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Corporate Social Responsibility in Action: Private Sector Summit on Post-Tsunami Rehabilitation & Reconstruction

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Thursday, May 12, 2005
Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C.

PRE-PROGRAM
7:30 am
EVENT REGISTRATION
Continental Breakfast Available
MORNING PROGRAM
8:30 am – 8:35 am
WELCOME REMARKS & RECOGNITION OF SPONSORS AND SPECIAL GUESTS
The Honorable Douglas Bereuter
President, The Asia Foundation

Dr. Vishakha N. Desai
President, Asia Society
8:35 am – 8:45 am INTRODUCTION OF MORNING SESSION
Lieutenant General Daniel Christman, USA (Ret.)
Senior Vice President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
8:45 am – 9:00 am THE HONORABLE JAN EGELAND
Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations
9:00 am – 9:20 am THE HONORABLE JAMES LEE WITT
Former Director, FEMA, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer, James Lee Witt Associates
  PRIVATE SECTOR & POST-TSUNAMI RESPONSE
9:20 am – 9:40 am Mr. Richard M. Kruger
Vice President, Asia Pacific/Middle East
ExxonMobil Corporation
9:40 am – 9:50 am Mr. Charles L. Hardwick| Senior Vice President, Worldwide Government & Public Affairs
Pfizer Inc.
AFFECTED COUNTRIES BRIEFING
9:50 am – 10:00 am Introduction
Mr. Matthew P. Daley
President, US-ASEAN Business Council
10:00 am – 10:25 am

H.E. Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Minister of National Development Planning, and Chairperson of the National Planning Agency (Bappenas), Indonesia

H.E. AZWAR ABUBAKAR
Acting Governor of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, and Vice Chairman of Executing Agency for Rehabilitation and Reconstruction in Aceh and Nias

10:25 am – 10:45 am H.E. Kantathi Suphamongkhon
Special Envoy of the Prime Minister of Thailand and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Thailand
10:45 am – 11:05 am H.E. Abdullah Kamaludeen
Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture and Acting Minister of Environment and Construction, Maldives
11:05 am – 11:25 am Mr. Mano Tittawella
Senior Advisor to the President & Senior Director-General of the President's Office and Chairman of the Task Force For Rebuilding the Nation, Sri Lanka
11:25 am – 11:50 am MODERATED DISCUSSION
Mr. Matthew Daley
11:50apm – 12:15 pm PARTICIPANTS MOVE TO LUNCH
LUNCH  
12:15 pm – 1:00 pm SEATED LUNCH
12:50 pm – 12:55 pm WELCOME REMARKS
The Honorable Douglas Bereuter
President, The Asia Foundation
12:55 pm FORMER PRESIDENTS ARRIVE IN HALL
12:55 pm – 1:00 pm INTRODUCTION
The Honorable Richard C. Holbrooke
Chairman, Asia Society
1:00 pm – 1:15 pm The Honorable George H. W. Bush
Co-Chair, U.S. Private Sector Tsunami Relief
1:15 pm – 1:30 pm The Honorable William J. Clinton
Co-Chair, U.S. Private Sector Tsunami Relief, and UN Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery
1:30 pm - 1:50 pm MODERATED DISCUSSION
Ambassador Holbrooke
1:50 pm CLOSING REMARKS
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm BREAK

BREAKOUT SESSIONS A: INDONESIA

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
BREAKOUT SESSION: INDONESIA
Overview: Agency for Rehabilitation and Reconstruction in Aceh and Nias, and Financing Mechanism

Moderator Mr. William Frej, USAID, Indonesia Director
Panelists

Mr. Kemal Stamboel, Member of Supervisory Council of the Agency for Rehabilitation and Reconstruction in Aceh and Nias, Government of Indonesia

Mr. Agus Rahardjo, MSM, Director, System and Procedure of Developmental
Financing, BAPPENAS, Government of Indonesia

Mr. Jitendra Bajpai, Sector Director, Transport Unit, East Asia and Pacific Region, The World Bank

Mr. Adam Schwarz, McKinsey Global Institute

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
BREAKOUT SESSION: INDONESIA
EDUCATION & HEALTH

Moderator Ms. Karen Brooks, Partner, BrooksBowerAsia
Panelists

Mr. Arum Atmawikarta, Director of Health and Community Nutrition, Government of Indonesia

Dr. Gatot Hari Priowirjanto, Director for Vocational Education, Government of Indonesia

Mr. Robert W. Haines, Manager, International Relations, ExxonMobil Corporation

Dr. Imam Prasodjo, Director, Yayasan Nurani Dunia

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
BREAKOUT SESSION: INDONESIA
Infrastructure, Economic Development, and Manpower

Moderator Ambassador Al Laporta, President, US-Indonesia Society
Panelists

Mr. Basah Hernowo, Director of Housing and Settlement, Government of Indonesia

Mr. Bambang Widyanto, Director of Manpower and Economic Analysis, Government of Indonesia

Mr. Jason Byars, Emergency Response Leader, GE Energy

Dr. Humam Hamid, Coordinator, Aceh Recovery Forum, Aceh, Indonesia

3:30 pm – 3:45 pm PARTICIPANTS MOVE TO NEXT BREAKOUT SESSION

BREAKOUT SESSIONS B: INDIA, MALDIVES, THAILAND, SRI LANKA

3:45 pm – 4:30 pm
BREAKOUT SESSION B: INDIA

Moderator Mr. Ron Sommers, President, U.S. India Business Council
Panelists

Mr. Ashok Sajjanhar, Minister, Political Affairs, Embassy of India

Ms. Kate James, Standard Chartered Bank

Mr. Sean Callahan, Vice President for Overseas Operations of Catholic Relief Services

3:45 pm – 4:45 pm
BREAKOUT SESSION: MALDIVES

Moderator Dr. Bindu Lohani, Director General of Regional and Sustainable Development, Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Panelists

Dr. Mohamed Latheef, Maldives Ambassador the United States

Mr. Abdul Waheed Deen, Representative of the Maldives National Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Maldives Association of Tourism Industry

Mr. David Good, Chief Representative North America, Tata Sons Limited

Ms. Fathmath Afiya, Executive Director, Care Society, Maldives

3:45 pm – 4:45 pm
BREAKOUT SESSION: THAILAND

Moderator The Honorable William Itoh, Director, International Programs, Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise
Panelists

Mr. Thakur Phanit, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand

Mr. Piamsak Milintachinda, Director-General, International Development Cooperation Agency, Thailand

Mr. Kwankaew Vajarodaya, Grand Chamberlain, Chairman, Foundation Under the Patronage of HM the King

Father Joe Maier, Human Development Foundation

3:45 pm – 4:45 pm
BREAKOUT SESSION: SRI LANKA

Moderator The Honorable E. Ashley Wills, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for South Asian Affairs, and former U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka
Panelists

Mr. Mano Tittawella, Senior Advisor to the President & Senior Director-General of the President's Office and Chairman of the Task Force For Rebuilding the Nation, Sri Lanka

H.E. Bernard A. B. Goonetilleke, Sri Lankan Ambassador to the U.S.

Ms. Jeanne Samuel, President, Rotary Club, North Chapter, Sri Lanka

Mr. Rohan Edrisinha, Visiting Fellow, Harvard Divinity School, Boston

EVENING PROGRAM

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm RECEPTION
6:15 pm – 6:30 pm DINNER SEATING
6:30 pm – 6:35 pm WELCOME
The Honorable Richard C. Holbrooke
Chairman, Asia Society
6:35 pm – 7:00 pm DINNER SERVED
7:00 pm – 7:15 pm INTRODUCTION
Ambassador Holbrooke
7:15 pm – 7:45 pm A CONVERSATION WITH THE HONORABLE ROBERT B. ZOELLICK
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State
7:45 pm – 8:00 pm MODERATED DISCUSSION
8:00 pm ADJOURN

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