Structure for All Panels
For in-person attendees, please go to Duke Kunshan University Phase I Innovation Building Lecture Hall. For online attendees: speakers will join the Zoom link 10 minutes early, all necessary members and speakers will privately meet the speakers and answer any questions they have. Each panel will consist of two main parts:
a. The first part is the keynote speech by the panelists, each professor for about 20 min, the total time is determined by the number of guests. The second part consists of a Q&A session, roughly 30-40 min in length.
b. In the Q&A section the moderator will ask the guests some questions that we have already collected. In addition, the live/online audience can ask some question about the keynote speech.
Technology & Innovation Session 1 - July 17, 9pm (BJT)
Featuring Guest Speakers:
- Dr. Mustafa Misir
- The U.S.-China AI Race: Competition and Cooperation
- Dr. Kenneth Rogerson
- Public discourse through the media influences how people understand and act on global environmental issues
- Dr. Arie Y. Lewin 乐文睿
- China Innovation Challenge in the Age of Digitalization: The Crucial Role of China Transformative Capacity
- Dr. Xiuyuan Cheng
- Invertible generative flow neural networks by optimal transport
Environment & Sustainability - July 18, 9am (BJT)
Featuring Guest Speakers:
- Dr. Chi-Yeung (Jimmy) Choi
- Invisible connections – the study of migratory birds
- Dr. Chuanhui Gu
- Safeguarding Our Water Future: China and US Joining Forces for Sustainable Water Resources
- Dr. Jim Zhang
- Collaborative Research on Environmental Health in China: Opportunities and Challenges
- Dr. Toddi Steelman
- The Duke Climate Commitment
- Dr. Junjie Zhang
- Can China and the US Still Collaborate on Climate Change?
- Dr. Jackson Ewing
- The Past, Present, and Future of US-China Climate CooperationD
Economy & Finance - July 18, 9pm (BJT)
Featuring Guest Speakers:
- Dr. Zhaojin Zeng
- Writing History from Below: How the Memories of China’s Industrial Revolution were Made
- Dr. Bai Gao
- Three Mega Trends and the Future of US-China Relations
- Pippa Morgan
- The Global Development Finance Landscape in the Context of US-China Rivalry
Technology & Innovation Session 2 - July 20, 9am (BJT)
Featuring Guest Speakers:
Moderated by Dr. Jianfeng Lu
- Dr. David Huang
- AI Applications in Medicine
- Dr. Dongmian Zou
- All You Need is a Push
- Dr. Peng Sun
- The impact of Sino-US relations on international cooperation in the field of engineering technology
- Dr. Yiran Chen
- Development and Impacts of AI Large Models
International Relations - July 23, 9am (BJT)
Featuring Guest Speakers:
Moderated by Dr. Henry Huiyao Wang
- Dr. Jiahua (Jay) Yue
- Overreach or Justifiable Self-Defense: China’s Foreign Policy in a New Era and Beyond
- Dr. Denis Simon
- The Role of S&T Cooperation in US-China Relations
- Dr. Xiaoyang Tang
- Two Nations, Two Approaches and One Target
- Dr. Titas Chakraborty
- Decolonization and U.S.- China relations
- Dr. Prasenjit Duara
- The BRI and US China relations
