CO-Sponsors for this event are:

Wilbur Woo
Vice Chairman of the Board, Cathay Bank

Charles Schwab 
 


December UCLA Anderson Conference

California in the Global Economy
December 5, 2001


Morning Conference
7:30am - 8:00am
Morning Registration
8:00am - 9:00am
Opening and Morning Keynote Address
  California as a home for International business
Yoshi Inaba, President and CEO, Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc.

Europe


Session A- 9:00 - 10:15
Moderator: Hans Schollhammer, Professor of Management, The Anderson School at UCLA
Dr. Gernot Nerb, IFO Institute, Munich
Richard Roll, Finance Faculty, AGSM, UCLA





Break- 10:15 - 10:45

Session B- 10:45 - 12:00
Moderator: Hans Schollhammer, Professor of Management, The Anderson School at UCLA
Geoffrey Garrett, Head if ISOP, UCLA
C.R. Neu, Senior Economist at RAND and Associate Director of RAND's Project Air Force
East Asian


Session A- 9:00 - 10:15
Moderator: James Tong, Professor of Political Science, UCLA
George Leung, Chief Economist, Hong Kong Shanghai Bank
Po-chih Chen, Chairman, Council for Economic Planning and Development, Taiwan




Break- 10:15 - 10:45

Session B- 10:45 - 12:00
Moderator: James Tong, Professor of Political Science, UCLA
K.Y. Tang, Government Economist, Hong Kong SAR(Special Administrative Region)
Keitaro Matsuda, Senior Vice President, Economic Research, Union Bank of California
Peter Beck, Director of Research, Korea Economic Institute of America
Dr. Dong-Chul Cho, Fellow, Korea Development Institute

The Americas
THE EXPANSION OF NAFTA

Session A- 9:00 - 10:15
Moderator: Sebastian Edwards, Professor of Global Economics and Management, The Anderson School at UCLA
Guillermo Perry, Chief Economist, World Bank
Hon. John O'Leary, Former U.S. Ambassador to Chile
Raul Hinojosa, Assistant Professor, Urban Planning, UCLA

Break- 10:15 - 10:45

Session B- 10:45 - 12:00
Moderator: Jose de la Torre, Professor of Global Economics and Management, The Anderson School at UCLA
Hon. John A. Gavin, Managing Director & Partner, Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst(Latin America), Inc.
Sven Arndt, Director, Lowe Institute of Political Economy
Denise Dresser, Professor, ITAM, and Visiting Fellow at Pacific Council on International Policy

Afternoon Conference
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Lunch and Afternoon registration
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Afternoon Opening and Keynote Address

  The Outlook of China's Capital Markets After Entry to the WTO
  Laura Cha, Deputy Chairman, Securities Regulatory Commission, China

  China's Accession to the WTO
  Michael Brownrigg, China Vest, San Francisco
  Barry Sanders, Partner and Attorney, Latham and Watkins
  George Leung, Chief Economist, Hong Kong Shanghai Bank

2:00pm - 3:30pm
The Forecast for the State, Nation and World

  The Economic Outlook for the Nation
Edward Leamer, Director, Economist, UCLA Anderson Forecast

  The Economic Outlook for California
Tom Lieser, Senior, Economist, UCLA Anderson Forecast

 
Economic Outlook for the World
Torsten Sloek, IMF Research Department, World Economic Studies Division

3:30pm - 4:00pm
Break
4:00pm - 5:30pm
California, Current Challenges and Looking Forward
 
  Exporting Recession: Trade in the Economic Downturn
  Christopher Thornberg, Senior Economist, The UCLA Anderson Forecast

  Forecasting in times of crisis and uncertainty
Larry J. Kimbell, Former Director of the UCLA Anderson Forecast
  Brad Cornell, Anderson Finance Faculty Professor, The Anderson School

  The Economic Impact of the WTC Bombings
  Peter Navarro, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Management, UC Irvine
  Aron Spencer, Ph.D. candidate, Graduate School of Management, UC Irvine

5:30pm - 7:00pm
Cocktail Reception

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Dinner and Keynote Address
  The New World of Real Estate
  Dave Shulman, Managing Director and Senior REIT Analyst, Lehman Brothers