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International Conference
INTEGRATING ASIAN ECONOMIES: TEN YEARS AFTER THE CRISIS
Asian Development Bank and Ministry of Finance, Thailand
in collaboration with the Thailand Development Research Institute |
| Wednesday 18 July 2007 - Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel, Bangkok |
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| PROGRAM |
| 08:30 – 09:00 |
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Registration |
| 09:00 – 09:05 |
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Welcome Remarks 
Jong-Wha Lee, Head, Office of Regional Economic Integration, ADB |
| 09:05 – 09:25 |
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Opening Remarks
Hon. Chalongphob Sussangkarn, Minister of Finance, Thailand |
| 09:30 – 11:00 |
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Session I: Turning Crisis into Opportunities
Chair: Kanit Sangsubhan, Director, Fiscal Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance, Thailand |
| 09:30 – 09:50 |
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Emerging Asian Regionalism: Ten Years after the Crisis
Draft paper
Masahiro Kawai, Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute |
| 09:30 – 11:00 |
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Integrating Asia: Lessons from Europe
European Integration: What Lessons for Asia?
Barry Eichengreen, Professor, University of California, Berkeley |
| 10:10 – 10:20 |
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Comments
Suthiphand Chirathivat, Professor, Chulalongkorn University |
| 10:20 – 10:40 |
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Open Floor discussion |
| 10:40 – 11:00 |
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Coffee break |
| 11:00 – 12:30 |
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Session II: Financial Sector Issues
Chair: Ammar Siamwalla, Acting President, Thailand Development Research Institute |
| 11:00 – 11:20 |
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Capital Flows and Foreign Exchange Reserves in Asia: Recent Trends, Policies, and Implications (Presentation) |
Yiping Huang, Head of Asia Pacific Economic and Market Analysis, Citibank Group, Hong Kong |
| 11:20 – 11:40 |
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Thai Commercial Banks One Decade after the Crisis: Assessment of Risk to Financial Stability (Presentation) |
Don Nakornthab, Senior Economist, Economic Research Department, Bank of Thailand |
| 11:40 – 12:00 |
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Comments
Moreno Bertoldi, Head, International Economic Affairs, DG ECFIN, European Commission
Somchai Jitsuchon , Research Director, Thailand Development Research Institute
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| 12:00 – 12:30 |
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Open Floor discussion |
| 12:30 – 14:00 |
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Lunch (Grand Ballroom 1) |
| 14:00 – 15:30 |
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Session III: Trade and Investment Issues
Chair: Jong-Wha Lee, Head, Office of Regional Economic Integration, Asian Development Bank |
| 14:00 – 14:20 |
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Harnessing Productivity and Competitiveness in East Asia (Presentation)
Plummer's paper revised 18 July 2007
Michael Plummer, Professor, The Johns Hopkins University |
| 14:20 – 14:40 |
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Economic Integration, Technology Development, and Public Policy in Asia
Presentation
Draft paper
Albert Guangzhou Hu, National University of Singapore |
| 14:40 – 15:00 |
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Comments
Narongchai Akrasanee, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Thai EXIM Bank
Wisarn Pupphavesa, Advisor, Thailand Development Research Institutes |
| 15:00 – 15:30 |
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Open Floor discussion |
| 15:30 – 16:00 |
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Coffee break |
| 16:00 – 17:30 |
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Session IV: Deepening Asian Integration - A Panel Discussion
Moderator: Peter Petri, Professor, Brandeis University, USA |
| 16:00 – 17:00 |
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Panelists:
Peter Drysdale, Professor, The Australian National University
Yuen Pau Woo, President and CEO, Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada
Alfred Steinherr, Head, Macro Analysis and Forecasting, German Institute of Economic Research
Kanit Sangsubhan, Director, Fiscal Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance, Thailand |
| 17:00 – 17:30 |
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Open floor discussion |
| 17:30 |
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End of Conference
Joint-NR-Press Release |
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