Description for the Agenda

Opening Speech #1:

Speaker: Ping Huang, Consul General, Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Chicago

Opening Speech #1:

Speaker: John Matlock, Associate Vice Provost and Director of the Office of Academic Multiculture Initiatives

Keynote Speech (Morning #1): (Topic TBD)

Speaker: Qiyuan Ma, Chair and CEO, Time Medical Inc

Keynote Speech (Morning #2): China’s Development Model Under Stress

Speaker: Mary Gallagher, Associate Professor of Politics, Director of the Center for Chinese Studies, the University of Michigan 

Morning Panel: China’s Business and Investment - Reality, Challenge, and Vision

To give a realistic picture of the business environment in China, and to describe the challenges for future business in China

Moderator: Bradley Farnsworth, Director of the Center for International Business Education

Panelist: Qiyuan Ma: Managing Partner, Time Innovation Ventures Ken Duck, Senior Counsel and Chair of the China and Japan Committees for the firm's International Practice with Foley & Lardner; Yong Yang, Senior Economist (China and Asia) at Ford Motor Company; Rudy Wilson, Chairman & CEO, Tongxin International, Ltd. Mingan Tan, President, Detroit Chinese Business Association.

Keynote Speech (Afternoon): Disruptive Transformation and China’s Opportunities for Innovation

Speaker: Dr. Po Chi Wu, Co-founder and Managing Partner, Dragon Bridge Capital LLC; Visiting Professor, Peking University and Executive Director, Global Innovation Research Center.

Parallel Panel: Sustainable Development, Cleantech and Entrepreneurship

Goal: To present the daunting challenges to China’ sustainability and great entrepreneurial opportunities in clean technologies in China and its importance to China’s sustainability

Moderator: Peter Adriaens, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UM; Professor, Natural Resources and Environment (courtesy), UM; Professor of Entrepreneurship, Ross School of Business, UM; Chaired Professor, Sichuan University, Suzhou, China

Panelist: Jianguo (Jack) Liu, Rachel Carson Chair in Sustainability and University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife as well as Director of the Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability at Michigan State University (MSU); Henry Wang, Professor of Chemical Engineering, the University of Michigan;

Parallel Panel: Entrepreneurship in Real World

Speaker: Janny Lu, CEO and President of Ebinger Manufacturing Company (EMC)

Closing Panel: Career Development and Entrepreneurship:

Goal: To advise the students on career options, and on how to prepare oneself for job opportunities in China and regions.

Moderator: Jamie Hsu (also panelist) Former executive director of technology management, GM; Professor at Lawrence Technology University;

Panelist: Marcus Chao: CEO and President of Lean Enterprise China, Inc. (LEC), a non-profit organization disseminating lean practices to Chinese manufacturers. LEC has offices in Shanghai and Beijing;  Po Chi Wu, Co-founder and Managing Partner, Dragon Bridge Capital LLC.