Searching for Productivity Growth in Australia and Japan: The Australian National University and The Japan Research Institute, Limited Joint Symposium

Opening Remarks
Katsunori Tanizaki
President and CEO, The Japan Research Institute, Limited

Keynote Speech: Productivity, Demographics and Societal Choice
Masaaki Shirakawa
Distinguished Guest Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University
Former Governor, Bank of Japan

The full report of the keynote speech is available at;
Productivity, Demographics and Societal Choice (PDF:1,000KB)

Panel Discussion
Shiro Armstrong
Professor of Economics and Director of the Australia-Japan Research Centre, The Australian National University

Michael Brennan
CEO, E61 Institute, Former Chair, Productivity Commission

Ross Garnaut
Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Melbourne, and a Director of ZEN Energy and Chairman, Sunshot Zero Carbon Futures

Kyoji Fukao
Chairman, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry, Special Appointed Professor, Hitotsubashi University

Masaaki Shirakawa
Distinguished Guest Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University, Former Governor, Bank of Japan

Yuri Okina
Chairperson, The Japan Research Institute, Limited

Ippei Fujiwara (Moderator)
Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University and Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University

Closing Remarks
Shiro Armstrong
Professor of Economics and Director of the Australia-Japan Research Centre, The Australian National University

Searching for Productivity Growth in Australia and Japan: The Australian National University and The Japan Research Institute, Limited Joint Symposium (PDF:303KB)