YOUNG STRATEGISTS FORUM January 31 February 4, 2014 Tokyo, Japan
AGENDA Friday, January 31, 2014 Arrival in Tokyo 19:30 21:30 Welcome dinner at Kichiri Ginza Saturday, February 1, 2014 Strategy Seminar 9:00 12:00 Introduction and Seminar: Strategic Competition in the Asia Pacific 12:00 13:00 Lunch in Meeting Room II 13:00 14:00 Phase 0: Simulation Overview and Team Planning 14:15 17:15 Phase 1: 2015 19:00 21:00 Dinner at En Shiodome Sunday, February 2, 2014 Long-Term Competition Simulation Exercise 9:00 12:00 Phase 2: 2025 12:00 13:00 Lunch at the Conrad Tokyo: China Blue 13:00 16:00 Phase 3: 2035 16:15 18:15 Phase 4: 2045 19:00 21:00 Dinner and Debrief at Tofuya Ukai 2 Young Strategists Forum January 31 February 4, 2014
Monday, February 3, 2014 Tokyo Study Tour 8:00 9:00 Breakfast at the Conrad Tokyo with Tsuyoshi Sunohara, Senior Writer, Nikkei Shimbun 9:30 10:30 Meeting with Tomohiko Taniguchi, Cabinet Secreteriat, Office of the Prime Minister, Japan 10:45-11:45 Sightseeing in Tokyo 12:00 13:30 Lunch briefing led by Masatoshi Sugiura, Director, Policy Planning Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan 14:00 15:00 Country briefing led by Kurt Tong, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy in Tokyo 15:30-16:30 Meeting with Nobukatsu Kanehara, Chief Cabinet Secretary, Office of the Prime Minister, Japan 17:00-18:00 Meeting with Taro Yamato, Director for Assessment at the Ministry of Defense, Japan 19:00 21:30 Cocktails and dinner arranged by Defense Attaché, Captain James O Leary. Hosted by Denise Severino, Colonel Jon W. Walker and the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo Tuesday, February 4, 2014 Yokosuka Study Tour 8:00 9:45 Travel by chartered bus to Yokosuka Naval Base 10:00 14:30 Briefing, lunch, and tour aboard the aircraft carrier, USS George Washington 3 Young Strategists Forum January 31 February 4, 2014
14:30 16:00 Travel by chartered bus to the Conrad Tokyo 17:00 17:30 Meeting and photo op with Junko Chano, President, Sasakawa Peace Foundation (TBD) 19:00 21:00 Dinner at Gonpachi Restaurant in Ginza 21:00 Late Drinks and revelry in Tokyo 4 Young Strategists Forum January 31 February 4, 2014
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS Masahiko Ando Defense Policy Division Ministry of Defense, Japan Ida Bagus Made Sade Bimantara Assistant to the Special Staff for International Affairs Office of the President of Indonesia Prodyut Bora National Executive Member Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Kathrin Brockmann Analyst, Futures Analysis Section German Armed Forces Planning Office Wei Chou Foreign Area Officer U.S. Defense Attaché Office, U.S. Embassy, Seoul Aoi Fujita Consultant Nomura Research Institute Michael Horowitz Associate Professor of Political Science University of Pennsylvania Eugene Huang Vice President, Strategy and Planning American Express Todd Lowery Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence U.S. Department of Defense Julia Macdonald Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science The George Washington University Anna di Mattia Manager Strategy Ernst & Young Vipin Narang Assistant Professor of Political Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Beniamino Irdi Nirenszteyn Operations Coordinator Office of the Prime Minister of Italy Stacie Pettyjohn Political Scientist RAND Corporation Akiko Suzuki Financial Affairs Division Ministry of Foreign Affairs Takahiro Yamasaki Bank of Japan Yusuke Kamio Equipment Policy Division Ministry of Defense, Japan 5 Young Strategists Forum January 31 February 4, 2014
Young Strategists Forum Team Aaron Friedberg Professor of Politics and International Affairs Princeton University Daniel Kliman Senior Advisor German Marshall Fund of the United States Observers Kazuyo Kato Associate Program Officer Sasakawa Peace Foundation Aya Murata Associate Program Officer Sasakawa Peace Foundation Sharon Stirling Woolsey Program Officer German Marshall Fund of the United States Zack Cooper Fellow Center for Strategic and International Studies 6 Young Strategists Forum January 31 February 4, 2014
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