Asia-Pacific Conference on Measuring Well-Being and Fostering the Progress of Societies

Agenda DAY 1 Monday 5 December 2011

Agenda

DAY 1, Monday 5 December 2011
DAY 2, Tuesday 6 December 2011

DAY 1, Monday 5 December 2011

08:30 - 09:00
Registration and refreshments
09:00 - 10:00
Opening session
- Facilitation by the Master of Ceremonies
  Junko UCHINO, Executive Research Fellow, ESRI
- Welcome address
  Motohisa FURUKAWA(PDF-Format: 82 KB), Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy (10 minutes)
- Introductory addresses
  Rintaro TAMAKI Deputy Secretary-General, OECD (10 minutes)
  Shuzo NISHIMURA Director General, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Japan (10 minutes)
  Juzhong ZHUANG, Deputy Chief Economist, ADB (10 minutes)
  Kilaparti RAMAKRISHNA, Director, ESCAP Subregional Office for East and North-East Asia (10 minutes)
  Hoe-Jeong KIM, Director General for Planning and Coordination, KOSTAT (10 minutes)
10:00 - 10:30
Keynote address
- Measuring well-being: Bhutan's pursuit of Gross National Happiness
  Karma TSHITEEM(1)(PDF-Format: 362 KB) (2)(PDF-Format: 444 KB) (3)(PDF-Format: 408 KB) (4)(PDF-Format: 458 KB) (5)(PDF-Format: 500 KB)/ (6)(PDF-Format: 443 KB) (7)(PDF-Format: 397 KB) (8)(PDF-Format: 448 KB) (9)(PDF-Format: 351 KB) (10)(PDF-Format: 449 KB) (11)(PDF-Format: 419 KB) (12)(PDF-Format: 488 KB) (13)(PDF-Format: 431 KB), Secretary, Gross National Happiness Commission, Bhutan
10:30 - 10:50
Refreshments
10:50 - 11:10
Setting the scene
- National and international initiatives on measuring well-being and progress: A description of some of the key ongoing initiatives and the role of regional conferences in the lead up to the 4th OECD World Forum on Statistics, Knowledge and Policies in New Delhi in October 2012. Martine DURAND(1)(PDF-Format: 304 KB) (2)(PDF-Format: 423 KB) (3)(PDF-Format: 417 KB) (4)(PDF-Format: 450 KB) (5)(PDF-Format: 433 KB) (6)(PDF-Format: 393 KB), OECD Chief Statistician

THEME 1: Material conditions

11:10 - 11:50
Material conditions (part 1 in plenary)
- Introduction by Session Chair: Shailaja CHANDRA, Senior Report Writer, Government of India (10 minutes)
- Overview address
  Juzhong ZHUANG(1)(PDF-Format: 430 KB) (2)(PDF-Format: 460 KB) (3)(PDF-Format: 448 KB) (4)(PDF-Format: 246 KB), Deputy Chief Economist, ADB (20 minutes)
- Transfer to parallel workshops (10 minutes)

11:50 - 13:00

THEME 1 Material conditions (part 2 in parallel)

THEME 1 Material conditions
1a	1b	1c
Inequalities: outcomes and opportunities	Employment and human capital	Housing and urban infrastructure
Workshop Chair 1a:Riti IBRAHIM, Secretary, Ministry of Planning, Bangladesh (4 minutes)	Workshop Chair 1b:Douglas BROOKS, Assistant Chief Economist, ADB (4 minutes)	Workshop Chair 1c:Takashi OMORI(PDF-Format: 14 KB), Tokyo City University (4 minutes)
Panellist 1ai: Roger RICAFORT(1)(PDF-Format: 354 KB) (2)(PDF-Format: 245 KB) (3)(PDF-Format: 394 KB), Oxfam, Hong Kong (12 minutes)	Panellist 1bi: Kensuke TANAKA(1)(PDF-Format: 480 KB) (2)(PDF-Format: 442 KB), OECD Development Centre (12 minutes)	Panellist 1ci: Phung Thi Thanh Thu(PDF-Format: 306 KB), Indochina Research and Consulting, Vietnam (12 minutes)
Panellist 1aii: Romina BOARINI(1)(PDF-Format: 466 KB) (2)(PDF-Format: 462 KB) (3)(PDF-Format: 420 KB) (4)(PDF-Format: 266 KB), OECD (12 minutes)	Panellist 1bii: Pattama TEANRAVISITSAGOOL(1)(PDF-Format: 345 KB) (2)(PDF-Format: 442 KB) (3)(PDF-Format: 241 KB) (4)(PDF-Format: 399 KB) (5)(PDF-Format: 345 KB), NESDB, Thailand (12 minutes)	Panellist 1cii: Leslie TANG(1)(PDF-Format: 335 KB) (2)(PDF-Format: 281 KB), Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong (12 minutes)
Panellist 1aiii: Inhoe KU(PDF-Format: 65 KB), Seoul National University (12 minutes)	Panellist 1biii: K Narayanan UNNI(PDF-Format: 64 KB), Dy. Director General, MOSPI, India (12 minutes)	Panellist 1ciii: Geoff WOOLCOCK(1)(PDF-Format: 443 KB) (2)(PDF-Format: 457 KB), Griffith University, Queensland, Australia (12 minutes)
General discussion (30 minutes)	General discussion (30 minutes)	General discussion (30 minutes)

13:00 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 14:50
Material conditions (part 3 in plenary)
- Building Common Ground: Session Chair(facilitation)
- Reports: Workshop Chairs (10 minutes each)
  General discussion(15 minutes)
  Conclusions: Session Chair(5 minutes)
- Transfer of speakers (10 minutes)

THEME 2: Sustainability and future challenges

15:00 - 15:40
Sustainability and future challenges (part 1 in plenary)
- Introduction and overview address by Session Chair: Naoto YAMAUCHI(1)(PDF-Format: 277 KB) (2)(PDF-Format: 401 KB), Chair of the Commission on Measuring well-being, Osaka University (30 minutes)
- Transfer to parallel workshops (10 minutes)

15:40 - 16:50

Sustainability and future challenges (part 2 in parallel)

Sustainability and future challenges
2a	2b	2c
Governance and participation	Age and gender perspectives	Vulnerability to natural/man-made disasters and environmental risks
Workshop Chair 2a:Jessamyn O. ENCARNACION, NSCB, Philippines (4 minutes)	Workshop Chair 2b:Porametee VIMOLSIRI, NESDB, Thailand (4 minutes)	Workshop Chair 2c:Vince GALVIN(PDF-Format: 153 KB), Statistics New Zealand (4 minutes)
Panellist 2ai: Imogen WALL(1)(PDF-Format: 390 KB) (2)(PDF-Format: 323 KB), ABS, Australia (12 minutes)	Panellist 2bi: Taiichiro NISHIKAWA(PDF-Format: 395 KB), Mayor of Arakawa City (12 minutes)	Panellist 2ci: Nick JOHNSTONE(PDF-Format: 491 KB), OECD (12 minutes)
Panellist 2aii: Terue OHASHI(1)(PDF-Format: 458 KB) (2)(PDF-Format: 496 KB) (3)(PDF-Format: 382 KB) (4)(PDF-Format: 305 KB), Tohoku University (12 minutes)	Panellist 2bii: Yoko NAKAGAKI(1)(PDF-Format: 449 KB) (2)(PDF-Format: 314 KB) (3)(PDF-Format: 480 KB), Gender Equality Bureau, Cabinet Office, Japan (12 minutes)	Panellist 2cii: Johan HAVENAAR(PDF-Format: 75 KB), Department of Psychiatry, Utrecht University Hospital (12 minutes)
Panellist 2aiii: Robert MANCHIN(PDF-Format: 350 KB), GALLUP (12 minutes)	Panellist 2biii: Shailaja CHANDRA, Senior Report Writer, Government of India (12 minutes)	Panellist 2ciii: Yukiko UCHIDA(PDF-Format: 238 KB), Kyoto University (12 minutes)
General discussion (30 minutes)	General discussion (30 minutes)	General discussion (30 minutes)

16:50 - 17:10
Refreshments
17:10 - 18:00
Sustainability and future challenges (part 3 in plenary)
- Building common ground: Session Chair (facilitation)
- Reports: Workshop Chairs (10 minutes each)
  General discussion (15 minutes)
  Conclusions: Session Chair (5 minutes)
18:00
End of day 1

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