Forecast Asia: Dynamic Leaders, Striving Economies and America’s Choice

Asia Society Southern California continues the Forecast Asia series. The speakers will offer insights on the new, strong leaders in Asia – India’s Narendra Modi, Japan’s Shinzo Abe, China’s Xi Jinping and Indonesia’s Joko Widodo – and what their economic plans herald for growth and regional stability.

Asia Society Southern California continues our Forecast Asia series, with a conversation among three global thinkers about the new, strong leaders in Asia – India’s Narendra Modi, Japan’s Shinzo Abe, China’s Xi Jinping and Indonesia’s Joko Widodo.  Join Eurasia Group President Ian Bremmer, Mitchell R. Julis, Co-Chairman and Co-CEO of Canyon Partners, and Nicolas Berggruen, Chairman of the Berggruen Institute on Governance, to get their insights on what these leaders' economic plans herald for growth and regional stability and how America should engage them. Bremmer's latest book, Superpower: Three Choices for America’s Role in the World, will be available for purchase at the event.

Nicolas Berggruen is the Chairman of the Berggruen Institute on Governance, a political think-tank. He is also the Chairman of Berggruen Holdings, a private company, which is the investment vehicle of The Nicolas Berggruen Charitable Foundation. Through the Berggruen Institute, he encourages the study, design and implementation of systems of good governance. Mr. Berggruen is co-author with Nathan Gardels of Intelligent Governance for the 21st Century: A Middle Way Between East and West.

Ian Bremmer is the president and founder of Eurasia Group, the leading global political risk research and consulting firm. He is a prolific thought leader and author, regularly expressing his views on political issues in public speeches, television appearances, and top publications, including Time magazine, where he is the foreign affairs columnist and editor-at-large. Dubbed the "rising guru" in the field of political risk by the Economist, he teaches classes on the discipline as a global research professor at New York University. More>>

Mitchell R. Julis is Co-Founder, Co-Chairman and Co-CEO of Canyon Partners LLC, a leading global alternative asset management firm headquartered in Los Angeles. Canyon manages approximately $25 billion in assets, specializing in credit-oriented investments for institutional investors worldwide. Canyon’s investment strategies focus on bank debt, distressed debt, high-yield and convertible bonds, securitized assets, direct investments, arbitrage and value equities. Canyon also invests in real estate through Canyon Capital Realty Advisors and the Canyon Johnson Urban Fund, and in emerging-market debt securities through ICE Canyon LLC.

REGISTRATION

$50 Asia Society Members/Supporting Organizations;

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Registration deadline: April 29, 2015

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EVENT DETAILS:

Thursday, April 30, 2015 5:30pm - 7:00pm

Program Agenda:

4:30 – 5:30 pm: Registration/Refreshments
5:30 – 7:00 pm: Discussion and Q&A

Location:

Doubletree Hotel
Downtown Los Angeles
120 S Los Angeles Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012

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Parking: $10 self-parking, $15 valet

Have a question? Please contact Katherine Estrada at kestrada@asiasociety.org