USINDO

"The Impact on Indonesia ofthe Current Financial Crisis in the US," with Mr. Daniel Citrin, Deputy Director, Asia and Pacific, International Monetary Fund, April 30, 2008 Sponsored by the Bank of America

"US Slowdown and the Implications for Indonesia," with Dr. William Wallace, Lead Economist, World Bank Indonesia, April 30, 2008

"Environmental Policies and Programs," Mr. Agus Purnomo, Special Assistant to the Minister of the Environment, Republic of Indonesia, April 24, 2008

"Rice Policy in Indonesia," with Dr. Neil McCulloch, Director of Economic Programs, The Asia Foundation - Jakarta, April 3, 2008

"USINDO Report: Remembering Suharto: Five Ambassadors Reflect," March 7, 2008
Five former U.S. ambassadors who served in Jakarta during the late President Suharto's long tenure offered personal reflections on their relationships with him, largely confirming the general view that he was an enigmatic and incresingly isolated leader.

Luncheon Discussion with Dr. Ismeth Abdullah, Governor of Riau Islands Province, February 26, 2008

"NU and Contemporary Indonesian Islam" with Dr. Hasyim Muzadi, President of the Nahdlatul Ulama, February 8, 2008

"Indonesian Military Reforms Fail to Get U.S. Attention" with Colonel John Haseman, February 6, 2008

"Habibie on Democracy...and Habibie" with President B.J. Habibie, January 29, 2008

"Sudjadnan's 'State of the Union'" with H.E. Sudjadnan Parnohadiningrat, January 17, 2008. Co-sponsored with The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia and The US-ASEAN Business Council.

2007 BRIEFS

"The Status of Military Reform in Indonesia and its Impact on U.S.-Indonesian Security Relations," guest speaker: BGen John Toolan, Principal Director for South and Southeast Asia, Asian and Pacific Security Affairs, Office of Secretary of Defense Policy. Panelists: Lex Rieffel, Non-resident Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, Eduardo Lachica, Former Washington Bureau Cheif, The Wall Street Journal, Asia, Lt. Col. Andika Perkasa, PhD candidate, George Washington University, Indonesian Army. November 14, 2007

"The Dragon Looks South: China and Southeast Asia in the New Centry" - The Indonesian Perspective," Mr. Bronson Percival, Center for Strategic Studies, CNA Corporation. November 8, 2007 With support from The Asia Society Washington Center

"Developing Indonesia's Capital Markets," conference speakers: Miranda S. Goeltom, Senior Deputy Governor, Bank Indonesia, Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti, Chairman, Board of Commissioners, BTPN (Retiree Savings National Bank), M. Chatib Basri, Director, Institute of Economic and Social Research, University of Indonesia, Louis Warren, Financial Consultant LPL Financial. Conference Chairman: Arifin M. Siregar, Co-Chairman, USINDO. modereated by James McNaughton, Asian Investment Consultants. November 6, 2007

"Heart of Borneo," Dr. Dionysius Sharma, CEO of WWF Malaysia, Mr. Klaas Jan Teule, Conservation Program Director of WWF Indonesia. October 15, 2007Co-sponsored with The Asia Society Washington Center and the Malaysia-America Society

"Indonesian Islam and Attitudes towards the United States," Dr. Syafi'i Anwar, Ford Foundation Visiting Fellow, Brookings Institution, Executive Director, International Center for Islam and Pluralism. September 25, 2007

"My Vision of Aceh: Our Hopes and Concerns," Irwandi Yusuf, Governor of Aceh, Republic of Indonesia. September 13, 2007

"Spending for Development: Making the Most of Indonesia's New Opportunities, 10 Years after the East Asia Crisi," Mr. Wolfgang Fengler, Senior Economist, World Bank, and Mr. F. Javier Arze del Granado, Economics, World Bank, Jakarta. July 12, 2007

Book Launch "Sukarno and the Indonesian Coup: The Untold Story" by Helen-Louise Hunter, July 10, 2007.

"Struggle for the Soul of Islam: Inside Indonesia" Film and Panel Discussion with Ken Ballen, Terror Free Tomorrow, Ken Levis, Producer, Struggle for the Soul of Islam: Inside Indonesia, and Angel Rabasa, RAND Corporation. Moderated by Sadanand Dhume, The Asia Society. Co-hosted by USINDO, The Asia Society, and the Southeast Asia Studies Program of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. Sponsored in part by Terror Free Tomorrow. June 28, 2007.

"Ten Years After the Crisis: Indonesian Attitudes Towards Business, Politics, and Society", with Craig Charney, President of Charney Research, Wayne Forrest, President of American Indonesian Chamber of Commerce, June 21, 2007.

"The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P): View from the Opposition", a roundtable discussion with PDI-P members, June 7, 2007.

"Capital Markets and Institutional Investing in Indonesia", conference speakers: Perry Warjiyo, Executive Director, IMF, Milan Zavadjil, Assistant Director, Asia Pacific Department, IMF, Edwin Soeryadjaya, Chairman of Saratoga Capital Group, Kelley G. Howard and Neil M. Sitron of Crowell & Moring, moderated by James McNaughton. April 18, 2007. Sponsored by Bank of America and Asia Investment Consultants.

"The United States and Indonesia: Bilateral Relations and External Factors", Conference sponsored by the Paul H. Nitze School for Advanced International Studies-Johns Hopkins University, The United States-Indonesia Society, and the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia, April 19, 2007.
Click here for the keynote speech given by Dr. Dewi Fortuna Anwar, SAIS Distinguished Visiting Professor

"Gender, Islam and Indonesia" with Nur Rofiah, Islamic State University and Saifullah Kamalie, University of Al-Azhar, April 19, 2007

H.E. Boediono, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, remarks given at USINDO and US-Asean Business Council breakfast, April 16, 2007

"The Future of Education in Aceh" with Dr. Darni Daud, Rector, Syiah Kuala University, April 4, 2007

"Syariah or Secularism?" with Dr. Greg Fealy, Australian National University, Marcy 29, 2007.

"Notes on Judicial Reforms in Indonesia" with Professor Ningrum Natasya Sirait, Faculty of Law, University of North Sumatra, February 20, 2007.

Luncheon Briefing with Richard B. Ness, President Director, PT Newmont Minahasa Raya , February 7, 2007. Co-sponsored by the US-ASEAN Business Council.

Roundtable Briefing with Dr. Mohammad Syafi'i Anwar, Executive Director of the International Center for Islam and Pluralism, February 1, 2007.

Book Launch "Curbing Corruption in Indonesia, 2004-2006: A Survey of National Policies and Approaches", introduced by Dr. Joel Hellman, Chief Governance Advisor, The World Bank Mission Jakarta, January 25, 2007.

Corporate Briefing by James Castle, CastleAsia Business Consultants, January 24, 2007.

Luncheon Briefing with General Sutanto, Chief of the Indonesian National Police, January 25, 2007.

"Toward a US-Indonesia Free Trade Agreement" with Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Peterson Institute for International Economics, and David Katz, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, January 18, 2007.

"...and then there were elections. Now What?" with LeRoy Hollenbeck, Senior Advisor to the Governor of Aceh, Aceh Technical Assistance Recovery Project, U.S. Agency for International Development, January 5, 2007.