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Event Program

8:30 – 09:00 Registration and Breakfast

9:00 – 09:15 Opening Remarks

David Denoon, Professor of Politics & Economics, and Director of Center on U.S.-China Relations, NYU

9:15 – 10:30 Panel 1: U.S.-China Trade Issues

Jeffrey Shafer, Moderator Principal, JRSHAFER INSIGHT

Christopher K. Johnson, Senior Adviser & Freeman Chair in China Studies, Center on Strategic & International Studies

Ho Fung Hung, Wiesenfeld Professor in Political Economy, Johns Hopkins University

Brad W. Setser, Tananbaum Senior Fellow for International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations

10:30 – 10:40 Coffee Break

10:40 – 11:50 Panel 2: Financial Reform and RMB Liberalization

Kim Schoenholtz, Moderator Professor of Management Practice & Director of the Center on Global Economy and Business, NYU Stern School of Business

Zhiguo He, Professor of Finance and Faculty Director of Fama-Miller Center, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago

Damien Ma Fellow & Associate Director of the Think Tank, Paulson Institute, Adjunct Lecturer on Global Management, Kellogg School, Northwestern University

Scott Morris Senior Fellow, Director of the US Development, Policy Initiative, Center for Global Development

12:00 – 13:00 Luncheon

13:00 – 13:30 Keynote Interview

William Kirby Chang Professor of China Studies, Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School, and Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor

13:30 – 13:40 Coffee Break

13:40 – 14:50 Panel 3: Made in China 2025 and Intellectual Property

Francis Zou Moderator, Partner, White & Case LLP

Evan S. Medeiros Penner Family Chair in Asian Studies, and Cling Family Senior Fellow in US-China Relations, Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Mark Wu Stimson Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, Mary Lovely Professor of Economics, Maxwell School, Syracuse University

14:50 – 15:30 Concluding Reception