US-Australian Dialogue on Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific

AGENDA

9:00 – 9:30 am

Registration

MC: Mr Lachy Roach, Economic Diplomacy Officer,

Australian Consulate-General, Los Angeles

9:30 – 9:40 am

Welcome Remarks

- Cindy Fan, Vice Provost, UCLA International Institute

- Chelsey Martin, Consul-General, Australian Consulate-General, Los Angeles

9:40 – 10:15 am

Interview with the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs – The Hon Julie Bishop MP (20 minutes)

Interviewer – Kal Raustiala, Director, UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations & Professor, UCLA Law School

15 minutes for questions

10:15 – 10:45 am

Coffee Break

10:45 – 11:45 am

The 2016 US Election: Implications for the Asia-Pacific Region

Moderator: Arthur Stein, UCLA Political Science

- David Smith, Senior Lecturer in American Politics and Foreign Policy, United States Study Centre (USSC), University of Sydney

- Dan Schnur, Director of the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics, University of Southern California

- Robert O’Brien, Los Angeles Managing Partner, Arent Fox

10 minutes for questions

11:45 – 1:00 pm

Managing Tensions in the South China Sea

Moderator:  Geoffrey Wiseman, Professor of the Practice of International Relations and Public Diplomacy, USC

- Dr Bradley Kaplan, Defence Analyst, Booz Allen Hamilton

- Elsina Wainwright, Adjunct Associate Professor and Non-Resident Fellow, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney

10 minutes for questions

1:00 – 2:15 pm

Networking Lunch

2:15 – 3:15 pm

Terrorism and the US-Australian Alliance

Moderator: The Hon Robert Hill AC, former Australian Minister for Defence and Adjunct Professor in Sustainability, United States Studies Centre

- Andy Liepman, former Principal Deputy Director, National Counterterrorism Center, RAND senior Policy Analyst

- The Hon Jeffrey Bleich, former United States Ambassador to Australia

- Brian Jenkins, Senior Adviser to the RAND President

10 minutes for questions

3:15 – 3:30 pm

Coffee Break

3:30 – 4:15pm

Strategic Implications of the Trans-Pacific Partnership

Moderator: Jonathon Karp, Executive Director of Asia Society Southern California

- The Hon Jeffrey Bleich, former United States Ambassador to Australia

- Jennifer Nason, Global Chair of Technology, Media and Telecom, Investment Banking, J.P. Morgan

10 minutes for questions

4:15 – 4:30 pm

Closing Remarks

- Kal Raustiala, Director, UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations & Professor, UCLA Law School

4:30 pm

Networking reception, featuring tastes of Australia

REGISTRATION

General Admission

$30

UCLA Faculty & Staff

$15

Students

$5

Includes continental breakfast, lunch and afternoon refreshments

RSVP required for attendance