US-China Science and Technology Agreement 2023

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PROGRAM INFO

  • Available Until 4/16/2025
  • Class Time 1:00 PM PT
  • Duration 172 min.
  • Format On-Demand
  • Program Code a0108
  • CA General CLE Credits: 3.00 hr(s)

Price: $115.00

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DESCRIPTION

Please join BCLT for an in-depth discussion on the controversies surrounding the renewal of the US-China Science and Technology Agreement. The current agreement needs to be renewed by August 27, 2023.  Our keynote speaker is Prof. John Holdren(opens in a new tab), former Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the White House during the Obama administration.

The agreement plays an important historical and practical role in guiding US–China cooperation on numerous shared bilateral and global challenges. It was the first bilateral agreement between the US and China. US climate envoy, John Kerry, visited China recently to seek further cooperation on global climate issues, which this bilateral agreement has governed. Nonetheless, the agreement is now the subject of considerable controversy arising concerns over whether the agreement benefits US interests, the risks of “IP Theft”, as well as broader geopolitical concerns. The newly-formed House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party has already “strongly recommend[ed]” that the agreement not be extended in a letter to Secretary of State Blinken on June 27.

We will discuss the role of this agreement in government, public sector, and private technology collaboration between the United States and China, the benefits and challenges the agreement poses, and how a new agreement might be structured, while addressing many of the criticisms and assessments of bilateral science cooperation.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

John Holdren
Formerly Director of the Office of Science and Technology in the White House
Harvard's Kennedy School

SPEAKERS

Mark Cohen
Senior Fellow and Director, BCLT Asia IP Project
BCLT

Joanna Lewis
Associate Professor of Energy and Environment and Director of the Science, Technology and International Affairs Program (STIA)
Georgetown University

Deborah Seligsohn
Former Science Councilor at the US Embassy
Villanova University

Denis Simon
Clinical Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship
UNC/Chapel Hill

Paul Triolo
Senior Vice President for China and Technology Policy Lead
Albright Stonebridge

Caroline Wagner
Full Professor of Public Affairs
Ohio State University

MODERATORS

Mark Cohen
Senior Fellow and Director, BCLT Asia IP Project
BCLT

 

Denis Simon
Clinical Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship
UNC/Chapel Hill

 

AGENDA

Time Topic Speakers
00:00:00 Introduction Mark Cohen, Berkeley Law, BCLT
00:03:40 Keynote
A Practitioner’s Perspective on US-China S&T Cooperation

Dr. John Holdren, Harvard University

Moderator
Denis Simon, UNC at Chapel Hill

00:30:00 Q&A  

Panel 1: History, Accomplishments and Challenges of Science Collaboration with China 

Moderator
Mark Cohen, Berkeley Law, BCLT

00:45:00 An Overview of Four Decades of S&T Cooperation

Denis Simon, UNC at Chapel Hill

01:00:00 What the US Wins from Science Collaboration with China

Deborah Seligsohn, Villanova University

01:16:30 The Challenges to Sustained S&T Cooperative Relations

Paul Triolo, Albright Stonebridge

01:29:00 Q&A

 

Panel 2: Key Issues in US-China Science Collaboration 

Moderator
Denis Simon, UNC at Chapel Hill

01:45:30

Managing the IP Aspects of Bilateral S&T Cooperation

Mark Cohen, Berkeley Law, BCLT

01:59:20

Scientific Productivity and U.S.-China Cooperative Research

Caroline Wagner, Ohio State University

02:16:00 Tackling Climate Change Within & Beyond the STA

Joanna Lewis, Georgetown University

02:29:00 Q&A

 

Wrap Up

 

02:35:00

Open Discussion / Q&A for both panels

Mark Cohen, Berkeley Law, BCLT

Denis Simon, UNC at Chapel Hill