Annual International Conference
◆ 2nd EUIJ-Kyushu Annual International Conference
"Pan -Europe: Past to Present, Inside and Out"
Date: Sunday, 18 November 2012 13:00-17:00
Venue: Grand Hall, Fukuoka Women's University
Language: Japanese and English (Simultaneous Interpretation Provided)
Organizer: EU Institute in Japan, Kyushu (EUIJ-Kyushu)
Fukuoka Women's University
Program:
Coordinator: Tsuyoshi Mukai (Fukuoka Women's University,
Vice-Director, EUIJ-Kyushu)
13:00-13:10 Opening Remarks
Tisato Kajiyama (President, Fukuoka Women's University)
13:10-14:10 Keynote Lecture
Shoichi Sato (Emeritus Professor of Nagoya University,
Member of the Japan Academy)
"Charlemagne and Europe in Global Context"
14:10-14:20 Intermission
14:20-16:50 Panel Discussion
Moderator: Scott Pugh
(Professor of Fukuoka Women's University)
Panelists
1. Graham Caie
(Former Vice-President of the University of Glasgow, UK)
2. Dimitri Vanoverbeke
(Professor of Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium)
3. Sven Holst
(Associate Professor of Fukuoka Women's University)
4. Masaru Baba
(Associate Professor of Fukuoka Women's University)
16:50~17:00 Closing Remarks
Machiko Hachiya （Director, EUIJ-Kyushu）
Inquiry:
EUIJ-Kyushu Branch Office at Fukuoka Women's University
1-1-1 Kasumigaoka, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 813-8592
TEL 092-663-4005
***********************************************************************************
◆ First Annual International Conference, 3 March 2012
European Challenges for Overcoming the Crisis
Seinan Gakuin University Community Center
Saturday, 3 March 2012
Speakers included Peter Bekx (Director of International Economic and Financial Relations and Global Governance in the European Commission), Francis Rawlinson (Professor, Kwansai Gakuin University), and Shugo Onoe (Professor, Seinan Gakuin University). Seiya Nakajima (Chief Economist, Itochu Corporation) and Sadayoshi Takaya (Professor, Kansai University) served as commentators. Eva Banincova (Associate Professor, Kobe Univesrsity) and Kenji Iwata (Professor, Kyushu University) were co-chairs.
The focus of this conference was to explore, from an inter-disciplinary perspective, the impact on and implications of the recent global financial credit crisis in the EU. Throughout the evolution of the EU, there has been heated debate on a “transfer union,” and the possibility of a “fiscal union” has been debated since the 70s. In addition, the existence of a single currency without a single financial system has always been debated in academic circles. With the EU economic crisis looming, the debate over what the financial system of the EU should be is once again at the forefront of discussion amongst economists, financiers, politicians, and academics the world over. A resolution is needed urgently, but what would it look like?
This question, and other related ones, was addressed during the conference. While a satisfactory resolution was far from realized, the participants – including the audience – agreed that it was an interesting, though-provoking, and informative discussion -- to be continued.
|
