February 5
Courtesy Calls to Prime Minister Tony Blair, Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, and Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State for International Development
February 6
Session I: Economic and Social Developments since 1985: Pointers for Future Bilateral Cooperation
UK Speaker: Bill Emmott, Editor, The Economist
Japanese Speaker: Yukio Satoh, President, Japan Institute of International Affairs
Dinner Session
Guest Speaker: Sir Howard Davies, Director, London School of Economics; former Chairman of the Financial Services Authority (F.S.A.)
February 7
Session II: Political Governance: Sustaining the Democratic Process
UK Speaker: Vernon Bogdanor, Professor of Politics and Government; Vice Principal, Brasenose College, Oxford
Japanese Speaker: Hideo Otake, Professor, Kyoto University
Session III: Corporate Social Responsibility: The Challenges facing Large Companies
UK Speaker: Richard Lambert, former Chief Editor of the Financial Times; Member of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee
Japanese Speaker: Hajime Sasaki, Chairman of the Board, NEC Corporation
Lunch Session: International Trade Negotiations after Cancun
Guest Speaker: Lord Brittan, Deputy Chairman, UBS; former Vice President European Commission
Session IV: Global Governance: A Unilateral or Multilateral World?
Subthemes:
- The Role of the UN in International Crises
- British/Japanese Special Relationships with the US
- UK/Japan Collaboration in Crisis Management
UK Speaker: Robert Cooper, Director General (External Economic Relations and CFSP), European Council
Japanese Speaker: Koji Watanabe, Senior Fellow, Japan Center for International Exchange
February 8
Session V: The Environment: Prospects for Sustainability
UK Speaker: Sir Crispin Tickell GCMG, former President, Green College, Oxford; former British Ambassador to the United Nations
Japanese Speaker: Shinji Fukukawa, Advisor, Dentsu Inc.; Advisor, Global Industrial and Social Progress Research Institute
Concluding Session: Chairmen’s Summaries and Recommendations
UK PARTICIPANTS | |
CHAIRMAN | |
THE RT. HON. PETER MANDELSON MP | Member of the House of Commons, Labour; Former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and Secretary of State for Trade and Industry |
PARTICIPANTS | |
DR VINCENT CABLE MP | Member of the House of Commons, Liberal Democrat |
SIR COLIN CAMPBELL | Vice-Chancellor, University of Nottingham |
CHARLES CUDDINGTON | Managing Director, Rolls Royce plc |
THE RT. HON. LORD FORSYTH OF DRUMLEAN | Deputy Chairman, JPMorgan UK; former Secretary of State for Scotland |
SIR STEPHEN GOMERSALL, KCMG | HM Ambassador, Tokyo |
MELVILLE GUEST | Executive Director, UK-Japan 21st Century Group; former Chief Executive, Asia House |
FABIAN HAMILTON MP | Member of the House of Commons, Labour |
THE RT. HON. LORD HOWELL OF GUILDFORD | Former Chairman, UK-Japan 21st Century Group; House of Lords |
SHIGEAKI KATAGIRI | Managing Director and Representative in Japan, UBS Securities Japan Ltd |
RICHARD LAMBERT | Former Editor-in-Chief, The Financial Times; Member of Monetary Policy Committee, Bank of England |
LORD LAMING | House of Lords |
ANTHONY LOEHNIS | Treasurer and former Executive Director, UK-Japan 21st Century Group |
DR. TIDU MAINI | Pro Rector, Development & Corporate Affairs, Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine |
ANNE MCINTOSH MP | Member of the House of Commons, Conservative |
PIETER MONTYN | Executive Vice-President, BAE Systems |
THE RT. HON. SIR RICHARD NEEDHAM | Chairman, Dyson plc; Former Minister of State for Trade |
JOYCE QUIN MP | Member of the House of Commons, Labour |
VISCOUNT TRENCHARD | Senior Advisor, Prudential Financial Inc.; Joint Chairman, Japan Society |
STEWART WHITE | Group Public Policy Director, Vodafone |
SPEAKERS | |
BILL EMMOTT | Editor, The Economist |
SIR HOWARD DAVIES | Director, London School of Economics |
SIR CRISPIN TICKELL GCMG | Former President, Green College, Oxford; former British Ambassador to the United States |
RT HON LORD BRITTAN | Deputy Chairman, UBS; former Vice President European Commission |
PROFESSOR VERNON BOGDANOR | Professor of Government, Oxford University |
ROBERT COOPER | Director General, CFSP, European Council |
JAPANESE PARTICIPANTS | |
CHAIRMAN | |
YASUHISA SHIOZAKI | Member, House of Representatives; Former Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance |
PARTICIPANTS | |
HATSUO AOKI | President, Fujisawa Pharmaceutical, Ltd. |
TERUAKI AOKI | Corporate Executive Vice President, Sony Corporation |
SHINJI FUKUKAWA | Advisor, Global Industrial and Social Progress Research Institute; Advisor, Dentsu Inc. |
HIROYA ICHIKAWA | Professor, Sophia University |
YOSHIO ISHIZAKA | Executive Vice President, Toyota Motor Corporation |
YOSHIYUKI KASAI | President, Central Japan Railway Company |
SEIJI MAEHARA | Member, House of Representatives |
HIDEO OTAKE | Professor, Kyoto University |
HAJIME SASAKI | Chairman of the Board, NEC Corporation |
YUKIO SATOH | President, Japan Institute of International Affairs; Former Ambassador to UN |
HIDEYA TAIDA | Executive Director, The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP) |
KEIZO TAKEMI | Member, House of Councillors |
KOJI WATANABE | Senior Fellow, Japan Center for International Exchange; Executive Advisor, Nippon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation) |
TADASHI YAMAMOTO | President, Japan Center for International Exchange |
AKIKO YAMANAKA | Visiting Professor, United Nations University in Tokyo |
FUMIHIKO YOSHIDA | Editorial Writer, The Asahi Shimbun |
MASAKI ORITA | Japanese Ambassador to UK |
