Discovery and Recovery: How China Can Balance, Lead and Follow in 2023
发现与重建：2023年的中国应该如何平衡、引领、跟进
Summit of 2023
Saturday, March 18 Webcast
Sunday, March 19 Webcast
Location: Stephen Robert '62 Hall
Entrepreneurship
Humanity
Future
Political Economy
Entrepreneurship Humanity Future Political Economy
March 18
8:45 - 9:00 AM
Opening Ceremony
9:00 - 10:00 AM
"Navigating Cross-Cultural Success: The Rise of Foreign Businesses in China and Chinese Businesses Abroad" (Online. Live)
Tom Doctoroff, North Asia Area Director and Greater China CEO of JWT, one of the world's largest advertising agencies
Charles Liu, Senior Fellow at Taihe Institute, Strategic Committee Member of China Academy & Co-Founder of Hao Capital
Claire Ma, Vice President of AmCham China
10:15 - 11:30 AM
"Switching Gears: China's Economic Outlook Amidst Global Uncertainty" (In-Person)
Peijun Duan, Senior fellow of Harvard Kennedy School
Weiping Wu, Director of the Urban Planning programs at Columbia GSAPP
Yue Hou, Janice and Julian Bers Assistant Professor in the Social Sciences at UPenn
John Yasuda, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University
11:45 AM - 13:00 PM
"Hot Planet, Cool Solutions: Narrating a Climate Adventure " (In-Person)
Suzanne Anker, Chair of the Fine Arts Department, School of Visual Arts (SVA)
Donald A. Brown, UNESCO's Avicenna Award Winner for Excellence in Ethics and Science
Rishikesh Ram Bhandary, Assistant Director of the Global Economic Governance Initiative at the Boston University Global Development Policy Center
Hanna Morris, Assistant Professor at the School of the Environment at the University of Toronto
Scott Frickel, (Moderator), Professor of Sociology at the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society (IBES)
13:00 - 14:00 PM
Lunch Break (Food and Drinks Provided)
14:00 - 15:00 PM
"Order and Law: How China’s Legal System Focuses on Order Maintenance" (In-Person)
Donald Clarke, Professor of Law, and David A. Weaver Research Professor at George Washington University Law School
15:15 - 16:15 PM
“A Conversation with David Chu & Niels Juul on Fashion, Entrepreneurship and Film” (Pre-Recorded Video)
David Chu, Founder of Nautica and Former Executive Creative Director of Tumi
Niels Juul, Executive Producer of The Irishman, Enzo Ferrari, and Killers of the Flower Moon
16:30 - 17:50 PM
"China's Rise in International Relations: Implications for Global Affairs" (In-Person)
Susan M. Elliott, President and CEO of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy
Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at the Asia Society
Chad Sbragia, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for China
Carolyn Kissane, Senior Fellow at the George H. W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations
Chas Freeman, (Moderator), Co-Chair of US-China Policy Foundation and Former Ambassador of the United States to Saudi Arabia
17:50 - 19:00 PM
Cocktail Reception (Only open to speakers and VIP guests)
19:00 - 20:00 PM
"Navigating the Future: Identifying and Understanding Investment Opportunities in China's Evolving Landscape in 2023" (Online. Live)
Kenneth Gaw, Managing Principal and Co-Founder of Gaw Capital Partners
Shoukang Lin, Former CEO of CICC (the largest investment bank in China)
20:15 - 21:15 PM
Keynote Address: "Discovery and Recovery: How China Can Balance, Lead and Follow in 2023" (Online. Live)
Leung Chun-Ying, Former Chief Executive of Hong Kong
Chas Freeman, (Moderator), Co-Chair of US China Policy Foundation and Former Ambassador of the United States to Saudi Arabia
March 19
9:00 - 10:00 AM
"Venture Capital and Financial Advisory in China: Navigating Investment Opportunities" (Online. Live)
Ming Jin, Managing Partner of Cygnus Equity
Peter Chen, Managing Director of 5Y Capital
10:15 - 11:30 AM
"Accelerating the Adoption of Renewable Energy, Globally and in China: Challenges and Opportunities" (Online. Live)
Dr Philip Andrews-Speed, Senior Principal Fellow at the Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore and a Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
Cary Krosinsky, Co-Founder of the Sustainable Finance Institute (SFI), Lecturer at Brown, Yale, and NYU
Kevin Tu, Senior Advisor, Agora
Angel Hsu, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Data-Driven Lab, UNC
Alice Plane, (Moderator), Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs at the Watson Institute
11:30 AM - 13:00 PM
Lunch Break (Food and Drinks Provided)
13:00 - 14:00 PM
“Laying the Foundation for Prosperity: The Role of Strategic Planning in China's Rise” (In-Person)
Alain Bertaud, Fellow at the Marron Institute and Former Principal Urban Planner at the World Bank
Hou Li, Associate Researcher at MIT Sustainable Urbanization Lab
Kenneth K. Wong (Moderator), the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Chair for Education Policy at Brown
14:15 - 15:15 PM
“The Virtual Frontier: The Future of Work and Its Impact on Humanity” (In-Person)
Corrinne Murray, Founder + CEO at Agate
Jacob Reidel, Former Senior Director at WeWork & Assistant Professor in Practice of Architecture at GSD
Tiange Wang, Multidisciplinary Software Designer at IDEO
15:30 - 16:30 PM
“Reimagining Intangibility: the Power Couple who Brought Chinese Traditions to the Metaverse” (In-Person)
Jiajian Min, Co-Founder of MYStudio
Anna Borou Yu, Co-Founder of MYStudio