Name: PECC XVIII: Eighteenth General Meeting
Start: 2009-05-12T08:00:00+08:00
End: 2009-05-13T08:00:00+08:00
Location: USA, Washington DC.

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PECC XVIII: Eighteenth General Meeting

From May 12, 2009 until May 13, 2009

PECC Eighteenth General Meeting
CRISIS AND RECOVERY: REGIONAL AND GLOBAL ROLES FOR ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIES

The United States Asia Pacific Council, a program of the East-West Center, hosted the 18th General Meeting of PECC in Washington DC, May 12-13, 2009. The PECC XVIII theme encompassed the many dimensions of the current economic crisis.

DAY ONE • TUESDAY, MAY 12
08:00	Registration and Informal Continental Breakfast
08:30	Opening Remarks Dr. Charles E. Morrison Co-Chair, PECC and President, East-West Center Mr Jusuf Wanandi Co-Chair, PECC and President, Jakarta Post Amb. J. Stapleton Roy Chairman, United States Asia Pacific Council Director, Kissinger Institute on China and the United States, Woodrow Wilson Center default default (read transcript) (194.46 kB) (194 KB)
08:45	SESSION 1: The Asia-Pacific Economic Decline: How Deep, How Long? Chaired by Dr. Yuen Pau Woo President, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada Panel default default Why Has Asia Been Hit So Hard By The Global Economic And Financial Crisis? (327.87 kB) (327 KB) Mr. Takatoshi Kato Deputy Managing Director, IMF default default The Global Economic Crisis and Rebalancing Growth in Asia (74.6 kB) (65 KB) Prof. Park Yung Chul Professor of Economics, Korea University default default Latin America’s Challenges Beyond the Global Crisis (97.13 kB) (97 KB) Hon. Mauricio Cárdenas Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution default default (read transcript) (272.61 kB) (272 KB)
10:15	Coffee Break
10:30	Keynote Address Hon. James B. Steinberg U.S. Deputy Secretary of State default default (read transcript) (212.58 kB) (212 KB) (video speech)
11:15	SESSION 2: Political Implications of the Crisis in Regional Economies Chair Dr. Charles E. Morrison President, East-West Center Panel Amb. Yoshiji Nogami President, Japan Institute for International Affairs formerly Deputy Foreign Minister of Japan Mr. Jusuf Wanandi President, The Jakarta Post Senior Advisor, CSIS, Indonesia default default Political Implications of the Crisis in Regional Economies (74.36 kB) (74 KB) Shen Shishun Dean, Department for Asia Pacific Security and Cooperation Studies, China Institute for International Studies Stapleton Roy Chairman, United States Asia Pacific Council Director, Kissinger Institute on China and the United States, Woodrow Wilson Center default default (read transcript) (282.67 kB) (282 KB)
12:40	Luncheon East Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Economic Crisis: Weathering the Storm Jim Adams World Bank Vice President for the East Asia and Pacific Region (video speech)
14:30	SESSION 3: Declining Global Trade: Protectionist Risk and The Pacific Response Opening Remarks Ravi Menon Second Permanent Secretary Ministry of Trade and Industry (video speech) Panel Discussion Chair Ambassador Carla Hills Chairman, Hills & Company Panel Prof. Jagdish Bhagwati University Professor, Columbia University Amb. Michael Wilson Canadian Ambassador to the US, formerly Minister of International Trade Amb. Karan K. Bhatia Vice President and Senior Counsel, International Law & Policy, General Electric Company default default (read transcript) (278.57 kB) (278 KB)
15:45	SESSION 4: Restoring Global Financial Stability: The Asia Pacific's Essential Role Chair Ambassador Soogil Young President, National Strategy Institute, Korea Panel default default Restoring Global Financial Stability: Role of the Asia-Pacific (80.25 kB) (80 KB) Masahiro Kawai Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute C. Fred Bergsten Director, Peterson Institute for International Economics (video speech) Xuan Changneng Director General, Policy Research Department, People’s Bank of China Park Yung-Chul Professor of Economics, Korea University default default (read transcript) (272.04 kB) (272 KB)
17:00	Plenary Adjournment, Day 1
18:30	Reception
19:00	Banquet Hosted by the East-West Center Program Special Recognition: Peter F. Geithner A Look Ahead in U.S. - Asia Pacific Relations and a panel discussion on The Future of Asia Pacific Relations with Joseph Nye and Guests
DAY TWO • WEDNESDAY, MAY 13
07:30	Registration and Continental Breakfast
08:30	SESSION 5: Economic Recovery And Post - Kyoto Cooperation: Challenges And Opportunities Chaired by Joan MacNaughton Senior Vice President for Power and Environmental Policies, Alstom Power Systems Panel Professor Kenneth Lieberthal Professor, University of Michigan, Co-Author, Overcoming Obstacles to U.S.-China Cooperation on Climate Change (Brookings, 2009) (video speech) Dr. Hu Tao Coordinator, China Climate Change Partnership Framework, UNDP, Beijing (video speech) pdf default Toward E & E Cooperation in APEC (391.1 kB) (391 KB) Mr. Hajime Ito President, Japan External Trade Organization New York (video speech) pdf pdf Indonesia and an APEC Agenda on Climate Change (372.16 kB) (372 KB) Hadi Soesastro Chief Economist, CSIS, Jakarta; Member, Terrestrial Carbon Group pdf pdf (read transcript) (262.36 kB) (262 KB)
09:50	SESSION 6: The Asia Pacific Path to Recovery: Toward A New Model For Growth? Chaired by Paul Blustein Brookings Journalist in Residence, Former Economics and Tokyo Correspondent, The Washington Post Panel Dr Cyrillus Harinowo (video speech) Dr. Eswar Prasad Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy, Cornell University, (video speech) Prof Tan Khee Giap Associate Dean, Graduate Studies Office, and Co-Director, Asia Research Center, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore default default Growth Engines After the Crisis (43.01 kB) (43 KB) Prof Peter Petri Brandeis University and East West Center default default (read transcript) (271.37 kB) (271 KB)
11:15	SESSION 7: The Asia-Pacific Role in the New Global Economic Order Chaired by Dr. Charles E. Morrison President, East-West Center (video speech) Panel H.E. Cheng Siwei Formerly Vice Chairman, Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress Dr. Masahiro Kawai Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute (video speech) Dr. C. Fred Bergsten Director, Peterson Institute for International Economics default default (read transcript) (258.87 kB) (258 KB)
12:50	Luncheon The Future of World Trade Policy Hon. Mari Pangestu Minister of Trade of Indonesia (Download pdf) (Video Speech)
14:00	Concurrent Sessions 1. The World Economic Crisis and the Food System Massachusetts Room 2. Impacts of the Economic Crisis on Migrant Workers: Implications for the Asia Pacific Economies Pennsylvania Room 3. Impacts of the Economic Crisis on Water Infrastructure Development and Water Services in the Asia Pacific New York Room

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