14th Annual 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

7:00 - 9:00 p.m.  

Dinner and Keynote Interview:

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* (Chair)

Saturday, march 7, 2009

8:45 - 10:15 a.m.  

Continental Breakfast and Plenary Panel:

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

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)

11:45 - 1:00 p.m.  

Tri-Plenary Session

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)

Public Diplomacy, Public Relations & 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)

1:15 - 2:45 p.m.  

Lunch and Keynote Interview:

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)

3:00 - 4:15 p.m.  

Breakout Sessions

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
--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)

5:30 - 6:45 p.m.  

Keynote Reception:

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)

7:00 - 8:30 p.m.  

Dinner Keynote Interview:

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 (Chair)*

 
*Member, Pacific Council Board of Directors