Conference Schedule

8:30 – 9:00

Conference Registration

9:00 – 9:15

Welcome

9:15 – 10:00

Opening Remarks: Stephen Krasner, Stanford University, “Power Transitions: Conflict or Accommodation?”

10:00 – 10:15

Break

10:15 – 11:30  

Panel 1: China's Role in Regional and Global Security Challenges
Moderator: David Lake, UCSD

Panelists:

• Richard Baum, UCLA
• Richard Rosecrance, Harvard University
• Jing-dong Yuan, Monterey Institute for International Studies

11:30 – 11:45  

Break

11:45 – 12:45

Keynote: John Podesta, Center for American Progress, interviewed by Terry McCarthy, CBS News

"A Conversation with John Podesta on China's Climate and Energy Policies"

12:45 – 2:00   

Lunch

2:00 – 3:15     

Panel 2: China's Role in Global Economic and Climate Policy
Moderator: Kal Raustiala, UCLA

Panelists: 

• Elizabeth Economy, Council on Foreign Relations
• Barry Naughton, UCSD
• Julian Wong, Center for American Progress
• Nicholas Lardy, Peterson Institute for International Economics

3:15 – 3:30  

Break

3:30 - 4:45     

Panel 3: What Can the US Do to Shape China's Engagement
Moderator: Nina Hachigian, Center for American Progress

Panelists:

• Susan Shirk, UCSD
• Gen. Wesley K. Clark (ret.), UCLA Burkle Center
• Kantathi Suphamongkhon, UCLA Burkle Center
• Daniel Drezner, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

4:45 – 5:00

Closing Remarks