10:00-10:30 AM: Opening Session
10:30-11:00 AM: Congressman Ed Royce (R-CA), Foreign Affairs Committee
11:00-12:30 PM: Change and Continuity in U.S.-Taiwan Relations: Tracking Trends Following the 2008 Elections
Carolyn Bartholomew, U.S. China Commission
Shih-chung Liu, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies, Brookings Institute
Edward Friedman, University of Wisconsin
Julian Baum, former Taipei Bureau Chief for the Far Eastern Economic Review
12:30-1:45 PM: Luncheon Keynote: Henry R. Nau, The George Washington University
1:45-3:15 PM: Analyzing Cross-Strait Detente: Implications for Taiwan's Relations with the United States and the International Community
June Teufel Dreyer, University of Miami
Bruce Gilley, Portland State University
Rupert Hammond-Chambers, U.S.-Taiwan Business Council
3:15-3:45 PM: Congressman Howard Berman (D-CA)*, Foreign Affairs Committee
*Invited
This schedule may be subject to change.
Lindner Family Commons
The Elliott School of International Affairs
1957 E Street, NW, 6th Floor
Please RSVP with your name, organization/GW affiliation, and email to gsigur@gwu.edu by Friday, May 15, 2009. Please also note which sessions you would like to attend.