (Keio University and ERIA), Dionisus Narjoko (ERIA, and Yasushi Ueki (ERIA) Firm-to-firm technology transfers within and across the borders - Tomohiro Machikita (Institute of Developing Economies) and Yasushi Ueki (ERIA) The role of trade costs in FDI strategy of heterogeneous firms: Evidence from Japanese firm-level data - Toshiyuki Matsuura (Keio University) and Kazunobu Hayakawa (Bangkok Research Center, JETRO) Firm characteristic determinants of SME participation in production networks - Charles Harvie (University of Wollongong), Dionisius Narjoko (ERIA), and Sothea Oum (ERIA) Problems and prospects of stakeholder participation in trade policymaking: Observations from select Asian developing countries - Surendar Singh (CUTS CITEE) Consumer organisations and trade policies in developing countries - Mustafizur Rahman (Centre for Policy Dialogue) Evolving role of industry/trade organisations in framing of national trade promotion policies - Somi Hazari (Southern India Chamber of Commerce and Industry) Stakeholder participation in trade policymaking: Facilitative role of governments - Robina Ather (Customs and Trade Policy, Ministry of Commerce, Pakistan) 13:30 15:00 PARALLEL SESSION 1 FDI and development Akhilesh K. Sharma, Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi Enclave PARALLEL SESSION 2 Food security and trade Biswajit Dhar, Jawaharlal Nehru University Mohammad Farhad, BFTI PARALLEL SESSION 3 Services trade and links to global value chains Patrick Low, Fung Global Institute Trudy Witbreuk, OECD 2

3 Ghanindra Ch. Das, IFMR Nadia Doytch, City University NY Jeevika Weerahewa, University of Peradeniya Gloria Pasadilla, PSU, APEC Biswajit Nag, IIFT 15:00-15:15 Networking break 15:15-17:00 PARALLEL SESSION 4 Empirical trade analysis (1) Prabir De, RIS Alessandro Nicita, UNCTAD Rafaelita Aldaba, PIDS Mashfique Ibne Akbar, CPD PARALLEL SESSION 5 Empirical trade analysis (2) Selim Raihan, SANEM Suthikorn Kingkaew, Thammasat Business School Shintaro Hamanaka ADB (tbc) Sejuti Jha, British Deputy High Commission, Kolkata PARALLEL SESSION 6 Myanmar: Economic reforms and opening Masato Abe, ESCAP Thida Kyu and Zin Zin Naing, Yangon Institute of Ecnomics MDRI (tbc) 08:30-09:00 Registration DAY 2: 23 September :00 10:15 Plenary session 2 TBA 10:15 10:30 Networking break 10:30 12:30 ORGANIZED SESSION 3 Protectionism and BRICS economies (Latina America - Asia Pacific Observatory from ALADI, CAF and ECLAC) Ignacio Bartesaghi (Latin America-Asia Pacific Observatory, ALADI - CAF and ECLAC). ORGANIZED SESSION 4 (TBC) Building a new open economic system and China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone by Shanghai University of International Business and Economics (SUIBE) Lei Zhang Investment liberalization and the management of Negative 3

4 German Ríos (CAF) Yue Yunxia (The Institute of Latin America, China Academy of Social Sciences). List : Shanghai Pilot FTZ and Asia opportunity - JIANG Qing-Yun Competitive neutrality and SOEs reform: New development and China s practice - YING Pin Guang Research on openness and comprehensive supervision of financial services industry in China (Shanghai) Pilot FTZ - WANG Qian 12:30 13:30 Lunch 13:30 15:00 PARALLEL SESSION 7 Regional integration Jayont Menon, ADB Inkyo Cheong, Inha University Pralok Gupta, CWS, IIFT John Gilbert, Utah State University and Hitotsubashi Univeristy PARALLEL SESSION 8 Trade inclusiveness and inequality Amit Sadhukhan, Jawaharlal Nehru University Phouphet Kyophilavong, National University of Laos Vu Hoang Dat, CAF, VASS Shunli Yao, UIEB 15:00 15:15 Networking break 15:15 16:45 Round table discussion on What do trade policymakers need to know about trade and what can ARTNeT do about it? Introduction to the topic and moderator: Patrick Low, Fung Global Institute Panelists: Gloria Pasadilla, PSU, APEC Secretariat Ajitava Raychaudhuri, Javadpur Univerity Other panelist to be announced soon 16:45 17:00 Closing 4

5 Asia-Pacific Trade Economists' Conference: "Trade in the Asian century - delivering on the promise of economic prosperity Celebrating the 10th anniversary of ARTNeT Bangkok, September 2014 SIDE EVENTS PROGRAMME BOOK LAUNCHES OECD Launch Perspectives on Global development 2014: Boosting Productivity to meet the middle Income Challenge Trade performance and competitiveness: Selected issues relevant for Asian developing economies Impacts of trade facilitation measures on poverty and inclusive growth: Case studies from Asia RELEASES Results of ARTNeT Survey of government officials in trade on use of research in decision-making Results of ARTNeT Survey on impact of trade policy on trade related research OTHER SIDE EVENTS Demonstration of datasets and analytical tools 5

6 Asia-Pacific Trade Economists' Conference: "Trade in the Asian century - delivering on the promise of economic prosperity Celebrating the 10th anniversary of ARTNeT Bangkok, September 2014 PROVISIONAL LIST OF PARTICIPANTS A Abe, Masato (ESCAP) Adhikari, Ratnakar (EIF Secretariat, tbc) B Bartesaghi, Ignacio (Latin America and Asia Pacific Observatory) Ahman, Syed Habib (IDB, tbc) Aldaba, Rafaelita (PIDS) Anukoonwattaka, Witada (ESCAP) Ather, Robina (Government of Pakistan) C Callebaut, Sven (MOC, Cambodia) Cheong, IInkyo (Inha University) D Das, Abhijit (CWS, IIFT, tbc) Das, Ghanindra (IFMR) Clarke, Julian (World Bank) Dat, Vu Hoang (CAF, VASS) Chatterjee, Bipul (CUTS International) De, Prabir (RIS) Dhar, Biswajit (Jawaharlal Nehru University) Due, Evan E F Farhad, Muhammad (BFTI) G Gilbert, John (Utah State University and Hitotsubashi University) Gupta, Pralok (CWS, IIFT) H Harvie, Charles (University of Wollongong) Hamanaka, Shintaro (ADB) 6

7 Hayakawa, Kazunobu (JETRO) Hazari, Somi (SICCI) Heal, Adam (ESCAP) J Jiang, Qing-Yun (SUIBE) Jha, Sejuti (British Deputy High Commission in Kolkata) K Kamel, Nawal (Chulalongkorn University, tbc) Kelegama, Saman (IPS) Kim, Soo H. (ESCAP) Kimura, Fukunari (ERIA & Keio Uni) Kingkaew, Suthikorn (Thammasat Business School) Kyophilavong, Phouphet (NUL) Kyu, Thida (YECO) L Lammersen, Frans (OECD) Leelawath, Waycharas (Mekong Institute) M Machikita, Tomohiro (IDE) Matsuura, Toshiyuki (Keio Uni) Linn, Maung (MDRI, tbc) Menon, Jayont (ADB) Low, Patrick (Fung Global Institute) Mikic, Mia (ESCAP) Minoletti, Paul (MDRI, tbc) Molnar, Margit (OECD, tbc) Muang, Linn (MDRI) N Nag, Biswajit (IIFT) Naing, Zin Zin (YECO) tbc O Oo, Khin Naing (YECO) Oum, Sothea (ERIA) Narjoko, Dionisus (ERIA) Nicita, Alessandro (UNCTAD) P Pasadilla, Gloria (PSU, APEC) Puutio, Teemu (ESCAP) R Rahman, Mustafizur (CPD) Raihan, Selim (SANEM) S Sadhukhan, Amit (Jawaharial Nehru University) Sharma, Akhilesh K. (University of Delhi Enclave) Ramasami, Bala (CEBS, tbc) Singh, Surendar (CUTS CITEE) Ratna, Rajan (ESCAP) 7

8 Ratnayake, Ravi (ESCAP) Ríos, German (CAF) Rodrigez, Edgards (IDRC) Rollo, Jim (Sussex University, tbc) U Ueki, Yasushi (ERIA) Y Yao, Shunli (UIEB) Yunxia, Yue (The Institute of Latin America, CASS) W Wang, Qian (SUIBE) Weerahewa, Jeevika (University of Peradeniya) Wermelinger, Martin (OECD) Witbreuk, Trudy (OECD) Z Zhang, Lei (SUIBE & WTO Chair) 8