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Symposium on United States-China Comparative Government Organization and Operation in Science & Technology Innovation in Washington, DC

In a few weeks the 2012 London Summer Olympics will begin and I expect the US and China medal counts will reflect current geopolitics as China ascends and the US (along with everybody else) adapts to the new realities. Coincident (or not) with the athletic competition is increasing discussion about US and China relative to their science and technology efforts.

The Kissinger Institute on China and the United States, The Program for America and the Global Economy, and The Counsellors’ Office of the State Council (COSC), People’s Republic of China are hosting a symposium on June 19, 2012 (tomorrow) from 9 am to 5 pm EDT at the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars.  Here’s the agenda,

Opening Remarks

09:00-09:10AM

J. Stapleton Roy, Director, Kissinger Institute on China and the United States

Wang Weimin, Vice Chairman, Counsellors’ Office of the State Council (COSC)

Panel 1: U.S. and PRC Innovation Overview

Chair: J. Stapleton Roy, Director, Kissinger Institute

Kent Hughes, Director, Program on America and the Global Economy

09:10-09:35AM               U.S. Government’s Approach to Encouraging Innovation

Liu Yanhua, COSC/Former Vice Minister of Science & Technology

09:35-10:00AM               PRC Government’s Approach to Encouraging Innovation

Q&A

10:00-10:45AM

Break

10:45-11:00AM

Panel 2: U.S.-China S & T Cooperation

Chair:  Marco De Capua, Former S & T Counselor, U.S. Embassy, Beijing

Richard P. Suttmeier, University of Oregon

11:00-11:25AM               U.S.-China Cooperation on Innovation

Qiao Zonghuai, COSC/Former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs

11:25-11:50AM               Sino-U.S. Cooperation on Innovation

Q&A

11:50AM-12:30PM

Lunch

(A light lunch will be served outside of the conference room)

12:30-1:30PM

Panel 3: Educating & Training for Innovation

Chair:  Qiao Zonghuai, COSC/Former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs 

Joan Ferrini-Mundy, National Science Foundation

1:30-1:55PM                     Education Programs to Develop Talent

Zhang Yantong, COSC Department Director-General

1:55-2:20PM                     Education and Training of S & T Talent

Q&A

2:20-3:00PM

Break

3:00-3:15PM

Panel 4: Commercializing Innovative Discoveries

Chair:  Liu Yanhua, COSC/Former Vice Minister of Science & Technology

Kathleen Kingscott, IBM

3:15-3:40PM                     U. S. Commercialization of Innovative Discoveries 

 Jiang Mingling, Former COSC Vice-Chairman

3:40-4:05PM                     PRC Commercialization of Innovative Discoveries

Q&A

4:05-4:40PM

Closing Remarks

4:40-5:00PM

J. Stapleton Roy, Director, Kissinger Institute on China and the United States

Wang Weimin, Vice Chairman, Counsellors’ Office of the State Council

If y0u are interested in attending any of the sessions and haven’t received an invitation, contact:

china@wilsoncenter.org

For those of us unable to attend, the US National Research Council produced a report (224 pp) of their 2010 STEP (Board on Science, Technology and Econ0mic Policy)  meeting (published in 2011) titled, Building The 21st Century; US-China Cooperation on Science, Technology and Innovation (Summary of a Symposium). That meeting was part of a series held in the US and in various Asian countries over a period of years so I imagine it would provide some useful insight into the current situation especially when combined with tomorrow’s symposium at the Woodrow Wilson Center.