Washington Seminar, 2008

The Synergetic Connection

April 17 and 18, Thursday and Friday, 9:00am to 8:00pm

Purpose: To provide a forum to consider issues relevant to relations between the United States and China through interaction with experts at the leading edge of US-China relations.

Topics and Speakers include:

• The Positive Equilibrium in US-China Relations - Status and Outlook
  • Robert Sutter, Visiting Professor of Asian Studies
  • School of Foreign Service
  • Georgetown University
  
  
• China’s Current ‘Journey to the West'— Recent Developments in its Adoption of a Contemporary Commercial Framework
  • Preston Torbert, Baker & McKenzie, International Law Firm, Chicago
  • Partner and a Founder of the China Practice
  
  
• New U.S. Practice of Assessing Penalty Countervailing Duties on Goods Exported from Subsidized Chinese Companies (working title)
  • Deputy Assistant Secretary Stephen Claeys
  • International Trade Administration
  
  
• Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in China and WTO Action by U.S. (working title)
  • Susan Anthony, Attorney Advisor, & Tim Browning, Office of Intellectual Property Policy and Enforcement
  • United States Patent and Trademark Office
  
  
• Reconciling Coal with Environmental Protection in China
  • Kelly Sims Gallagher, Ph.D
  • Director of Energy Technology Innovation Project
  • Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
  • Adjunct Lecturer, Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
  
  
• Migration and China's Urban Transformation
  • Dr. Weiping Wu, Associate Professor
  • Urban Studies and Planning & International Studies
  • Virginia Commonwealth University
  
  
• China Briefing at the U.S. Department of State
• National Archives: Rotunda tour (founding documents)
• Discussion of Chinese immigration from Archive records (pending)

Seminar Registration Information, Cost, and Form.