2003 EVENTS

January 2003

22 (Wednesday)
"War Torn: Stories of War from the WOmen Reporters Who Covered Vietnam" by Denby Fawcett and Tad Bartimus
7:00 p.m.
Punahou School, Wo International Center-Luke Lecture Hall

23 (Thursday)
CC Program: "Nuclear Disarmament and Missile Defenses"
Guest lecture by Dr. Michael Jones, University of Hawaii Professor of Physics and Member of Union of Concerned Scientists
12:00-1:00 p.m.
Kapiolani Community College, Ilma 202 B & C

25 (Saturday)
CC Program: 5th Annual Wailuku Chinese New Year Celebration "Year of the Ram"
Featuring Erhu and harp music, paper crafts demonstration, and Chinese calligraphy
9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Main Street, Wailuku, Maui

February 2003

12 (Wednesday)
Forum: "Southeast Asia Trilogy- The Impact of Southeast Asia on U.S.-Japan Relations"
Three panel sessions featuring expert speakers on the Southeast Asia region, will focus on the Historical and Cultural Perspective, the Current Situation, and the Future Outlook
8:30 a.m. Registration, 9:00a.m.-12:15 p.m. Program
Hale Koa Hotel, Waikiki Ballroom

15-16 (Saturday-Sunday)
HS Progam: Global Vision Summit 2003: Israel & Palestine
Annual PAAC Statewide High School Conference

15 (Saturday)
HS Program: Academic World Quest
6:30-8:30 p.m.

March 2003

12 (Wednesday)
Luncheon Forum: "Can Democracy Survive Mass Media?" with Veteran Newsman Sander Vanocur
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
East-West Center, Hawaii Imin International Conference Center at Jefferson Hall, Garden Level

17 (Monday)
Town Hall Dialogue: "Iraq Crisis: What are the Alternatives?"
Featuring Richard Baker, Special Assistant to the President, East-West Center; Farideh Farhi, Adjunct Professor of Political Science, UH Manoa; Brien Hallett, Associate Professor, Matsunaga Institute for Peace; David Bramlett, former Commander of U.S. Army Forces Command, and Majid Tehranian, Director, Toda Institute for Global Peace
5:00-7:00 p.m.
East-West Center, Hawaii Imin International Conference Center, Keoni Auditorium (1777 East-West Road)

20 (Thursday)
Luncheon Forum: "The Anti-American Mood in Korea: Implications for US-Korea Relations" with Dr. Kim Choong Nam, Coordinator for the POSCO Fellowship Program at the East-West Center.
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
East-West Center, Hawaii Imin International Conference Center

31 (Monday)
HS Program: "Chocolate: Bitter exploitation or sweet Fair Trade?" with Mary Adu Kumi, a Ghanaian Coffee Farmer
7:30-9:00 p.m.
Kapiolani Community College, Olona 115

April 2003

8 (Tuesday)
Luncheon Forum: "Indonesia: Beyond the Headlines" with Mr. James W. Castle, Founder, CastleAsia
11:30 a.m. Registration & 12:00 noon Lunch
East-West Center, Hawaii Imin International Conference Center at Jefferson Hall, Garden Level (1777 East-West Road)

11 (Friday)
Luncheon Forum: "Spy Stories: Past and Present"
Featuring Mr. Nigel West, European Editor of the Washington D.C.-based International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence and a lecturer at the Centre for Counterintelligence and Security Studies in Alexandria.
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Renaissance Ilikai Hotel, Pacific Ballroom (1777 Ala Moana Blvd.)

30 (Wednesday)
East West Encounter Through the Visual Arts
A specially guided personal tour by Dr. Stephen Little, Director and President of the Honolulu Academy of Arts
5:00-7:00 p.m.
Honolulu Academy of Arts, 900 South Beretania Street

May 2003

7 (Wednesday)
Luncheon Forum: "United States- Europe Relations: What Does the Future Hold?"
Featuring Mr. Anthony Gooch, permanent official with the European Union and European Union Fellow, University of Southern California
Registration- 11:30 a.m. and Lunch-12:00 noon
East-West Center, Hawaii Imin International Conference Center at Jefferson Hall, Garden Level (1777 East-West Road)

30 (Friday)
Spring Program/Luncheon: "Local Conflict, Global Terrorism: A Report from the Jefferson Fellows"
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Halekulani, Hau Tree Terrace

June 2003

10 (Tuesday)
Luncheon Forum: "Japanese Industry Trends in the Global Setting: Strengths and Weaknesses"
Featuring Dr. Reinosuke Hara, Senior Advisor, Capitol Partners, Inc. and Former President and CEO, Seiko Instruments, Inc., Tokyo, Japan
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Waikiki Beach Marriott, Oahu Room, 2552 Kalakaua Avenue

August 2003

13 (Wednesday)
Luncheon Forum featuring Clyde Prestowitz, author of Rogue Nation
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Hilton Hawaiian Village, Coral Ballroom II, 2005 Kalia Road

19 (Tuesday)
Luncheon Forum featuring Ambassador Thomas Hubbard, US Ambassador to Korea
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Hawaii, Imin International Conference Center at Jefferson Hall, East-West Center,
1777 East-West Road

20 (Wednesday)
Luncheon Forum featuring Grant Aldonus, US Trade Representative, Department of Commerce
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
East-West Center, Jefferson Hall Garden Level, 1777 East-West Road.

28 (Thursday)
Luncheon Forum: "U.S.-Japan Relations in the Past 150 Years and Their Future Perspectives"
Featuring Ambassador Hisahiko Okazaki, former Japanese Ambassador to Thailand
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
East-West Center Imin Conference Center, Garden Level

September 2003

11 (Thursday)
Luncheon Forum: "Many faces of Multicultualism in Southeast Asia"
Featuring a panel of East-West Center grantees from Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Thailand
11:15 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.
East-West Center Imin Conference Center-Garden Level

24 (Wednesday)
Luncheon Forum: "Macro Pessimism and Micro-Optimism About the Japanese Economy"
Featuring Glenn Fukushima, former President of American COC in Japan
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Ala Moana Hotel, Hibiscus Room

October 2003

21 (Tuesday)
Luncheon Forum featuring Lieutenant General Jim Campbell
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Renaissance Ilikai Hotel, Pacific Ballroom, 1777 Ala Moana Blvd.

25 (Thursday)
High School Fall Conference
"International Freshwater Issues"
Tokai University

27 (Monday)
Dinner Presentation
Featuring Anne Keiser, photographer "Sir Edmund Hillary and the People of Everest"
5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Imin Conference Center, Garden Level

November 2003

Hawaii International Education Week 2003
4th Annual Outstanding Global Teacher Award

17 (Monday)
Luncheon Forum
"East Timor: The Challenges of Rebuilding the World's Newest Nation"
with Kirsty Sword Gusmão, First Lady of East-Timor
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
East-West Center, Hawaii Imin International Conference Center, Garden Level
1777 East-West Road

20 (Thursday)
Luncheon Forum: "Malaysia After Mahathir"
Featuring Ambassador to Malaysia, Marie Huhtala
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Dave and Busters Show Room, 2nd Floor, 1030 Auahi Street

December 2003

11 (Thursday)
Fourth Annual Hawaii International Education Week
Magazine/E-zine Competition
3:30-5:30 p.m.
East-West Center, Imin Conference Center