CRS Seminar Series

Understanding Washington in the Trump administration
Date:
Time:
Venue:

Thursday, June 14, 2018
14:30-16:00
Conference room, Center for Rule-making Strategies

Language:

English(5th Floor, Shinagawa Intercity Front, 2-14-14 Kōnan, Minato-ku)

CRS cordially invites you to attend a seminar featuring Douglas J. Bergner and Ian C.
Graig of the Global Policy Group., who will provide an inside perspective on policy
and the political process in the Donald Trump era. They will explore:(1) How politics will play out in the coming months (the 2018 mid-term elections,trade policy, etc.);(2) How companies lobby the US government and whether this changed during the
Trump administration; and(3) What Japanese business person needs to follow closely to understand USpolitics.
Please register at the CRS website or contact Akira Igata (akira.igata@gmail.com)
Speakers
Douglas J. Bergner
President, Global Policy Group
Douglas J. Bergner, president of Global Policy Group, consultswith corporate clients on U.S. economic, trade, and financial
policies; energy and environmental issues, Washington
legislative and regulatory issues; U.S. relations with Europeand Asia; and business-government relations.
Mr. Bergner was previously Director of Policy Programs withSRI International (formerly the Stanford Research Institute),
where he headed a research and consulting practice covering
U.S. government policy for large international corporateclients.
Doug holds an MA in International Affairs from the Johns
Hopkins University's Nitze School of Advanced International
Studies (including one year of study in Bologna, Italy) and a
BA in Government and International Relations from Carleton
College.

Speakers
Ian C. Graig
Chief Executive, Global Policy Group
Ian C. Graig, chief executive of Global Policy Group, consultswith international business clients on: environmental,climate, and energy policy; automotive industry regulation;
fiscal and technology policy; international trade andinvestment; and health and retirement policy.
Dr. Graig previously was Program Manager and Senior Policy
Analyst at SRI, where he worked on single-client and multiclient corporate consulting projects on a wide variety ofpublic policy issues.
Ian holds a PhD and an MA in Government and Foreign
Affairs from the University of Virginia. He also has a BA inGovernment from Hamilton College, and has done graduatework at Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law andDiplomacy and Columbia University’s School of Internationaland Public Affairs

Global Policy Group [GPG] is a consulting firm based in Washington, DC, that has been
assisting corporate clients on U.S. public policy and government relations since its founding
in 1995. GPG’s clients include senior executives at large corporations headquartered in theUnited States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. GPG clients come from a diverse range ofbusiness sectors, though GPG has a particularly strong history of working with firms in theenergy, motor vehicle, automotive component, and information technology sectors. GPG
clients also include financial services firms, general manufacturing firms, and trading
companies. In addition to companies based in the United States, GPG has extensive
experience partnering with executives at foreign firms and their U.S. subsidiaries, mostnotably with companies based in Japan and Europe. GPG also works with several leadinginternational business associations and research institutions.

Map / Direction

Kōnan exit

Walk toward the Kōnan exit of Shinagawa Station.
Once you’re there, you will see two tall building in front of you on the right.
The left building (circled below) is the “Intercity Front” building.
(The building to the right is the “Intercity” and NOT the “Intercity Front” building.)
Please walk down the steps next to Kinko’s to enter the building, and then take theelevator to the 5th floor.

Contact information
Akira Igata
Phone: +81-80-7888-2435
Email: akira.igata@gmail.com