Dear friends and colleagues,

Japan and the EU entered into a new era of exchange by signing the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) and enacting the Partnership on Sustainable Connectivity and Quality Infrastructure in 2019.

Going beyond the academic perspectives of our Research Workshop last Tuesday, we are now very pleased to invite you to our Symposium aimed at a wider audience with insights from diplomacy, politics, industry and academia.

"The EU-Japan EPA in action:
First experiences and further steps"

Thursday,
November 19, 2020

09.00 - 11:00 CET (Central European Time)
17.00 - 19.00 JST (Japan Standard Time)

The event will be held as an online webinar in Zoom and does require prior registration at: https://eu-jp.info/
Please find the Symposium's programme below.

Best regards,
Institute of East Asian Studies IN-EAST


Programme

GREETINGS

Markus TAUBE
Director, Institute of East-Asian Studies IN-EAST, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany

IWAMA Kiminori
Consul General of Japan in Düsseldorf, Germany

INPUT STATEMENTS

The significance of the EU-Japan EPA from a European perspective
Rolf LANGHAMMER, Kiel Insitute for World Economy, Kiel, Germany

The significance of the EU-Japan EPA from an East Asian perspective
URATA Shujiro, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

Insights from the preceding research workshop
Werner PASCHA, Insitute of East Asian Studies IN-EAST, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany

PANEL DISCUSSION with Q&A

Nicole BASTIAN
Head of Department Foreign Affairs, Handelsblatt, Düsseldorf, Germany

Marco CHIRULLO
Deputy Head, Far East Unit (B1), DG Trade, European Commission

NAKANISHI Yumiko
Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan

SHIMOKAWA Makita
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Japan to Belgium and to NATO, Ambassador in charge of External Communications in Europe, Brussels, Belgium

Petra SIGMUND
Director, Directorate General for Asia and the Pacific, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, Germany

Friedolin STRACK
Head of International Markets, BDI (The Federation of German Industries), Berlin, Germany