The Indonesia Conference @ CSIS

The Sumitro Chair will host The Indonesia Conference @CSIS on Thursday, May 16, 2013, as the fourth in its ongoing Asia Pacific Conferences @CSIS series. The full day program will be held at the Four Seasons Hotel.

The conference will feature keynote remarks by Indonesian foreign minister Marty Natalegawa and defense minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro panels by an all-star line up of Indonesian and U.S. ministers, senior officials, thought leaders, business executives, and the media.   

The focus of the discussion is to put new ideas and energy into the US Indonesia relationship generally, and specifically to table and discuss ideas that CSIS will develop into recommendations for taking the Indonesia-U.S. Comprehensive Partnership to a new level by 2020. CSIS’ Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asian Studies is writing a major research document and preparing a set of recommendations on the U.S.-Indonesia relationship ahead of President Obama’s October trip to Bali and Brunei Darussalam for the APEC and East Asia Summit, respectively.

The Indonesia Conference will focus on three key areas: 

1. Indonesia’s Role in the development of an integrated ASEAN and Indo-Pacific region
2. Defining a fair and sustainable economic partnership
3. Enhancing security and stability in the Indo-Pacific

Agenda

0830   Registration of Participants

0900   Welcoming Remarks:

Mr. Ernest Z. Bower 
Senior Adviser and Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies
Center for Strategic and International Studies

His Excellency Dr. Dino Patti Djalal 
Ambassador of Indonesia to the United States

0930   Introductory remarks

Mr. Joseph Yun
Acting Assistant Secretary of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
U.S. Department of State

0945   The Indonesian Perspective of the Indo-Pacific

Keynote Address:

His Excellency Dr. R. M. Marty M. Natalegawa 
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia

1030   Panel Discussion and Q&A

Speakers:

His Excellency Ashok Kumar Mirpuri
Ambassador to the United States
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore

The Honorable Kurt Campbell
Chairman and CEO
The Asia Group

The Honorable J. Stapleton Roy 
Former U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia, USINDO Co-Chair, and
Director of the Kissinger Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center

Mr. Endy Bayuni 
Senior Editor
The Jakarta Post

Moderator: 

Mr. Ernest Z. Bower
Senior Adviser and Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies
Center for Strategic and International Studies

1145   Luncheon: Strengthening the Economic Relationship        

1215   Panel Discussion and Q&A

Speakers:

The Honorable Patricia M. Loui 
Member of the Board of Directors
Export-Import Bank of the United States

Mr. Anoop Singh
Director, Asia and Pacific Department
International Monetary Fund

Mr. Yos Harmen
Director
Indonesia Investment Promotion Center

Dr. Douglas Ramage 
Chairman – Trade & Investment Committee 
American Chamber of Commerce of Indonesia
Managing Director - Indonesia 
BowerGroupAsia

Mr. John Riady 
Chairman
KIKAS-KADIN

Moderator:

Mr. Murray Hiebert 
Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies
Center for Strategic and International Studies

1345   Refreshment Break               

1400   Building Security Partnerships in Asia

Keynote Address:

His Excellency Purnomo Yusgiantoro [via video conference]
Minister of Defense
Ministry of Defense of Indonesia  

1445   Panel Discussion and Q&A 

Speakers:

Mr. Vikram J. Singh
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia 
U.S. Department of Defense

The Honorable Hayono Isman 
Member of Commission I: Defense, Foreign Affairs and Information
People’s Representative Council

Mr. Bambang Harymurti
Editor-in-Chief
Tempo

Moderator:

Mr. Ernest Z. Bower 
Senior Adviser and Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies
Center for Strategic and International Studies

1545   Conference closes