U.S.-Indo-Pacific Conference 2023

June 14 – 15, 2023

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Southeast Asia Program

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The US-ASEAN Business Council and the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) are co-hosting the second annual U.S.-Indo-Pacific Conference from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 14, and from 9:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 15.

The two-day hybrid Conference will focus on the U.S. relationship with ASEAN and the Quad, including the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, as well as a discussion about the role of American industry in the region.  The Conference will feature keynote remarks by senior U.S. officials and 4 panels of speakers focused on trade, decarbonization, critical supply chains, and political/security matters.

This event follows the first annual U.S.-Indo-Pacific Conference held at CSIS in April 2022.

This event is made possible by support from the US-ASEAN Business Council, Energy Capital Vietnam, Ford, Micron, Qualcomm, and UPS.

Event Agenda - Wednesday, June 14

Welcome Remarks

9:00 am

Gregory Poling, Senior Fellow and Director, Southeast Asia Program and Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, CSIS

 

Ambassador Ted Osius, President & CEO, US-ASEAN Business Council

Keynote Remarks

9:05 am

Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan

 

Moderator: Ambassador Ted Osius, President & CEO, US-ASEAN Business Council

Panel 1: Trade

9:55 am

Marc Mealy, Chief Policy Officer & Senior Vice President, US-ASEAN Business Council

 

Christopher Smith, Chief Government Affairs Officer, Ford Motor Company

 

Moderator: William Alan Reinsch, Senior Adviser and Scholl Chair in International Business, CSIS

Keynote Remarks

10:45 am

Edgard Kagan, Senior Director for East Asia and Oceania, National Security Council

 

Moderator: Gregory Poling, Senior Fellow and Director, Southeast Asia Program and Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, CSIS

Remarks from Marisa Lago

11:15 am

Marisa Lago, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, U.S. Department of Commerce

Panel 2: Critical Supply Chains

11:40 am

Sharon Yuan, Counselor and Chief Negotiator, Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, U.S. Department of Commerce

 

Michael Kiely, President, Global Government Affairs, UPS

 

Shay Wester, Director of Asian Economic Affairs, Asia Society Policy Institute

 

Moderator: Matthew Goodman, Senior Vice President for Economics, CSIS

Event Agenda - Thursday, June 15

Welcome Remarks

9:45 am

Ambassador Ted Osius, President & CEO, US-ASEAN Business Council

 

Gregory Poling, Senior Fellow and Director, Southeast Asia Program and Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, CSIS

 

Panel 3: Clean Economy and Decarbonization

9:50 am

Lesley Bearman Lahm, Representative, North American Representative Office, Asian Development Bank

 

Michelle Murphy Rogers, Senior Director, Clean Energy Advisory Practice, Allotrope Partners

 

Ambassador Hari Prabowo, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Republic of Indonesia

 

Moderator: Stephanie Segal, Senior Fellow, Economics Program, CSIS

 

Panel 4: ASEAN and Indo-Pacific Strategy

11:00 am

Ambassador Jose Manuel Romualdez, Ambassador to the United States, Republic of the Philippines 

 

Lindsey Ford, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia, U.S. Department of Defense

 

Zack Cooper, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

 

Moderator: Gregory Poling, Senior Fellow and Director, Southeast Asia Program and Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, CSIS

 

Closing Remarks

Luncheon

12:00 pm

 

 

 

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Asia and Southeast Asia

Hosted By

Gregory B. Poling

Gregory B. Poling

Senior Fellow and Director, Southeast Asia Program and Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative
Matthew P. Goodman

Matthew P. Goodman

Former Senior Vice President for Economics
Stephanie Segal

Stephanie Segal

Former Senior Fellow, Economics Program

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