PROGRAMME
Interpretation from/to: English, Japanese
DAY 1 - 13 November
13:30 – 14:00 Registration
Master of Ceremony: Mr Georgi Stoev
14:00 – 14:30 Opening panel
- Ms Eve Päärendson, President of the EU - Japan Follow-Up Committee in the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
- Ms Patricia Flor, Ambassador-designate, Head of the EU Delegation to Japan
- Mr Takehiro Kagawa, Representative of the Government of Japan, Ambassador for International Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
Panel I: The role of the civil society in monitoring the EU-Japan EPA
Moderator: Ms Eve Päärendson, President of the EU - Japan Follow-Up Committee in the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
14:30 – 15:00 Keynote presentations on "The Role of the Civil Society in Monitoring the EU-Japan EPA"
- Ms Marjut Hannonen, Minister-Counsellor, Head of Trade Section, EU Delegation to Japan
- Mr Kazuya Otsuka, Director, European Union Economic Affairs Division, Economic Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
15:00 – 15:20 Comments (6 min each):
- Mr Krzysztof Pater, Member of the EU-Japan Follow-Up Committee in the European Economic and Social Committee, President of the EESC Labour Market Observatory
- Mr Chihiro Kawashima, Executive Director of Department of Economic and Social Policy, JTUC RENGO
- Mr Toshiaki Wada, Managing Director, JCCU
15:20 – 15:40 Discussion
15:40 – 16:00 Networking Coffee Break
Panel II: Opportunities arising from the EU-Japan EPA
Moderator: Mr Ichiro Hara, Director, International Affairs Bureau, Keidanren
16:00 – 16:15 Keynote presentation by Mr Tomohiro Kaneko, Director-General, Planning Department, JETRO
16:15 – 16:50 Comments (6 min each):
- Mr Björn Kongstad, Policy Director, European Business Council
- Mr Yasuo Aoki, Director General, International Department, JAMA
- Mr Jun Nakaya, Chairperson, Trade Policy Committee, JEITA
- Dr Philippe de Taxis du Poët, General Co-Manager, EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation
16:50 – 17:10 Discussion
17:10 – 17:25 Closing remarks
17:30 - 19.00 Cocktail reception
DAY 2 - 14 November
8:30 – 9:00 Registration
Master of Ceremony: Mr Georgi Stoev
Technological change (digitalization, robotization, artificial intelligence) and its impact on the labour market
Moderator: Ms Erika Koller, Member of the EU-Japan Follow-Up Committee in the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
9:00 – 9:05 Opening remarks by Ms Eve Päärendson, President of the EU-Japan Follow-up Committee in the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
Panel I Opportunities and challenges associated with technological change
9:05 – 9:20 Introduction by Toshimitsu Takamatsu, Senior Coordinator for Labour Policy Planning, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan
9:20 – 10:20 Comments (12 min each):
- Ms Naoko Ogawa, Senior Manager, Industrial Technology Bureau, Keidanren
- Mr Hajime Urushibara, Director, Employment Measures Divison, JTUC-RENGO
- Mr Hirofumi Sugano, Deputy Director, Section for comprehensive coordination of digital policies, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
- Ms Nobuko Nagase, Ph.D, Professor of Labor Economics and Social Policy, Adviser to President, Ochanomizu University
10:20 – 10:40 Discussion
10:40 – 11:00 Networking Coffee Break
Panel II: Skills demand / new forms of work
11:00 – 11:15 Introduction by Ms Yumiko Murakami, Head of the OECD Tokyo Centre
Moderator: Mr Krzysztof Pater, Member of the EU-Japan Follow-Up Committee in the European Economic and Social Committee, President of the EESC Labour Market Observatory
11:15 -11:55 Comments (6 min each):
- Mr Daichi Harada, Director, Office for International Cooperation Planning, International Affairs Division, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan
- Ms Akiko Taguchi, Director of ILO Office for Japan
- Dr Masahiro Fukuhara, CEO, Institution for a Global Society
- Ms Erika Koller, Member of the EESC-Japan Follow-Up Committee in the European Economic and Social Committee