Financing Growth in the Asia Pacific Conference

The Financing Growth in the Asia Pacific conference is being organized just before the spring World Bank & International Monetary Fund (IMF) meetings, which draw the world’s top financial sector policy makers and business executives to Washington, D.C. CSIS will bring together key thought leaders, business executives, and policy makers from the United States and Asia for a discussion on how key economic trends relate to the geostrategic priorities of the dynamic Asia Pacific region. The focus will be on trade, investment, innovation, development and other important business trends across Asia.

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This conference is made possible with support from Standard Chartered Bank.

Agenda

8:00 a.m. Registration of Participants

9:00 a.m. Welcoming Remarks

Dr. John J. Hamre

President, CEO, and Pritzker Chair

Center for Strategic and International Studies

 

Introduction:

Mr. Ernest Z. Bower

Senior Adviser and Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies

Center for Strategic and International Studies

9:10 a.m. Keynote Speech

His Excellency Gita Wirjawan

Founder, Ancora Foundation

Former Minister of Trade of Indonesia

9:45 a.m. Slowdown in China and Japan: Impact on Asia's Emerging Economies

Mr. Steven Barnett

Division Chief, China Division

International Monetary Fund

 

Dr. Adam Posen

President

Peterson Institute for International Economics

 

Mr. Manu Bhaskaran

CEO

Centennial Asia Advisors (Singapore)

 

Mr. Jaspal Bindra

Group Executive Director and CEO, Asia

Standard Chartered Bank

 

Moderator:

Mr. Matthew P. Goodman

William E. Simon Chair in Political Economy and Senior Adviser for Asian Economy

Center for Strategic and International Studies

10:45 a.m. Coffee Break

11:00 a.m. Infrastructure Connectivity: Where are Asia's Big Gaps

Mr. Toshiyuki Sakamoto

Deputy Director-General for Trade Policy

Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (Japan)

 

Mr. Craig Steffensen

Representative, North American Representative Office

Asian Development Bank

 

Mr. Vikram Nehru

Senior Associate, Asia Program and Bakrie Chair in Southeast Asian Studies

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

 

Ms. Suzanne Kelly-Lyall

Independent Senior Policy Adviser for ASEAN Affairs

 

Moderator:

Mr. Murray Hiebert

Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies

Center for Strategic and International Studies

 

12:15 p.m. Luncheon

 

12:45 p.m. Luncheon Keynote

 

Dr. John J. Hamre

President, CEO, and Pritzker Chair

Center for Strategic and International Studies

 

Introduction:

Mr. Ernest Z. Bower

Senior Adviser and Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies

Center for Strategic and International Studies

 

1:45 p.m. Finance and Trade: Opportunities and Risks

 

The Honorable Kurt Tong

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs

U.S. Department of State

 

Ms. Angela Ellard

Staff Director, Committee on Ways and Means

U.S. House of Representatives

 

Mr. Robert Dohner

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia

U.S. Department of the Treasury

 

Moderator:

Mr. Ernest Z. Bower

Senior Adviser and Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies

Center for Strategic and International Studies

 

3:00 p.m. Program Concludes

 

 

 

Programs

SUMITRO CHAIR FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA STUDIES

Topics

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND RECONSTRUCTION, TRADE AND ECONOMICS, REGIONAL ANALYSIS

Regions

ASIA, CHINA, JAPAN, SOUTHEAST ASIA

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