PROGRAM

Conference Program

MORNING SESSION
AFTERNOON SESSION

8:30 – 9:00	REGISTRATION (Venue: Luzon/Mindanao Ballroom)
9:00 – 9:20	OPENING SESSION (Venue: Luzon/Mindanao Ballroom)
	NATIONAL ANTHEM WELCOME REMARKS AND INTRODUCTION Celia Reyes PIDS President KEYNOTE MESSAGE Ernesto Pernia Secretary of Socioeconomic Planning, National Economic and Development Authority, and Chairperson, PIDS Board of Trustees
9:40 – 10:00	PHOTO OPPORTUNITY AND HEALTH BREAK
10:00 – 12:30	PLENARY SESSIONS
	Chair/Moderator: Coco Alcuaz Executive Director, Makati Business Club
	First Plenary (30 minutes) The Globotics Upheaval: Globalization, Robotics, and the Future of Work Richard Edward Baldwin (videotaped presentation) Professor of International Economics, Graduate Institute, Geneva
	Second Plenary (30 minutes each) Competing in the New Era of Globalization Calum Cameron Account Manager and Digital Innovation Consultant, Proud Engineers, Estonia Government Defending Philippine Sovereign Rights in the West Philippine Sea Antonio Carpio Senior Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the Philippines
	Discussants/Reactors (15 minutes each) Erlinda Medalla Member, Eminent Expert Resource Committee of Philippine APEC Vision Group, Former Senior Research Fellow, PIDS, and Former Project Director, Philippine APEC Study Center Network (DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION) Cielito Habito Professor, Ateneo De Manila University (DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION)
	Open Forum
12:30 – 1:30	LUNCH BREAK

1:30 – 3:30	PARALLEL SESSIONS
SESSION 1: WORSENING INEQUALITY (Venue: Visayas)
	Chair/Moderator: Toby Melissa Monsod Associate Professor, University of the Philippines (UP) School of Economics Coordinator, Philippine Human Development Network Presenters (20 minutes each): International Trends Lucas Chancel (videotaped presentation) Co-Director, World Inequality Lab, Paris School of Economics Technology and Inequality in Asia Donghyun Park Principal Economist, Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department, Asian Development Bank (ADB) Poverty and Inequality in the Philippines Gabriel Demombynes Program Leader for Human Development for Brunei, Malaysia, Philippines, and Thailand, World Bank What Do We Mean by Structural Change? A Village Perspective Roehlano Briones Senior Research Fellow, PIDS Open Forum
SESSION 2: GLOBAL TRADE RESTRUCTURING (Venue: Boracay)
	Chair/Moderator: Francis Mark Quimba Research Fellow, PIDS Presenters (20 minutes each): The Impact of the Trade War on Developing Asia and the Philippines Kristina Baris Research Associate, ADB Industry Promotion Strategies amidst Global Economic Restructuring Ma. Corazon Dichosa Executive Director, Industry Development Services, Board of Investments Global Trade Restructuring: How Technology Will Change Global Business and Local Work Jove Tapiador Co-Founder and Development Technology Consultant, Fintech Philippines Association Borderless World: Is Philippines Ready? Imelda Tiongson Trustee, Fintech Philippines Association Open Forum
SESSION 3: CHALLENGES TO PROVISION OF GLOBAL PUBLIC GOODS–UNDERMINING INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION (Venue: Davao)
	Chair/Moderator: Michael Ralph Abrigo Research Fellow, PIDS Presenters (20 minutes each): Global Public Goods and the National Climate Change Action Plan: Leveraging National Opportunities for Sustainable Development Emmanuel de Guzman Secretary, Climate Change Commission Regional Public Goods and the Philippine Blue Economy Ronald Mendoza Dean, School of Government, Ateneo de Manila University 100 Million Solutions to Health Susan Pineda-Mercado Special Envoy of the President for Global Health Initiatives Financing Global Public Goods for Health: How Can We Make the Case? Gavin M. Yamey (videotaped presentation) Director, Center for Policy Impact in Global Health, Duke Global Health Institute, and Professor of the Practice of Global Health and Public Policy, Duke University International Law and the National Interest Jeffrey Ordaniel Assistant Professor, International Security Studies, Tokyo International University Open Forum
SESSION 4: WEAKENING SOCIAL COHESION (Venue: Romblon/Mindoro)
	Chair/Moderator: Winfred Villamil Associate Professorial Lecturer, School of Economics, De La Salle University-Manila Presenters (20 minutes each): Disinformation Producers as Ordinary Digital Workers: Behind the Scenes of the Philippines’ Fake News Industry Jonathan Corpus Ong (videotaped presentation) Associate Professor, Global Digital Media, University of Massachusetts Amherst The Philippine Trust Crisis: Anthropological Perspectives Michael Tan Chancellor, UP Diliman How Blockchain Applications Can Improve Trust in Public Sector Institutions Alan McQuinn Senior Policy Analyst, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation Open Forum
3:40 – 4:00	COFFEE BREAK (Venue: Luzon/Mindanao Ballroom)
4:00 – 6:00	PLENARY SESSION: SYNTHESIS AND WAYS FORWARD (Venue: Luzon/Mindanao Ballroom)
	Chair/Moderator: Calixto Chikiamco President, Foundation for Economic Freedom Panelists (13 minutes each): Silvestre Bello Secretary, Department of Labor and Employment Francisco Duque III Secretary, Department of Health Eduardo Año Secretary, Department of the Interior and Local Government Lourdes Yparraguirre Undersecretary for International Economic Relations, Department of Foreign Affairs Arsenio Balisacan Chair, Philippine Competition Commission (DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION) Francisco Dakila Jr. Deputy Governor, Monetary and Economics Sector, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION) Gerardo Sicat Professor Emeritus, UP School of Economics Alfredo Pascual Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Corporate Directors Open Forum
6:00	CLOSING REMARKS
	Aquilino Pimentel III Senator, Republic of the Philippines Chair, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Chair, Senate Committee on Trade, Commerce, and Entrepreneurship