Japan-EU Conference 14th Edition 28 November 2011 Home flyerblauw website (groot).jpg

CONFERENCE outline and objective

OBJECTIVEThe annual Japan-EU conference aims to analyze the interaction between Japan and the EU as strategic partners in the wider context of regional dynamics. The conference provides one of the only platforms for policy makers, academics and representatives of business and civil society to exchange views on the current state of affairs of the Japan-EU relationship and formulate ideas and specific suggestions for future policy development. In addition, the conference aims at contributing to policy making and network building between actors specialized in the Japan-EU relationship.
OUTLINEThe theme selected for this year's conference is "Facing New Avenues of Japan-EU Cooperation in a Changing Context: Economic Integration, Disaster Prevention and Relief Cooperation". With the start of the third decade of Japan-EU cooperation, negotations about various forms of 'kizuna' like an EIA are stimulating new levels of collaboration. Furthermore, the 11 March Great East Japan Earthquake has provided an unexpected incentive for specific cooperation between Japan and the EU, such as relief efforts and reconstruction as well as disaster prevention. Accordingly, this event provides a unique opportunity for debate on both the latest research as well as current policy trends. It brings together academics, experts and policymakers from various parts of the world and has proven to be a highly valuable forum to formulate ideas and specific suggestions to fortify the Japan-EU relationship.
Program

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Opening session
Session one
Lunch session
Session two
Session three
Concluding session

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Opening session

Opening Keynote Addresses

08:30-08:45 Registration08:45-09:00 Welcome Words Prof. Dimitri Vanoverbeke (KULeuven) 09:00-10:15 Opening Keynote Addresses Chair: Prof. Mario Telo (Université Libre de Bruxelles) (1) Ambassador Viorel I. Budura (Managing Director for Asia, European External Action Service) (2) Ambassador Kojiro Shiojiri (Mission of Japan to the EU) (3) Ambassador Thomas J. White (Deputy Chief of Mission of the US to the EU) (TBC) Questions and Answers

Session one

Trade and Investment Cooperation

10:30-12:30 Chair: Dr. Marjan Svetlicic (University of Ljubljana) (1) Prof. Yorizumi Watanabe (Keio University) Title: "Recent Development of Japan's FTA Policy and Strategy in Asia-Pacific: Some Implications for the Japan-EU EPA/EIA Talks" (2) Mr. Michael Smyth (Member of the European and Social Committee) (3) Prof. Kenichi Ando (Shizuoka University) Title: "The Weakest Link: Problems and Potentials of Unbalanced Investment Relationship Between the EU and Japan" (4) Mr. Antonio Parenti (Deputy Head of Unit for Trade Relations with the Far East, European Commission) Title: "The perspectives of an EU-Japan FTA in a Changing Regional Trade Context" (5) Prof. Tsutomu Kikuchi (Aoyama Gakuin University) Title: "Cooperation and Competition over Regional Institution Building in the Asia-Pacific" (6) Minister Kenji Hirata (Mission of Japan to the EU) Questions and Answers

Lunch session

Organized by the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation 13:15-14:15 Mr. Shinji Fujino, Head of Country Studies Division, International Energy Agency(IEA) Title: "Energy Policy in Japan: Post-Fukushima"

Session two

Disaster Prevention and Relief Cooperation

14:30-16:30 Chair: Prof. Takako Ueta (International Christian University) (1) Mr. Tsuneo Watanabe (Director of Foreign and Security Policy Research, Tokyo Foundation) Title: "Japan-US Disaster Relief Cooperation: Operation Tomodachi and Beyond" (2) Mr. Agostino Miozzo (Managing Director for Crisis Response, European External Action Service) (3) Dr. Florika Fink-Hooijer (Head of Cabinet of Kristalina Georgieva, Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response) Title: "EU-Japan Cooperation in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Relief: a Challenging New Dimension of a Long Standing Partnership" (4) Dr. Mitsuyuki Hoshiba (Seismology and Volocanoloy Research Department, Meteorological Research Institute, Japan) Title: "Information Before Strong Ground Shaking - Earthquake Early Warning in Japan" (5) Dr. Stephan Lechner (Director of the Institute for the Protection and Security of Citizen, European Commissions Joint Research Centre) Title: "Disaster Relations and Coordination: Modelling or Measuring?" Questions and Answers

Session three

Measures and Policies for Disaster Management Reconstruction and Stability

16:45-18:00 Chair: Prof. Takao Suami (Waseda University) (1) Mr. Ian Clark (Head of Unit - Civil Protection Policy, Prevention, Preparedness and Disaster Risk Reduction, European Commission) Title: "Towards a European Policy on Disaster Management" (2) Prof. Kenji Okazaki (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies) Title: "Disaster Reduction Cooperation in Asia" (3) Drs. Hanne Knaepen (Kyoto University) Title: "Japan's Official Development Assistance (ODA) Efforts in Disaster Prevention in Vietnam" Questions and Answers

Concluding session

Exploring Future Avenues for Japan-EU Cooperation

18:00-18:45 Chair: Prof. Michael Reiterer (University of Innsbruck) (1) Dr. Fraser Cameron (Director EU-Asia Center) (2) Ambassador Joern Keck (3) Prof. Takao Suami (Waseda University) (4) Mr. Jonathan Hatwell (Head of Division - Japan, Korea, Australia and New Zealand, European External Action Service) and Concluding Remarks Questions and Answers 18:45-19:00 Concluding Remarks Ambassador Norio Maruyama (Mission of Japan to the EU)

Papers

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Opening addresses
Session 1
Lunch session
Session 2
Session 3
Concluding session

Opening addresses

Full Program.pdf

Program for Distribution.pdf

Ambassador Shiojiri.pdf

Session 1

Yorizumi Watanabe.pdf

Kenichi Ando.pdf

Kenichi Ando_Full Paper.pdf

Florika Fink-Hooijer.pdf

Agostino Miozzo.pdf

Mitsuyuki Hoshiba_PPT slides.pdf

Mitsuyuki Hoshiba.pdf

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Concluding session
Reception

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Concluding session

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Reception

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Organisers

Sponsor (the Japan Foundation), Organisers and co-organisers

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Venue and Location

Fondation UniversitaireRue d'’Egmont 111000 BrusselsBelgiumTel.: +32 2 545 04 00 Fax: +32 2 513 64 11E-mail: fu.us_universityfoundation.beWebsite:http://www.fondationuniversitaire.be/en/
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Contact Prof. Dr. Dimitri VanoverbekeProfessor of Japanese StudiesUniversity of Leuven (KULeuven)Department of Area Studies: Japanese StudiesBlijde Inkomststraat 213000 Leuven, BelgiumTel: +32-16324963 or +32-16324931Fax: +32-16324932E-mail: dimitri.vanoverbeke_arts.kuleuven.beNicholas PeetersUniversity of Leuven (KULeuven)Department of Area Studies: Japanese StudiesBlijde Inkomststraat 213000 Leuven, BelgiumE-mail: nicholas.peeters_arts.kuleuven

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