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 |
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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
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| 01:29:00 |
Q&A |
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Panel 2: Key Issues in US-China Science Collaboration
Moderator
Denis Simon, UNC at Chapel Hill
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| 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 |
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Wrap Up
|
| 02:35:00 |
Open Discussion / Q&A for both panels
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Mark Cohen, Berkeley Law, BCLT
Denis Simon, UNC at Chapel Hill
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