U.S. Asia Pacific Council: Annual Washington Conference
Every year, the U.S. Asia Pacific Council (USAPC) hosts a conference in Washington, D.C. The purpose of the conference is to bring together leading economic, political, and security experts from both the United States and the Asia Pacific region to provide an annual assessment of where we are in U.S. relations with the Asia Pacific. The information and analysis presented at the conference, in turn, informs the Council's work program. USAPC members themselves often contribute their considerable knowledge and broad policy-making experience as conference speakers and participants.
The conference also serves as an opportunity to engage in dialogue with the highest-level officials in the U.S. executive branch, who often are called upon to deliver the conference keynote address. Former Secretary of State Colin Powell spoke at the inaugural Washington Conference, for example. Most recently, Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte delivered the keynote address at the April 2008 Washington Conference.
East-West Center/U.S. Asia Pacific Council 5th Annual Washington Conference
"The United States and the Asia Pacific: New Challenges in a Changing Environment"
April 11, 2008, Washington, D.C.
PowerPoint Presentations:
Dr. Marshall Bouton, President, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Dr. Satu Limaye, Director, East-West Center in Washington
Mr. Bruce Stokes, International Economics Columnist, National Journal
