2023 NEXTChina Conference

Speakers

Confirmed Speakers

Yasheng

Huang

Economics & Management Professor at MIT and Celebrated Author

Rayhan

Asat

Human Rights Lawyer & Fellow at Yale Law School

Jude

Blanchette

Freeman Chair in China Studies at Center for Strategic & International Studies

Amy

Celico

Principal at Albright Stonebridge Group; Former U.S. Diplomat

Michael

Chu

Global Co-CEO at L Catterton

Iza

Ding

Assistant Professor of Political Science at Northwestern Universty

Evan

Feigenbaum

Vice President Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Eric

Olander

Editor-in-Chief, The China South Project

Catherine

Pan

Managing Partner at Dorsey & Whitney

Dylan

Patel

Chief Analyst at SemiAnalysis

Maria

Repnikova

Associate Professor in Global Communication at Georgia State University

Sophie

Richardson

China Director at the Human Rights Watch

Samm

Sacks

Senior Fellow at Yale Law School’s Paul Tsai China Center

Demetri

Sevastopulo

U.S.-China Correspondent, Financial Times

Susan

Thornton

Senior Fellow, Paul Tsai China Center at Yale; Former U.S. Diplomat

Jerry

Wang

CEO & Founder of Hi2 Global

Lingling

Wei

Chief China Correspondent at WSJ

Kevin

Xu

Senior Director of Global Expansion Strategy at Github

Taisu

Zhang

Professor of Law at Yale Law School

Past & Invited Speakers

Yasheng

Huang

Economics & Management Professor at MIT and Celebrated Author

Rayhan

Asat

Human Rights Lawyer & Fellow at Yale Law School

Jude

Blanchette

Freeman Chair in China Studies at Center for Strategic & International Studies

Amy

Celico

Principal at Albright Stonebridge Group; Former U.S. Diplomat

Michael

Chu

Global Co-CEO at L Catterton

Iza

Ding

Assistant Professor of Political Science at Northwestern Universty

Evan

Feigenbaum

Vice President Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Eric

Olander

Editor-in-Chief, The China South Project

Catherine

Pan

Managing Partner at Dorsey & Whitney

Dylan

Patel

Chief Analyst at SemiAnalysis

Maria

Repnikova

Associate Professor in Global Communication at Georgia State University

Sophie

Richardson

China Director at the Human Rights Watch

Samm

Sacks

Senior Fellow at Yale Law School’s Paul Tsai China Center

Demetri

Sevastopulo

U.S.-China Correspondent, Financial Times

Susan

Thornton

Senior Fellow, Paul Tsai China Center at Yale; Former U.S. Diplomat

Jerry

Wang

CEO & Founder of Hi2 Global

Lingling

Wei

Chief China Correspondent at WSJ

Kevin

Xu

Senior Director of Global Expansion Strategy at Github

Taisu

Zhang

Professor of Law at Yale Law School

Workshops

A highlight of what's to come in industry-focused fireside chats, panel discussions, and workshops with top thinkers.

Artificial Intelligence

A discussion of how Chat GPT and its rivals are changing China and the Chinese government's responses to it.

China & the Global Energy Transition

How China will contribute, detract, lead, and follow with respect to EVs, renewable energy, and more.

China's Domestic Challenges

All about China's difficult year of an economy that cannot seem to recover from its pandemic malaise, an aging population, record high youth unemployment rates, and many other problems that are completely new to the government.

Human Rights in China

A discussion of issues including the ongoing repression of Uyghurs to China's ever-shrinking space for expression and civil society and what governments and companies can do to promote positive change.