Institute for Corean-American Studies [aka ICAS]

presents

in collaboration with

Center for East Asian Studies,
Center for Korean Studies
University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia [Winter] Symposium

KOREA'S CHALLENGES AHEAD

economic issues,
security issues
international relations issues

February 13, 1998, Friday, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
University of Pennsylvania

Morning session (8:30 AM - 12:00 NN) Ben Franklin Room 235, Houston Hall*, University of Pennsylvania 3417 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA *http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~oslaf/ *T:(215)898-6535, F:(215)898-7308
8:30	AM	Registration
Moderator		Sang Joo Kim (ICAS Sr Fellow)
8:50	AM	Welcome and Opening Remarks Synja P. Kim (ICAS Fellow; President, ICAS)
9:00	AM	Evolution of Korean Democracy and Economic Development Whee Gook Kim (President, East-West Research Institute)
9:25	AM	Rule of Law as a Fundamental Basis for Reform The Hon. Judge Nelson A. Diaz (Partner, Blank Rome Comisky & McCauley LLP)
9:50	AM	Seoul-Washington Relationship: How Strong, and How Stable? Don Oberdorfer (Distinguished Journalist-in-Residence, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University)
10:15	AM	break
10:30	AM	North Korea, South Korea, and American Policy Selig S. Harrison (ICAS Fellow; Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center; Director, Korea Project, Twentieth Century Fund)
10:55	AM	The Asian Financial Crisis: The High Debt Model and The Dangers of the IMF Strategy Robert Wade (Visiting Scholar, Russell Sage Foundation; Professor Political Science Economics, Brown University)
11:20	AM	Panel Discussion: Critiques & Questions Susumu Awanohara (Research Advisor & Editor, Nikko Capital Trends, Nikko Research Center America), Peter M. Beck (Director, Research & Academic Affairs, Korea Economic Institute, University of California at San Diego), Bradley Belt (Director, International Finance & Economic Policy, CSIS), William B. Brown (Deputy National Intelligence Officer Economics Worldwide, National Intelligence Council), Patrick M, Cronin (Deputy Director, Institute National Strategic Studies, National Defence University), G. Cameron Hurst III (Professor Japanese & Korean Studies; Director, Center for East Asian Studies, Center for Korean Studies, University of Pennsylvania), Za Woong Koo (Managing Director, BT Wolfensohn International), Greg Mastel (Sr Vice President & Sr International Economist, Economic Strategy Institute), Sun Kyun Shin (President & CEO, The MAC Group)
12:00	NN	Luncheon
Afternoon session (1:00 PM - 5:00 PM) Annenberg School of Communications Room 110, University of Pennsylvania 3620 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA
Moderator		Sang Joo Kim (Sr Fellow, ICAS)
1:00	PM	Korea and International Financial System: What Went Wrong, What To Do About It, and What Role for the IMF? Catherine L. Mann (Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics)
1:25	PM	Chaebol: Challenge and Change Donald Kirk (ICAS Fellow; Author & Washington Journalist)
1:50	PM	IMF's View of Korea and Korea James P. Gordon (Chief Economist on Korea and Japan & Division Chief, Asia and Pacific Department, IMF)
2:15	PM	Keynote Address Global Economic Outlook in the light of the Asian Crisis Lawrence R. Klein, ICAS Distinguished Fellow Benjamin Franklin Professor Economics Emeritus University of Pennsylvania Nobel Laureate
2:40	PM	break
2:55	PM	IMF Policy and Asian Turmoil David Malpass (Chief International Economist, Bear Stearns; former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and of Treasury)
3:20	PM	The Mexican Experience: Financial Crises and Modernization of Economy Abel Beltran-del-Rio (Founder & President, CIEMEX/WEFA)
3:45	PM	An Alternative Approach to Thwart Financial Crisis Ariel Buira Seira (ICAS Fellow; Board of Governors, Banco de Mexico; former Executive Director, IMF)
4:10	PM	Panel Discussion: Critiques & Questions Susumu Awanohara, Peter M. Beck, Bradley Belt, William B. Brown, Patrick M. Cronin, G. Cameron Hurst III, Sang Joo Kim, Synja P. Kim, Za Woong Koo, Greg Mastel, Sun Kyun Shin
5:00	PM	Closing Remark Tae Hee Oh (ICAS Fellow; Professor Medicine, Yale University)