8:00 a.m.            Registration

8:45 a.m.            Welcome
                           DR. CEDRIC SUZMAN, Vice President, SCIS
                           MR. GEORGE RODRIGUEZ-ESPADA, Acting Director, Economic Development Department, Fulton County

                           Introduction
                           MR. ANDREW KAO, Director-General, Taipei Economic & Cultural Office in Atlanta

9:00 a.m.            Analysis Of The Taiwan Elections
                           DR. CHIEN-PIN LI, (Background Remarks/Moderator) Department of Political Science and International Affairs,
                           Kennesaw State University
                           DR. JOHN FU-SHENG HSIEH, Director, Center for Asian Studies;
                           Department of Government & International Studies, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
                           MR. JOHN TKACIK, President, China Business Intelligence, Alexandria, VA

10:45 a.m.          Security Issues & Relations With Beijing
                           DR. JOHN ENDICOTT (Moderator/Discussant),  Director, Center for Strategy, Technology & Policy,
                           Georgia Institute of Technology
                           DR. JUNE TEUFEL DREYER, Director, East Asian Programs, University of Miami
                           DR. ALEXANDER HUANG, University of Maryland; Center for Strategic & International Studies, Washington, DC

12:15 p.m.          Luncheon and Keynote Address
                           THE HONORABLE RICHARD WALKER, Ambassador-in-Residence,
                           Department of Government & International Studies, University of South Carolina, Columbia

2:00 p.m.           Taiwan's Current Economic & Business Climate
                          DR. JOHN MCINTYRE (Moderator/Discussant), Executive Director,
                          DuPree college of Management, Center for International Business Education and Research (GT CIBER)
                          DR. WILLIAM CHENG, Economics & Finance Department, Tuskegee University
                          MR. DAVID LAUX, President, The U.S.-ROC (Taiwan) Business Council, Arlington, VA
 

REGISTRATION
 
Members: $100 Non-Members & Guests: $120 Full-Time Academics: $50

University System of Georgia faculty - Registration fee will be paid by the Board of Regents' Office of International Education.