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Fri, Apr 4, 2025 - Sat, Apr 5, 2025

【Academic Conference】IMF and The University of Tokyo CARF Joint Conference on “The State of Globalization”

Date

Friday, April 4, 2025 – Saturday, April 5, 2025

*This event is for internal discussion so please refrain from reporting participants’ statements and the content externally.

*For participation in the Policy Panel (either in-person or via webinar) aimed at discussions on policies for the general public (April 5th, Saturday), please refer to this page.

Venue (Hybrid)

Face-to-face Participation: 
The University of Tokyo, Hongo Campus
Economics Research Annex (Kojima Hall) 2F, Conference Room 

Online Participation: Zoom Webinar

How to Participate and Register

Registeration Form for Face-to-face Participation

*Capacity: 30 participants in person (Registration deadline: April 3, Thu.)

*Please note that for face-to-face participation in this 【Academic Conference】, invitations will primarily be extended to academic researchers from those who have registered through the face-to-face participation registration form.

Participate from Webinar *Available from March 28, Fri. 

 

Friday, April 4

Opening Session

9:00 am – 09:05 am

Welcome Remarks:
Akihiko Yoshida (Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (OAP), IMF)

9:05 am – 09:20 am

Opening Speech:
Atsushi Mimura (Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs, Japan Ministry of Finance)

9:20 am – 10:20 am

Keynote Address:
“Globalization in Flux: Navigating Uncertainty, Embracing Opportunity”
Richard Baldwin (IMD Business School)

Q&A

10:20 am – 10:40 amCoffee Break

Session 1: Trade and Financial Patterns

10:40 am – 12:20 pm

Moderator:
Anne Oeking (OAP, IMF)

Presentations:
“Changing Global Linkages”
Andrea Filippo Presbitero (Research Department (RES), IMF)
Petia Borissova Topalova (RES, IMF)

“Geopolitical Risk and Trade”
Alen Mulabdic (World Bank)

“Bilateral Trade in Services”
Robert Zymek (RES, IMF)

Discussant:
Heiwai Tang (University of Hong Kong)

Q&A

12:20 am – 01:30 pm

Lunch Break

Session 2: Supply Chains, Resilience and Structural Transformation

01:30 pm – 03:10 pm

Moderator:
Petia Borissova Topalova (RES, IMF)

Presentation:
“Fragmentation and the Future of GVCs”
Alessandro Borin (European Central Bank/Bank of Italy), Michele Mancini (European Central Bank/Bank of Italy)

“The International Footprint of Global Firms and the Realignment of Supply Chains”
Han Qiu (Bank for International Settlements (BIS)), Hyun Song Shin (BIS), Leanne Si Ying Zhang (Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA))

“Structural Transformation in Asia and the Pacific”
Rahul Giri (Asia and Pacific Department (APD), IMF), Chikako Baba (APD, IMF)

Discussant:
Zoe Zhang (The University of Tokyo)

Q&A

03:10 pm – 03:30 pm 

Coffee Break

Session 3: Policies

03:30 pm – 05:10 pm 

Moderator:
Taiji Furusawa (University of Tokyo)

Presentation:
“China plus 1”
Caroline Freund (School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, San Diego)

“Industrial Policy”
Samuel Jaime Pienknagura Loor (RES, IMF)

“Domestic Policies for Adjustment”
Prachi Mishra (Ashoka University)

Discussant:
Ayako Obashi (Keio University)

Q&A

Saturday, April 5

Session 4: Implications for the Trade and Monetary System

09:00 am – 10:40 am 

Moderator:
Ken Kang (Strategy, Policy, and Review Department (SPR), IMF)

Presentation:
“Industrial Revolutions and Global Imbalances”
Alexander Monge-Naranjo (European University Institute (EUI)), Kenichi Ueda (The University of Tokyo), Konstantin Kucheryavvy (City University of New York)

“Geopolitics and the Trade System”
Michele Ruta (SPR, IMF)

“International Monetary System”
Barry Eichengreen (University of California, Berkeley)

Discussant:
Sangyup Choi (Yonsei University)

Q&A

10:40 am – 10:45 am

Closing Remarks:
Kenichi Ueda (University of Tokyo)

10:45 am – 11:05 amCoffee Break

Policy Panel：11:05 am – 12:35 pm

*For participation in the in-person / Webinar of the 【Policy Panel】, click here for registration .

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Conference organizers: Anne Oeking (OAP, IMF), Michele Ruta (SPR, IMF), Kenichi Ueda (CARF, UTokyo).