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RIETI-CEPR Symposium Post-Brexit World Economy will be be held on March 22. For more information and how to sign up please refer to the following message and attached flyer. Please note that registration is done directly with the organisers and not with the NCCJ.

Registration for this event is available from below website.
https://www.rieti.go.jp/en/events/19032201/info.html

The Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry organizes policy symposiums and various seminars as a means to activate policy debate by putting forward the findings of each research project and eliciting public opinions from various points of view. RIETI researchers make presentations on their respective research projects while inviting experts in the relevant fields - policymakers, practitioners, scholars, and journalists - to participate in active debate and further refine research results.

Time and Date: 13:30 - 17:20, Friday, March 22, 2019 (Registration starts at 13:00)
Venue: Toranomon Hills Forum (Toranomon Hills Mori Tower 5th Floor, 1-23-3 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo)
Language: Japanese / English (with simultaneous interpretation)
Hosts: Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) / Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
Admission: JPY1000 (Students: free; please present your student ID at the reception desk)
Seating Capacity: 200
Contact: Ms. Takekawa, Conference Section, RIETI
 ( mailto:conf-190322@rieti.go.jp )  

13:30-13:35 
Welcoming Remarks
NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Chairman, RIETI)

13:35-14:05 
Presentation 1: Deflating the De-Globalization Narrative
Richard BALDWIN (Professor of International Economics, Graduate Institute, Geneva)

14:05-14:35 
Presentation 2: Why 'the Easiest Trade Agreement in History' Proved So Difficult
 L. Alan WINTERS (Research Fellow, CEPR / Professor of Economics, University of Sussex)

14:35-15:05 
Presentation 3: A New Era of World Trade: The role of robots
Dalia MARIN (Research Fellow, CEPR / Chair in International Economics, University of Munich)

15:20-17:20
Panel Discussion
Panelists (in alphabetical order)
Richard BALDWIN (Professor of International Economics, Graduate Institute, Geneva)
KAZEKI Jun (Deputy Director-General, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
Dalia MARIN (Research Fellow, CEPR / Chair in International Economics, University of Munich)
TANABE Yasuo (Special Representative for External Relations, Hitachi, Ltd.)
TOMIURA Eiichi (Faculty Fellow and Program Director, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Economics, Hitotsubashi University）
L. Alan WINTERS (Research Fellow, CEPR / Professor of Economics, University of Sussex)
Moderator
NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Chairman, RIETI)