*The following programme only lists the corresponding authors.
**All times are listed in ICT (UTC+7; Thailand).
The following programme is subject to change.
Day 1: 25 August 2023 (Friday)
| 09:00 – 09:20 | Welcome speech and opening remarks Suvit Saetia, President, KMUTT Bank Ngamarunchot, Director, STIPI, KMUTT Jewellord Nem Singh, Project leader, ISS, Netherlands |
| 09:20 – 10:50 | Roundtable discussion CHEN Ling, Tsinghua University, China Gale Raj-Reichert, Bard College Berlin, Germany Sirinya Lim, NXPO, Thailand Moderated by Jewellord Nem Singh, ISS, Netherlands |
| 10:50 – 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Panel discussion 1: “New” industrial policy Startup-centric innovation policy: a text-as-data approach – Julian Seng Scaleup among circular startups: a case analysis and policy framework for promoting industrial transformation – Kris Hartley, Maarten Heerink, Julian Kirchherr Analysis of the impact of the national policy on the private partnership between foreign firms and domestic tech startups in developing – evidence of startups in Rwanda – Kopati Gbali Carl Adams |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch and networking |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Keynote lecture 1 Antonio Andreoni Professor of Development Economics, SOAS University of London, UK Ha-Joon Chang Research Professor of Economics, SOAS University of London, UK |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00 – 17:00 | Panel discussion 2: New paradigm and tools for industrial policy A new window of opportunity? Explaining the influence of China’s involvement in energy transitions across developing countries – XIE Mengying, CHEN Ling The new industrial policy and the political economy of conditionality: a literature review and research agenda – Fabio Bulfone, Timur Ergen, Erez Maggor |
| 17:00 – 18:00 | Day closing discussion Linda TJIA Yin Nor, City University of Hong Kong Pablo Heidrich, Carleton University, Canada / GRIPS, Japan |
Day 2: 26 August 2023 (Saturday)
| 09:00 – 10:00 | Keynote lecture 2 Patarapong INTARAKUMNERD Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Japan |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 – 12:00 | Panel discussion 3: EV and batteries Lithium industrial policy in Chile: nested boutique progressivism or harbinger of change – Pablo Heidrich State industrial policy and local industrial coalition: evidence from the pharmaceutical industry in Incheon, South Korea (Rescheduled from Panel 4) – Kahee Jo, Sukjin Yoon The development of electric vehicles (EVs) in China: an analysis of industrial policy and upgrading – Ricardo LOPES KOTZ |
| 12:00 – 13:30 | Lunch and networking |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Panel discussion 4: Regional innovation system Regional Innovation System and “Kosetsushi” in Japan – KONDO Masayuki Europe first? The rise of EU industrial policy promoting and protecting the single market (Rescheduled from Panel 2) – Donato Di Carlo Upgrading Mongolia’s Camel Wool Supply Chain – Linda TJIA Yin Nor, Guanie LIM |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee break |
| 15:30 – 17:00 | Panel discussion 5: Energy and vaccine Scarce energy and market abundance? Building project-based capability through renewable energy transition – MITA Kaori Navigating the energy transition and industrial decarbonisation: Ghana’s latest approach to developing an integrated bauxite-to-aluminium industry – Theo Acheampong, Matthew Tyce Do vaccines require industrial policy? Some thoughts from Japanese case – IIZUKA Michiko |
| 17:00 – 18:00 | Day closing discussion Linda TJIA Yin Nor, City University of Hong Kong Pablo Heidrich, Carleton University, Canada / GRIPS, Japan |
Day 3: 27 August 2023 (Sunday)
| 09:00 – 10:00 | Panel discussion 6: Green industrial policy and semiconductor industry Japan’s crossover industrial policy for green upgrading – Antonio José Junqueira Botelho, Yasushi Ueki The geopolitics of the green transition and critical strategic minerals – Anil Hira |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 – 11:30 | Panel discussion 7: Case studies on specific industry or area China’s Development Strategy in Critical Raw Materials and Lessons for the Developing World in the Clean Energy Transition – Jewellord Nem Singh, Yingfeng Ji A race for chip talent: evidence from China and Taiwan – TO Yee Man Yvette |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Day closing discussion Linda TJIA Yin Nor, City University of Hong Kong Pablo Heidrich, Carleton University, Canada / GRIPS, Japan |
| 12:30 – 14:30 | Extended lunch and networking |
| 14:30 – 15:30 | Launch of a new special issue in Third World Quarterly Designing and Negotiating Industrial Policy: Prospects and Challenges for State-led Development in the 21st Century |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Conference closing discussion Jewellord Nem Singh, Project leader, ISS, Netherlands Bank Ngamarunchot, Director, STIPI, KMUTT |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Coffee break |
| 18:00 – 20:00 | Official dinner |