Workshops and Conferences

The Japan-United States Committee for Promoting Economic and Social Development in East-Central Europe
Meeting III:  Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan
March 7-8, 1994

Organized by:
Center for International Security and Strategic Studies, Mississippi State University

Sponsored by:
Center for Global Partnership of the Japan Foundation,
Ford Foundation, and
United States-Japan Foundation

• Chair:  Ambassador Nobuo Matsunaga, President, Japan Institute of International Affairs
• EXIM Bank Tokyo Representative, The Export-Inport Bank of Japan
• Mr. Nagaharu Hayabusa, Senior Writer, The Asahi Shimbun
• Mr. Michio Ishidate, Deputy Executive General Manager, Plant and Project Division, Tomen Corporation
• Mr. Motohiro Kondo, Editorial Advisor, Gaiko Forum, Toshi Shuppan, Publishers
• Mr. Yoshihiro Maeda, Assistant General Manager, International Planning Department, Nissho Iwai Corporation
• Mr. Koji Mizuno, General Manager, Environmental Systems Department, Mitsubishi Corporation
• Mr. Massashi Nagasu, Director, Operations Division, Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund of Japan
• Mr. Rokuro Nakaji, Deputy General Manager, Public Relations Division, Corporate Planning Office, Honda Motor Company, Ltd.
• Ms. Mariko Nishizaki, Manager, Planning and Coordination Division, Japan International Development Organization Ltd. (JAIDO)
• Mr. Issei Nomura, Director-General, European and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Mr. Massaki Okada, Director, Central and Eaastern Europe Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Mr. Yukio Ohnuma, General Manager, Corporate Communications Division, ITOCHU Corporation
• Mr. Motoatsu Sakurai, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Mitsubishi International Corporation, Washington Representative Office
• Mr. Ryuichi Shoji, Director for Research Coordination, Japan Institute of International Affairs
• Mr. Tetsuo Sugano, General Manager, Russia and Europe, Overseas Division, The Bank of Tokyo, Ltd.
• Mr. Makoto Sunagawa (invited), Director General, Loan Department 2, Japan EXIM Bank
• Mr. Kazuyuki Tsurumi, Senior Economist, International Planning Division, Economic Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries
• Mr. Shinichi Yufu, President, Japan International Development Organization, Ltd. (JAIDO)

UNITED STATES PARTICIPANTS:

• Chair:  Mr. Ralph R. Johnson, Coordinator for East European Assistance, U.S. Department of State
• Dr. Raymond J. Albright (invited), Senior Vice President, U.S. EXIM Bank
• Mr. George H. Barry, Senior Manager Director, Management Services, IBM World Trade Asia Corporation
• Dr. Nicholas Burakow, Senior Vice President, ICF International, Inc.
• Dr. S.L. (Bud) Camacho, President, Plasma Technology Corporation
• Mr. Thomas Cynkin, Political Officer, Embassy of the United States of America
• Mr. John N. Gonzalez, Vice President, East European Region, Sybase, Inc.
• Mr. Ron Greenberg, Division Chief, Office of Environment and Natural Resources, Bureau for Europe, Agency for International Development
• Mr. Andrew Horvat, American Public Radio
• Mr. Jábos Jurisits, Director/Technology Division, GE Japan/GE-Tungsram, Budapest, Hitachi GE Lighting Ltd.
• Dr. Joe H. McGilberry, State Program Leader, Enterprise & Comm. Resource, MCES/Food & Fiber Center, Bost Extension Center, Mississippi State University
• Mr. Dana Marshall, Senior Advisor for International Economic Affairs, Vice President’s Office, Washington, D.C.
• Mr. Gregory Mason, Director, Engineering and Technology, D & L, Inc.
• Dr. Tomasz Mroczkowski, Professor, International Business Department, The American University
• Mr. Lee Pasarew, Director, Office of International Activities, Environmental Protection Agency
• Mrs. Kristen Penn, Director, Land O’Lakes International Programs
• Dr. Ralph E. Powe, Vice President for Research, Mississippi State University
• Dr. János Radványi, Director, Center for International Security and Strategic Studies, Mississippi State University
• Mr. Sidney L. Rushing, Vice President, Hancock Bank, Gulfport, MS
• Mr. Charles Sills, Executive Director, The Barbara Gauntlett Foundation
• Mrs. Lyndia G. Smidt, Chief Executive Officer, International, Trade and Communications Corporation
• Dr. Billy C. Ward, Vice President for Institutional Advancement and Professor of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University
• Mr. Wylie L. Williams, Jr., Secretary General, International Public Works Federation

EAST-CENTRAL EUROPE

• Chair:  Mr. Petr Gandalovic, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Environment
• Dr. Jirí Brábník, Counsellor (Scientific and Economic), Embassy of the Czech Republic
• Mr. Vlastimil Tlustý, Member of parliament, Chairman, Union of Land Owners & Private Farmers of the Czech Republic
• Ambassador Jan Winkelhöfer, Ambassador Extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic, Embassy of the Czech Republic

Republic of Hungary

• Chair:  Professor Béla Kádár, Minister, Ministry of International Economic Relations
• Dr. Jenö Hámori, Chief of Cabinet, Secretariat of the Minister, Ministry of International Economic Relations
• Mr. Sándor Kiss, Commercial Counsellor, Embassy of the Republic of Hungary
• Professor István Láng, Science Policy Adviser, Hungarian Academy of Science
• Ambassador István Rácz, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Hungary, Embassy of the Republic of Hungary
• Dr. Péter Szerdahelyi, Deputy Secretary of Stste, Ministry of Agriculture

Republic of Poland

• Chair:  Dr. Andrzej Byrt, Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations
• Dr. Dariusz Blaszczuk, Executive President of the Board of the Bank Ochrony rodowiska
• Dr. Grzegorz Dybowski, Director, Agricultural Forum for Central & Eastern Europe
• Mr. Stanislaw Filipek, Economic Counselor, Embassy of Republic of Poland
• Dr, Jerzy Kwiatkowski, Director, Ministry of Environmental Protection Natural Resources and Forestry, Project Implementation Unit
• Ambassador Henryk Lipszyc, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Poland
• Mr. Ryszard Smolarek, Secretary of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Embassy of the Republic of Poland

Slovak Republic

• Chair:  Ing. L’udovit Cernák, Deputy Speaker of the Parliament, Bratislava
• Ambassador Ján Domök, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Republic, Embassy of the Slovak Republic
• Dr. Mária Kadleciková, First Secretary of the Slovak Embassy, Rome, Observer to FAO, Embassy of the Slovak Republic
• Dr. Gabriela Kaliská, Member of Parliament, Environmental Committee
• Mr. Igor Milišek, Commercial Counsellor, Embassy of the Slovak Republic

FOUNDATIONS

• Dr. Ronald Aqua, Vice President, United States-Japan Foundation
• Mr. Paul Balaran, Program Officer, International Affairs, Ford Foundation
• Mr. Massao Ito, Division Director, First Project Operation Division, Denter for Global Partnership of the Japan Foundation
• Mr. Akira Oguir, Senior Program Officer, U.S.-Japan Foundation, Tokyo Office, Nihon Shobo Kaidan

OBSERVERS

• Mr. László Gergely, First Commercial Secretary, Embassy of the Republic of Hungary
• Mr. Z. Gumkowski, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Economy, Department of Foreign Economic Cooperation
• Mr. Katsuyuki Imamura, Executive Director, Washington International University in Virginia
• Mr. Grzegorz Kolodko, Director, Institute of Finance, Professor of Warsaw School of Economics
• Mr. Graham Simon, Coordinator, International Media Relations, Corporate Communications Division, ITOCHU Corporation
• Dr. Wieslaw Szczuka, Counsellor, Embassy of the Republic of Poland
• Mr. Nobuharu Ueno, Deputy General Manage, Environmental Systems Department, Mitsubishi Corporation

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