Friday, December 14

Saturday, December 15

Session I: Rise of India: Tentative Thoughts

Moderator: Tadashi Yamamoto, President, Japan Center for International Exchange

• Koji Watanabe, Senior Fellow, Japan Center for International Exchange
• Takako Hirose, Professor of Indian Politics, Sensyu University

Session II: Political and Security Dimension of the Rise of India

Moderator: Sung-Joo Han, President, Korea University; former Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Republic of Korea

• India’s Long-term Vision for East Asia
  C. Raja Mohan, Professor, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University

• China and India: A Chinese Approach to India
  Zhao Gancheng, Senior Fellow and Director, Shanghai Institute of International Affairs

• Comments
  Charles Morrison, President, East West Center
  
  

Session III: Economic and Social Dimensions of the Rise of India

Moderator: Jusuf Wanandi, Vice-Chairman, Center for Strategic and International Studies

• A Japanese Perspective
  Naoki Tanaka, President, Center for International Public Policy Studies

• A Southeast Asian Perspective
  K. Kesavapany, Director, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

• Comments
  Jesus Estanislao, President and CEO, Institute of Corporate Directors
  
  

Session IV: India and East Asia—Way Forward for Productive Cooperation

Moderator: Paul Evans, Co-CEO and Chairman of Executive Committee, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada

• A Japanese Approach
  Hitoshi Tanaka, Senior Fellow, Japan Center for International Exchange

• Comments
  Shin-wha Lee, Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science and
  International Relations, Korea University
  
  Lay Hwee Yeo, Senior Research Fellow, Singapore Institute of International
  Affairs