Information
- Venue: Geneva Graduate Institute
- Date: September 18, 2025
- Hosted by the Hoffmann Centre for Global Sustainability
Program
13:30-13:40 Opening Remarks
FUKAO Kyoji (Chairman, RIETI)
Beatrice WEDER DI MAURO (President, CEPR, Professor, Geneva Graduate Institute and Visiting Professor, Hoffmann Global Institute for Business and Society INSEAD)
13:40-15:20 Session 1“ Globalisation and the Future of Trade”
Chair
Martina VIARENGO (Professor, Geneva Graduate Institute and CEPR Fellow)
13:40-14:00 Presentation: "Inclusive Exports and Economic Growth”
Marcelo OLARREAGA (Professor, University of Geneva and CEPR Fellow)
14:00-14:10 Discussant
TAMURA Akihiko (Senior Advisor, RIETI)
14:10-14:20 Q&A and General Discussion
14:20-14:40 Presentation: "Exploring Collaborative Pathways between the CPTPP and the EU amid Prolonged WTO Reform"
TAMURA Akihiko (Senior Advisor, RIETI)
14:40-14:50 Discussant
Marcelo OLARREAGA (Professor, University of Geneva and CEPR Fellow)
14:50-15:00 Q&A and General Discussion
15:00-15:20 Coffee Break
15:20-16:40 Session2 "The Relationship Between Globalisation, Technologies including AI, and Institutions"
Chair
Martina VIARENGO (Professor, Geneva Graduate Institute and CEPR Fellow)
15:20-15:40 Presentation: "Moving to the Frontier: Network Externality Determinants of Technology Adoption"
OKUBO Toshihiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI and Professor, Keio University)
15:40-15:50 Discussant
Hillel RAPOPORT (Professor and Director of International Relations, Paris School of Economics & CEPR Fellow)
15:50-16:00 Q&A and General Discussion
16:00-16:20 Presentation: "Populism and the skill content of globalization"
Hillel RAPOPORT (Professor and Director of International Relations, Paris School of Economics & CEPR Fellow)
16:20-16:30 Discussant
OKUBO Toshihiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI and Professor, Keio University)
16:30-16:40 Q&A and General Discussion
16:40-16:50 Closing Remarks
FUKAO Kyoji (Chairman, RIETI)
Beatrice WEDER DI MAURO (President, CEPR, Professor, Geneva Graduate Institute and Visiting Professor, Hoffmann Global Institute for Business and Society INSEAD)
