Asia Economics Blog

When:  18 November 2022, 9:00am-9:40pm Hong Kong time (GMT+8)

Sponsor:  Asia Global Institute, University of Hong Kong

When: 1 November 2022, 8:45-10:30am Vietnam time (GMT+7)

Speakers: Roger Strange, University of Sussex; Calla Wiemer, ACAES; Cong Pham, Deakin University; Dung Tran, Global Logistics Management Institute

When:  19 October 2022, 1:00-2:30pm Japan time (GMT+9)

Speaker:  Takeshi Ebihara

When:  3 October 2022, 10:00-11:30am Singapore time (GMT+8)

Sponsors:  ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute & Cambodia Development Research Institute

When: 31 August 2022, 10:00am Philippine time (GMT+8)

Sponsor: Ateneo de Manila University

When: 10 June 2022, 8:00-11:00am US EDT (12:00-3:00pm GMT)

Keynote Speaker:  Joseph Stiglitz, Columbia University

When:  7 April 2022, 1:00pm US Pacific Daylight Time (GMT-7)

Sponsor:  University of California San Diego, 21st Century China Center

When:  23 February 2022, 10:00-11:00am Manila time (GMT+8)

Sponsor:  Asian Development Bank

When: 23 February 2022, 10:00am Philippine time (GMT+8)

Speaker: Hall Hill, Australian National University

When: 20 January 2022, 8:00-9:30pm Hong Kong time (GMT+8)

Sponsor: Hong Kong University of Science & Technology

UPDATE: Our session presentations are posted on the ACAES Youtube channel as follows:

Covid-19 and Labor Market Adjustments in Southeast Asia
Presenter: Sameer Khatiwada, Asian Development Bank
Discussant: Shaianne Osterreich, Ithaca College

When:  4 January 2022, 9:00-10:30am US EST (GMT-5)

Sponsor:  International Economic Association

When: 11 November 2021, 9:00-11:30am Hong Kong time (GMT+8)

Speakers: Victor K Fung, James Robson, Clay Chandler, Fan Gang, Arunabh Ghosh, William C Kirby, Meg Rithmire, Hitoshi Tanaka

When:  10 November 2021, 4:00pm US Pacific Standard Time (GMT-8)

Speaker:  Barry Naughton, University of California, San Diego

When:  27 October 2021, 10:00am Manila time (GMT+8)

Speaker:  Diwa Guinigundo, former Deputy Governor, Philippine Central Bank

When:  27 October 2021, 4:00-5:30pm Hong Kong time (GMT+8)

Speaker:  Angela Tritto, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

When:  27-29 September 2021, Manila time (GMT+8)

Sponsors:  Bankgo Sentral ng Pilipinas and Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee

When:  24 September 2021, 2:00-4:30pm Kuala Lumpur time (GMT+8)

Sponsors:  Jeffrey Cheah Institute on Southeast Asia, Sunway University and the East Asian Economic Association

When:  26 July 2021, 10:00am US EDT(GMT-4)

Sponsors:  International Economic Association & Economics for Inclusive Prosperity

When:  13-14 July 2021, Philippine time (GMT+8)

Sponsor:  Central Bank of the Philippines

When:  2-6 July 2021

Sponsor:  International Economic Association

When: 22 June 2021, 5:00pm Hong Kong Time (GMT+8)

Speaker:  Edwin L.C. Lai, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

When:  25 May 2021, 9:00am Hong Kong time (GMT+8)

Speaker:  Deborah Elms, Asian Trade Centre

When:  27 May 2021, 2:00-3:30pm US EDT(GMT-4)

Author:  Isabella M. Weber, University of Massachusetts Amherst

When: 12 May 2021, 4:00pm Manila time (GMT+8)

Speaker:  Arlan I. Brucal, University of Exeter Business School

When:  4 May 2021, 12:30-2:00pm US EDT (GMT-4)

Speaker:  Isabella M. Weber, University of Massachusetts Amherst

When:  29 April 2021, 11:00am-noon US EDT (GMT-4)

Speakers:  Charles Goodhart and Manoj Pradhan, Authors, The Great Demographic Reversal 

When:  27 April 2021, 4:00pm Tokyo time (GMT+9) 

Sponsors:  ADBI, OECD, ILO

When:  21 April 2021, 11am Manila time (GMT+8)

Speaker:  Benjamin E. Diokno, Governor, Philippine Central Bank

When:  16 April 2021, 8:00pm Malaysia time (GMT+8)

Speakers:  Duvvuri Subbarao, formerly Reserve Bank of India; Amando Tetangco, formerly Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas; Eli Remolona, Asia School of Business

When: 10 April 2021, 9:00am-12:30pm, US Pacific time (GMT-7)

Speakers:  David Lampton, Johns Hopkins University; Jessica C. Liao, North Carolina State University; Dru Gladney, Pomona College

When:  13 April 2021, 9:00-10:00am Hong Kong time (GMT+8)

Speakers:  Danny Quah & Heiwei Tang

When:  31 March 2021, 10:00am Philippine time (GMT+8)

Sponsor:  Ateneo de Manila University, Department of Economics

When:  9 March 2021, 4:00-5:30pm Hong Kong time (GMT+8)

Sponsor:  Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Institute for Emerging Market Studies

When:  28 January 2021, 6:30pm India time (GMT+5.5)

Speakers:  Olivier Blanchard & Aravind Subramanian

When:  22-23 February 2021, Philippine time (GMT+8)

Sponsor:  Philippine Competition Commission

When:  28 January 2021, 3:30-5:00pm US Pacific Time (GMT-8)

Speaker:  Andrew Batson, Gavekal Dragonomics, Beijing, China

When:  19 Tuesday 2021, 9:30pm Hong Kong time (GMT+8)

Speaker:  Emily Breza, Harvard University

When:  29 January 2021, 10:00am Singapore time (GMT+8)

Speaker:  David Dollar, Brookings Institution

When:  4 February 2021, 4:00pm US Pacific Time (GMT-8)

Speaker:  Scott Rozelle, Stanford University

When:  13 January 2021, 3:30pm, Manila time (GMT+8)

Sponsor:  Asian Development Bank

When:  January 3-5, 2021 US EST (GMT-5)

Registration:  here

When:  16-18 December 2020, Indian Standard Time (GMT+5:30)

Sponsors:  Jindal Centre for the Global South; Indian Political Economy Association; Institute for Global Dialogue in South Africa

When:  3 January 2021, 3:45-5:45pm US EST(GMT-5)

Sponsor: American Committee on Asian Economic Studies at the Allied Social Science Association Meeting

When:  1-3 December 2020, full day Tokyo time (GMT+9)

Key Presenters:

When:  1 December 2020, 10:30am-12:00pm Hong Kong (GMT+8)

Sponsors:  Hong Kong University of Scient and Technology; United Overseas Bank Hong Kong

When:  26-27 November 2020, 3:00-5:00pm Tokyo time (GMT+9)

Sponsors: Asian Development Bank Institute; Chulalongkorn University

When: 17 November 2020, 2:00-6:10pm Korea time (GMT+9)

Resource Speakers: 

When: 12 November 2020, 4:00-5:30pm US EST(GMT-5)

Speaker:  William Overholt, Harvard Kennedy School

When:  9-13 November 2020

Sponsor:  Philippine Economic Society

When:  28 October 2020, 4:00pm Philippine Time (GMT+8)

Speaker:  Juzhong Zhuang, former Deputy Chief Economist, Asian Development Bank

When:  29 October 2020, 2:00-5:00pm Japan Standard Time (GMT+9)

Organizers:  Tokai University; Yonsei University; Climate Bonds Initiative

When:  7 October 2020, 6:30pm Indian Standard Time (GMT+5.30)

Speaker: Raghuram Raja, University of Chicago Booth School of Business

When:  25 September 2020, 6:00pm India time (GMT+5.5)

Sponsor:  Jindal Centre for the Global South, Haryana, India

When:  25 September 2020, 4:00-5:30pm Hong Kong time (GMT+8)

Sponsor:  Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Institute for Emerging Market Studies

When: 15 September 2020, 8:30am-1:00pm Philippine time (GMT+8)

Sponsor:  Management Association of the Philippines

When:  15 September 2020, 9:30am Hong Kong time (GMT+8).

Sponsor:  Asian Development Bank

When:  12 August 2020, 3:00-4:15pm, Manila time (GMT+8)

Sponsor:  Asian Development Bank

When:  19-28 August 2020, 8:00am -- , Hong Kong time (GMT+8) 

Sponsor:  Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Institute for Emerging Market Studies

When:  22-24 August 2020, 8:30am-- Hong Kong time (GMT+8)

Sponsors: Chinese University of Hong Kong & Tsinghua University

When:  6 August 2020, 12:30-6:45pm Tokyo time (GMT+9)

Sponsors: Asian Development Bank Institute; Central Bank of Sri Lanka; Asia-Pacific Applied Economics Association

When:  30 July 2020, 9:00am-12:30 Japan time (GMT+9)

Sponsors:  Tokai University (Japan) & Yonsei University (Korea)

When: 13-15 August 2020, 8:00am-1:50pm US Eastern Daylight Time (GMT–4)

Announcement:  here

When: 14 July 2020, 11:30am-12:30pm Hong Kong time (GMT+8)

Speaker: Yogita Shamdasani, National University of Singapore

When: 9 July 2020, 10:00am-12 noon Philippine Time (GMT+8)

Host: University of the Philippines School of Economics

When:  8 July 2020, 4:00pm Philippine Time (GMT+8)

Host:  Economics Department, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines

When:  2 July 2020, 9:30-11:00am Singapore Time (GMT+8)

Host:  East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore

When:  24 June 2020, 3:30-6:00pm Bangladesh Standard Time (GMT+6)

Host: Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies

When:  23 June 2020, 2:00-3:30pm Australian Eastern Standard Time (GMT+10)

Hosts:  Centre for Development Economics and Sustainability (CDES), Monash University Business School and the School of Economics, University of the Philippines Diliman.