YCW London: Lau China Institute King’s College China Conference 2018
By Crayfish
If you are interested in the past, present and future of China, this is a rare opportunity for you to explore a long view of (r)evolution in China.
Our CEO – Ting Zhang has been invited to participate in the panel at this year’s Lau China Institute King’s College China conference. Last year’s conference was a major success. YCW and King’s College Lau China Institute are again bringing together leading China experts and emerging Young China Watchers on a single platform to analyse China’s past, present and future.Ting will join some other professional & senior executives from Imperial College Business School, HSBC, China Business Fusion and be sharing her view about China’s increasingly prominent role in the world of technology and innovation.
Time: Saturday, October 13, 10:30 – 17:00
Location: The Great Hall, King’s College, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS
- AGENDA
1030-1100 – Registration and coffee
1100-1110 – Opening Remarks by YCW and Lau China Institute• Sue Anne Tay, Global Director of YCW and Director for China and RMB Internationalisation, Group Strategy, HSBC
• Professor Kerry Brown, Director, Lau China Institute, King’s College London (KCL)
1110-1130 – Keynote Speaker: Lord Jim O’Neill, Chair, Chatham House, Former Commercial Secretary to HM Treasury, former Chief Economist at Goldman Sachs & creator of the BRICs acronym
1130-1245 – Panel 1: Past. How China’s past has shaped its present and the ways in which the country’s history is recast and repurposed to support the ruling regime and its policies.
Moderator: Julia Chen, Director of YCW London and Strategy Lead at the UK’s Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles.
Panel:
1. Professor Hans Van de Ven FBA, Professor of Modern Chinese History, University of Cambridge
2. Dr Astrid Nordin, Senior Lecturer & Director of Lancaster University China Centre
3. Professor Kent Deng, Professor of Economic History, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
4. Jeanne-Marie Gescher OBE, Barrister, Author and Adviser
1245-1300 – Break and interviews
1300-1415 – Panel 2: Present. China’s increased stridency on the world stage – should this be viewed as evolution or revolution?
Moderator: James Tunningley, Head of YCW London and Private Secretary to the Permanent Secretary, Department for International Trade, UK
Panel:
1. Tania Branigan, Foreign Leader (Editorial) Writer, former China correspondent for the Guardian
2. Nigel Inkster, Senior Adviser, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) & Research Associate, Contemporary China Institute, London School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
3. Dr Yu Jie, Head of China Foresight & Senior Research Fellow, LSE IDEAS
4. TBC
1415-1500 – Lunch and interviews
1500-1615 – Panel 3: Future. China’s increasingly prominent role in the world of technology and innovation
Moderator: Bin (William) Xu, Director of YCW London and Strategy & Investment Advisor, Healthcare & Technology at Venture Propulsion System
Panel:
1. Professor George Yip, Author / Professor and Associate Dean at Imperial College Business School, former Co-Director of the CEIBS Centre on China Innovation
2. Joyce Xie, Director at IP Group, former M&A banker and Portfolio Manager at HSBC
3. Syrus Lohrasb, CEO of China-Britain Business Fusion / Founder of China-Britain AI Summit, former Finance Director at multiple international companies
4. Ting Zhang, CEO of Crayfish / Founder of China Business Solutions, former China Venture Partner at Prime Ventures
1615-1630 – Closing Remarks
• Raffaello Pantucci, YCW Co-founder and Director of International Security Studies, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)
• James Tunningley, Head of YCW London, and Private Secretary to the Permanent Secretary, Department for International Trade, UK
1630-1700 – Networking and interviews
1700 – Ends
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