Draft Program of the Third Global Think Tank Summit - The Third Global Think Tank Summit

The financial crisis in 2008 has changed global economic patterns profoundly. How long will the momentum of Asia’s economic growth be sustained? When will the European economy recover from recession? What are the powerhouses of Africa’s economic growth? What impacts will the rise of the BRICS make on global economic patterns? Will a higher debt ratio be a cap on economic growth? Will the policy of quantitative easing save the world from deeper recession?

Moderator:

Zheng Xinli, Permanent Vice Chairman, CCIEE

Panelists:

Renato Baumann, Director, International Division, IPEA, Brazil

Thomas A. Bernes, Former Executive Director, CIGI, Canada

Fan Gang，Director, National Economic Research Institute

Shubhashis Gangopadhyay, Research Director, IDF; Director, School of

Humanities and Social Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, India

Hou Yunchun, Former Vice President, DRC, P.R.C.

Grzegorz W. Kolodko, Founder and Director, TIGER, Kozminski University,

Poland; Former Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance, Poland

David Daokui Li，Mansfield Freeman Chair Professor, School of Economics

and Management, Tsinghua University; Director, CCWE, School of Economics

and Management, Tsinghua University

Justin Yifu Lin, Honorary Dean and Professor, National School of

Development, Peking University; Chief Economist and Former Senior Vice President, the World Bank

Andrew Polk, Resident Economist, The Conference Board, U.S.A.

Marc Uzan, Executive Director, Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee, France

Kenji Yumoto, Vice Chairman, JRI, Japan

10:00–11:00 Panel II: Changes in Global Economic Patterns and Their

Impacts on International Relations

What impacts will changes in global economic patterns have on global governance and distribution of economic benefits? How will economic globalization influence international relations? What are the roles of exchange rate and transnational investment in global economic relations under the new economic layout? How to strike a balance between regional trade agreements and WTO? How to use economic sanctions as leverages in international relations?

Moderator:

Wook Chae, Former President, Korea Institute for International Economic

Policy

Panelists:

Chen Wenling, Chief Economist, CCIEE

Daniel Gros, Director, Center for European Policy Studies

Steve Howard, Secretary General, Global Foundation, Australia

Huo Jianguo, President and Senior Research Fellow, CAITEC, MOFCOM, P.R.C.

Lawrence J. Lau, Chairman, CIC International (Hong Kong) Co., Limited;

Former President, The Chinese University of Hongkong

Martin Lees, Former Secretary General, The Club of Rome

Mohammed Saqib, Secretary General, ICEC, India

Hitoshi Shirai, President, HRI, Japan

Paola Subacchi, Director, International Economics Research, Chatham House, U.K.

Wei Benhua, Chairman, Liu Hongru Financial Education Foundation; Former Deputy Administrator, SAFE, P.R.C.

Zhang Yansheng, Secretary-General, Academic Committee, NDRC, P.R.C.

11:00-11:15 Coffee Break

11:15 – 13:15 Session II: Changes in Global Political Patterns and

International Relations Readjustment

11:15 – 12: 15 Panel I: Changes in Global Political Patterns

What are the characteristics of changes in global political patterns? How will relations between big powers evolve in the future? Will the Asia-Pacific region take center stage in global politics? What are the causes and possible consequences of intensifying marine disputes? How will cyber security influence global politics? What role will regional organizations play in international affairs?

Moderator:

Zhou Wenzhong, Secretary-General, Boao Forum for Asia;

Former Ambassador to U.S.A.

Panelists:

Paolo Magri, Executive Vice President, ISPI, Italy

Jessica Mathews, President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

John McKinnon, Executive Director, Asia New Zealand Foundation; former

Secretary of Defense; former Ambassador to China

Francoise Nicolas, Director, Center for Asian Studies, IFRI, France

Steve Orlins, President, National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, U.S.A.

Anton du Plessis, Deputy Executive Director, ISS, South Africa

Sun Zhe, Professor and Ph.D. Supervisor, Institute of International Studies, Tsinghua University

Tang Siew Mun, Director (Foreign Policy and Security Studies), ISIS, Malaysia

Yang Jiemian, President, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies

Zhang Liangui, Professor, Institute of International Strategy, Party School of

the Central Committee

Zheng Yongnian, Director, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore

12:15-13:15 Panel II: Opportunities in International Relations Readjustment

How will economic globalization contribute to world peace? How will big powers adjust the relations between each other under the new political layout? What are the new approaches to resolving marine disputes? How will the United Nations answer to new international circumstances? How to give the role of G20 into full play in global governance?

Moderator:

Pascal Boniface, Director, Institute for International and Strategic Relations, France

Panelists:

Ian Bond, Director of Foreign Policy, Center for European Reform

Jerrold D. Green, President and CEO, Pacific Council on International Policy, U.S.A.

Hanns Guenther Hilpert, Senior Research Associate, Research Unit Asia,

SWP, Germany

Natalya Ivanova, First Deputy-Director, Institute of World Economy and

International Relations (IMEMO), RAS, Russia

Jin Canrong, Professor and Associate Dean, School of International Studies,

Renmin University of China

Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal, Under Secretary General, United Nations