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2009 Members Weekend

 

The Global Agenda for a New U.S. Administration

 

Friday, March 6, 2009

 

5:30 - 7:00 p.m. --

 

Registration and Welcome Reception (Hotel Casa del Mar)

7:00 - 9:00 p.m. --

Dinner and Keynote Interview (Hotel Casa del Mar)

 

Afghanistan/Pakistan: President Obama’s Worst Nightmare?

Mr. Ahmed Rashid, Pakistani Journalist; Pacific Council Adjunct Senior Fellow for Pakistan

Mr. Mike Chinoy, Pacific Council Edgerton Senior Fellow; Author, Meltdown; CNN Senior Asia Correspondent (2001-06) (Interlocutor)

Mr. John E. Bryson, Co-Chair, Pacific Council Board of Directors* (Chair)

 

Saturday, March 7, 2009

 

8:45 - 10:15 a.m. --

Continental Breakfast and Plenary Panel (Shutters on the Beach)

(Panel begins at 9:00 a.m.)

 

What is the Asia Agenda for the Obama Administration?

Hon. R. Nicholas Burns, Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy & International Politics, Harvard University; U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (2005-08)

Dr. Yoichi Funabashi, Editor-in-Chief, Asahi Shimbun

Mr. Joseph Saunders, Deputy Program Director, Human Rights Watch 

Ms. Nina L. Hachigian, Executive Vice President, Center for American Progress (Moderator/Chair)

 

10:15 - 11:30 a.m. --

Breakout Sessions (Shutters on the Beach)

 

Sino-Japanese Politics: How to Improve the Japan-China Relationship?

Dr. Yoichi Funabashi, Editor-in-Chief, Asahi Shimbun

Hon. Matthew K. Fong, President, Strategic Advisory Group (Chair)

            

The Future of the U.S.-India Relationship

Hon. R. Nicholas Burns, Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy & International Politics, Harvard University; Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (2005-08)

Mr. Hasan Raza Shirazi, Director, Citigroup Private Bank (Chair)

 

China & American Foreign Policy

Mr. Joseph Saunders, Deputy Program Director, Human Rights Watch

Dr. Robert A. Kapp, Chairman, Pacific Council China Member Committee

Mr. Edward R. Pope, Chairman, Dexm Corporation & Pope Global Holdings* (Chair)

 

Is Pakistan Becoming a Failed State?

Mr. Ahmed Rashid, Pakistani Journalist, Pacific Council Adjunct Senior Fellow, Pakistan

Mr. Robert Abernethy, Chairman, American Standard Development Company* (Chair)

 

Nuclear Fallout: North Korea and America's Alliances in Northeast Asia

Mr. Mike Chinoy, Pacific Council Edgerton Senior Fellow; Author, Meltdown; CNN Senior Asia Correspondent (2001-06)

Mr. Jerry L. Dauderman, Entrepreneur (Chair)

 

11:30 - 11:45 a.m. --

 

Break

11:45 - 1:00 p.m. --

Tri-Plenary Session (Shutters on the Beach)

 

Global California: Rising to the Challenge of an Interconnected World

Mr. Dan Grunfeld, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, Office of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa

Dr. Abraham F. Lowenthal, Pacific Council President Emeritus; Author, Global California

Mr. Dominic Ng, Chairman & CEO, East West Bank; Co-chair, MTAC†

Mr. Alan I. Rothenberg, L.A. Airport Commission Chair; Ex-officio MTAC Member†

Mr. John Emerson, President, Personal Investment Management, Capital Group Companies; MTAC Member† (Moderator/Chair)                    

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s Trade Advisory Council (MTAC)

Session Materials

 

Public Diplomacy, Public Relations and the Obama Administration

Mr. Harris Diamond, CEO, Weber Shandwick Worldwide

Dr. Jian “Jay” Wang, Associate Professor, USC Annenberg School of Journalism

Dr. Ernest J. Wilson III, Dean, USC Annenberg School for Communication; Pacific Council Adjunct Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy (Moderator)

Ms. Ellen M. Hancock, Former Chairman and CEO, Exodus Communications* (Chair)

 

Risk and Political Risk in Global Markets

Mr. Alexander L. Cappello, Chairman & CEO, Cappello Group, Inc.*

Mr. Preston Keat, Director of Research, Eurasia Group; Co-author, The Fat Tail

Mr. Sanjiv Sanghvi, Chairman & CEO, Wells Fargo HSBC Trade Bank

Mr. William Loomis, Managing Partner, Loomis Investments, LLC* (Chair)

 

1:00 - 1:15 p.m. -- 

Walking Break

 

1:15 - 2:45 p.m. -- 

Lunch and Keynote Interview (Hotel Casa Del Mar)

 

National Security for 2009 and Beyond

Hon. Jane Harman, U.S. Congresswoman, 36th District of California

Dr. Amy Zegart, National Security Analyst & Associate Professor, UCLA School of Public Affairs (Interlocutor)

Mr. Steven S. Myers, Former Chairman & CEO, SM&A (Chair)

 

2:45 - 3:00 p.m. -- 

 

Walking Break

3:00 - 4:15 p.m. -- 

Breakout Sessions (Shutters on the Beach)

                                   

Global Water Security: Challenges and Opportunities

Mr. Gil Garcetti, Gil Garcetti Photography, Author, Water is Key

Dr. Steve Commins, Strategy Manager for Fragile States, International Medical Corps

Mr. Edmund J. Cain, Vice President of Grant Programs, the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

Mr. John Cooke, President & CEO, Western Territories Group, LLC* (Chair)

 

Speaking to Islam: Obama’s Coming Dialogue with the Muslim World

Dr. Jack R. Miles, Senior Fellow, Religion and Politics, Pacific Council

Dr. Jerrold D. Green, President and CEO, Pacific Council*

Mr. Geoffrey Cowan, University Professor & Annenberg Family Chair in

Communication Leadership, USC Annenberg School for Communication* (Moderator/Chair)

 

Calderón's First Two Years: Implications for the Obama Administration

Dr. Pamela K. Starr, Pacific Council Adjunct Fellow for Mexico

Mr. David R. Ayón, Senior Research Associate & U.S. Project Director, Focus Mexico/Enfoque México, Loyola Marymount University (Discussant)

Mr. Bruce Ramer, Senior Partner, Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown* (Chair)

 

Preparing the Next Generation of Foreign Policy Leaders

Dr. Rachel Kleinfeld, Co-founder & Executive Director, Truman National Security Project

Mr. Jared Cohen, Author, Children of Jihad, a Young American’s Travels among the Youth of the Middle East

Ms. Dawn Nakagawa, Executive Vice President, Pacific Council

Ms. Jane T. Olson, Chair of the Board of Directors, Human Rights Watch* (Chair)

 

Are Cuba and the U.S. Ready for Engagement?

Mr. Daniel P. Erikson, Director of Caribbean Programs, Inter-American Dialogue; Author, The Cuba Wars

Dr. Richard Nuccio, Director of International Programs, Center for Civic Education

Ms. Ann Louise Bardach, Journalist and Author, Cuba Confidential

Dr. Abraham F. Lowenthal, Pacific Council President Emeritus (Moderator/Chair)

 

4:15 - 5:30 p.m. --

 

Mingling Break

5:30 - 6:45 p.m. --

Keynote Session and Wine & Cheese Reception (Shutters on the Beach)

 

Managing Conflict in a Transformed World

Hon. Richard H. Solomon, President, U.S. Institute of Peace

Dr. Jerrold D. Green, President & CEO, Pacific Council* (Moderator/Chair)

 

6:45 - 7:00 p.m. --

 

Walking Break

7:00 - 8:30 p.m. --

Dinner Keynote Interview (Hotel Casa Del Mar)

 

Will Peace and Prosperity Continue to Elude Israel and Palestine?         

Hon. Martin Indyk, U.S. Ambassador to Israel (2000-01, 1995-97), Assistant U.S. Secretary of State (1997-2000), and Director, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution

Hon. Mel Levine, Partner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher; U.S. Congressman (1983-93)*

Hon. Warren Christopher, Co-Chair, Pacific Council Board of Directors*

 

 

*Member, Pacific Council Board of Directors

 

 
 
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