Information
- Time and Date: 13:30-17:55; Friday, July 25, 2008
- Venue: RIETI's seminar room (1121,11th Floor, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Annex)
1-3-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo - Language: Japanese/English (with simultaneous interpretation)
Handouts

Chair: MATSUMOTO Kayo (Fellow, RIETI)
Session 1: International Investment Rules: Current Perspectives
Presentation "Introduction to International Investment Agreements"

KOTERA Akira (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo)
Presentation "Recent Developments in International Investment Agreements"
Anna JOUBIN-BRET (Senior Legal Adviser, Policies and Capacity-building Branch [PCBB], Division on Investment, Technology and Enterprise [DIAE], United Nations Conference on Trade and Development [UNCTAD])
Q&A
Session 2: How to Make Investment Safe
Presentation "Can Investment Treaties Make Investment Safe?"
Louis T. WELLS (Herbert F. Johnson Professor, International Management, Harvard Business School)
Presentation "Investment Insurance and Investment Treaties"

KONNO Hidehiro (Chairman and CEO, Nippon Export and Investment Insurance [NEXI])
Comments

SAKUMA Soichiro (General Manager, Legal Department, Nippon Steel Corporation)
Comments

ASAKAWA Kazuhiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Business Administration, Keio University)
Q&A
Session 3: Future of International Investment Agreements

Chair: KOTERA Akira (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo)
Presentation "Japanese Government Policy on Bilateral Investment Treaties"

MITA Noriyuki (Director for FTA Affairs, Economic Partnership Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
Presentation "Toward a Sustainable Legal System of International Investment"
Comments and Issues

Anna JOUBIN-BRET (Senior Legal Adviser, Policies and Capacity-building Branch [PCBB], Division on Investment, Technology and Enterprise [DIAE], United Nations Conference on Trade and Development [UNCTAD])
Comments and Issues

Louis T. WELLS (Herbert F. Johnson Professor, International Management, Harvard Business School)

