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Inaugural Conference of the Pacific Asia Group
Seoul, November 11-13, 2000

Saturday, 11 November

19h00
Opening Dinner
Panel discussion: THE FUTURE OF ASIA PACIFIC IN A GLOBAL SYSTEM—NORTH AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES
Chair: Yotaro Kobayashi
Panelists:
- C. Fred Bergsten, Director, Institute for International Economics
- Carlo Trezza, Italian Ambassador to Korea

Sunday, 12 November

9:30 - 12:00
SESSION I: THE FUTURE OF ASIA PACIFIC IN A GLOBAL SYSTEM
Summary Presentation: The Trilateral Commission’s Special Study Group’s report: “East Asia and the International System” by Charles Morrison, President, East-West Center
Chair: Han Sung-Joo, Director, Ilmin International Relations Institute
Panelists:
- Jusuf Wanandi, Member, Board of Directors, Centre for Strategic and International Studies
- Naoki Tanaka, President, The 21st Century Public Policy Institute
- Wei Mingyi, Advisor, China International Trust & Investment Corporation

12:15 - 14:00
LUNCHEON SESSION: JAPAN’S DOMESTIC DYNAMICS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON JAPAN’S ROLE IN ASIA PACIFIC

14:30 - 17:30
SESSION II: PROSPECTS FOR THE KOREAN PENINSULA AND ITS REGIONAL IMPACT
Chair: Stuart Harris, Professor, Australian National University
Panelists:
- Kim Kyun-Won, President, Institute of Social Sciences
- Masashi Nishihara, President, National Defense Academy
- Arifin Siregar, International Advisor, Goldman Sachs & Co.
- Evans Revere, Charge d’Affaires, American Embassy, Seoul

19:00
Dinner hosted by the Korean Group
THE EMERGENCE OF PACIFIC ASIA AS A TRILATERAL PARTNER
Speaker: Lee Hong-Koo, Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea

Monday, 13 November

9:30 - 11:30
SESSION III: THE BACKLASH AGAINST GLOBALIZATION—CHALLENGES FOR THE NEW TRILATERALISM
Chair: Shijuro Ogata, Former Deputy Governor, Japan Development Bank
Panelists:
- Toyoo Gyohten, President, Institute for International Monetary Affairs
- Roberto F. de Ocampo, President, Asian Institute
- Choi Young-Jin, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade

11:30 - 12:00
Closing Remarks

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