2020 Forum
Thursday, October 15, November 12 & December 10 | Online
As the world navigates the COVID-19 pandemic, challenging times call for more dialogue and collaboration in public health, education, government, and business. The Stanford China Economic Forum remains at the forefront of these conversations.
Hosted by the King Center on Global Development, the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), and Stanford Graduate School of Business, the 2020 Stanford China Economic Forum moved online and offered 3 sessions from October to December.
The topics discussed were:
- The Future of Business Education in the U.S. and China
- The U.S. Election and U.S.-China Relations
- The State of Health Care Post Pandemic in the U.S. and China
Further information about the 2020 Stanford China Economic Forum is available at Stanford News. A SIEPR YouTube playlist includes the recording of all sessions.
Session 1: The Future of Business Education in the U.S. and China
President, Stanford University
The Philip H. Knight Professor and Dean of the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
Dean of Business School, Hong Kong University
The Bank of America Dean of Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
Session 2: The U.S. Election and U.S.-China Relations
Director, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution and China Studies at Council on Foreign Relations, Stanford University
Shorenstein APARC Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University
Professor and Former Dean of School of International Studies, Peking University
Session 3: The State of Health Care Post Pandemic in the U.S. and China
The Carl and Elizabeth Naumann Dean of the Stanford University School of Medicine
Professor of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine
Dean of Medicine, University of Hong Kong
Chair, Department of Clinical Oncology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
SCEF Session 1: The Future of Business Education in the U.S. and China
In the first session of SCEF, Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Jonathan Levin, Hongbin Cai, and Ann Harrison discussed the future of business education in the U.S. and China.
Watch the session
Business schools must also teach students to be role models in society, education leaders say
As the world contends with extraordinary disruption – from a worldwide pandemic to ongoing social unrest across the globe to the devastating effects of climate change – education leaders from the U.S. and China shared how their schools are responding to these crises.
Read the Stanford News story
SCEF Session 2: The U.S. Election and U.S.-China Relations
In the second session of SCEF, Michael McFaul, Elizabeth Economy, Thomas Fingar, and Qingguo Jia discussed the U.S. election and U.S.-China relations.
Watch the Session
A ‘very critical moment’: The future of U.S.-China ties under Biden
The question is top of mind for anyone who has followed the downward spiral of U.S.-China relations over the last four years: What happens once Joseph Biden Jr. becomes president?
Read about Session 2
SCEF Session 3: The State of Health Care Post Pandemic in the U.S. and China
In the third session of SCEF, Lloyd Minor, Grace Lee, Gabriel Leung, and Tony Mok Chair, discussed the state of health care post-pandemic in the U.S. and China.
Watch the Session
The COVID-19 vaccine era is here. What comes next is complicated.
The end is finally in sight. But even as the world celebrates the mass rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, a panel of top medical experts convened by Stanford this week agreed that it could be another two years before life as we knew it before the pandemic returns.
Read about Session 32020 Faculty Committee
Mark Duggan, The Trione Director and Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
Jonathan Levin, Philip H. Knight Professor and Dean of Stanford Graduate School of Business
Hongbin Li, James Liang Director of the China Program, Stanford King Center on Global Development
Michael McFaul, Director, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Jennifer Pan, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, Stanford University
Joseph Piotroski, The Robert K. Jaedicke Professor of Accounting
2020 Host Committee
Ed Baker, MBA, Investor and Entrepreneur
David Chao, MBA, Co-founder and General Partner, DCM Ventures
Ming Lei, MBA, Co-founder of Baidu; Founder, Kuwo
Gabriel Li, MBA, Managing Director, Orchid Asia
James Liang, PhD, Co-founder and Executive Chairman of the Board, Ctrip
Annabelle Long, MBA, CEO, Bertelsmann China
Sponsors
Master Kong | 康师傅
Ed Baker
Annabelle Long