Program of the 2000 Annual Meeting
Tokyo—April 8-10, 2000

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Saturday, April 8

9:00
Opening remarks by the Chairmen
Yotaro Kobayashi, Japanese Chairman
Otto Graf Lambsdorff, European Chairman
Paul A. Volcker, North American Chairman

Speech by Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi*

9:30-12:15
RECENT POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN JAPAN
Yasuhisa Shiozaki, Member of the House of Councillors; former Parliamentary Vice Minister of Finance
Eisuke Sakakibara, Professor of Economics, Keio University; former Deputy Minister of Finance for International Affairs
Masayoshi Son, President, Softbank
Yoriko Kawaguchi, Managing Director, Suntory, Ltd.

12:30-14:30
Luncheon
THE UNITED STATES: DOMESTIC DEVELOPMENTS AND THEIR INTERNATIONAL IMPLICATIONS
- AMERICAN POLITICS AND FOREIGN POLICY
Henry A. Kissinger, Chairman, Kissinger Associates; former U.S. Secretary of State and Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
- A “NEW ECONOMY”?
Martin Feldstein, President, National Bureau of Economic Research; George F. Baker Professor of Economics, Harvard University; former Chairman, President’s Council of Economic Advisors

14:45-18:00
Discussion of draft report from special study group:
EAST ASIA AND THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM
Charles E. Morrison, President, East-West Center, Honolulu; Coordinator of Special Study Group on East Asia and the International System
Han Sung-Joo, Former Foreign Minister, Republic of Korea
Jusuf Wanandi, Member, Board of Directors, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta
Zhang Yun-Ling, Director, Institute of Asia Pacific Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

19:00
Dinner hosted by Foreign Minister Yohei Kohno at Foreign Ministry Guest House

Sunday, April 9

9:00-12:15
TOWARD THE OKINAWA SUMMIT: TRILATERAL RESPONSES TO THE CHALLENGES OF GLOBALIZATION
- RESPONDING TO THE GROWING CHALLENGES TO HUMAN SECURITY
Keizo Takemi, Member of the House of Councilors (LDP); former State Secretary of Foreign Affairs
- SUSTAINING CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN AN INTEGRATING GLOBAL COMMUNITY
Mario Vargas Llosa, Writer; Member of the Royal Spanish Academy
- MULTILATERAL MANAGEMENT OF A GLOBALIZING WORLD ECONOMY
C. Fred Bergsten, Director, Institute for International Economics

12:30-14:15
Luncheon—discussion of draft report:
THE NEW CENTRAL ASIA: IN SEARCH OF STABILITY
Sherman Garnett, Dean, James Madison College, Michigan State University; former Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia
Alexander Rahr, Head of Unit for Russian and CIS Studies, Körber Foundation and German Society for Foreign Affairs (DGAP), Berlin
Koji Watanabe, Executive Advisor, Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren); Senior Fellow, Japan Center for International Exchange; former Ambassador to Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia

14:30-16:00
CHANGING MODELS OF CAPITALISM
Cees van Lede, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Akzo Nobel; former President, Federation of Netherlands Industry
Takenori Inoki, Professor of Economics, Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University
Timothy C. Collins, Chief Executive Officer and Senior Managing Director, Ripplewood Holdings

16:15-17:30
THE EMERGING EUROPE
- RECALIBRATING THE ATLANTIC ALLIANCE
Robert Cooper, Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet Office and Head of Defence and Overseas, London
- THE PACE OF ECONOMIC CHANGE IN EUROPE
Daniel Janssen, Chairman of the Board, Solvay, Brussels; Chairman, Working Group on Competitiveness, European Round Table of Industrialists

18:30
Small-group dinners hosted by Japanese members

Monday, April 10

8:00-9:00
THE UNITED NATIONS AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
Sergio Vieira de Mello, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator; Head, UN Transitional Administration in East Timor

9:15-11:45
BEYOND AMERICAN “HYPERPOWER”: GLOBAL GOVERNANCE IN THE EARLY 21ST CENTURY
Thierry de Montbrial, Membre de l’Institut de France; Professor, l’Ecole Polytechnique; Director, French Institute for International Relations (IFRI)
William J. Perry, Berberian Professor, Stanford University; former U.S. Secretary of Defense
Kiichi Miyazawa, Finance Minister of Japan; former Prime Minister; former Foreign Minister

11:45-12:15
LOOKING TOWARD THE TRILATERAL COMMISSION’S NEXT TRIENNIUM
Yotaro Kobayashi, Japanese Chairman
Otto Graf Lambsdorff, European Chairman
Paul A. Volcker, North American Chairman

12:15
Buffet Luncheon

* Owing to the stroke Prime Minister Obuchi suffered the week prior to the Trilateral Commission meeting, his opening speech was not delivered.

To view speeches, refer to the List of speeches from the 2000 Meeting.