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2008 China - United States Symposium

The 2008 China - U.S. Symposium will be held on September 5-7, 2008 in Shanghai, China.

GUO Shuqing, Chairman, China Construction Bank will deliver a keynote address on Friday, September 5th. Mr. GUO will be joined by Ambassador Alan F. Holmer, Special Envoy for China and the Strategic Economic Dialogue, U.S. Department of Treasury who will address the participants via a pre-recorded video. A Q & A session conducted by David P. Loevinger, Minister-Counselor for Financial Affairs, Embassy of the United States of America, Beijing will follow.

Richard Kramlich, General Partner and Co-Founder of New Enterprise Associates, has accepted an invitation to deliver the keynote address on Saturday, September 6, 2008 and will deliver his remarks alongside LI Jiange, Chairman, China International Capital Corporation at Saturday's luncheon.

HAN Zheng, Mayor, Shanghai Municipal Government will deliver the keynote address on Sturday night.

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2008 Latin America - United States Symposium at Harvard Law School, June 13-15, 2008

Press Release

Maria Helena Santana, Chairperson, Comissão de Valores Mobiliários, Brazil and Brian O’Neill, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Western Hemisphere, United States Department of the Treasury, delivered keynote addresses at the inagural Latin America - U.S. Symposium on June 13th, 2008.

Héctor Medina, Executive Vice President of Planning and Finance, CEMEX, Mexico delivered a luncheon keynote address andGuillermo Babatz Torres, President, Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores, Mexico addressed the participants on Saturday evening, June 14th.

For more information, please visit our Latin America page.

Partner

Host Sponsor

The sixth annual Europe-U.S. Symposium was held in April 2008 at the Weill Center in Armonk, New York. Our partner for this symposium is the Centre for European Policy Studies and Citil once again hosted the event. The following keynote speakers addressed the gathering:

Kathleen L. Casey, Commissioner, U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission

Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank

Pierre Delsaux, Director, European Commission

Michael Klein, Chairman and Co-CEO, Citi Markets& Banking

THE PRINCIPALS

Hal S. Scott     Director
Hal Scott is the Nomura Professor of International Financial Systems. He has been at the Law School since 1975. A specialist in international banking and securities markets, his publications address Europe's economic and monetary union, international securities and banking regulation, capital adequacy, and Asian money and capital markets.

Jacob (J) M. Weinstein     Deputy Director
J Weinstein was the Tokyo-based, managing director of The Bridgeford Group, the M&A advisory firm of The Industrial Bank of Japan. Prior to that, he was an investment banker with PaineWebber. As an attorney, J practiced with Willkie Farr & Gallagher. Before joining PIFS in 2002, J was a capital markets and corporate governance advisor in emerging markets throughout the world.

Robin Radin     Associate Director
Robin Radin was managing director and general counsel for Asia Pacific of CS First Boston based in Tokyo and Hong Kong from 1992-95 and chief counsel for Asia of Morgan Stanley from 1987-92. A practicing lawyer since 1979, he previously taught Asian history, specializing in modern Japan.

Donald P. Kanak      Senior Fellow
Donald P. Kanak was the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of American International Group, Inc. (AIG) from March 2005 through January 2006. During that period for and most of the past twenty years he lived and worked in Japan or Hong Kong, focusing on markets in Asia. His research at PIFS will focus on issues related to climate change and the development of energy alternatives in Asia. He is a member of the National Council of the U.S. World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and an advisor to WWF-Hong Kong on climate change and carbon markets programs. Chairman (non-executive) of Prudential Corporation Asia.