The Singapore Conference @ CSIS

Wednesday, Feb 8, 2012

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The CSIS Southeast Asia program was pleased to host The Singapore Conference @ CSIS on February 8, 2012, featuring a select and high level group of experts and senior policy officials at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). The conference brought together several ministers from Singapore’s new cabinet and other Singaporean and U.S. officials, thought leaders, business executives, and journalists to discuss a range of issues from the political changes taking place in Singapore to cooperation between our countries on regional and global priorities. The Singapore Conference @ CSIS focused on five key themes:

Assessing Singapore’s politics and foreign policy
Strengthening trade partnerships and constructing a framework for growth in the Asia-Pacific
Bolstering security cooperation in Asia
Educational partnerships and preparing students for the 21st Century economy
Defining a strategic cooperation for the 21st century

The conference was organized at a vital moment for both the United States and Singapore. The center of gravity for American foreign policy, national security, and economic interests are being realigned and shifting towards Asia. The United States is thinking more strategically about the Asia-Pacific and Southeast Asia in particular. Singapore has been a vital partner of the United States with extensive linkages from trade and investment, sustainable environmental policy, to security and political ties. American officials, business leaders, and civil society leaders, and the new Singaporean leadership value the opportunity to discuss these issues, and the conference was designed to meet that need. We would like to thank everyone who joined us for providing insights and input to enrich this important and timely discussion.

Please note that all of the keynote speeches were on the record, and transcripts and videos are available. However, the panel discussions that followed adhered to Chatham House Rules.

Agenda FEBRUARY 8, 2012 – CONFERENCE
0830	Registration of Participants
0900	Welcoming Remarks Ernest Bower Senior Adviser & Director for Southeast Asia, CSIS Her Excellency Chan Heng Chee Ambassador, Embassy of Singapore
0910	New Directions: Singapore Politics and Foreign Policy Moderator: Ernest Bower Senior Adviser & Director for Southeast Asia
0910	Keynote Speech and Q&A His Excellency K. Shanmugam Minister of Foreign Affairs, Singapore
0950	Panel Discussion and Q&A Speakers: His Excellency Ashok Mirpuri Singapore Ambassador to Indonesia The Hon. J. Stapleton Roy Former US Ambassador to Singapore & Director of Kissinger Institute for Chinese-U.S. studies, Woodrow Wilson International Center Janadas Devan Director of Institute of Policy Studies Stanley Roth Vice-President, International Government Relations, Boeing
1100	Strengthening the Trade Partnership: Recovery through Growth in the Asia-Pacific Moderator: The Hon. Carla Hills CEO, Hills and Co
1100	Introductory Comments and Q&A The Hon. S. Iswaran 2nd Minister for Trade and Industry, Singapore
1140	Panel Discussion and Q&A Speakers: The Hon. Charlene Barshefsky Chair, International Trade, Investment and Market Access Practice, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Ng How Yue Second Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore Barbara Weisel Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Southeast Asia, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Ong Ye Kung Deputy Secretary-General, National Trade Union Congress, Singapore Karan Bhatia Vice President and Senior Counsel, International Law and Policy, General Electric Jeffrey J. Schott Senior Fellow, Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics
1245	Luncheon: Building Security Partnerships in Asia Moderator: Michael Green Japan Chair & Senior Adviser, CSIS and Associate Professor, Georgetown University
1300	Keynote Speech and Q&A: Chee Wee Kiong Second Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore
1335	Panel Discussion and Q&A Speakers: The Hon. Richard Armitage Former Deputy Secretary of State Major-General (NS) Ng Chee Khern Director of the Security and Intelligence Division (SID), Singapore Admiral Dennis Blair Former Director of National Intelligence and former Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Command Brigadier General Gary Ang Deputy Secretary (Policy), Ministry of Defence, Singapore Ambassador Barry Desker Dean of S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University
1430	Education, Competitiveness, and Growth Moderator: The Hon. David Adelman U.S. Ambassador to Singapore
1430	Introductory Comments and Q&A His Excellency Heng Swee Keat Minister for Education, Singapore
1510	Panel Discussion and Q&A Speakers: Joanne Weiss Chief of Staff, Office of the Secretary, United States Department of Education Linda Darling-Hammond Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education, Stanford University Tan Ching Yee Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Singapore Jessica Kehayes Director of Education and Chief of Staff, Education Department, Asia Society
1615	Defining a 21st Century Strategic Partnership Moderator: Anne-Marie Slaughter Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University Peter Ho Senior Advisor, Centre for Strategic Futures & Senior Fellow, Civil Service College The Hon. Kurt M. Campbell Assistant Secretary for East Asian & Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State Discussion and Q & A
1730	Closing Remarks and Reception
1830	Adjourn

CSIS would like to recognize and thank the following sponsors of

The Singapore Conference @ CSIS:

Cargill

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The Hon. K. Shanmugam's Keynote Opening Speech
Chee Wee Kiong's Lunch Keynote Speech
The Hon. S. Iswaran's Opening Remarks
Heng Swee Keat's Speech

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