US-AUSTRALIAN DIALOGUE Assessing the Future of the Asia-Pacific CONFERENCE AGENDA 9:30 - 10:00 AM CHECK-IN • Lachlan Roach, Economic Diplomacy Officer, Australian Consulate General of LA 10:00 - 10:15 AM WELCOME REMARKS • Gene Block, Chancellor of UCLA • Karen Lanyon, Australian Consul General of Los Angeles 10:15 - 11:15 AM THE US-AUSTRALIAN ALLIANCE: A MODEL FOR THE CHANGING GEOPOLITICAL ENVIRONMENT • Moderator: Kal Raustiala, Associate Vice Provost, UCLA International Studies • Kim Beazley, Australian Ambassador to the United States • Jeffrey Bleich, Former United States Ambassador to Australia • Terry McCarthy, President and CEO, Los Angeles World Affairs Council 11:15 - 11:30 AM COFFEE BREAK 11:30 - 12:30 PM THE FUTURE OF THE TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP • Moderator: Simon Newnham, Minister-Counsellor (Trade), Australian Embassy, Washington D.C. • Richard Steinberg, Professor of Law, UCLA, and Visiting Professor of Global Studies, Stanford • Carlos Valderrama, Senior Vice President, Global Initiatives, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce 12:30 – 1:30 PM LUNCH 1:30 - 2:00 PM KEYNOTE SPEECH • The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Australian Minister for Communications 2:00 – 3:15 PM STRATEGIC RIVALRY IN EAST AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA • Moderator: Robert Hill, Former Australian Minister for Defence and Adjunct Professor in Sustainability, United States studies Centre, University of Sydney • Tom Plate, Distinguished Scholar, Asian and Pacific Studies, Loyola Marymount University • David Kang, Professor of International Relations and Business, Director of Korean Studies Institute, USC • Susan Shirk, Ho Miu Lam Professor of China and Pacific Relations , UCSD 3:15 – 3:30 PM COFFEE BREAK 3:30 - 4:30 PM FAST-TRACKING GROWTH iN ASIA • Moderator: Niels Marquardt, CEO, American Chamber of Commerce in Australia • The Hon Lisa Scaffedi, Lord Mayor of Perth • Jerry Nickelsburg, Adjunct Professor of Economics, Anderson School of Management, UCLA and Senior Economist, UCLA Anderson Forecast • Julia Gouw, President and COO, East West Bank 4:30 - 4:45 PM CLOSING REMARKS • Karen Lanyon, Australian Consul General, Los Angeles • Kal Raustiala, Associate Vice Provost, UCLA International Studies 5:00 PM RECEPTION