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The
Asia Pacific Economic Forum (APEF), along with the Asia-Pacific Leadership
Center, Kangwon National University, is organizing its 5th international
conference in Chuncheon, Korea, on 5-6 July 2006.
The APEF (also known as the Soohyang Club) is a new international
economics group set up in May 2001 at the Kangwon National University,
Chuncheon, Korea. The APEF¡¯s objectives are to research, discuss and
disseminate substantive findings and information on development, growth,
trade, regional integration and international economic relations in
APEC countries with special focus on East Asia, South East Asia and
Oceania.
This is the 5th one of the APEF conference series. Previous ones
were hosted by Kangwon National University, Korea (2001), University
of Wollongong, Australia (2002), Keio University, Japan (2003),
and Renmin University, China (2004).
Organizing Units
Asia Pacific Economic Forum (APEF)
Asia-Pacific Leadership Center (aplc), Kangwon National University
Program Committee
| Chung Mo
Koo |
Kangwon National University, Korea (Chair) |
Charles Harvie
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University of Wollongong, Australia |
Tran Van Hoa
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Victoria University, Australia |
Fukunari Kimura
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Keio University, Japan |
Local Organizing Committee
| Hyun-Hoon
Lee |
Kangwon National University, Korea (Chair) |
Euijeong Park
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Kangwon National University, Korea |
All information about APEF and the conference can be addressed to:
Chung Mo Koo
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cmkoo@kangwon.ac.kr |
Hyun-Hoon Lee
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hhlee@kangwon.ac.kr |
Euijeong Park
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right@kangwon.ac.kr |

Otherwise mentioned, all sessions and ceremonies
will be held at Seminar Room 1303 in Business Bldg,
Kangwon National University
| - Wednesday, July 5, 2006
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08:30-09:00 .. Registration
09:00-09:30 .. Welcome Session
09:30-12:00 .. Session 1 : New Regionalism
and Economic Integration
12:00-14:00 .. Lunch
14:00-16:00 .. Session 2 : Growth and
Trade
16:00-16:15 .. Tea Break
16:15-18:15 .. Session 3 : FTAs in the
Asia-Pacific
19:00-21:00 .. Dinner (Venue: Santorini)
09:00-11:30 .. Session 4 : Currency and
Selected Issues in the Asia-Pacific
11:30-11:45 .. Tea Break
11:45-12:15 .. Round Table Symposium
and APEF Meeting
12:15-14:00 .. Lunch

| - Wednesday, July 5, 2006 |
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| 08:30-09:00 |
Registration |
| 09:00-09:30 |
Welcome Session
Opening Remarks
Chung Mo Koo (President, 2006 Asia Pacific Economic Forum)
Hyun-Hoon Lee (Director, Asia-Pacific Leadership Center, Kangwon
National University) |
| 09:30-12:00 |
Session 1 : New Regionalism and Economic Integration
Moderator: Tran Van Hoa (Victoria University, Australia) New
regionalism: Overlapping Free Trade Areas
Jung Hur (National University of Singapore)
Discussant: Fukunari Kimura (Keio University, Japan)
Economic
Integration, Sectoral Adjustments and Natural Groupings in
East Asia
Hakuyu (Hiro) Lee (Kobe University, Japan)
Dominique van der Mensbrugghe(World Bank)
Discussant: Sung Jin Kang (Korea University, Korea))
Are
Exports of China, Japan and Korea Diverted in Major Regional
Trading Blocks?
Chung Mo Koo (Kangwon National University, Korea)
Hyun-Hoon Lee (Kangwon National University, Korea)
Euijeong Park (Kangwon National University, Korea)
Discussant: Tran Van Hoa (University of Wollongong, Australia)
Level Uneven Terrain: Integration Strategies in East Asia
Fukunari Kimura (Keio University, Japan)
Kazunobu Hayakawa (Keio University, Japan)
Discussant: Se Young Ahn (Sogang University, Korea)
Future Avenues for an Open East Asian Region
Robert Scollay (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
Discussant: Charles Harvie (University of Wollongong, Australia) |
| 12:00-14:00 |
Lunch |
| 14:00-16:00 |
Session 2 : FTAs in the Asia-Pacific
Moderator: Jong Won Lee (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea) Prospects
for, and opportunities from, an Australia-China Free Trade
Agreement
Charles Harvie (University of Wollongong, Australia)
Discussant: Junggun Oh (Bank of Korea)
East
Asia-Australia Regionalism: Modelling Gains and Losses from
an Australia-China Free Trade Agreement
Tran Van Hoa (University of Wollongong, Australia)
Discussant: Jung Hur (National University of Singapore)
The
Prospects of ASEAN-China Free Trade Area (ACFTA): A Qualitative
Assessment
Donghyun Park (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Discussant: Hakuyu (Hiro) Lee (Kobe University, Japan)
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| 16:00-16:15 |
Tea Break |
| 16:15-17:45 |
Session 3 : Growth and Trade
Moderator: Young Youn Lee (Kangwon National University, Korea)
What
Factors Determine the Mode of Overseas R&D by Multinationals?:
Empirical Evidence
Banri Ito (Keio University, Japan)
Ryuhei Wakasugi (Keio University, Japan)
Discussant: Dick Beason (University of Alberta, Canada)
The
Impact of Large Firms in Promoting Economic Growth, Exports,
and Regional Integration: a Chandlerian Perspective with Emphasis
on East Asia
Elias Sanidas (University of Wollongong, Australia)
Discussant: In-Gyu Kim (Hallym Universitya, Korea)
Labor
Standards, Labor Unions and the Competition of Developing
Countries
Lexiun Zhao (Kobe University, Japan)
Discussant: Donghyun Park (Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore) |
| 19:00-21:00 |
Dinner (Venue: Santorini) |
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| Name |
Staff |
E-mail |
| Dick Beason |
University of Alberta, Canada |
Dick.Beason@ualberta.ca |
| Masahiro Endo |
Keio University, Japan |
endoh@fbc.keio.ac.jp |
| Charles Harvie |
University of Wollongong, Australia |
charvie@uow.edu.au |
| Kazunobu Hayakawa |
Keio University, Japan |
fumare@gray.plala.or.jp |
| Tran Van Hoa |
University of Victoria, Australia |
jimmy.tran@vu.edu.au |
| Jung Hur |
National University of Singapore |
ecshurj@nus.edu.sg |
| Tadashi Inoue |
Hiroshima Shudo University, Japan |
inoue@shudo-u.ac.jp |
| Fukunari Kimura |
Keio University, Japan |
VZF02302@nifty.ne.jp |
| Chung Mo Koo |
Kangwon National University, Korea |
cmkoo@kangwon.ac.kr |
| Hakuyu (Hiro) Lee |
Kobe University, Japan |
hlee@rieb.kobe-u.ac.jp |
| Hyun-Hoon Lee |
Kangwon National University, Korea |
hhlee@kangwon.ac.kr |
| Eiji Ogawa |
Hitotsubashi Unversity, Japan |
ogawa.eiji@srv.cc.hit-u.ac.jp |
| Junggun Oh |
Bank of Korea |
ojunggun@bok.or.kr |
| Donghyun Park |
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
adpark@ntu.edu.sg |
| Euijeong Park |
Kangwon National University, Korea |
right@kangwon.ac.kr |
| Elias Sanidas |
University of Wollongong, Australia |
esanidas@uow.edu.au |
| Robert Scollay |
University of Auckland, New Zealand |
r.scollay@auckland.ac.nz |
| Junko Shimizu |
Meikai University, Japan |
junkoshimizu@jcom.home.ne.jp |
| Shin-ichi Fukuda |
University of Tokyo, Japan |
sfukuda@e.u-tokyo.ac.jp |
| Ryuhei Wakasugi |
Keio University, Japan |
wakasugi@econ.keio.ac.jp |
| Lexiun Zhao |
Kobe University, Japan |
zhao@rieb.kobe-u.ac.jp |

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