The Global Economic Crisis and the Future Course of the High-tech Industry

10:00 - 10:10 Opening Remarks

OIKAWA Kozo (Chairman, RIETI)

David S. HONG (President, TIER)

10:10 - 12:00 Session 1:

Session Chair: TOMITA Hideaki (Research Coordinator, RIETI)

10:10 - 10:40 Presentation 1-1
"Organizational Innovation Required for Semiconductor Industries: How to Cope with Increasing Complexities"

CHUMA Hiroyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University)

10:40 - 10:55 Comments

Chi-Chen CHIANG (Director, Department of International Affairs, TIER)

10:55 - 11:25 Presentation 1-2
"Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Domestic Industries and Response Strategies - In the Example of Taiwan's IT & Electronics Industry"

Yau-Jr LIU (Associate Research Fellow, Research Division II, TIER)

11:25 - 11:40 Comments

Youn-Hee CHOI (Visiting Scholar, RIETI / Research Fellow, Industrial Competitiveness Division, Korean Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade (KIET))

11:40 - 12:00 Q&A

13:00 - 14:50 Session 2:

Session Chair: David S. HONG (President, TIER)

13:00 - 13:30 Presentation 2-1
"APEC Process and Hi-tech Working Groups: Analyzing Project Cooperation among China, Japan, Korea and Chinese Taipei"

Chen-Sheng HO (Associate Research Fellow Department of International Affairs, TIER)

13:30 - 13:45 Comments

ITO Koji (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

13:45 - 14:15 Presentation 2-2
"The implication of bio-innovation dynamics: biotechnology expansion through innovative industrial activity of the Korean bio-firms"

Youn-Hee CHOI (Visiting Scholar, RIETI / Research Fellow, Industrial Competitiveness Division, Korean Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade (KIET) )

14:15 - 14:30 Comments

Yau-Jr LIU (Associate Research Fellow, Research Division II, TIER)

14:30 - 14:50 Q&A

14:50 - 15:00 Closing Remarks

David S. HONG (President, TIER)

OIKAWA Kozo (Chairman, RIETI)