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The 19th New Generation Seminar

"The Global Economic Crisis: Impacts and Responses in Asia"

October 4-18, 2009

Honolulu, Hawaii; Seoul, Korea; Hanoi, Vietnam

Each year the East-West Center invites rising young leaders from the United States and Asia Pacific to participate in The New Generation Seminar (NGS), a two-week intensive educational, dialogue and study tour travel program. The program is developed around a thematic focus and provides participants with an opportunity to strengthen their understanding of Asia Pacific-U.S. developments and challenges, build a regional network and to become leaders with a more international perspective. The first week of the program is held in Hawaii. In discussions with East-West Center researchers, other experts in the Hawaii community and one another, participants are introduced to key regional policy issues such as international relations, security, economics, population, health and environment. The second week involves field travel to either the United States or Asia Pacific for exploration of the program theme.

2009 Theme: "The Global Economic Crisis: Impacts and Responses in Asia"

The world is facing what may be the first truly global economic crisis. The financial meltdown that began on Wall Street has become a crisis that reaches deep into the globally integrated financial and trading systems, posing very serious challenges for countries around the world. Asia’s vastly diverse economies have experienced the fallout in different ways, all of which are testing political, economic and social structures across the region.

The 19^th New Generation Seminar will provide an opportunity for policy and decision-makers from Asia Pacific and the United States to develop a comprehensive perspective of how the financial crisis is affecting regional economies, how countries are responding nationally, and what countries are doing together. Participants will travel to Korea and Vietnam to compare the challenges and policy responses in two Asian countries representing different stages of economic development and different political systems. In Korea participants will examine how the crisis has affected a newly industrialized economy that has been one of Asia’s success stories since the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Vietnam offers a view of the impact on an emerging economy that has had the second highest growth rate in Asia for several years, but still remains a developing nation. Meetings and visits will expose participants to a wide range of perspectives from government, private sector, labor, academia, civil society and the media to better understand the causes, consequences and future implications of this unprecedented challenge to the global economy.

For full information about the NGS please download the 19th NGS Background Summary

The first New Generation Seminar was held in 1988, and since then a total of 277 participants from 25 Asia Pacific countries and the United States have participated in 18 seminars. The continuity of the program has been made possible by generous grants from the Freeman Foundation, which has funded the program for the past 13 years.

18th New Generation Seminar

The 18th New Generation Seminar was held from September 21-October 5, 2008. Participants traveled to Youngstown and Cleveland, Ohio and Washington, DC to explore "The Politics of Globalization."

For highlights from the 18th New Generation Seminar program please download the 18th NGS Newsletter.

The 15 participants in the 18th New Generation Seminar were:

• William Campos, Political Legislator, Prince George's County Council, College Park, Maryland, U.S.A.
• Joseph Earl Dorman, State Representative and Assistant Democratic Floor Leader, Oklahoma, House of Representatives, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.A.
• Roko Tupou Takaiwai Senirewa Draunidalo, Legal Practitioner (Private); Member, Fiji Law Society (Immediate Past Vice President), Nadi, Fiji
• Devendra Gangadhar Fadnavis, Member of Legislative Assembly, Maharashtra Legislature, Nagpur, India
• Syeda Amna Nasir Jamal, Freelance Feature Writer, Dawn and The News, Lahore, Pakistan
• Maylin Monsura Jemena, Officer-in-Charge, Social Policy Office, Presidential Management Staff, Office of the President of the Republic of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines
• Sri Ranga Jeyaratnam, Chief Executive Officer, The Capital Maharaja Private Ltd., Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Kin Mun Lee, blogger "Mr. Brown," Director, King Content Pte Ltd., Singapore
• Cong Liu, Head of Newsdesk, TV Producer, China Central Television, Beijing, China
• Timothy Keith Moore, State Representative, North Carolina House of Representatives, Shelby, North Carolina, U.S.A.
• Bonnie Ng, Vice-Table Host, Roundtable Social Science Research Network, Hong Kong (SAR)
• Herni Sri Nurbayanti, Director, Dept of Information & Documentation, Center for Law and Policy Studies, Jakarta, Indonesia
• Muhammad Asif Riaz, Director Youth Development, The Iqbal International Leadership Institute, Lahore, Pakistan
• Jirayu Tulyanond, Officer to the Leader of the Opposition of the House of Representatives, House of Representatives/Democrat Party, Bangkok, Thailand
• Jay Williams, Mayor, Youngstown, Ohio, U.S.A.

Ann Hartman
NGS Program Coordinator
Phone: (808) 944-7619
Fax: (808) 944-7600
E-mail: ngs@eastwestcenter.org