#IndiaJapanConfluence 2019 Organized by CPPR Centre for Strategic Studies in collaboration with Consulate- General of Japan in Chennai International Conference on India And Japan: Growing Partnership and Opportunities for Co-Operation Organised by CPPR Centre for Strategic Studies In Collaboration with Consulate- General of Japan in Chennai 26-27th of February 2019 | Riviera Suites (Kochi, Kerala, India) CONFERENCE AGENDA 26 February 2019 (Tuesday) 11:30 am – 1:00 pm INAUGURAL SESSION Welcome: Dr D Dhanuraj, Chairman, CPPR Keynote Address: Dr Kanti Prasad Bajpai Director, Centre on Asia and Globalisation Wilmar Professor of Asian Studies, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore Presided by: P K Hormis Tharakan (CPPR-CSS Advisor) Former Chief of R&AW and, Director General of Kerala Police Guest of Honour: Madam Hiroko Taniguchi Deputy Consul-General, Consulate-General of Japan in Chennai 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Break for Lunch 1 www.cppr.in | [email protected] #IndiaJapanConfluence 2019 Organized by CPPR Centre for Strategic Studies in collaboration with Consulate- General of Japan in Chennai 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Session 1 Asia-Pacific and its Grand Transformation: Economic Imperatives and Security Challenges Moderator: P K Hormis Tharakan CPPR-CSS Advisor and formerly Chief of R&AW and Director General of Kerala Police Speakers: Air Marshal Dr M Matheshwaran President, The Peninsula Foundation, Chennai Dr H S Prabhakar Professor, Centre for East Asian Studies, JNU, New Delhi Dr W Lawrence S Prabhakar Associate Professor of Strategic Studies and International Relations, Department of Political Science, Madras Christian College, Chennai 3:30 pm – 3:45 pm Tea Break 3:45 pm – 5:15 pm Session: 2 “New Regionalism”: Connotations, Corridors and Consequences in the Asia-Pacific Moderator: Muraleedharan Nair CPPR Senior Fellow and formerly Indian Consul in China Speakers: Dr Heigo Sato Professor, Institute of World Studies, Takushoku University, Tokyo, Japan (via skype) Dr Madhuchanda Ghosh Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Presidency College, Kolkata Gazi Hassan Research Assistant, CPPR 2 www.cppr.in | [email protected] #IndiaJapanConfluence 2019 Organized by CPPR Centre for Strategic Studies in collaboration with Consulate- General of Japan in Chennai 5:30 pm – 6:45 pm Session 3 India Japan Partnership: Building Synergies in the Global Platform Moderator: K V Thomas CPPR Senior Fellow, and formerly Associate Director, Intelligence Bureau, India Speakers: Dr Rupakjyoti Borah Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies, Singapore Dr Titli Basu Associate Fellow, East Asia Centre, Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis, New Delhi 7:15 pm Dinner 27 February 2019 (Wednesday) 9:15 am - 11:00 am Session 4 The Maritime Transformation of Asia-Pacific: Interdependence and Security: Comparing Indian and Japanese visions Moderator: Dr W Lawrence S Prabhakar CPPR-CSS Advisor, Associate Professor of Strategic Studies and International Relations, Department of Political Science, Madras Christian College, Chennai Speakers: Rear Admiral Krishna Swaminathan, VSM Chief Staff Officer (Training), Southern Naval Command, Kochi Commodore Somen Banerjee Senior Fellow, Vivekananda International Foundation, Delhi Dr Josukutty Assistant Professor and Honorary Director, Survey Research Centre, Department of Political Science, Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram Dr Prakash Paneerselvam Assistant Professor, International Strategic & Security Studies Programme, National Institute for Advance Studies (NIAS), Bengaluru 11:00 am – 11:15 am Tea Break 3 www.cppr.in | [email protected] #IndiaJapanConfluence 2019 Organized by CPPR Centre for Strategic Studies in collaboration with Consulate- General of Japan in Chennai 11:15 am – 12:45 pm Session 5 India Japan Partnership in the Information Age, Trade and Investment Moderator: Dr D Dhanuraj Chairman, CPPR Speakers: Anoopa Nair IES Deputy Director (IER-I), International Economic Relation Division, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, New Delhi Dr Amrita Jash Associate Fellow, Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS) New Delhi 12:45 pm – 1:00 pm Felicitation and Interaction with Edgar Morris (Recipient of one of Japan’s highest civilian honours, Order of the Rising Sun (Gold and Silver Rays) with the Emperor’s Medal of Honour) Concluding with Lunch 4 www.cppr.in | [email protected] .