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Symposium "ASEM's Role in Enhancing Asia-Europe Cooperation: Ten Years of Achievements and Future Challenges"

In preparation for the upcoming tenth anniversary of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF; Singapore-based) and the Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE), in collaboration with the EU Institute of Japan (EUIJ), will be jointly organising a symposium to examine the kinds of roles Asia and Europe should be playing in the rapidly changing global environment in collaboration. The Symposium is supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.

ASEM was established in 1996 to strengthen Asian-European relations. Dialogue and cooperation between the two regions has advanced in the political, economic/financial, and social/cultural domains since the first ASEM summit meeting.

Within the context of significant changes over the past ten years in the global arena, this symposium will provide an opportunity for examination of the evolving global stage and recent developments in both regions, and will engage the public in debate on the possibilities for cooperation between Asia and Europe and the role of ASEM itself. The symposium will feature various experts from both regions, listed below.

General Information

Date:

Tuesday, December 13, 2005 2:00pm-5:30pm
(opens at 1:30pm)

Venue:

Orion Room, Josui Kaikan (2nd floor; map attached)
Chiyoda-ku, Hitotsubashi 2-1-1
Tel: 03-3261-1101

Panelists:

  • Il SAKONG, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for Global Economics
  • Jean-Jacques SUBRENAT, Former Ambassador of France to Finland
  • Jusuf WANANDI, co-founder and Member of the Board of Trustees of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
  • Karl KAISER, the Ralph I. Straus Visiting Professor at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
  • Geoffrey BARRETT, Counsellor, European Commission
  • Koji WATANABE, Senior Fellow at Japan Center for International Exchange

Organisers:

Asia-Europe Foundation, Japan Center for International Exchange, EU Institute in Japan

Registration Fee:

None

Languages:

Japanese and English (simultaneous interpretation provided)

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