**In Person Event**
Invitation Only : Board Director, Leadership Circle Members & Corporate Members ONLY

Please join us for a private dinner with Amb. Tong and Prof. Suzuki following their program on 2/27 entitled: US & Japan vs. China: Cooperation and Competition in the War for Technology Leadership. Ambassador Tong is Managing Partner at The Asia Group, where he leads the firm’s work on Japan and East Asia. He was an American diplomat for more than 30 years, and served in key roles in Japan, Hong Kong, Macau and many other places in Asia. He was actively involved in Japan’s entry in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and led the US participation in APEC. Prof. Suzuki is a highly regarded expert on foreign policy at the Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Tokyo, and serves as the director of the Institute of Geoeconomics at International House of Japan. He has also been heavily involved in Japan’s space program and currently serves as a member of the National Space Policy Committee of the Cabinet Office, the government of Japan, and the President of Japan Association of International Security and Trade