Provisional programme: Tuesday 8 September 2015 Venue: Tokyo, Japan 08:30 – 08:55 08:55 – 09:00
09:00 – 10:15
10:15 – 10:30 10:30 – 12:00
12:00 – 13:00 13:00 ‐ 14:30
14:30 – 14:45
Registration Opening Remarks Jon Danielsson, Director, Systemic Risk Centre and Associate Professor of Finance, LSE Session 1: The latest research on investment strategies Chair: Wouter Den Haan, Professor of Economics, LSE Speakers: Dong Lou, Associate Professor of Finance, LSE Katsuhiko Okada, Professor of Finance, Kwansei Gakuin University Commentator: Hayato Nagayoshi, Chief Quantitative Analyst, Mizuho Securities Break Session 2: Future challenges for society and the financial industry Chair: Bjorn Jorgensen, Research Associate, Systemic Risk Centre and Professor of Accounting and Financial Management, LSE Speakers: Daniel Paravisini, Associate Professor of Finance, LSE Kiyohiko Nishimura, Dean of the Graduate School of Economics and Chairman of the Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo, and former Deputy Governor, Bank of Japan Henry Overman, Professor of Economic Geography, LSE Commentator: Tomochika Kitaoka, Senior Economist, Mizuho Securities Buffet Lunch Session 3: Challenges for financial stability and systemic risk Chair: Bjorn Jorgensen, Research Associate, Systemic Risk Centre and Professor of Accounting and Financial Management, LSE Speakers: Jon Danielsson, Director, Systemic Risk Centre and Associate Professor of Finance, LSE Tsuyoshi Oyama, Partner and head of the Centre of Risk Management Strategy, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Commentator: Rie Nishihara, Head of Financials Teams, Senior Analyst Financials Sector, Mizuho Securities Break
1
14:45 – 16:15
The latest research on business cycles and monetary policy and implications for macroeconomic prospects of Europe Chair: Henry Overman, Professor of Economic Geography, LSE Speakers: Wouter Den Haan, Professor of Economics, LSE Kazumasa Iwata, President, Japan Center for Economic Research and former Deputy Governor, Bank of Japan Commentator: Tomochika Kitaoka, Senior Economist, Mizuho Securities
16:15 – 16:30
Break
16:30 – 18:00
Keynote session: Macroeconomic challenges facing Japan and Europe Chair: Jon Danielsson, Director, Systemic Risk Centre and Associate Professor of Finance, LSE Speakers: Sir Charles Bean, Professor of Economics, LSE and former Deputy Governor for Monetary Policy at the Bank of England Kikuo Iwata, Deputy Governor of Bank of Japan Closing Remarks Hiroshi Motoyama, President & CEO, Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.
18:00 – 18:05
Session 4:
2
