The Tokyo-based Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) has announced that it will host an online symposium on March 23 together with the London-based Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) to discuss “new capitalism” and other topics.

The Japanese government aims to realize new capitalism based on the concepts of a "Virtuous Circle of Growth and Distribution" and "Pioneering a New Post-Corona Society." In the new capitalism, the issues to be addressed include the decline in productivity and international competitiveness of the Japanese economy, as well as climate change and the intensifying international competition over technology.

At the symposium, European and Japanese experts will discuss the new capitalism, "Climate Change and Economic Dynamism" and "Global Value Chains (GVC) Resilience in the Face of Geoeconomics Shocks," exploring ways to solve both global and Japanese problems.

-Time / Date: 5:00pm-6:30pm (JST) / 9:00am-10:30am (CET), Wednesday, March 23, 2022

-Language: English

-Admission: Free

-Memo: Online (Live Stream)

-Hosts: Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) / Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

More information: https://www.rieti.go.jp/en/events/22032301/info.html

Entry: https://rieti.smktg.jp/public/application/add/6874?lang=en

*To participate, fill in the registration form from the above link.

Program

Keynote Speech: Agenda for the New Capitalism

YANO Makoto; Chairman, RIETI / Project Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University / Professor by Special Appointment, Sophia University

Panel Discussion 1: Climate Change and Economic Dynamism -- Innovation for economic and planetary security

-Panelists

Rick VAN DER PLOEG; Research Fellow, CEPR / Professor of Economics and Research Director, Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource Rich Economies (OxCarre), University of Oxford

ONO Yuki; Representative, Hachidori Denryoku, Borderless Japan, Inc.

-Moderator

Richard BALDWIN; Professor of International Economics, Graduate Institute, Geneva

Panel Discussion 2: GVC Resilience in the Face of Geoeconomics Shocks

-Panelists

Richard BALDWIN

TODO Yasuyuki; Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University

-Moderator

WATANABE Tetsuya; Vice President, RIETI

Summary and Concluding Reflection

-Moderator

Richard BALDWIN