Conference

• Discussion Paper ''Concept of Competitiveness in the Financial Sector''(12/12/2006)
• Overview of the International Conference on Financial Systems: Competitiveness of the Financial Sector(12/15/2006)

Welcoming Remarks

10:00-10:10

Hirofumi Gomi, Commissioner, Financial Services Agency

Session 1 Competitiveness of the Financial Sector
Moderator: Stijn Claessens

10:10-10:30		The Road to a Competitive Financial Sector Sarah Carlson, Manager, Global Risk and Risk Aggregation, Financial Services Authority, UK
10:30-10:50		A Hint from Nietzsche: Imperatives in Japan's Redesign of the Financial Sector Robert Feldman, Managing Director and Chief Economist, Morgan Stanley, Japan
10:50-11:10		Financial Integration and Competitiveness Jesus Saurina, Director, the Financial Stability Department, Banco de Espana
11:10-11:30		M&As and Competitiveness in the Korean Banking Industry since the 1997 Financial Crisis Yi Hong-Cheol, Deputy Director, Financial System Stability Department, Bank of Korea
11:30-11:50		Banking System Performance in Thailand Panita Piyaoui, Team Executive, Financial Institutions Strategy Department, Bank of Thailand
11:50-12:10		Competition in Financial Sector & Competitiveness of Indian Financial markets (Material 1    Material 2) R. Gurumurthy, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Indian Economic Studies, Waseda University
12:10-12:50		Discussion
12:50-13:50		Lunch

Session 2 SME Financing and Competitiveness
Moderator: Woo Chull Chung, Resident Director General, Japanese Representative Office, Asian Development Bank

13:50-14:10		The Link between Competitiveness and SME Financing Competitive Implications of Cross-Border Banking Current Challenges in Financial Regulation Access to Financial Services: A Review of the Issues and Public Policy Objectives Stijn Claessens, Senior Adviser, Financial Sector Vice-Presidency (FSE), The World Bank
14:10-14:30		SME Financing in Japan Osamu Tsukahara, Managing Director of Japan Finance Corporation for Small and Medium Enterprise
14:30- 14:50		Enhancing Access to Financing by Small & Medium Enterprises in Malaysia Marzunisham bin Omar, Director, Development Finance and Enterprise Department, Bank Negara Malaysia
14:50-15:30		Discussion
15:30-15:50		Coffee Break

Session 3 Roundtable on the Competitiveness of the Financial Sector and Its Regulatory Implications
Moderator: Naoyuki Yoshino

15:50-16:10		Overview Naoyuki Yoshino, Director of the Financial Research and Training Center, FSA Professor of Economics, Keio University
16:10-17:30		Discussion Panelists: Thomas Cargill, University of Nevada Yuko Kawamoto, Finance Faculty, Waseda University Renpei Nakamura, General Manager of Legal Department and Co-operative Finance Planning Division, Shoko Chukin Bank Naoko Nemoto, Managing Director, Financial Service Ratings, S&P Tong Shiping, Matsuyama University (formerly with Fudan University) Noriyuki Yanagawa, Faculty of Economics, Tokyo University Junichi Maruyama, Deputy Commissioner for International Affairs, FSA Nobuyoshi Chihara, Deputy Commissioner for International Affairs, FSA

Concluding Remarks

17:30-17:40

Junichi Maruyama, Deputy Commissioner for International Affairs, FSA