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December 25, 2013

[SSJ: 8387] 【Notice】 Invitation to 89th GRIPS Forum on 20th January

From: GRIPS Forum
Date: 2013/12/25

※Please note that the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) will be closed for the year-end and New Year holidays from Saturday, December 28, 2013 until Sunday, January 5, 2014.

National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) International Liaison Office

Dear SSJ-Friends,

We are pleased to invite you to the next GRIPS Forum at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies on January 20, 2014.

*Please register at gripsforum@grips.ac.jp with your name, affiliation, job title, phone number or email address by January 17 (Fri) without changing the title.
*If you are arriving by a private car, please let us know the car information (type, color, and number) in advance so that we can register it for campus entry permission.

Date: Monday, 20 January, 2014
Time: 16:40-18:10
Venue: GRIPS Sokairo Hall, 1st Floor
Speaker: H.E Mr. Bruce Miller, Australian Ambassador to Japan
Theme: Australia and the Indo-Pacific: Challenges and Opportunities
Language: Japanese (English simultaneous interpretation
provided)
Fee: Free


Australian Ambassador Bruce Miller will speak to GRIPS on the new Australian Government’s approach to foreign and trade policy, and what that means for Australia’s relationships with Japan and with the wider region. The Indo-Pacific region - including Japan, China, South Korea, India, the ASEAN countries and Australia - accounts for a third of global GDP. By 2020, it could account for around one-third of global trade. The rapid economic transformation that has accompanied the region’s rise is bringing about a new and uncertain strategic environment. With this come both opportunities and risks. Japan has been front and centre of the new government’s thinking about Australia's place in the region, and how Australia will work with friends, neighbours and regional institutions to increase regional prosperity and security.
Ambassador Miller will address how Australia and Japan’s bilateral ties will be enhanced across the board to take on these challenges, covering the bilateral defence and strategic relationship, economic and trade relations and new initiatives for people-to-people links.

Speakers’ Profile:
Mr. Bruce Miller has been Australian Ambassador to Japan since August 2011. Mr. Miller has spent most of his career working on foreign policy, dealing with Australia's relations with East Asia and Australian responses to regional and global security issues. From June 2009 until June 2011, he was the Deputy Director-General of the Office of National Assessments, an independent statutory body which reports to the Prime Minister and advises the Australian Government on international political, economic and strategic developments. He joined the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in 1986 and has had wide experience. He has served at the Australian Embassy Tokyo previously as Minister (Political) in 2004-08 and First Secretary then Counsellor in 1992-96.
Mr. Miller was born and grew up in Sydney. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (first class honours) in Japanese language, literature and history together with a major in Government; and a Bachelor of Laws, both from the University of Sydney. He speaks Japanese and enjoys art, literature and hiking.


*** GRIPS Forum ***
Since its establishment in 1997, the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), as the only graduate school in Japan specializing in policy research, has promoted education and research on a wide range of policy issues.
Utilizing our vast policy network, this Forum invites leaders from various fields including government, academia and business, as well as staff from our own faculty, to deliver lectures on current policy concerns.
The Forum welcomes attendance of GRIPS faculty and students as well as participants from outside the university. Simultaneous interpretation will be available (Japanese/English).


For Access & Map to the GRIPS campus:
http://www.grips.ac.jp/en/about/access/
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
7-22-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-8677

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For registration and inquiries, please contact: Ms. Iso

gripsforum@grips.ac.jp or 03-6439-6037
http://www.grips.ac.jp/
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