Opening Address [09:50-10:00]

Tatsuo Hatta President, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

Part I: Plenary Session [10:00-12:00]

Keynote Address: "What is the Global Innovation Ecosystem?" Toshiaki Ikoma Chair, GIES2007 Organizing Committee Director-General, Center for Research and Development Strategy (CRDS), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
Setting the Tone: "Three-tiered framework to make Global Innovation a reality" Itaru Yasui Vice-Rector, United Nations University Dale W. Jorgenson Samuel W. Morris University Professor, Department of Economics, Harvard University
Short Panel Discussion: Panelists W. Edward Steinmueller Professor of Information and Communication Technology Policy, SPRU Science and Technology Policy Research University of Sussex Richard Byrd Dasher Director, US-Asia Technology Management Center, Stanford University Eiichi Yamaguchi Deputy Director of Institute for Technology, Enterprise and Competitiveness (ITEC), Doshisha University Dirk Pilat Head, Science and Technology Policy Division, Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Itaru Yasui   Dale W. Jorgenson   Moderator Toshiaki Ikoma

Part II: Parallel Sessions [14:00-17:00]

Session 1: How Can We Establish and Utilize Information and Knowledge Infrastructure for Collaboration and Innovation? Chair Masaru Yarime Associate Professor, Department of Human and Engineered Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo Discussion leaders Rishab Aiyer Ghosh Senior Researcher, United Nations University, UNU-MERIT Institute Ellis Rubinstein President, The New York Academy of Sciences Ed Steinmueller   Hideaki Takeda Professor, The University of Tokyo / National Institute of Informatics
Session 2: What are international cooperative strategies to cultivate science-based human resources and promulgate their contributions to global innovation ecosystem? Co-Chairs Takahiro Ueyama Professor, Department of Economics, Sophia University Yuko Harayama Professor, the Management of Science and Technology Department the Graduate School of Engineering of Tohoku University Executive Member of the CSTP Discussion leaders Monte Cassim President, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Richard Byrd Dasher   Sachi Hatakenaka Independent consultant/researcher Research Affiliate, Industrial Performance Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Atsushi Sunami Associate Professor, Director of Science & Technology Policy Program, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies Poh Kam Wong Director, NUS Entrepreneurship Centre Singapore
Session 3: Is global alliance feasible to remove the air pollution of East Asia? Chair Eiichi Yamaguchi   Discussion leaders Holger Robert Bungsche Associate Professor, Institute for Industrial Research, Kwansei Gakuin University Zhidong Li Professor, Department of Management and Information System Science, Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan Masayoshi Sadakata Professor, Dept. Environmental Chemical Engineering, Kogakuin University Lin Sun Research Associate Professor, Institute of National Economy of Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, China Hiroyuki Watanabe Senior Technical Executive, Toyota Motor Corporation
Session 4: Establishing Benchmarks for the Global Innovation Ecosystem -What is the measure for "Outcome of Innovation" and How to evaluate "Effect of the Policy Instruments"? -
Chair Masahiro Kuroda President, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Cabinet Office, Government of Japan Discussion leaders Dale W. Jorgenson   Hiroshi Ohashi Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics and School of Public Policy The University of Tokyo Hiroyuki Odagiri Professor, Department of Economics, Hitotsubashi University Dirk Pilat

Final Session [17:30-18:00]

Chair Toshiaki Ikoma Chair, GIES2007 Organizing Committee Director-General, Center for Research and Develpment Strategy (CRDS), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) Masaru Yarime from session 1 Yuko Harayama from session 2 Eiichi Yamaguchi from session 3 Masahiro Kuroda from session 4