Pre-register for the 9th China Global Think Tank Innovation Forum: updated agenda and list of participants
Mark your calendar for December 4, 2024, when leading think tank experts from the United States, Europe, Asia, and beyond convene in Beijing.
Since its inception in 2016, the China Global Think Tank Innovation Forum has brought together leading think tank leaders, policy experts, executives, and practitioners from around the world. The forum has become an essential platform for formulating innovative policy solutions and envisioning a forward-thinking approach to global governance.
Amidst a series of pivotal events set to shape the global landscape in 2024, especially post-U.S. presidential election, we cordially invite you to pre-register for the 9th edition of the China Global Think Tank Innovation Forum, which will be held IN PERSON in Beijing, China, on December 4, 2024.
Registration is open on Eventbrite using the same link shared in our first forum promotion post from September. If you have already registered through that previous post, there is no need to register again. This post features an updated agenda and a list of speakers/participants.
*Kindly note that, due to a very limited number of seats, we will reach out to successful candidates via email separately after registration on Eventbrite. Attendance is only confirmed once you receive an official confirmation from CCG. Please be aware that automatic email replies from Eventbrite are not confirmations.*
Agenda
December 4, 2024 Â Beijing, China
08:30-09:00 Registration/networking
09:00-09:40 Organizers’ Welcome
09:40-10:30 Opening Keynotes
10:30-10:45 Networking Coffee
10:45-12:15 Opening Roundtable | Presaging the future of global governance in the Trump 2.0 era
12:30-13:30 Networking Lunch
13:30-14:45 Roundtable | Trump trumps: What’s next for US-China relations?
14:45-15:00 Networking Coffee
15:00-16:15 Roundtable | Global AI governance: Prospects and challenges for China-Europe cooperation – in collaboration with the Global Solutions InitiativeÂ
16:15-16:30 Networking Coffee
16:30-17:45 Roundtable | The quest for human security and development: Global narratives and national perspectives
Speakers/participants invited (alphabetic)
As of 19 November
Amitav Achaya, Distinguished Professor of International Relations, & The UNESCO Chair in Transnational Challenges and Governance, School of International Service, American University (confirmed)
Mohamed Amersi, Founder and Chairman of the Amersi Foundation (confirmed)
Jean Christophe Bas, Member of Executive Board, Aspen Institute France (confirmed)
David Blair, Chief Economist, Alliance of Global Talent Organizations (AGTO); Former Professor and Chair of the Economics Department at the Eisenhower School of National Defense University (confirmed)
Laurence Brahm, Writer, Film Director, Producer (confirmed)
Kerry Brown, Director of the Lau China Institute and Professor of Chinese Studies, King's College London (confirmed)
H.E. R. Nicolas Burns, Ambassador of the United States to China
H.E. Siddharth Chatterjee, United Nations Resident Coordinator in China (confirmed)
CHEN Wenling, Academic Council Member, Center for China and Globalization (CCG); Chief Economist of China Center for International Economic Exchange (CCIEE)
H.E. DU Zhanyuan, President, China International Publishing Group (CIPG)
Susan Elliott, President and CEO, National Committee on American Foreign Policy (NCAFP)
H.E. Patricia Flor, Ambassador of Germany to China (confirmed)
Noah Fraser, Senior Vice President of China Operations, United States China Business Council (USCBC)
Kenneth Fredriksen, Vice-President of Huawei European Region
Johann Caspar Fuhrmann, Head of the Office of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) in Beijing
Victor Gao, Vice President, Center for China and Globalization (CCG) (confirmed)
GAO Xiang, Director General, China Science and Technology Exchange Center (CSTEC)
Michele Geraci, Former Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Economic Development, Republic of Italy (confirmed)
Bethen Greener, Professor of International Relations, Massey University (confirmed)
GU Dengchen, Director, International Policy Research Center, Ali Research (confirmed)
HE Weiwen, Senior fellow, Center for China and Globalization (CCG); Former Commercial Counsellor at Chinese Embassy in New York and San Francisco
HUANG Dizhong, Vice Chairman, China-United States Exchange Foundation (CUSEF)
Suzannah Jessep, Chief Executive, Asia New Zealand Foundation (confirmed)
H.E. JIANG Jianguo, Member of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee, Deputy Director of the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee of the CPPCC National Committee (confirmed)
JIANG Shan, Senior Fellow, Center for China and Globalization (CCG); former Director-General of MOFCOM Department of American and Oceanian Affairs
Christian Kastrop, CEO & Partner, Global Solutions Initiative; former German Federal State Secretary Digital Society (confirmed)
Daniel Kurtz-Phelan, Editor of Foreign Affairs and Peter G. Peterson Chair, Council on Foreign Relations (tentatively confirmed)
Jane Lee, President, Our Hong Kong Foundation (confirmed)
LI Chen, Deputy Dean at the School of International Studies, Renmin University of China
LI Daokui, Director of the Academic Center for Chinese Economic Practice and Thinking (ACCEPT) at Tsinghua University (confirmed)
Steve Gang Li, Vice Dean and Chief Analyst, Tencent Research Institute (confirmed)
LI Huailiang, Dean, Institute for a Community with a Shared Future, Communication University of China (CUC) (confirmed)
H.E. LIU Jianchao, Minister, International Department of the CPC Central Committee
LIU Shijin, Former Deputy President, Development Research Center of the State Council of China
H.E. Bertrand Lortholary, Ambassador of France to China
LU Xiang, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Center for China and Globalization (CCG); Non-Resident Research Fellow of Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) (confirmed)
Mabel Lu Miao, Co-Founder and Secretary General, Center for China and Globalization (CCG); Founder, Global Young Leaders Dialogue (GYLD) (confirmed)
David Morris, Vice-Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Business Network for Asia Pacific; Founder and President of 1EarthVillage (confirmed)
Jeff Nankivell, President and CEO, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (confirmed)
Dede Nickerson, Strategic Advisor/Producer, DLN Media
PAN Jiaofeng, President of Institutes of Science and Development at the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Gladden J. Pappin, President, Institute of Hungarian International Affairs (confirmed)
Emanuel Yi Pastreich, President, The Asia Institute (confirmed)
Danny Quah, Li Ka Shing Professor in Economics and Dean at NUS Lee Kuan Yew School (confirmed)
Bernhard Schwartländer, Global Health Envoy, German Embassy Beijing
Sambratha Shetty, Chief Operating Officer, The Synergia Foundation (confirmed)
Balthasar Staehelin, Personal Envoy of the ICRC President to China and Head of the ICRC Regional Delegation for East Asia (confirmed)
SUN Jisheng, Vice President, China Foreign Affairs University (CFAU) (confirmed)
SUN Yongfu, Senior Fellow, Center for China and Globalization (CCG); former Director-General of MOFCOM Department of European Affairs (confirmed)
John L. Thornton, Chair Emeritus, Board of Trustees, The Brookings Institution
Susan Thornton, Senior Fellow, Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School (tentatively confirmed)
H.E. Jorge Toledo Albiñana, Head of the European Union Delegation to China (confirmed)
Felix Valdivieso, Chairman of China Center, IE University (confirmed)
WANG Jisi, Founding President of the Institute of the International and Strategic Studies at Peking University
Henry Huiyao Wang, Founder and President, Center for China and Globalization (CCG); former Counselor to China State Council (confirmed)
Rick Waters, Managing Director of China Practice, Eurasia Group (confirmed)
H.E. WU Hongbo, Special Representative of the Chinese Government on European Affairs
XU Zhengzhong, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Center for China and Globalization (CCG); Deputy Dean of the Institute for International Strategic Studies, National Academy of Governance (The Central Party School)
H.E. YANG Wanming, President, The Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC)
YU Yunquan, Vice President, China International Publishing Group (CIPG); President, Academy of Contemporary China and the World (ACCW)
ZHANG Linghan, Professor at the Institute of Data Law, China University of Political Science and Law; Member, High-Level Advisory Body on AI United Nations (confirmed)
Ray Zhang, Founder and CEO, Airdoc
ZHANG Wei, Co-Director, Professor of Law at Institute for Human Rights, China University of Political Science and Law (confirmed)
ZHU Feng, Academic Council Member, Center for China and Globalization (CCG); Professor and Executive Dean of School of International Studies, Nanjing University
Mark your calendar for December 4, 2024 and pre-register for the 9th China Global Think Tank Innovation Forum via the following link. This is the same link shared in our first forum promotion post from September. If you have already registered, there is no need to register again.
*Again, kindly note that, due to a very limited number of seats, we will reach out to successful candidates via email separately after registration on Eventbrite. Attendance is only confirmed once you receive an official confirmation from CCG. Please be aware that automatic email replies from Eventbrite are not confirmations.*
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