Wednesday, August 24

Opening Remarks

• GONG Ro-myung, Korean Chairman
• MOGI Yuzaburo, Japanese Chairman

Keynote Address

• HYUN In-Taek, Minister of the Ministry of Unification

Session I: Korea-Japan Cooperation to Promote Political and Economic Stability and Development in East Asia

• KIM Hyung-joon, Professor, Myongji University

• NISHIDA Mutsumi, Deputy Chief Editor & Senior Staff Writer for Political Affairs, Nikkei

Dinner hosted by PARK Suk-hwan, 1st Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Thursday, August 25

Session II: Advancing International and Regional Security through Korea-Japan Cooperation

• RHEE Sang-woo, President, New Asia Research Institute
• YUN Duk-min, Professor, Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS)
• HIRAIWA Shunji, Professor of School of International Studies, Kwansei Gakuin University
• TANAKA Hitoshi, Senior Fellow at the Japan Center for International Exchange; Chairman, the Institute of the Institute for International Strategy (IIS)

Luncheon hosted by CHA Du-hyeogn, Executive Vice-President, The Korea Foundation

Session III: The Great East Japan Earthquake—The Potential for Korea-Japan Cooperation and Symbiosis in Disaster Response and Reconstruction

Keynnote Speech: The Outlook for Reconstruction as Viewed by the Reconstruction Design Council in Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake

• IOKIBE Makoto, President, National Defense Academy; Chairman, Reconstruction Design Council in Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake

Speakers

• YOSHIDA Fumihiko, Editorial Writer, Asahi Shimbun
• JUNG Yong-hun, Senior Researcher of the Korea Energy Economics Institute; Counselor to the Minister of Knowledge Economy
• JUNG Hosung, Senior Researcher of the Samsung Economic Research Institute

Session IV: Measures to Strengthen Korea-Japan Exchange and Cooperation for the Regional Development of East Asia

• PARK Cheol-hee, Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University
• KOHARI Susumu, Professor, Faculty of International Relations, University of Shizuoka

Dinner hosted by GONG Ro-myung, Korean Chairman

Friday, August 26

Session V: Wrap-up Session—The Impact of Political Change in Japan on Its Foreign Relations

• KIM Young-hie, Editor-Large, JoongAng Ilbo
• WAKAMIYA Yoshibumi, Editor-in-Chief, Asahi Shimbun

Closing Remarks by the Co-Chairs