The Asian Architecture Conference @ CSIS is a full day conference discussing security and economic issues in the Asia-Pacific ahead of the East Asia Summit (EAS) in Brunei and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Indonesia this October.
This conference is jointly organized by the Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies, the premier forum for a sustained high-level policy dialogue focusing on Southeast Asia and U.S. interests in the region, the Scholl Chair in International Business, examinining critical issues in the global political economy including: international trade, governance, competitiveness, development and meeting the challenges of a changing world economy, and the William E. Simon Chair in Political Economy, examining current issues in international economic policy, with a particular focus on the Asia Pacific.
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Agenda
10:00 a.m. Welcoming Remarks
Mr. Scott Miller, Senior Adviser and Scholl Chair in International Business, CSIS
10:05 a.m. APEC Business Advisory Council
Perspective
Mr. Bart Peterson, Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Communications, Eli Lilly
Introduction:
Ms. Monica H. Whaler, President, National Center for APEC
10:25 a.m. Opening Remarks
The Honorable Kurt M. Campbell, Chairman and CEO, The Asia Group
Mr. Ernest Z. Bower (Moderator), Senior Adviser and Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies, CSIS
11:00 a.m. Panel Discussion: Security Issues in East
Asia Summit
His Excellency Nguyen Quoc Cuong, Ambassador of the Social Republic of Vietnam to the United States
Mr. Vikram Singh, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia, Department of Defense
Dr. Michael J. Green, Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair, CSIS
Associate Professor, Georgetown University
Mr. Ernest Z. Bower (Moderator), Senior Adviser and Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies, CSIS
12:00 p.m. Luncheon
12:15 p.m. Luncheon Keynote Remarks
The Honorable Scot Marciel, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Mr. Murray Hiebert (Moderator), Deputy Director and Senior Fellow Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies
1:00 p.m. Panel Discussion: Economic Issues in
EAS/APEC
Mr. Shigehiro Tanaka, Director-General, Multilateral Trade System Department, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan
Mr. Robert Wang, Senior Official for APEC, U.S. Department of State
Ms. Arrow Augerot, Deputy Assistant USTR for APEC and Localization Barriers to Trade, Office of the United States Trade Representative
Mr. Michael Kaplan, Director for South and Southeast Asia, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Mr. Matthew P. Goodman (Moderator), William E. Simon Chair in Political Economy, CSIS
2:15 p.m. Panel Discussion: Business Perspectives
on Asian Architecture
Ms. Sarah Thorn, Senior Director, Federal Government Relations, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Ms. Pamela Passman, CEO, CREATe.org
Ms. Anku Nath. Senior Manager, International Affairs, Deere & Company
Mr. Scott Miller (Moderator), Senior Advisor and Scholl Chair in International Business, CSIS
3:15 p.m. Conference Closes
We would like to thank JETRO, CREATe.org, and the National Center for APEC for their generous support.
