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Economic Security Research Program (ESRP) at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST) at The University of Tokyo, along with the NATO HQ and the Royal Danish Embassy Tokyo (NATO Contact Point Embassy), will co-host the "NATO-Japan Symposium 2024: Partnership in Uncertain Times."

Following the "NATO-Japan Symposium 2023: Emerging Security Challenges," we will once again convene experts from around the world to RCAST, The University of Tokyo to discuss how partner countries can collaborate with each other in the era where uncertainty reigns.

This year, we have the privilege of welcoming the Swedish Defense Minister to make a keynote speech. This will be followed by a discussion among NATO HQ experts, numerous Ambassadors (EU, Norway, Denmark, Romania), and Japan's Parliamentary Vice Minister of Defense, among others.

We will focus on 3 topics during the discussions. (1) Interconnectedness of the Euro-Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific; (2) Navigating uncertain times following the 2024 elections; New government, new threats, new responses; and (3) The Future of NATO-Japan and IP4 Partnership.

• Date Tuesday, December 3, 2024, 15:00-18:30 (Registration begins at 14:00)
• Place ENEOS Hall, Building #3-S, Komaba II Campus, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo
  4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8904 JAPAN [Access](https://www.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/access.html)
• Fee Free
• Speakers 15:00 - 15:05 Opening Welcome [5 mins]
  Masakazu Sugiyama (Director, RCAST, The University of Tokyo)
  Pietro De Matteis (Programme Officer for the Indo-Pacific Engagements Section, Public Diplomacy Division (PDD), NATO HQ)
  Kazuhiko Kobayashi (Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense)
  
  15:05 - 15:30 Keynote Speech: Swedish perspective on NATO [25 mins]
  Keynote speech (5-10 mins)
  H.E. Pål Jonson (Minister for Defence, Sweden)
  Moderated discussion / Q&A (15-20 mins)
  Akira Igata (Project Lecturer, RCAST, The University of Tokyo)
  
  15:30 - 16:20 Session 1: Interconnectedness of the Euro-Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific [50 mins]
  Panelists
  Junjiro Shida (Associate Professor, Meio University) [Okinawan perspective]
  Pietro De Matteis (Programme Officer for the Indo-Pacific Engagements Section, Public Diplomacy Division (PDD), NATO HQ) [NATO perspective]
  H.E. Jean-Eric Paquet (Ambassador, EU Delegation to Japan) [EU perspective]
  Henrik Landerholm (Swedish National Security Advisor) [European perspective]
  [Moderator]
  Jakub Janda (Director, European Values Center for Security Studies)
  
  16:20 - 16:40 Coffee break
  
  16:40 - 17:30 Session 2: Countering threats of disinformation [50 mins]
  Amy Ertan (Cyber and Hybrid Policy Officer, NATO HQ) [NATO perspective]
  Masakazu Takamori (CEO, Japan Nexus Intelligence) [Japanese perspective on disinformation threats and responses]
  Maya Sobchuk (Project Academic Specialist, RCAST, The University of Tokyo) [China-Russia nexus in disinformation]
  Aaron D. Snipe (Minister Counselor for Political Affairs, U.S. Embassy Tokyo) [Nexus of the Euro-Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific perspective]
  [Moderator]
  H.E. Ovidiu-Alexandru Raețchi (Ambassador - designate, Embassy of Romania to Japan)
  
  17:30 - 18:20 Session 3: The Future of NATO-Japan and IP4 Partnership [50 mins]
  Takeshi Sakade(Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University) [Japanese perspective]
  Bo Ram Kwon (Research Fellow, Korea Institute for Defense Analyses (KIDA)) [Korean perspective]
  Corey Wallace (Associate Professor, Kanagawa University) [NZ perspective]
  Claire Elias (Minister-Counsellor (Political), Australian Embassy Tokyo) [Australian perspective]
  [Moderator]
  H.E. Kristin Iglum (Ambassador, Norwegian Embassy in Tokyo)
  
  18:20 - 18:30 Closing Remarks
  H.E. Jarl Frijs-Madsen (Ambassador, Royal Danish Embassy in Japan)
• Language English (Japanese-English simultaneous interpretation is provided)