ERIA–IDE-JETRO–RIETI ラウンドテーブル
「新しいグローバル時代におけるデジタル貿易」

Opening Session

9:00-09:10 Opening Address

NISHIMURA Hidetoshi (President of ERIA)

9:10-10:10 Keynote Address 1: "Statistical Machine Learning In the Era of Big Data and AI"

HIGUCHI Tomoyuki (Director General, the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Research Organization of Information and Systems, Inter-University Research Institute Corporation)

10:10-10:20 Q & A

10:20-10:40 Coffee Break

10:40-11:30 Keynote Address 2: "Platform Business and Protection of Personal Information: Cases of the EU, the United States and China"

Hosuk Lee MAKIYAMA (Director of European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE))

11:30-11:40 Q & A

11:40-11:50 Photo Session

11:50-13:00 Lunch

Session 1: Development of ICT and Industrial Development in the East Asia and the Pacific

Moderator:

Hyung-Gon JEONG (Senior Research Fellow, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP))

13:00-13:20 "Thailand 4.0 and ICT Workforce Development in Thailand"

Saowaruj RATTANAKHAMFU (Senior Research Fellow, Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI))

13:20-13:40 ""Made in China 2025": A Vision to Pave Way to the Next Game"

Yanfei LI (Energy Economist of ERIA)

13:40-14:00 "Utilization of ICTs by Manufacturing Firms in ASEAN"

UEKI Yasushi (Senior Research Fellow of IDE-JETRO)

14:00-14:20 "Current Situation of "Connected Industries" and Possible Cooperation with South-Eastern Asia"

TOYAMA Takahiko (Director for Information Policy Planning, Information Economy Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI))

14:20-14:30 Comments on the Presentations in Session 1

Shiro ARMSTRONG (Director of Australia-Japan Research Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University / Visiting Scholar, RIETI)

URATA Shujiro (Senior Research Advisor to the President of ERIA)

14:30-15:20 Session Discussion (to be joined by all the participants)

Including comments from RIN Members from Cambodia and India

15:20-15:40 Coffee Break

Session 2: Economic Growth and Narrowing Development Gap by Utilizing Communication Technologies

Moderator:

KIMURA Fukunari (Chief Economist of ERIA / Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

15:40-16:00 "Transforming a Nation: Digital Payments Leapfrogging in India"

Punit SHUKLA (Expert-Frontier Technologies, National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog))

16:00-16:20 "Platform Innovation in China"

Weilin ZHAO (Senior Research Associate, Economic Research Center, Fujitsu Research Institute)

16:20-16:40 "Digital Economy for Economic Development: Trade Liberalization and Related Policies"

HATTORI Takashi (Associate Professor, Research Center for Advanced Policy Studies (CAPS), Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University / Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

16:40-16:50 Comments on the Presentations in the Session 2

Dato’ Steven WONG Cheng Ming (Deputy Chief Executive of Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS))

Laurence S. KUBIAK (Chief Executive, New Zealand Institute of Economic Research)

16:50-17:40 Session Discussion (to be joined by all the participants)

Including comments from RIN Member from Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam

17:40-17:50 Wrapping-Up and Closing

HIRANO Katsumi (Executive Vice President of IDE-JETRO)