July 2020
 

Live Webinar  
International Financial Institutions in the COVID-19 Era*
Wednesday, July 8, 2020 | 8:00 – 9:00 AM (EDT)    
Wednesday, July 8, 2020 | 9:00 - 10:00 PM (JST)
Featuring:
Masatsugu Asakawa, President and Chairperson of Board of Directors, Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Mitsuhiro Furusawa, Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Keiko Honda, Adjunct Professor and Adjunct Senior Research Scholar, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University; Former CEO and Former Executive Vice President, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
Moderated by: Takatoshi Ito, Professor, SIPA, Columbia University; Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, CJEB 
*This webinar will be conducted in Japanese and is part of "The Japanese Economy in the COVID-19 Era" series.

 

 

Live Webinar  
ESG Investing in the COVID-19 Era**
Wednesday, July 15, 2020 | 8:00 – 9:00 AM (EDT)    
Wednesday, July 15, 2020 | 9:00 - 10:00 PM (JST)
Featuring:
Kathy Matsui, Vice Chair; Chief Japan Strategist; Co-head of Macro Research Asia, Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd.
Ronald P. O’Hanley, Chairman & CEO, State Street
Moderated by: Keiko Honda, Adjunct Professor and Adjunct Senior Research Scholar, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University; Former CEO and Former Executive Vice President, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
**This webinar will be conducted in English and is part of "The Japanese Economy in the COVID-19 Era" series.
The speakers are listed alphabetically.

August 2020

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Live Webinar Central Banking in the COVID-19 Era***
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 | 8:00 – 9:00 AM (EDT)    
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 | 9:00 - 10:00 PM (JST)
Featuring:
Haruhiko Kuroda, Governor, Bank of Japan
Janet L. Yellen, Distinguished Fellow in Residence with the Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution; Former Chair, The Federal Reserve Board
Moderated by: Takatoshi Ito, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University; Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, CJEB
***This webinar will be conducted in English and is part of "The Japanese Economy in the COVID-19 Era" series.

October 2020

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A Wave of Shareholder Activism Hits Japan's Shores
Tuesday, October 6, 2020 | 12:30 - 1:45 PM 
TBC, Columbia Business School 
Featuring: Josh Black, Editor-in-Chief, Activist Insight; TBC   
Moderator: Alicia Ogawa, Director, Project on Japanese Corporate Governance and Stewardship, CJEB 
 

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The 2020 Annual Lecture on the Japanese Economy
Thursday, October 8, 2020 | 6:00 – 7:30 PM
Room 1501, International Affairs Building, Columbia University
Featuring: Takatoshi Ito, Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, CJEB; Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

November 2020

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The 2020 Annual Conference on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds
Tuesday, November 17, 2020 | Afternoon
The Italian Academy, Columbia University

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The Fifth Annual Conference of the Japan Economy Network
November 20 and 21, 2020
Room 1501, International Affairs Building, Columbia University