YSI @ Asia Economic Community Forum

YSI @ Asia Economic Community Forum
Incheon, Korea
September 18 – 20, 2014
The Young Scholars Initiative will be hosting an open workshop in cooperation
with the Asia Economic Community Forum in Incheon, Korea, on September
18, 2014. The workshop participants will then take part in the Asia Economic
Community Forum, which takes place from September 19 – 20.
The workshop will entail lectures by Professor Keun Lee, Seoul National
University on “Innovation and Development”, and by Professor Michael Grubb,
University College London on “Planetary Economics”, as well as student
presentations.
YSI and the AECF will provide 8 scholarships for foreign young scholars,
which cover hotel nights from September 17 – 20 at the Hyatt Regency Incheon.
The condition is that you provide proof of travel (a plane ticket). The scholarships
will be given out at first come, first serve basis, so please confirm that you are
eligible before booking your flight by emailing Jay Pocklington at
[email protected] .
Registration is free of charge, and attending participants are responsible for their
own travel. Coffee and lunch will be provided throughout the conference.
Please register here:
https://www.formstack.com/forms/inet-aecf
Workshop Program
Time
YSI Workshop at AECF 2014
September 18
11:00 – 12:30
Student Presentations
12:30 – 13:30
13:30 – 15:30
Lunch
Innovation and Development:
Economics of Catch-up
Schumpeterian
Keun Lee, Seoul National University
This lecture focuses on Neo-Schumpeterian economics
of innovation, and to study the relationship between
technological development and economic development
from latecomers’ catch-up perspective. Since catchingup development is understood as closing the knowledge
gap between the forerunners and the late-comers,
knowledge is the key concepts in this course. The catchup phenomenon will be studied at the three levels of
country, sector, and firms. Professor Lee will give
lectures, providing summaries of the key literature, and
students are then expected to read the literature and
participate with questions and comments.
15:30 – 16:00
Introduction to the Institute for New Economic Thinking
and the Young Scholars Initiative
16:00 – 18:00
Introduction to Planetary Economics
Michael Grubb, University College London
How well do our assumptions about the global
challenges of energy, environment and economic
development fit the facts?
Energy prices have varied hugely between countries
and over time, yet the share of national income spent on
energy has remained surprisingly constant. The
foundational theories of economic growth account for
only about half the growth observed in practice. Despite
escalating warnings for more than two decades about
the planetary risks of rising greenhouse gas emissions,
most governments have seemed powerless to change
course.
Planetary Economics shows the surprising links between
these seemingly unconnected facts. It argues that
tackling the energy and environmental problems of the
21st Century requires three different domains of
decision-making to be recognised and connected. Each
domain involves different theoretical foundations, draws
on different areas of evidence, and implies different
policies.
To see the full AECF 2014 program, please click here:
http://www.aecforum.net/sub/aecforum2012/program_overview.html
Venue:
Hyatt Regency Incheon
Tel : 032-745-1234
Fax : 032-745-1010
Address. : Unseo-dong, Jung-gu, Incheon
Website : http://english.hyattregencyincheon.com
Three minutes away from Incheon International Airport, Hyatt Regency Incheon is surrounded by local
attractions such as Wangsan and Eurwang-ri beaches. It is also easily accessible from the downtown areas
of Seoul, Incheon and Song-do. The Incheon international Airport Expressway makes Seoul easily
accessible, while the Incheon Bridge offers easy access to Song-do.
About the Institute for New Economic Thinking’s Young Scholars Initiative
The Young Scholars Initiative (YSI) is an international community of new economic thinkers
comprised of students, young professionals, and researchers, supported by the Institute for New
Economic Thinking.
VISION
We envision economic thinking free of intellectual barriers that resonates with reality and serves
our global society.
MISSION
The Institute for New Economic Thinking’s Young Scholars Initiative (YSI) supports and inspires
the next generation of new economic thinkers. As a community, YSI seeks to transform the
discourse in economics by establishing an open space for economic thought and inquiry.
Ultimately, we aim to renew economic thinking by embodying the change we hope to see.
About the Asia Economic Community Forum 2014
Asia Economic Community (AEC) Forum is a gathering of leaders from Asia and the world in the fields of
academia, politics and business with aims to explore the identity of Asia and the direction for its future
development while discussing cooperative measures to form an economic community within the region.
One of the goals of AEC Forum is to identify current economic issues of Asia and the world and to seek
solutions. Having academics as a center, leaders of various areas such as politics, business and societyculture will produce practical outcomes of this Forum in a variety of forms including periodicals or separate
books.
This forum will also be a place to learn the main current trends of world economy as well as the updated
research outputs regarding Asian issues since renowned research institutes and academic associations of
economic and Asian matters from all over the world will participate in this forum by presenting their valuable
research findings. In addition, what CEOs of worldly well-known corporations and policy makers discuss
through their participation in this forum will be fully reflected in our policy prescriptions, and what related
international organizations seek as alternatives for global problems will attract the attention of opinion
leaders of the world to Asia and Korea as well.
More information can be found here: http://www.aecforum.net/

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