International Master‵s Program of Applied Economics and Social Development

Topic: AI Application in Supply Chain and Logistics Date: 3 December, 2025 Time: 9:10 – 12:00  Location: 270202, 2 Floor, North Wing, General Building Speakers:  Yong-Rong Chen Business Development Manager AIRA Corporation

Topic: How to Choose the Best Value Business School in the United States Date: 28 November, 2025 Time: 12:10 – 13:00 Location: Room 271215, 12 Floor, North Wing, General Building Speakers:  Andriy Bodnaruk Professor and Associate Dean of Business School, University of Illinois Chicago CEO & Co Founder USPACE TECH

Topic: USpace, a sharing economy platform for smart city development Date: 25 November, 2025 Time: 10:00 – 12:00  Location: Conference Room 3, 12 Floor, South Wing, General Building Speakers:  Allen Sung CEO & Co Founder USPACE TECH

Topic: Tracing Crypto Crimes From Blockchain to the Crime Scene Date: 21 November, 2025 Time: 14:10 – 17:00 Location: Room 270111, South Wing, General Building Speakers:  Lo Wei-Yuan (Wayne) Head Prosecutor at the Shilin District Prosecutor Office in Taiwan and Executive Secretary of Anti-Money Laundering Office, Executive Yuan  

Topic: The Role of Consortiums in Blockchain:  Effective for Solving Collaborative Problems but Misaligned with Venture Capital Investment Models Date: 7 November 2025 Time: 14:10 – 16:00 Location: Room 2700111, 1st Floor, South Wing, General Building Speakers:  Carl Wegner AmCham Taiwan President

Topic: Corpus-Based Approach to Social Science Date: 31 October 2025 Time: 12:10 – 13:00 Location: Room 271215, 12 Floor, North Wing, General Building Speakers:  Adrian Jan Zasina Ph.D. Mathematical Linguistics Assistant Professor, Faculty of Arts Director, Institute of Czech and Deaf Studies, Charles University, Prague

Topic: Practice of International Trade Date: 10/22 (Wed) Time: 09:30–12:00  Venue: Room 270202, 12F, North Wing General Building Speaker:  Ambassador Simon S.K. TU (杜聖觀大使) Adjunct Associate Professor of International Business, Yuan Ze University Former Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Former Ambassador to Ireland

Topic: My Journey of Growth – Balancing Work Life and Purpose Date: October 29, 2025 (Wednesday) Time: 18.00-21.15 PM Location: NCCU E.SUN Hall (1F, College of Commerce) Speakers:  Ms. Lora HO SVP, TSMC   Agenda 18.00 – 190.0 Registration                        Welcome Snacks/Tea & Coffee 19.00 Opening remarks by IMBA Director Prof. Jason Tsai 19.05 Introduction by Prof. S H Lee 19.15 Guest Lecture by SVP Lora Ho 20.00 Fireside chat by Lora and SH 20.30 Q&A 20.50 Closing remarks by NCCU President, Prof. Li Tsai Yen 21.00 Acknowledgements & Photo 21.15 The End

Taiwan-China Conundrum: What Can be India’s Policy Trajectories? Date: 　October 21 (Mon) Time:　12:10—13:10  Location: 271215, North Wing, General Building Dr. Manoj Kumar Panigrahi (IDAS 2022 Graduate) Assistant Professor, Jindal School of International Affairs; Director, Centre for Northeast Asian Studies, O.P. Jindal Global University, India. Governing Climate Change in ASEAN through Communities of Practice Date: October 22 (Tue) Time:　11:00—12:00 Location: 270722, North Wing, General Building Dr. Virgemarie A. Salazar (IDAS 2023 Graduate) Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of the Philippines Diliman An Applied History of Indigenous Deer Hunting: Lessons in Human-Environmental Relationships from Dutch Colonial Taiwan Date: October 22 (Tue) Time:　12:10—13:10 Location: 271215, North Wing, General Building Mr. Ronald van Velzen (IMAS 2022 Graduate) Lecturer, Department of History, Erasmus University Rotterdam Infrastructures of Control and Service: Innovations of Grassroots Governance in Beijing Date: October 23 (Wed) Time:　12:10—13:10 Location: 271215, North Wing, General Building Dr. Sabrina Habich-Sobiegalla (IDAS 2013 Graduate) Professor, Graduate School of East Asian Studies, Freie Universität Berlin

Eligibility Undergraduate students in their third year of study at National ChengChi University, with an academic ranking within the top 50 percent of their class after completing five semesters of study, are eligible to apply to this program during the second semester of their third year. Application Period:  June 2 – 13, 2025 Application Documents Application Form Transcripts and Degree Ranking Certificate Autobiography and Statement of Purpose One Letter of Recommendation from a faculty member Other qualifications or documents to support the application How to Apply Please send the application documents to imes@nccu.edu.tw via email by June 13, 2025. The list of admitted students will be announced by the end of July via email.

Topic: How to Successfully Apply to U.S. Business Schools Date: 22  May, 2025 (Thursday) Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM Location: Room 271215, North Wing General Building, NCCU Speakers:  Dr. Sandy Wayne Professor and Dean, College of Business Administration, University of Illinois, Chicago (UIC Business College)

Eligibility Students enrolled in graduate programs other than the IMES at NCCU may apply for a double major or minor starting from the second semester of their enrollment through the fourth semester, according to the university’s academic calendar. Application Period: May 1- 7, 2025 Application Documents Application form  Study plan in one page Please explain your reasons for applying for a double major or minor, and describe how you plan to complete the program. Additionally, please provide information about your undergraduate background. A copy of the NCCU transcript in English A copy of an English certificate English Proficiency Requirement: TOEFL, IELTS, or TOEIC scores at B2 level or above How to Apply Please submit the application documents to the IMES Office, 12th Floor, North Wing, General Building of Colleges, by May 7, 2025. please check here for more information 

Topic: Tourism Macroeconomics Date: 21 April, 2025 (Monday) Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm  Location: 271215, 12th Floor, North Wing, General Building, National Chengchi University Speakers:  HEIKO JURGEN RACHINGER Associate Professor, University of the Balearic Islands, Spain

Topic: Seminar on Sustainable Innovation Date: 9 April, 2025 (Wednesday) Time: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm Location: 270112, South Wing, General Building, NCCU

Date: February 21th, 2025 Venue: First Meeting Room, 13th floor, South Wing, General Building, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan Event Rundown: 09:00 – 09:10 AM : Opening Remarks  09:10 – 12:30 PM : Sessions 1 (Labor Economics) CHAIR TZU-TING YANG Academia Sinica, Taiwan TOPIC I Me After You: Spousal Death and Economic Adjustments in a Developing Economy l Saisawat Samutpradit, Osaka University, Japan/Thailand TOPIC II The Motherhood Effect on Earnings amid Declining Fertility: Evidence from Korea l Jisoo Hwang, Seoul National University, Korea TOPIC III Sources of Wage Inequality in Taiwan: Decomposition of Between- and Within-Firm Wage Inequality l Po-Chun Huang, National Chengchi University, Taiwan TOPIC IV Girls Help Girls but Not Boys: Revisiting Gender Peer Effects in Elementary Schools l Chihiro Inoue, Kobe University, Japan 12:30 – 14:30: Lunch Break 14:30 – 17:50 PM (Applied Economic Fields) CHAIR WEN-CHIEH WU National Chengchi University, Taiwan TOPIC I Trade Liberalization in Oligopsony l Joonkyo Hong, National Taiwan University, Taiwan/Korea TOPIC II Performance scores and strategic choices of kidney transplant centers l Han-Loong NG, Academia Sinica, Taiwan/Malaysia TOPIC III Aging Farmers and the Role of Community in Adaption to Extreme Temperature Effects on Crop Yields l Yi-Chun Ko, Asian Growth Research Institute, Japan/Taiwan TOPIC IV Political and Economic Determinants of Property Taxation: Evidence from Taiwan l Chien-Hao Fu, National Chengchi University, Taiwan 17:50 PM: Closing Remarks Below are the articles provided by the speakers: A Preliminary Study of Local Fiscal Behavior: Politics, Economics, and Property Taxes in Taiwan by Chien-Hao Fu Performance Scores and Strategic Choices of Kidney Transplant Centers by Han Ng Aging Farmers and the Role of Community in Adaptation to Extreme Temperature Effects on Crop Yields by KO, Yi-Chun; UCHIDA, Shinsuke; HIBIKI, Akira

Topic: ESG in action!   Date: Saturday, December 7, 2024   Location: Guandu Nature Park, Beitou, Taipei  Website of Guandu Nature Park   Limited to 20 participants! Please fill in the survey before November 21.

Topic: AI Applications in Global Trade and Supply Chain Date: 12/4 (Wed) Time: 09:30–12:00  Venue:Conference Room I, 13F, South Wing, General Building of Colleges Speaker:  SHIHYU (ALEX) CHU 朱師右 Industry Consultant/ Section Manager, Market Intelligence & Consulting Institutes

Topic: Create Your AR Game in the Real World Date: 5/1 (Wednesday) Time: 09:30 – 11:30 Venue: Conference Room 1, 13/F, South Wing, General Building of Colleges Speaker:  Mr. Sanhom Huang (CEO, Popworld Inc.) Education:  B.S. in Computer Science, NCCU IMBA, NCCU

Topic: Career Talk: How Could I Become General Manager in a Fortune 500 Company at Young Age? Date: 4/22 (Monday) Time: 6:30 PM Venue: 271215, North Wing, General Building of Colleges Speaker:  Jesson Lin (General Manager, CBRE Taiwan) Education:  Bachelor’s in Land Economics, NCCU Master’s in IMBA, NCCU

Date: 3/22 (Fri) Time: 12:30 – 5:00p.m. Venue: Room A901, 9/F, Center for Public and Business Administration Education Rundown: Session A (12:30 – 15:00) Tax Policy and Big Data Chair: Shingo Ishiguro (School of Economics, Osaka University) TOPIC I The Effect of Foreign Dividend Exemption on Profit Repatriation through Dividends, Royalties, and Interest: Evidence from Japan Makoto Hasegawa (Faculty of Economics, Kyoto University) TOPIC II The Effect of Financial Resources on Fertility: Evidence from Administrative Data on Lottery Winners Tzu-Ting Yang (Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica & IMES Program, NCCU) TOPIC III Consumption Tax and Endogenous Human Capital Accumulation Cagri Kumru (Research School of Economics, Australian National University) Break (15:00 – 15:20) Session B (15:20 – 17:00) Applied Economic Policy Chair: Ming-Jen Lin (Department of Economics, National Taiwan University) TOPIC I How Does University-Industry Innovation Spillover Affect Firm Performance? Evidence from Taiwan Hao-Chung Li (Department of Economics, NCCU) TOPIC II Does an Expansionary Fiscal Policy Prevent Suicide? Evidence from Great Depression Michihito Ando (Department of Economics, Rikkyo University) Close (17:00)