Fall 2008 and Spring 2009
Conferences
- The Financial and Economic Futures of Japan and the US
- The Japanese Government as a Portfolio Manager: Managing the Nation’s Wealth
Symposia
- Two Behemoths in a Troubled Industry: Toyota and GM
- Japan's Solar and Wind Ambitions: How Promising is the U.S. Market?
- America Has Voted: Impact of New U.S. President on Asian Markets
- Lessons from the Japanese Bubble for the U.S
- Hynix: The Largest, Most Successful Corporate Restructuring in Asia
Lectures
Brown Bag Lectures
Zadankai
- Pespectives on the Japanese Economy with Kazumasa Iwata
- Current Economic Conditions in Japan and Asia
- Approaches to Change: Conquering the Crisis of a Century
May 2009
The Financial and Economic Futures of Japan and the US ^
ConferenceThursday, May 14, 2009
Hotel Okura Tokyo, Japan
Panelists: Richard Folsom, Representative Partner, Advantage Partners;
Susumu Kato, President and CEO, Sumitomo Corporation;
Charles D. Lake II, Chairman, Aflac Japan;
Yuzaburo Mogi, Chairman and CEO, Kikkoman Corporation;
Katsuhiro Nakagawa, Vice Chairman and Representative Director, Toyota Motor Corporation;
Charles Calomiris, Henry Kaufman Professor of Financial Institutions, Columbia Business School;
Louis Forster, President, Cerberus Japan K.K.;
Atsushi Saito, President & CEO, Tokyo Stock Exchange Group, Inc.;
Takafumi Sato, Commissioner, Financial Services Agency;
Kazuo Ueda, Professor, University of Tokyo;
Kats Ashizawa, CEO, GCM Investments;
FT Chong, Managing Director, AIG Investments;
Akio Kawamura, Counsel, Nishimura & Asahi;
Takashi Oyama, Adviser for Global Strategy of the Norinchukin Group, The Norinchukin Research Institute;
Christopher Wells, Partner, White & Case LLP
April 2009
Pespectives on the Japanese Economy with Kazumasa Iwata ^
ZadankaiWednesday, April 22, 2009
Columbia Business School
Speaker: Kazaumasa Iwata, President of the Economic and Social Research Institute in Japan's Cabinet Office; Former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Japan
Two Behemoths in a Troubled Industry: Toyota and GM ^
SymposiumMonday, April 06, 2009
Columbia Business School
Speakers: Steven Sturm, Group Vice President of Americas Strategic Research and Planning and Corporate Communications, Toyota Motor North America;
William Holstein, Author, Why GM Matters: Inside the Race to Transform an American Icon
Commentator: Hugh Patrick, Director, Center on Japanese Economy and Business; R.D. Calkins Professor of International Business Emeritus, Columbia Business School
Moderator: David Weinstein, Carl S. Shoup Professor of the Japanese Economy, Economics Department, Columbia University; Associate Director of Research, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School
Cosponsored by Columbia Business School's Asian Business Association, General Management Association, and Japan Business Association
March 2009
Current Economic Conditions in Japan and Asia ^
ZadankaiMonday, March 2, 2009
Columbia Business School
Speaker: Naoyuki Yoshino, Professor of Economics at Keio University in Tokyo
February 2009
Japan's Solar and Wind Ambitions: How Promising is the U.S. Market? ^
SymposiumThursday, February 5, 2009
Columbia Business School
Panelists: Gen Hajime Ito, President, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) New York;
David Kaltsas, Executive Vice President, Distributed Power Group, SunWize Technologies, Inc.;
Christopher Stolarski, Senior Vice President, Mizuho Corporate Bank., Ltd.
Commentator: Geoffrey Heal, Paul Garrett Professor of Public Policy and Business Responsibility, Columbia Business School
Moderator: Hugh Patrick, Director, Center on Japanese Economy and Business; R.D. Calkins Professor of International Business Emeritus, Columbia Business School
Cosponsored by Columbia Business School's Energy Club, Green Business Club, and Japan Business Association.
January 2009
America Has Voted: Impact of New U.S. President on Asian Markets ^
SymposiumThursday, January 29, 2009
Japan Society
Panelists: Alicia Ogawa, Director, Program on Alternative Investments, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School;
David Resler, Managing Director & Chief Economist, Nomura Securities International, Inc.
Moderator: Leslie Norton, Foreign Editor, Asia, Barron’s
Cosponsored by Japan Society, Nomura Holding America Inc., and The Women's Bond Club of New York
December 2008
Financial Crisis: Impact on Japan and Lessons from Japan ^
Brown Bag LectureThursday, December 4, 2008
International Affairs Building, Columbia University
Speaker: Shijuro Ogata, Former Deputy Governor of International Relations, Bank of Japan; Professional Fellow, CJEB
Moderator: Hugh Patrick, Director, CJEB; R.D. Calkins Professor of International Business Emeritus, Columbia Business School
Cosponsored with the Weatherhead East Asian Institute (WEAI)
November 2008
Lessons from the Japanese Bubble for the U.S ^
SymposiumWednesday, November 19, 2008
Columbia Business School
Speakers: Takeo Hoshi, Pacific Economic Cooperation Professor in International Economic Relations, School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego;
Paul Sheard, former Global Chief Economist, Lehman Brothers;
Michael Woodford, John Bates Clark Professor of Political Economy, Economics Department, Columbia University
Moderator: David E. Weinstein, Carl S. Shoup Professor of the Japanese Economy, Economics Department, Columbia University; Associate Director of Research, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School
Co-sponsored by Columbia University’s Program for Economic Research and the Weatherhead East Asian Institute
Approaches to Change: Conquering the Crisis of a Century ^
ZadankaiThursday, November 13, 2008
Columbia Business School
Speaker: Michihisa Shinagawa, President and CEO, Sumitomo Corporation of America
Moderator: Hugh Patrick, Director, CJEB; R.D. Calkins Professor of International Business Emeritus, Columbia Business School
October 2008
The Japanese Government as a Portfolio Manager: Managing the Nation’s Wealth ^
ConferenceTuesday, October 21, 2008
Tokyo, Japan
Keynote Speakers: Takahiro Kawase, President, Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF); Robert Kaproth, U.S. Financial Attaché; Representative, U.S. Department of the Treasury in Japan
September 2008
Japan's Politics: Current Realities, Future Possibilities ^
5th Annual Lecture on Japanese PoliticsThursday, September 25, 2008
Columbia University
Speaker: Gerald Curtis, Burgess Professor of Political Science
Hynix: The Largest, Most Successful Corporate Restructuring in Asia ^
SymposiumTuesday, September 23, 2008
Columbia Business School
Speaker: Robert Fallon, former Chairman and CEO of Korea Exchange Bank;
E.J. Woo, former CEO of Hynix;
Uichol Kim, IFP Distinguished Professor at Inha University
Moderator: Hugh Patrick, Director, CJEB; R.D. Calkins Professor of International Business Emeritus, Columbia Business School
