The Future of Regional Cooperation and Integration and Productivity

Asian Regional Cooperation and Integration Roundtable Conference

The Future of Regional Cooperation
and Integration and Productivity

Date:	17–18 November 2014
Venue:	Auditorium A—C, ADB Headquarters, Manila, Philippines

The conference will analyze RCI challenges to further promote cooperation and economic integration in Asia. RCI experts and policymakers from across the region will examine the critical issue of reinvigorating Asia's productivity growth�which has slowed recently�and the policies required to boost people's welfare.

Organized by the Office of Regional Economic Integration (OREI), Asian Development Bank.

Livestream broadcast schedule (Manila time)

17 November 9:15�9:45	Keynote Remarks Takehiko Nakao President, ADB
9:45�10:10	Session 1 RCI and Productivity Iwan J. Azis Head, Orei, ADB

18 November 17:15�17:45	Closing Remarks Bindu N. Lohani VP for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development, ADB

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Program Agenda

Day 1 17 November (Monday)

08:00–09:00	Registration

09:00–09:15	Photo Session

09:15–09:45	Opening Session Keynote Remarks Takehiko Nakao President, Asian Development Bank (ADB) Q&A

09:45–12:00	Session 1: RCI and Productivity
	Moderator / ADB Presenter Iwan J. Azis Head, Office of Regional Economic Integration (OREI), ADB ► Presentation Panelists Anupam Khanna Chief Economist & Director General, Policy, National Association of Software & Service Companies, India ► Bio ► Presentation Justin Yifu Lin Honorary Dean and Professor, National School of Development, Peking University ► Bio Kozo Kiyota Professor, Keio University, Japan ► Bio ► Presentation Open Discussion

12:00–14:00	Lunch (Venue: Executive Dining Room (EDR) coffee lounge, ADB)
	Special Lunch hosted by Takehiko Nakao President, ADB Venue: Private Dining Room (PDR) 4a and 5, ADB (By Invitation)

14:00–16:00	Session 2: Trade Cooperation in Fragile and Landlocked States
	Moderator Xianbin Yao Director General, Pacific Department, ADB ADB Presenter Alisa Di Caprio Regional Cooperation Specialist, OREI, ADB Panelists Helder da Costa Head, g7+ Secretariat ► Bio ► Presentation Erdenetsogt Odbayar Director General in Charge of the International Think Tank for LLDCs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia ► Bio ► Presentation Mohammad Saeed Senior Adviser, Trade Facilitation, Trade Facilitation and Policy for Business, International Trade Centre ► Bio ► Presentation Swarnim Wagle Honorable Member, National Planning Commission Singha, Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal ► Bio Open Discussion

16:00–16:15	Coffee Break

16:15–18:15	Session 3: The Role of Regional Financing Mechanisms in Driving Productivity Growth
	Moderator Stephen Groff Vice President (Operations 2), ADB ADB Presenter Ayumi Konishi Director General, East Asia Department, ADB ► Presentation Panelists Nguyen Ba Toan Deputy Director General, International Cooperation, Department, Ministry of Finance, Viet Nam Syed Afsor Uddin Chief Executive Officer, Public Private Partnership Office, Bangladesh ► Bio Naoyuki Yoshino Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute ► Bio ► Presentation Open Discussion

18:15–19:30	Cocktail reception hosted by the Office of Regional Economic Integration Venue: Executive Dining Room, ADB

Day 2 18 November (Tuesday)

08:30–09:00	Registration

09:00–09:45	Sessions Recap Arjun Goswami Director, OREI, ADB

09:45–11:45	Session 4: How Can RCI Help Middle Income and High Income Aspirants?
	Moderator Richard S.M. Bolt Country Director, Philippines Country Office, ADB ADB Presenter Jin Cyhn Principal Economist, SERD, ADB Jayant Menon Lead Economist, OREI, ADB ► Presentation Panelists Dante Canlas President and CEO of Alternative Fuels Corporation of the Philippine National Oil Company ► Bio ► Presentation Hal Hill Professor of Economics, Australian National University ► Bio Felipe Medalla Monetary Board Member, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Philippines ► Bio Ros Seilava Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Cambodia ► Bio Wing Thye Woo Professor of Economics, University of California-Davis ► Bio ► Presentation Open Discussion

11:45–13:00	Lunch (Venue: Executive Dining Room (EDR) coffee lounge, ADB) Lunch Talk on The Role of the Private Sector in RCI Venue: Private Dining Room (PDR) 2,3 and 3a, ADB (By Invitation) Presenter Todd Freeland Director General, Private Sector Operations Department, ADB

13:00–15:00	Session 5: Economic Corridors and Economic Zones as Instruments for Regional Production Networks and Supply Chain
	Moderator Wencai Zhang Vice President (Operations 1), ADB ADB Presenter Pradeep Srivastava Principal Economist, CWRD, ADB ► Presentation Arup Chatterjee Principal Financial Sector Specialist, OREI, ADB ► Presentation Panelists Paban Chowdhury Executive Chairman, Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority ► Presentation Rana Hasan Assistant Chief Economist, Economics and Research Department, ADB ► Presentation Hiroshi Uematsu CEO, Phnom Penh SEZ Co., Ltd. ► Bio ► Presentation Open Discussion

15:00–15:15	Coffee Break

15:15–17:15	Session 6: Opportunities and Challenges of Enhanced Cooperation and Integration between South Asia and Southeast Asia and Beyond
	Moderator Hun Kim Director General, South Asia Department (SARD), ADB ADB Presenter Ronald Butiong Principal Regional Cooperation Specialist, SARD, ADB Cuong Minh Nguyen Principal Regional Cooperation Specialist, SERD, ADB Panelists Bambang Permadi Soemantri Brodjonegoro Minister of Finance, Indonesia ► Bio Truong Trieu Duong Ambassador, Embassy of Socialist Republic of Viet Nam ► Bio Sumith Nakandala Secretary General, Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation Lei Zhuning Associate Professor/Deputy Director, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences ► Bio ► Presentation Open Discussion

17:15–17:45	Closing Remarks
	Bindu N. Lohani Vice-President for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development, ADB

Contact

For registration concerns and other inquiries, please contact the RCI Roundtable Conference Secretariat:

Xinglan Hu
Senior Regional Cooperation Specialist
Office of Regional Economic Integration
Asian Development Bank
Tel. No.: +63 2 632 4444 loc. 1729
Email: xinglanhu@adb.org
Helen Buencamino
Project Coordinator
Office of Regional Economic Integration
Asian Development Bank
Tel. No.: +63 2 632 4444 loc. 7657
Email: hbuencamino.consultant@adb.org
Anne Zillah Flores
Project Coordinator
Office of Regional Economic Integration
Asian Development Bank
Tel. No.: +63 2 632 4444 loc. 70410
Email: azflores.consultant@adb.org

Asia Regional Integration Center

The Future of Regional Cooperationand Integration and Productivity

17–18 November 2014

Auditorium A—C,ADB Headquarters, Manila, Philippines

Program Agenda

Day 1 17 November (Monday)

Opening Session

Keynote Remarks

Takehiko Nakao

President, Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Session 1: RCI and Productivity

Iwan J. Azis

Head, Office of Regional Economic Integration (OREI), ADB

Anupam Khanna

Chief Economist & Director General, Policy,National Association of Software & Service Companies, India

Justin Yifu Lin

Honorary Dean and Professor, National School of Development,Peking University

Kozo Kiyota

Professor, Keio University, Japan

Lunch (Venue: Executive Dining Room (EDR) coffee lounge, ADB)

Special Lunch hosted byTakehiko Nakao

President, ADB

Session 2: Trade Cooperation in Fragile and Landlocked States

Xianbin Yao

Director General, Pacific Department, ADB

Alisa Di Caprio

Regional Cooperation Specialist, OREI, ADB

Helder da Costa

Head, g7+ Secretariat

Erdenetsogt Odbayar

Director General in Charge of the International Think Tank for LLDCs,Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia

Mohammad Saeed

Senior Adviser, Trade Facilitation, Trade Facilitation and Policy for Business,International Trade Centre

Swarnim Wagle

Honorable Member, National Planning CommissionSingha, Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal

Coffee Break

Session 3: The Role of Regional Financing Mechanisms in Driving Productivity Growth

Stephen Groff

Vice President (Operations 2), ADB

Ayumi Konishi

Director General, East Asia Department, ADB

Nguyen Ba Toan

Deputy Director General, International Cooperation, Department, Ministry of Finance, Viet Nam

Syed Afsor Uddin

Chief Executive Officer, Public Private Partnership Office, Bangladesh

Naoyuki Yoshino

Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute

Cocktail reception hosted by the Office of Regional Economic Integration

Day 2 18 November (Tuesday)

Sessions Recap

Arjun Goswami

Director, OREI, ADB

Session 4: How Can RCI Help Middle Income and High Income Aspirants?

Richard S.M. Bolt

Country Director, Philippines Country Office, ADB

Jin Cyhn

Principal Economist, SERD, ADB

Jayant Menon

Lead Economist, OREI, ADB

Dante Canlas

President and CEO of Alternative Fuels Corporationof the Philippine National Oil Company

Hal Hill

Professor of Economics, Australian National University

Felipe Medalla

Monetary Board Member, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Philippines

Ros Seilava

Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Economy and Finance,Cambodia

Wing Thye Woo

Professor of Economics, University of California-Davis

Lunch (Venue: Executive Dining Room (EDR) coffee lounge, ADB)

Lunch Talk on The Role of the Private Sector in RCI

Todd Freeland

Director General, Private Sector Operations Department, ADB

Session 5: Economic Corridors and Economic Zones as Instruments for Regional Production Networks and Supply Chain

Wencai Zhang

Vice President (Operations 1), ADB

Pradeep Srivastava

Principal Economist, CWRD, ADB

Arup Chatterjee

Principal Financial Sector Specialist, OREI, ADB

The Future of Regional Cooperation
and Integration and Productivity

Auditorium A—C,
ADB Headquarters, Manila, Philippines

Chief Economist & Director General, Policy,
National Association of Software & Service Companies, India

Honorary Dean and Professor, National School of Development,
Peking University

Special Lunch hosted by
Takehiko Nakao

Director General in Charge of the International Think Tank for LLDCs,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia

Senior Adviser, Trade Facilitation, Trade Facilitation and Policy for Business,
International Trade Centre

Honorable Member, National Planning Commission
Singha, Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal

Deputy Director General, International Cooperation,
Department, Ministry of Finance, Viet Nam

President and CEO of Alternative Fuels Corporation
of the Philippine National Oil Company

Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Economy and Finance,
Cambodia

Ambassador,
Embassy of Socialist Republic of Viet Nam

Secretary General, Bay of Bengal Initiative
for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation

Associate Professor/Deputy Director,
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences

Vice-President for Knowledge Management
and Sustainable Development, ADB