DIC Members Beijing Agenda

Agenda

Wednesday, November 14

OPEN ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION | 3-5 p.m.

"The Dean's international Council: Recruiting Students, Establishing Internships, and Meeting Needs"
DIC Members Only
The University of Chicago Center in Beijing

OPENING RECEPTION & DINNER | 7 p.m.

"Welcome to Beijing: US-Chinese Relations"
Robert S. Wang, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the United States, Beijing
Generously Sponsored by Dan & Lori Cantara, Louis & Ann Louis Cimminelli, and David & Barbara Elias

Thursday, November 15, 2012

SESSION I | 9 a.m

"The Future of the Chinese Economy: How Will the Growth Model Change?"
Patrick Chovanec, Associate Professor, Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management

SESSION II | 10 a.m.

"The Media and Social Media Impact on Chinese Politics and Society"
Bill Bishop, Beijing-based Consultant and Columnist

SESSION III | 11:15 a.m.

"The China Economic Model and Its Effect on Multinational Companies"
Alan Guo, CEO, Light in the Box Ltd.
Douglas Henck, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, AEGON Asia

LUNCH & SESSION IV | 12:30 p.m.

"China's Chellenges: An Indian Take"
S. Jaishankar, Ambassador, Embassy of India, Beijing
Generously Sponsored by Dan & Fay Levin

SESSION V | 2 p.m.

"China's New Normal: Life After the Demographic Transition"
Wang Feng, Director, Brookings-Tsinghua Center; Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Global Economy and Development, John L. Thorton China Center

SESSION VI | 3 p.m.

"Chinese Antiquities"
Fang Hui, Professor and Deputy Dean of the School of History, Director of the University Museum, Shandong University

DINNER & SESSION VII | 7 p.m.

"Life in Contemporary China"
Ian Johnson, Writer and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
Generously Sponsored by Jim & Judy Harpel
Green T House
No. 6 Gongti Xi Lu 
Chaoyang District

Friday, November 16

SESSION VIII | 9 a.m.

"Regulation and Reformation of Transplant Organ Practice and Policy"
J. Michael Mills, Professor in Surgery, Medical Director of the Transplant Center, Chief of the Section of Transplantation, The University of Chicago

SESSION IX | 10 a.m.

"Chinese Education Policy"
Gu Binglin, Director, Tsinghua University Institute for Advanced Study
Mary Kay Magistad, East Asia Correspondent, Public Radio International

SESSION X | 11 a.m.

"Chinese Energy Policy"
Fei Feng, Director of Industrial Economics Research Department, Research Fellow in the Development Research Center, State Council of the People's Republic of China

LUNCH & SESSION XI | 12:30 p.m.

"Politics in China"
Dali Yang, Faculty Director of the Center in Beijing, Director of the Confucius Institute, Professor in Political Science, The University of Chicago
Generously Sposored by Dick and Gail Elden