March 18
8:45 - 9:00 AM
Opening Ceremony
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
9:00 - 10:00 AM
Switching Gears: China's Economic Outlook in the face of COVID Recovery and Demographic Challenges
Peijun Duan, Director of the Strategic Thinking Program at the Central Party 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
10:15 - 11:30 AM
Hot Planet, Cool Solutions: Narrating a Climate Adventure
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)
11:45 AM - 13:00 PM
13:00 - 14:00 PM
Lunch Break (Food and Drinks Provided)
"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
14:00 - 15:00 PM
A Conversation with David Chu & Niels Juul on Fashion, Entrepreneurship, and Film
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
15:15 - 16:15 PM
China's Rise in International Relations: Implications for Global Security
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
16:30 - 17:50 PM
17:50 - 19:00 PM
Cocktail Reception (Only open to speakers and VIP guests)
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)
19:00 - 20:00 PM
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
20:15 - 21:15 PM
March 19
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
9:00 - 10:00 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
10:15 - 11:15 AM
11:30 AM - 13:00 PM
Lunch Break
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 Professor in Urban Planning at Tongji University
13:00 PM - 14:00 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
14:15 PM - 15:15 PM
15:30 PM - 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
