Event Overview

Program

13:30-14:40

Asia Cosmopolitan Award Ceremony

• ◎Opening Attraction
  Noh Performance of “Shakkyo (Stone Bridge)” (by NPO Naranoh)

  

• ◎Awards Ceremony

14:50-16:50

Nara Forum

• ◎Commemorative speeches by award winners
• ◎Keynote speech

  Keynote Lecture

  Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana
  Executive Secretary,United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific(UN ESCAP)

  

  Ms. Alisjahbana was Professor of Economics at Universitas Padjadjaran in Bandung, Indonesia, she has served as Director for the Center for Sustainable Development Goals Studies at Universitas Padjadjaran and Vice Chair of the Indonesian Academy of Sciences.

  She was Minister of National Development Planning, Alternate Governor of the World Bank and Alternate Governor of the Asian Development Bank, governor of ERIA.

  She earned her Bachelor degree in Economics and Development Studies from Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia, a Masters degree in Economics from Northwestern University, USA and a Ph.D in Economics from University of Washington, USA.

Winners of the 5th Asia Cosmopolitan Awards

Grand Prize

Angel GurríaFormer Secretary-General, OECD

Achievements worthy of the award

Dr Gurría served as Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) from 2006 to 2021 following a distinguished career in public service in his home country, including positions as Mexico’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Finance and Public Credit in the 1990s. He helped design and promote functional policies as a pillar of global economic governance, including the Group of Seven, the Group of Twenty, and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). He made the OECD more inclusive by broadening its membership and strengthening its links with key emerging economies. He is a recipient of the Globalist of the Year award from the Canadian International Council for his efforts in promoting transnationalism and inclusiveness.

Economic & Social Science Prize

Mari Elka Pangestu
Managing Director, Development Policy and Partnership, World Bank

Achievements worthy of the award

Dr Pangestu is Managing Director of Development Policy and Partnerships at the World Bank. She has more than 30 years of experience in academia, government, and international organizations, working on international trade, investment, and sustainable development issues. She was a Professor of International Economics at the University of Indonesia, a Senior Fellow at the Columbia School of International and Public Affairs, and a Board Trustee for the Center for Strategic and International Studies. She served as Indonesia’s Minister of Trade from 2004 to 2011, and Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy from 2011 to 2014. She is the first female Chinese Indonesian to hold a government cabinet position and has played an active role in promoting regional cooperation in the World Trade Organization (WTO), Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).

Cultural Prize

KUMA Kengo
Architect, University Professor and Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo

Achievements worthy of the award

Mr Kuma was born in 1954. He established Kengo Kuma & Associates (KKAA) in 1990. He is currently a University Professor and Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo, after teaching at Keio University and the University of Tokyo. KKAA projects are currently underway in more than 30 countries. He proposes architectural designs that open up new relationships between nature, technology and human beings. His major publications include “Ten, Sen, Men (Point, Line, Plane)” (Iwanami Shoten), “Hito no Sumika (Shelters for People)” (Shincho Shinsho), “Makeru Kenchiku (Architecture of Defeat)” (Iwanami Shoten), “Shizen na Kenchiku (Natural Architecture)” (Iwanami Shinsho), “Chii-sana Kenchiku (Small Architecture)” (Iwanami Shinsho) and many others.

Memorial Prize

Lee O-Young
First Minister of Culture, Republic of Korea

Achievements worthy of the award

Mr Lee was one of the most prominent figures to emerge from the postwar generation of Korean critics and a key figure in the success of the opening and closing ceremonies at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. As the first Minister of Culture of the Republic of Korea, he built the foundation of cultural policies by, amongst others, establishing the Korea National University of Arts. As a member of the Northeast Asia Trilateral Forum, he continuously preached peaceful development of the three East Asian countries with similar cultural backgrounds. He contributed to improving the Asia Cosmopolitan Awards as a selection committee member for the first three awards.

Ponciano S. Intal, Jr.
Former Senior Economist and Senior Policy Fellow, ERIA

Achievements worthy of the award

Dr Intal served as President of the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) and as Deputy Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). He was a Full Professor and University Fellow at De La Salle University. He held positions in cabinet- and ministry-level committees and presidential task forces in the Philippine Government and contributed to national and international agencies in various capacities. He was a Senior Economist and Senior Policy Fellow at the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) from 2009 to 2019 and was the lead coordinator for flagship projects for ASEAN’s 50th anniversary.

Registration

Deadline

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