A note from Katherine Hyde (1/24/08):
I write for the Japan Society of New York and thought classmates who’ll be in NYC next week might be interested in a couple of events there:
On Thurs., Jan. 31, noon to 2, there’ll be a lunch and talk with Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte. Brian Lehrer of The Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC will preside.
On Fri. Feb. 1, 9:30 to 1 pm with a buffet lunch 1-2, there’ll be a conference on securities enforcement with a dozen regulators and financial industry folk from the U.S., Japan and the UK, including SEC commissioner Paul Atkins; Yasuhisa Shiozaki, Japanese legislator and former chief cabinet secretary; Margaret Cole, director of enforcement for the Financial Services Authority in the UK; Michael Garcia, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of NY; and a couple of speakers I’ve heard before, both of whom are quite dynamic, Robbie Feldman of Morgan Stanley Japan (incidentally a Yalie of approximately our vintage) and Linda Chatman Thomsen, SEC director of enforcement.
The Jan. 31 lunch is $65 for lunch and lecture, $15 for lecture only (that’s the nonmember rate). The Feb. 1 conference is $100 ($50 for academic, govt and NPOs).
The website to reserve a seat is www.japansociety.org. The Society is over by the UN, at 333 E. 47th St.