Reconstruction from the Great East Japan Earthquake and Strategies toward New Growth

13:30 Open

Opening Remarks

NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Chairman, RIETI)

Welcome Remarks

KAZUI Hiroshi (Executive Vice President, Tohoku University)

13:50 - 14:10 Keynote Speech 1

"Promoting the Reconstruction and Growth after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami: Strengthening the supply chains and agglomeration economies"

FUJITA Masahisa (President and Chief Research Officer, RIETI / Professor, Konan University / Adjunct Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University)

14:10 - 14:30 Keynote Speech 2

"Toward the Revival of Industries in Tohoku"

WAKASUGI Ryuhei (Senior Research Adviser and Program Director, RIETI / Professor (Invited), Yokohama National University / Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University)

14:30 - 17:20 Panel Discussion

"Toward Greater Reconstruction and New Growth"

Panelists (in alphabetical order):

HAMAGUCHI Nobuaki (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor & Director, Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration [RIEB], Kobe University)

KAWAMURA Kenju (President, Kawamura Co., Ltd)

NAGATA Osamu (Managing Officer, Toyota Motor Corporation)

OKUMURA Makoto (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University)

SAWADA Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Economics, the University of Tokyo)

TODO Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Department of International Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the University of Tokyo)

YAMADA Naoyoshi (Director-General, Tohoku Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry)

YOKOYAMA Hiroto (Senior Managing Director, Iwaki Diecast Co., Ltd.)

Moderator:

NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Chairman, RIETI)

17:20 - 17:30 Closing Remarks

YAMADA Naoyoshi (Director-General, Tohoku Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry)

17:30 - Reception