Scheduled BBL Seminars
Time:12:15-13:15, unless otherwise stated
No events are scheduled at the present time.
Past BBL Seminars Reports and Summaries
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December 11, 2018
GVC Journeys When National and Territorial Comparative Advantage Differ
- Speaker: Richard BALDWIN (Professor of International Economics, Graduate Institute, Geneva)
- Commentator & Moderator: OKUBO Toshihiro (Professor, Keio University)
- Handout [PDF:2.2MB]
- Comment [PDF:1.1MB]
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November 29, 2018
Productivity: Misconceptions and Realities
- Speaker: MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice President, RIETI)
- Moderator: OIKAWA Keita (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Deputy-Director, Macro Economic Affairs Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
Japanese
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November 28, 2018
Economics of Artificial Intelligence
- Speaker: MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Distinguished Professor of Technology and Policy, Director, Urban Institute, School of Engineering, Kyushu University)
- Moderator: FUKUNAGA Kai (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Deputy Director, Industrial Structure Policy Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
Japanese
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November 22, 2018
World and Regional Economic Outlook – Challenges to Steady Growth
- Speaker: SUMI Chikahisa (Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, International Monetary Fund (IMF))
- Moderator: OHTA Mineko (Director, Policy Planning and Research Office, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
Japanese
*This BBL Seminar is NOT for Quotation.
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November 21, 2018
Forecasting the Future Mobility Industry in the Future Society and Value Creation Ecosystem -- Discussion on current trends and challenges --
- Speaker: OTA Shino (Senior Researcher, Economic Research Institute, Japan Society for the Promotion of Machine Industry)
- Moderator: YAMADA Masato (Consulting Fellow, RIETI/Director General, Planning and Administration Department, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE))
Japanese
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November 19, 2018
Re-defining Creative Industries in Japan, Re-imagining the Role of the State--Within the context of global and transnational linkages in ASEAN and East Asia
- Speaker: David LEHENY (Professor, Waseda University Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies)
- Speaker: NAKAJIMA Seio (Associate Professor, Waseda University Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies / Director, Research Institute of Automobile and Parts Industries [RIAPI], Waseda University)
- Commentator: MIMAKI Junichiro (Director, Cool Japan Policy Division, Commerce and Service Industry Policy Group, METI)
- Moderator: AMBASHI Masahito (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Economist, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA))
Japanese/English (with simultaneous interpretation)
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November 8, 2018
The Mid-Term Election in the U.S. and the Directions of the Trump Administration
- Speaker: KUBO Fumiaki (Professor, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, the University of Tokyo)
- Moderator: TANIZAWA Atsushi (Deputy Director, Americas Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI / Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
Japanese
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November 7, 2018
Purpose Led, Performance Driven -- Our Corporate Strategy to Do Well by Doing Good
- Speaker: Dimitri de VREEZE (Member of the Board, Royal DSM・Board Member CEFIC (European Chemical Industry Council))
- Moderator: NOBUTANI Kazushige (Deputy Director-General for Technology and Environment, Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau, METI)
- Handout [PDF:4.1MB]
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October 26, 2018
Some Aspects of Productivity Difference Among Japanese Regions
- Speaker: TOKUI Joji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor at Faculty of Economics and Law, and Vice President of Shinshu University)
- Moderator: IKEUCHI Kenta (Fellow, RIETI)
Japanese
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October 25, 2018
A View from Europe: Monetary policy, structural reforms and the rise of populist politics
- Speaker: Paola SUBACCHI (Senior Research Fellow, Global Economy and Finance, Chatham House)
- Moderator: TSURUDA Masanori (Director, Europe Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
*This BBL Seminar is NOT for Quotation.
