| 9:00 am -10:30 am | Opening Session |
Development Impact | |||
| (Auditorium 3 & 4) | Welcome remarks: Woochong Um, Managing Director General and Officer-in-Charge Office of the President Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development Keynote speaker: Emmanuel Jimenez, Director General, Independent Evaluation Department Panel discussion: Albert Park, Chief Economist and Director General, Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department (ERCD) Moderator: Madhavi Pundit, Senior Economist, ERCD |
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| 10:45 am -12:30 pm | Special Session 1- Economists' Mini Retreat | How Can ADB Economists Thrive in the New Organizational Structure? | |||
| (Auditorium 2) | Speakers: Albert Park, Chief Economist and Director General, ERCD Joseph Zveglich, Deputy Chief Economist, ERCD Chia-Hsin Hu, Deputy Director General, ERCD |
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| 1:00 pm -5:30 pm | Regional Departments’ Workshops | ||||
| (Conference room 7A508) | Economists’ Retreat by the Pacific Regional Department [by invitation] | ||||
(Auditorium 1) |
Economists’ Workshop organized by the Central and West Asia Regional Department [Open to all ADB Staff only] Session1: The Russian invasion of Ukraine and its Implications for Developing Asia Session 2: Country Economics |
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(LRC 1) |
Economists' Forum organized by the South Asia Regional Department [closed session] |
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| Paper Sessions | Auditorium 1 | Auditorium 2 | Auditorium 3 | Auditorium 4 | |
| 8:30 am-10:30 am | Session 1 | Session 1A: Urgent Issues in Agriculture in Asia | Session 1B: Trade and Regional Cooperation | Session 1C: Macroeconomy and Financial Stability | Session 1D: Education and Youth Unemployment in Bhutan |
| 10:45 am- 12:15 pm | Session 2 | Session 2A: Transition to Net Zero in Asia (Sub-session 1) [all presentations will be virtual] | Session 2B: Future of Work | Session 2C: Renewable Energy and Green Financing [ADBI Special Session] | Session 2D: Digital Economy and Finance |
| 12:30 pm-1:30 pm | Special Session II- Learning Lunch (ADB Auditorium Hallway) |
Poster Presentations
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| 1:45pm- 3:15 pm | Session 3 | Session 3A: Infrastructure Impact | Session 3B: Migration and Remittances | Session 3C: Big Data Analysis | Session 3D: Managing Food Security in Selected Economies [Southeast Asia Regional Department’s Special Session] |
| 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Joint ERCD-SERD Learning Event (Auditorium 1) |
Topic: Monetary Policy Frameworks Since Bretton Wood, Across the World and Its Region | |||
| 5:00 pm-6:30 pm | Economists’ Forum Social Welfare Function (@ the
Courtyard) Hosted by ERCD |
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| Paper Sessions | Auditorium 1 | Auditorium 2 | Auditorium 3 | Auditorium 4 | |
| 8:30 am-10:30 am | Session 4 | Session 4A: Poverty and Inequality | Session 4B: Nudges and Preferences | Session 4C: Health Capacity to Work among Older Persons in Developing Asia [all presentations will be virtual] | Session 4D: COVID-19: Learning Loss and Mortality |
| 10:45 am- 12:15 pm | Session 5 | Session 5A: Transition to Net Zero in Asia (Sub-session 2) | Session 5B: Resilience and Social Protection | Session 5C: Digital Technologies, Tech-start Up and Venture Capital [all presentations will be virtual] |
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| 12:30 pm-1:30 pm | Special Session III- Learning Lunch (Auditorium 4) |
Publishing in ADB Economics Working Paper Series and the Asian Development Review Speakers: Joseph Zveglich, Deputy Chief Economist, ERCD Donghyun Park, Advisor, ERCD *[Light snacks to be served] |
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| 1:45pm- 3:15 pm | Session 6 | Session 6A: Infrastructure Investment and Project Performance | Session 6B: Climate Change Impact and Adaptation | Session 6C: Nutrition and Food Consumption [all presentations will be virtual] |
Session 6D: Joint SDIU and FCI Hands-on Session on Key Indicators and FCI databases |
| 4:00 pm -5:00 pm | Closing Event | Asian Impact Webinar on Economic Impacts of Urban Transit Infrastructure Upgrading [Live webinar, please register at https://asianimpact.adb.org ] |
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