Asian Development Bank and
Centre for Strategic and International Studies
cordially invite you to a conference
on
Emerging Asian Regionalism Trends and Challenges
on
Wednesday, 10 September 2008
13:00 to breaking of the fast
followed by dinner
at Flores Ballroom
Hotel Borobudur
Jakarta
RSVP Dress code:
Tel. 386 5532, 380 9637 Business Attire
Fax. 384 7517
PROGRAM
13:00 Registration
13:30 Conference starts
13:30-14:35 Opening session
Perspectives on Asian Economic Regionalism
Moderator: Hadi Soesastro (CSIS)
13:30 - 13:45 H.E. Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Minister of Finance, Republic of Indonesia
13:45 - 14:00 H.E. Haruhiko Kuroda, President, Asian Development Bank
14:00 - 14:15 Message from H.E. Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary General, ASEAN
14:15 - 14:35 Questions from the floor
14:35 - 16:00 Session I
Emerging Asian Regionalism: An Asian Development Bank Study
Moderator: Moh. Chatib Basri (Faculty of Economics University of Indonesia)
14:35 - 14:55 Emerging Asian Regionalism: A Partnership for Shared Prosperity Jong-Wha Lee (Office of Regional Economic Integration, ADB)
15:00 - 15:10 Asian opinion leaders' perception survey on economic interdependence Giovanni Capannelli (Office of Regional Economic Integration, ADB)
15:10 - 15:30 Comments Mahendra Siregar (Deputy Minister for International Economic Cooperation, Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs, Indonesia)
Peter Petri (Professor of International Finance, Brandeis University, USA)
15:30 - 16:00 Questions from the floor
16:00 – 17:45 Session II
Implications of Asian Economic Regionalism. A Panel Discussion
Moderator: Sabam Siagian (Senior Editor, The Jakarta Post)
Panelists H.E. Mari Pangestu (Minister of Trade Republic of Indonesia)
TJ Pempel (University of California, Berkeley, USA) Chia Siow Yue (SIIA, Singapore) Gao Haihong (IWEP, CASS, China)
Narongchai Akrasanee (Seranee Holding, Thailand)
17:45 Closing
Closing Remarks
Dr. Anggito Abimanyu
Head, Fiscal Policy Office
Ministry of Finance Republic of Indonesia
Followed by Dinner (after breaking of the fast)
Please send RSVP to:
Tevy Poluan Masengi, Ms.
Centre for Strategic and International Studies
Jl. Tanah Abang III no. 23-27
Jakarta 10160, Indonesia
Tel. (62 21) 386 5532 ext. 312, 350 3747 (Direct)
Fax. (62 21) 384 7517