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Agenda

8:30 AM | Doors Open

9:00 AM | Registration and Breakfast

9:45 AM | Call to Order and Welcome

• Scott Moore
  China Program Director, Penn Global 

9:50 AM | Opening Remarks

• Ezekiel Emanuel
  Vice Provost for Global Initiatives

10:00 | Policy Session I: "The Future of U.S.-China Relations"

• Chair: James McGann (Lauder Institute, Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program)
• Jacques DeLisle (Penn Law)
• Neysun Mahboubi (Center for the Study of Contemporary China)
• Samm Sacks (New America)
• Kaiser Kuo (Next40) 

11:15 AM | Break

11:45 AM | Opening Remarks with Question and Answer

• Ambassador Huang Ping
  Consul-General of the People’s Republic of China in New York

12:15 PM | Lunch

1:00 PM  | Remarks from Wendell Pritchett, Provost, University of Pennsylvania

1:15 PM  | Policy Session II: "China's Urban Past, Present, and Future"  

• Chair: Eugenie Birch (Design)
• Zhongjie Lin (Design)
• Chao Guo (Social Policy and Practice) 
• Tong Ming (Design) 
• Sophia Hochhäusl (Design)

2:30 PM | Break

2:45 PM | Policy Session III: "China and the Future of Healthcare and Biotechnology" 

• Chair: James Gee (Medicine)
• Jonathan Moreno (Medicine, Arts and Sciences) 
• Lyle Ungar (Arts and Sciences, Engineering and Applied Science)
• Emily Hannum (Arts and Sciences) 
• Tom Parsons (Veterinary Medicine)
• Mahlet Mesfin (Penn Biden Center)

4:00 PM | Concluding Keynote Address with Question and Answer

• Hon. Robert Work
  Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Perry World House
  Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense

5:00 PM | Chinese New Year Reception