Subject: Invitation: The United States and Japan: Assisting Myanmar's Development
From: "Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 13:18:33 -0400 (EDT)

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The United States and Japan:

Assisting Myanmar's Development
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When
March 25, 2015
8:30am-6:00pm
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Where
Cosmos Club
2121 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington, D.C. 20008
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Sasakawa USA cordially invites you to join us for a major conference on US-Japan
 cooperation in assisting Myanmar's development on Wednesday, March 25th from 8:30am-6:00pm
at the Cosmos Club in Washington, DC.

8:30     Registration

9:00    Welcome: Junko Chano, President, Sasakawa USA and Executive Director, SPF

9:05   Keynote Address: Adm. Dennis Blair, USN (ret.), Chairman  and CEO, Sasakawa
USA

9:30   Socio-Economic Conditions in Myanmar

Moderator: Daniel Bob, Senior Fellow and Director of Programs, Sasakawa USA

Dr. Zaw Oo, Executive Director, Myanmar Development Resource Institute, Center for
Economic and Social Development

Dr. Toshihiro Kudo, Director-General, Research Planning Department, Institute for
Developing Economies

Vikram Nehru, Senior Associate, Asia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace

11:00    U.S.-Japan Assistance Programs in Myanmar

Moderator: Dr. Donald Seekins, Professor of Southeast Asian Studies, Meio University

H.E. U Set Aung, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Myanmar

Takehiro Yasui, Director of Myanmar Operations, JICA

Jason Foley, Deputy Assistant Administrator for East Asia, USAID

Yun Sun, Fellow, East Asia Program, Henry E. Stimson Center

12:30   Luncheon Address: Hon. Derek Mitchell, U.S. Ambassador to Myanmar

Moderator: H.E. U Kyaw Myo Htut, Myanmar Ambassador to the U.S. (Invited)

1:15     Civil-Military Relations in Myanmar

Moderator: Adm. Dennis Blair, USN (ret.), Chairman and CEO, Sasakawa USA

Dr. Aung Myoe, Professor, Graduate School of International Relations, International
University of Japan

Dr. Mary Callahan, Associate Professor, University of Washington

Lt. Gen. Noboru Yamaguchi, JGSDF (ret.) National Defense Academy of Japan

2:45       Democratization and Multi-Ethnic Issues

Moderator: Dr. David Steinberg, Visiting Scholar, Southeast Asia Studies Program,
Johns Hopkins

Brian Joseph, Senior Director for Asia and Global Programs, National Endowment for
Democracy

Priscilla Clapp, former Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy Burma

Dr.Min Zaw Oo, Director of Ceasefire Negotiations and Implementation, Myanmar Peace
Center

4:00     Keynote Address: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (Invited)

4:45    Next Steps for U.S.-Japan Cooperation in Myanmar

Moderator: Adm. Dennis Blair, Chairman and CEO, Sasakawa USA

Thant Myint-U, Founder and Chairman Yangon Heritage Trust (Invited)

Kanji Yamanouchi, Economic Minister, Embassy of Japan

Dr. David Steinberg, Visiting Scholar, Southeast Asia Studies Program, Johns Hopkins
University

James Schoff, Senior Associate, Asia Program, Carnegie

Endowment for International Peace

5:30       Cocktails and Reception
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