Prospects and Possibilities for Japan’s 2019 G20 Osaka Summit PROGRAM (CONFIDENTIAL) December 10, 2018 Soka University, Tokyo, Japan Sponsored by: Soka University Peace Research Institute G20 Research Group, University of Toronto Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration DRAFT: November 29, 2018 8:45-9:15__Registration (At the Lobby of the Global Square) 9:15-9:30__Opening (MC: Prof. Hideki Tamai) -Opening Address: Prof. Jonathan Luckhurst -Welcome note: Prof. Ryohei Tanaka, Soka University Vice President 9:30-10:30_Session 1: “G20 Governance” Chair: Minoru Koide, Soka University Speaker: -Jonathan Luckhurst, Soka University “G20 Governance from 2008 to 2019” -Elizaveta Safonkina, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration “G20 Compliance: Making Commitments that Count” -David Welch, Balsillie School of International Affairs “G20 in the Asian Context” 10:30-10:45_Coffee/Tea Break 10:45-11:30_Session 2: “Japan’s Plans for the Osaka Summit” Chair: Caitlin Byrne, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University Keynote Addresses from the Japanese Sherpa Office, Government, and Civil Society 11:30-12:45_Session 3: “G20 and Global Economic Governance” Chair: Jonathan Luckhurst, Soka University Speaker: -Daisuke Kotegawa, Canon Institute for Global Studies “G20 Macroeconomic Economic Governance & Japan’s Contribution” -Fabrizio Carmignani, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University “Inclusive Growth: Progress, Challenges, and the International Policy Agenda” -Vladimir Zuev, National Research University Higher School of Economics “G20 Trade Governance” -Naoki Tanaka, Centre for International Public Policy Studies “Business Perspectives on G20 Economic Governance” 12:45-14:00_Lunch 14:00-15:15_Session 4: “G20 and Global Gender Governance” Chair: Madeline Koch, G20 Research Group, University of Toronto Speaker: -Nadia Burger, Deputy Head of Mission, Canadian Embassy in Tokyo “Canada’s Contribution to Global Gender Governance” -Caitlin Byrne, Griffith University “Shortcomings and Opportunities for the W20 from a Public Diplomacy Perspective” -Yoriko Meguro, Japan Women20 Co-Chair, Sophia University, Japan “Japan’s Perspectives and Plans for G20 Gender Governance” 15:15-16:30_Session 5: “G20 Climate, Energy and Sustainability Governance” Chair: Hartmut Lenz, Soka University Speaker: -John Kirton, G20 Research Group, University of Toronto “G20 Climate Change Governance” -Melissa Conley-Tyler, Australian Institute of International Affairs “Think Tank Contributions to G20 Governance” -Kazuo Matsushita, Kyoto University, T20 Climate Change Task Force Co-Chair “T20 contribution to G20 Osaka summit on climate and environment” -Maria Emilia Berazategui, Argentina’s Civil20 Sherpa “NGO Contributions to G20 Sustainable Development Governance” 16:30-16:45_Coffee/Tea Break 16:45-17:55_Session 6: “Possibilities and Prescriptions for Osaka 2019: A Panel” Chair: John Kirton Panelists: Bassim Blazey, Deputy Head of Mission, Australian Embassy Tokyo Cesar Campoy, Deputy Chief of Mission, Argentine Embassy Tokyo Naoko Kawaguchi, OECD Sherpa Office for G20 Japan 17:55-18:05_Closing Remarks .