Workshop on Economic Modeling (Evolutionary Trade), Agent-Based Modeling and Grid Computing (Asian Development Bank) October 7 - 9, 2009

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Caption: Prof. Joshua Epstein of Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., USA is the main resource person during the Workshop. Link: http://www.brookings.edu/experts/epsteinj.aspx

WORKSHOP ON ECONOMIC MODELING (EVOLUTIONARY TRADE),

AGENT-BASED MODELING, AND GRID COMPUTING

(Workshop on South Asia Strategic Framework for Aid for Trade Road Map)
Auditorium Zone D, Asian Development Bank Headquarters, Manila, Philippines
7–9 October 2009

PROGRAM

DAY 1 Wednesday, 7 October

08:30 Coffee and Registration

09:00-09:15 Introduction:

Welcome Remarks

Ashok Sharma, Director, Financial Sector Public Management and Trade
Division (SAFM), South Asia Department (SARD), Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Review of Agenda
Hans-Peter Brunner, Senior Economist (Trade), SAFM, SARD, ADB

09:15 The Eastern South Asia Economic Map on Diva
[Ongoing GIS work and experts]
Rafael Saldaña, Consultant, ADB // Associate Professor, Ateneo de Manila University

10:00 Presentation: Millennium Development Goals and ADB's Strategy 2020
Shiladitya Chatterjee, Advisor, Office of the Director General, Strategy and Policy
Department (SPD), ADB

Coffee break

10:45 Presentation: Results Based Management at ADB
[How can development results from Aid for Trade interventions be linked to ADB's development indicator system?]

Walter Kolkma, Principal Resource Management Specialist, Results
Management Unit, SPD, ADB 2

11:15 Presentation: South Asia Regional Cooperation Strategy
Bruno Carrasco, Director, Country Coordination and Regional Cooperation Division, SARD, ADB

12.15 Lunch at PDR2 hosted by Ashok Sharma, Director, SAFM, SARD, ADB

02:00 Getting Results: Mapping and Modeling Malaria in Africa
[Case study and demonstration, and how the work in Africa is relevant for ADB]
Dr. Nicolas Maire, Swiss Tropical Institute, Switzerland

Coffee break

03:00 ADB Computing Resources – What can ADB usefully provide for the team? Radhakrishnan Srinivasan, Principal IST Specialist (Enterprise Architect), Office of Information Systems and Technology, ADB

04:00 Volunteer Grid Application – Set-up Possibilities for the Strategic Project
[so team work can begin in earnest over long distances]
Dr. Simon Lin, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

DAY 2 Thursday, 8 October

09:00 Grafting Numeric Model on Logic Algorithm
[This will outline the necessary key elements of a regional mathematical representation of the relevant sector economy]
Rafael Saldaña and Hans-Peter Brunner

Coffee break

10:30 An Agent-Based Model for Trade and Development
[This will explain what agent based models can achieve better than conventional model efforts]
Prof. Joshua Epstein, The Brookings Institution, United States

The NECSI-MIT Approach to Models – What can we learn?
[Review of materials]
Hans-Peter Brunner

12:30 Lunch

02:00 Value Chain Examples in Bangladesh, Northeastern India, and Nepal
[Summary of approach, product selection, and linkage to impact model efforts across the region]
Atdhe Veliu, Global Development Solutions, LLC, United States

Break-off time

Dinner arrangement

DAY 3 Friday, 9 October

09:00 Technical Review of the Inception Report
[Key requirements and content for delivery by 5 November 2009]

Coffee break

10:00 Resource Allocation and Refined Work Plan under the R-PATA 7248
[Making the project work]

12:00 Lunch

02:00 Setting-up Grid Computing for the Project?
Discussion about data collection efforts and coordination with the field
[How do we insure we get reliable and informative impact results from the exercise for ADB?]

Break-off time

High-level Presentations of Eminent Resource Persons

Prof. Joshua Epstein and Dr. Nicolas Maire

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