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Southern Methodist University The John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies PO Box 750117 Dallas, TX 75275-0111 Relations US-Taiwan-China The Futureof SMU Tower CenterConference April 16-17, 2009

The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Houston The Tower Center and The Marian Tower International Conferences with the Edwin L. Cox School of Business, Individual Reservations Office of Global Operations Present The Conference panels are free and open to the public – However reservations are mandatory. Dinner and luncheon are by The Future of US-Taiwan-China Relations invitation only. April 16-17, 2009 Thursday, April 16 Friday, April 17 Ernst and Young Gallery, Fincher Building, Cox School of 12:00 - Reservation Information Business 2:00 pm Luncheon, Umphrey Lee Grand Ballroom Name______6:30 pm Reception Keynote Speaker: Ambassador Jason , 7:00 pm Dinner and Discussion: Representative, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the Title______Current Status of the Triangular US-Taiwan-China Relationship. 2:15 pm - Professional Affiliation______Keynote Speaker: Douglas Paal, Vice- President for 4:00 pm Panel III, Crum Auditorium Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Cross-Strait Relations and International Relations of Address ______East Asia Friday, April 17 Steve Chan, University of Colorado City, State & Zip ______Dennis Hickey, Missouri State University Collins Executive Building, Cox School of Business Shale Horowitz, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Telephone______Parking: Binkley Parking Garage (Binkley at Ownby Drive) Peter Gries, University of Oklahoma 8:00 am Continental Breakfast Fax______Hillcrest Commons Discussant: Carrie Liu Currier, Texas Christian University

8: 30 am - 4:00 pm Concluding Roundtable, with Thomas Gold, Please RSVP via email, phone, or fax by Monday, April 13. 10:20 am Panel I, Crum Auditorium University of California, Berkeley Email: [email protected] Democratization in Taiwan and Prospects for China’s Phone: 214-768-3954 Political Future Moderator: Seyom Brown, Director of Studies, John G. Tower Center Fax: 214-768-3469 John Copper, Rhodes College John Hsieh, University of South Carolina 5:15 pm Closing Reception John G. Tower Center for Political Studies Hans Stockton, University of St. Thomas Southern Methodist University PO Box 750117 Hiroki Takeuchi, Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275-0117 Discussant: William Hurst, University of Texas, Austin

10:30 am - 11:45 pm Panel II, Crum Auditorium Economic Development in Taiwan in the Age of Globalization Cal Clark, Auburn University Ministry of Foreign Affairs Alex Tan, Texas A&M University and University of Republic of China (Taiwan) Canterbury Felix Chen, PAJ Inc. Discussant: Teresa Wright, California State University, LB