Panels  

Goal: 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.

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;

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.