Asia-Europe Economic Forum 2018 - Closed-door
This year's Asia-Europe Economic Forum (AEEF) will be held in Brussels on 17-18 October
Speakers
Yung Chul Park
Distinguished Professor, Korea University,
Fan He
Professor, Peking University,
Sébastien Jean
Professor of economics, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers
Michael Plummer
Director, SAIS Europe - John Hopkins University,
Naoyuki Yoshino
Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute,
Kiyoto Ido
Vice Chairman IIES and former Executive Director Bank of Japan,
Andreas Esche
Director Programe Megatrends, Bertelsmann Stiftung,
Sayuri Shirai
Professor, Keio University and Visiting Scholar, ADBI,
Jun MA
Member, Monetary Policy Committee PBOC and Professor, Tsinghua University,
Franco Bruni
Vice President, ISPI; Lead Co-Chair, T20 Italy TF9 on International Finance,
Thomas Grjebine
Economist, CEPII,
Choonsung Park
Research Fellow, Korea Institute of Finance,
Gao Haihong
Professor and Director for Research Center for International Finance, IWEP-CASS,
Moonsung Kang
Professor, Korea University,
Stefan Mair
Member of the Executive Board, Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie (BDI),
William Becker
European Commission, Joint Research Centre,
The was established in 2006 as a high level forum for in-depth research-based exchanges on global issues between Asian and European policy makers and experts. This years AEEF conference will be held in conjunction with the 12th ASEM Summit of Heads of State and Government on 17-18 October 2018 in Brussels and it will focus on “Europe and Asia: global partners for global economic challenges”.
The event is organized by this year’s host, Bruegel, together with the Asian Development Bank Institute, Korea University and Peking University on the Asian side; Bertelsmann Stiftung and CEPII on the European side, with the financial support of the Asia-Europe Foundation.
Confirmed speakers include Yung Chul Park (Distinguished Professor at Korea University), Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President of the European Commission), Michael G. Plummer (Director, SAIS Europe- Johns Hopkins University), Sayuri Shirai (Professor at Keio University, Visiting Scholar at ADBI), Rintaro Tamaki (CEO of Japan Center for International Finance).
This event is invitation-only and for Bruegel's members.
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