2024 Economists' Forum

DAY 1: Wednesday, 17 January

8:00 am–13:30 pm

Economist Family Retreat
Multifunction Hall 1, 2, and 3

Strengthening research collaboration between ERDI and other departments
under the NOM
(In person and by invitation ONLY)
Facilitator: Camilla A. Brooks
Hosts:Albert Park, Chief Economist and Director General, ERDI
Joseph Zveglich, Deputy Chief Economist, ERDI
Chia-Hsin Hu, Deputy Director General, ERDI

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		Auditorium 1	Auditorium 2	Auditorium 3	Auditorium 4	LRC 2
1:45 pm–5:00 pm	*Regional Economic Workshops*	Session A: Pacific [Closed door]	Session B: Central and West Asia [Open to ADB Staff]	Session C: South Asia [Closed door]	Session D: Southeast Asia [Closed door]	Session E: East Asia [Closed door]

DAY 2: Thursday, 18 January
(G: for general audience; T: for technical audience)

8:30 am–9:15 am

Opening Session
Multifunction Hall 1, 2, and 3

Moderator: Susann Roth, advisor, DOCK
Opening remark: Woochong Um, Managing Director General, ADB
Panel discussion: Economists as Knowledge Leaders Under the NOM

Albert Park, Chief Economist and Director General, ERDI
Declan Magee, Principal Economist, CCSD
Cindy Malvicini, Deputy Director General, SARD

		Auditorium 1 [T]	Auditorium 2 [T]	Auditorium 3 [T]	Auditorium 4 [T]	LRC 2 [T]	Innovation Hub [G]
9:30 am–11:00 am	*Session 1*	Session 1A: Greening Global Value Chains	Session 1B: Digitalization 1	Session 1C: COVID-19 Pandemic and Digitalization	Session 1D: Agriculture	Session 1E: Macroeconomy and Finance 1	Session 1F: Delivering impact through private sector operations

		Auditorium 1 [G]	Auditorium 2 [T]	Auditorium 3 [T]	Auditorium 4 [T]	LRC 2 [T]
11:15 am–12:30 pm	*Session 2*	Session 2A: What factors explain development projects’ performance?	Session 2B: Infrastructure and Governance	Session 2C: Labor and Employment	Session 2D: Trade and Regional Cooperation 1	Session 2E: Health and Food Security

12:30 pm–1:30 pm

Special Talk 1
Multifunction Hall 1-3 [G]
*[Light lunch to be served]

Women in the Economics Profession

		Innovation Hub [G]	Auditoriu m 1 [T]	Auditorium 2 [T]	Auditorium 3 [T]	Auditorium 4 [T]
1:45 pm–3:15 pm	*Session 3*	Session 3A: ERDI Database 1 *[Participants shall bring own laptops]	Session 3B: Climate change 1	Session 3C: Digitalization 2	Session 3D: Big Data Analysis 1	Session 3E: Macroeconomy and Finance 2

3:30 pm–4:30 pm

Special Session
Multifunction Hall 1-3 [G]

Pacific Economic Monitor December 2023

5:00 pm–6:30 pm

Outstanding Research Bravo Awards & Economists’ Happy Hour
(ADB Courtyard)
Moderator: Joseph Zveglich, Deputy Chief Economist, ERDI

DAY 3: Friday, 19 January
(G: for general audience; T: for technical audience)

		Auditorium 1 [T]	Auditorium 2 [T]	Auditorium 3 [T]	Innovation Hub [G]	Auditorium 4 [T]
8:30 am–10:30 am	*Session 4*	Session 4A: Energy Economics	Session 4B: Ecosystem Services Valuation	Session 4C: Fiscal Policy for Inclusive Growth	Session 4D: ERDI Database 2	Session 4E: Infrastructure Project Evaluations with Big Data

		Auditorium 1 [T]	Auditorium 2 [T]	Auditorium 3 [T]	Auditorium 4 [T]	LRC 2 [T]
10:45 am–12:15 pm	*Session 5*	Session 5A: Healthy and Productive Aging in Asia	Session 5B: Education	Session 5C: Health and Employment	Session 5D: Poverty and Inclusiveness	Session 5E: Macroeconomy and Finance 3

12:30 pm–1:30 pm

Special Talk 2
Multifunction Hall 1-3 [G]
*[Light lunch to be served]

Publishing working papers in peer reviewed journals

		Auditorium 1 [T]	Auditorium 2 [T]	Auditorium 3 [T]	Auditorium 4 [T]	LRC 2 [T]
1:45 pm–3:15 pm	*Session 6*	Session 6A: Climate Change 2	Session 6B: Big Data Analysis 2	Session 6C: Trade and Regional Cooperation 2	Session 6D: Gender	Session 6E: Climate Change and Fiscal Policy

3:30 pm–4:30 pm

Coffee Talk for Women Economists
Innovation Hub [G]

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