9th AMRO−IMF Joint Seminar

Date & Time: MARCH 3, 2023  (2:00 PM – 4:30 PM Japan Time)

By invitation only.

9th AMRO-IMF Seminar

The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will co-organize the 9th AMRO-IMF Joint Seminar on March 3, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan and online. The Seminar will gather experts from both institutions and ASEAN+3 policymakers. It provides a platform for exchanging of views on the changing economic and financial landscape due to growing geoeconomic fragmentation and climate change risks, which are among the macro-critical issues confronting policymakers in the coming years.

This event is by invitation only.

AGENDA

Time (JST) Program
2:00 PM – 2:05 PM Welcome Remarks by:

Tetsuya Utamura, Deputy Director (CMIM, Strategy & Coordination), AMRO

2:05 PM – 3:05 PM Session 1: Asia and the Growing Risk of Geoeconomic Fragmentation

Chair: Akihiko Yoshida, Director of the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, IMF

Speakers:

  • Diego Cerdeiro, Senior Economist, IMF
  • Siddharth Kothari, Senior Economist, IMF
  • Chris Redl, Economist, IMF (Virtual)

Discussants:

  • Kaweevudh Sumawong, Director, International Department, Bank of Thailand
  • Mari-Len Macasaquit, Director, International Relations and Surveillance Department, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

Q&A

3:05 PM – 3:25 PM Break
3:25 PM – 4:25 PM Session 2: ASEAN+3 On the Road to Net Zero

Chair: Ling Hui Tan, Regional Surveillance Group Head and Lead Economist, AMRO

Speaker:

  • Marthe Hinojales, Economist, Regional Surveillance, AMRO

Discussant:

  • Masyita Crystallin, Special Advisor to the Minister of Finance, Indonesia Ministry of Finance

Q&A

4:25 PM – 4:30 PM Closing Remarks

Akihiko Yoshida, Director of the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, IMF

  • Tetsuya Utamura, Deputy Director (CMIM, Strategy & Coordination), AMRO
  • Akihiko Yoshida, Director of the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, IMF
  • Diego Cerdeiro, Senior Economist, IMF
  • Siddharth Kothari, Senior Economist, IMF
  • Chris Redl, Economist, IMF
  • Kaweevudh Sumawong, Director, International Department, Bank of Thailand
  • Mari-Len Macasaquit, Director, International Relations and Surveillance Department, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
  • Ling Hui Tan, Regional Surveillance Group Head and Lead Economist, AMRO
  • Marthe Hinojales, Economist, Regional Surveillance, AMRO
  • Masyita Crystallin, Special Advisor to the Minister of Finance, Indonesia Ministry of Finance