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Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 3:19 PM Subject: [INFO - Jakarta] INVITATION: OPEN FORUM: "Does Asian Regionalism have Legs?", Tuesday, June 3, 2008 The United States - Indonesia Society (USINDO) Cordially invites you to an Open Forum "Does Asian Regionalism have Legs?" Market connections among Asian economies are strong and deepening, but Asian regionalism has been slow to develop. Previous efforts to jump-start Asian regionalism have typically turned into false starts. Dr. Petri argues, however, that the prognosis today is much better: Asian integration now "has legs," in the sense that a new regional environment has emerged in the last decade that is more conducive to regionalism than the environment has been at any time in the past. The author will discuss what accounts for the change in the region's attitudes toward integration. Where is it likely to lead? What sequence of policies could help strengthen regional institutions? Tuesday, June 3, 2008 15:30 - 17:00 USINDO Jakarta Office Plaza Mutiara, 6th Floor, Suite 604 Jalan Lingkar Mega Kuningan, Kav E1.2 No: 1 & 2 [Next to J W Marriott Hotel] Jakarta 12950 Speaker: Dr. Peter A. Petri Professor at Brandeis University International Business School and Senior Fellow of the East-West Center Peter A. Petri is the founding Dean of the International Business School and the Carl J. Shapiro Professor of International Finance at Brandeis University. He has served as Visiting Scholar at the OECD Development Centre, a Fulbright Research Scholar at Keio University and a Brookings Policy Fellow. He has consulted for the World Bank, the OECD, the United Nations and the Government of Bulgaria, and has served on the editorial boards of the ASEAN Economic Bulletin, Journal of Asian Economics, and Singapore Economic Review. He is active in US-Asia affairs and a member of the Board of the U.S. Asia Pacific Council, the International Advisory Group of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council's Trade Policy Forum, and the PAFTAD International Steering Committee. He received A.B. and Ph.D. degrees in economics from Harvard University. RSVP : (Space is LIMITED) Dress: Informal Tel: 5790-5730 [2 lines] Fax: 5790-5740 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Ima Abdulrahim Norwich United Kingdom
