Tokyo Conference 2024: Public Forum
Date: Thursday, March 14
Venue: 2F Magnolia Hall, Tokyo Prince Hotel (3-3-1 Shiba-koen, Minato-ku Tokyo, 105-8560)
Main topic: Restoring multilateral cooperation in an increasingly multipolar and fragmented world
Languages: Japanese, English (Simultaneous interpretation)
Registration deadline： Thursday, February 29
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Public forum
Restoring international cooperation in a multipolar, fragmenting world
12:30-12:50
Opening remark: Yasushi Kudo (President of The Genron NPO)
Congratulatory address: Masakazu Tokura (Chairman of Japan Business Federation (KEIDANREN))
12:50-13:50
Keynote speeches:
Hilda Cathy Heine (President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands)
Stefan Löfven (Former Prime Minister of Sweden, Co-Chair of the UN High-Level Advisory Board for Effective Multilateralism, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Governing Board Chair)
Mari Elka Pangestu (Former World Bank Managing Director of Development Policy and Partnerships, Former Indonesia's Minister of Trade)
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (Director-General of the World Trade Organization(WTO))*Video
Paolo Gentiloni (Commissioner for Economy, European Commission) *Video
13:50-14:50 Panel discussion:
Moderator:
Rohinton Medhora (Distinguished Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation, Canada)
Panelists:
Hilda Cathy Heine (President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands)
Stefan Löfven (Former Prime Minister of Sweden, Co-Chair of the UN High-Level Advisory Board for Effective Multilateralism, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Governing Board Chair)
Mari Elka Pangestu (Former World Bank Managing Director of Development Policy and Partnerships , Former Indonesia's Minister of Trade)
Kanetsugu Mike (Chairman, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.)
Josefa Leonel Sacko (Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, African Union (AU))
15:00-16:30 Session 1: Rebuilding international governance as two wars rage
Moderator:
TBD
Panelists:：
Fabrice Pothier (CEO, Rasmussen Global)
James M. Lindsay (Senior Vice President, Council on Foreign Relations, U.S.)
Bronwen Maddox (Director and CEO, The Royal Institute of International Affairs; Chatham House, United Kingdom)
Thomas Gomart (Director, French Institute of International Relations)
Stefan Mair (Director, German Institute for International and Security Affairs)
Ong Keng Yong (Executive Deputy Chairman, S.Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Singapore)
16:45-18:15 Session 2: What is demanded for democratic nations?
Moderator:
Rohinton Medhora (Distinguished Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation, Canada)
Panelists:
Miles Rapoport (Senior Practice Fellow in American Democracy at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School)
Ettore Greco (Executive Vice President, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Italy)
Paul Samson (President, Centre for International Governance Innovation, Canada)
Sunjoy Joshi (Chairman, Observer Research Foundation, India)
Carlos Ivan Simonsen Leal (President, Getulio Vargas Foundation, Brazil)
Kudo Yasushi (President of The Genron NPO, Japan)
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