The overarching topic of the Forum is "The European Union and Japan in a Fluid Global Liberal Order", and within said broader theme, the event will welcome:

• eight topical panels
• 2 PhD workshops
• 1 policy forum
• and a public key-note.

The forum is set to bring together: 24 EU-based scholars from 7 European universities, on the one hand; and 23 Japanese scholars from 6 Japanese ones, on the other. Besides building on more than a decade-and-a-half of cooperation, this year’s forum’s timeliness is further enhanced considering the recently launched EU-Japan Economic Partnership and Strategic Partnership Agreements (EPA/SPA). Overall, the topics to be broached at the event are clustered along three cross-cutting axis:

• inter-regional actorness
• comparative regionalism
• and normative diffusion

Discussions are expected to lead to a series of joint publications over the course of the coming years Complete Program Monday 11th March & Tuesday 12th March IEE Université libre de Bruxelles Avenue F. Roosevelt 39 1050 Bruxelles