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The 18th Washington Seminar on US-China Relations April 17 & 18, 2008 - Thursday and Friday - 9:00 am - 8:00 pm Sponsored by US-China Peoples Friendship Association www.uscpfa.org
Purpose: To provide a forum to consider issues relevant to relations between the United States and China through interaction with experts at the leading edge of US-China relations.
Topics and Speakers include: +Managing US-China Relations by Dr. Quansheng Zhao, Professor & Division Director of Comparative & Regional Studies and Director of Center for Asian Studies at American University in Washington, DC, and Research Associate at the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research of Harvard University +China’s Current ‘Journey to the West'— Recent Developments in its Adoption of a Contemporary Commercial Framework by Preston Torbert, Partner and a Founder of the China Practice of Baker & McKenzie, International Law Firm in Chicago +New U.S. Practice of Assessing Penalty Countervailing Duties on Goods Exported from Subsidized Chinese Companies (working title) by Deputy Assistant Secretary Stephen Claeys, International Trade Administration +Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in China and WTO Action by U.S. (working title) by Susan Anthony, Attorney Advisor, & Tim Browning, Office of Intellectual Property Policy and Enforcement, United States Patent and Trademark Office (pending) +Reconciling Coal with Environmental Protection in China by Kelly Sims Gallagher, Ph.D, Director of Energy Technology Innovation Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and Adjunct Lecturer, Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University +Migration and China's Urban Transformation by Dr. Weiping Wu, Associate Professor, Urban Studies and Planning & International Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University +China Briefing at the U.S. Department of State +National Archives: Rotunda tour (founding documents) & discussion of Chinese immigration from Archive records (pending)
Meetings will be at this hotel. If lodging here, make your reservation soon.. Westin DC City Center Hotel Phone: 202-429-1700 or 1-800-996-3426 1400 “M” Street NW Fax: 202-728-0530 Washington, DC 20005-2750 Special Rate: $139/per night-per room for 1-2 people; $25 each for additional person(s) Rates valid before/after the Seminar, if rooms are available - Indicate your association with US-China Peoples Friendship Association’s Washington Seminar when reserving - Secure with major credit card
Seminar Registration Fees (per person) USCPFA members: $175 if paid by April 1; $200 after April 1 Non-Members: $200 if paid by April 1; $225 after April 1
Seminar Registration Fee Includes: o Registration Packet o Entrance to all Seminar events o Lunch on Thursday and Friday o Transportation to some sites o Presentations by China experts, diplomats, and Chinese officials Seminar registration does not include Hotel accommodations
Direct questions to Kitty Trescott at 618-549-1555, or e-mail: trescott@midwest.net
Seminar Registration Form Send with Seminar fees to Kitty Trescott, 1214 W. Schwartz, Carbondale IL 62901 Name___________________________________E-mail ______________________________ Mailing Address______________________________________Phone ___________________ City___________________State______Zip__________Chapter/Region__________________ For U.S. State Department visit, provide this information and BRING a photo ID: (US citizen) Driver’s license # ______________________________State issued_____________
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