Industrial Policy and Economic Security Conference

Breakfast

8:30-8:55 am - Continental Breakfast

Opening Remarks

8:55-9:00 am - Chris Miller, Professor of International History, The Fletcher School and author, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

Session 1: Ailing Industrial Champions

9:00-9:30 am - Presentations

9:30-10:30 am - Panel discussion, Q&A

Should the United States support ailing industrial champions? What lessons can be drawn from past decisions not to intervene?

Featuring

• From U.S. Retreat to Huawei’s Rise: The Case for Supporting Telecoms Champions
  • Jonathan Pelson, author, Wireless Wars: China's Dangerous Domination of 5G and How We're Fighting Back
• Supporting U.S.-based Leading Edge Chip Manufacturing: Economic and Security Implications
  • Mike Schmidt, Distinguished Visitor at Princeton University and Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Institute for Progress
• Industrial Policy in the Aviation Sector: Hows, Whys, Why Nots
  • Richard Aboulafia, Managing Director, AeroDynamic Advisory

Discussant

John Haigh, Co-Director, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government

Coffee Break

10:30-11:00 am

Session 2: Autos: The Autonomous and Electric Vehicle Challenge

11:00-11:30 am - Presentations

11:30 am-12:30 pm - Panel discussion, Q&A

Is the automotive industry—which constitutes a major share of the U.S., European, and Japanese manufacturing base—the next ailing industry? If so, does it merit trade protection or subsidies? Or should the West embrace lower-cost Chinese cars?

Featuring

• Unpacking China’s EV success: Competition, Subsidies, Scale, and Growing Internationalization
  • Ilaria Mazzocco, deputy director and senior fellow, Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Driving Security: U.S. Auto Industrial Policy
  • Elaine Buckberg, Senior Fellow, Harvard University’s Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability
• Rare earth minerals: China’s role in the EV supply chain
  • Kristin Vekasi, Mansfield Chair of Japanese and Indo-Pacific Affairs, University of Montana

Discussant

Kelly Sims Gallagher, Dean, The Fletcher School

Session 3: Industrial Policy: Past Lessons and Future Trajectory

12:30-1:15 pm - Moderated Discussion

Featuring

• Brian Deese, Institute Innovation Fellow, MIT

Moderator

Chris Miller, Professor of International History, The Fletcher School and author, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

Lunch Break

1:15-1:45 pm

Session 4: Industrial Policy? Lessons from the Past, Insights for Today

1:45-2:30 pm - Presentation

Featuring

• Robert Zoellick, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School

Session 5: Artificial Intelligence: What Scope for Industrial Policy?

2:30-3:00 pm - Presentations

3:00-3:30 pm - Panel discussion, Q&A

What tools are governments deploying to bolster their competitiveness in AI? Should governments support AI infrastructure? What role does competition and antitrust play in AI policy?

featuring

• Will China Win in AI?
  • Dan Wang, Author, Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future
• Running the Right AI Race: A National Strategy for AI Diffusion
  • Jeffrey Ding, Assistant Professor, George Washington University

Discussant

Jason Furman, Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

Coffee Break

3:30-3:45 pm

Session 6: Conclusions and Policy Implications

3:45-5:00 pm - Fireside chat

Featuring

• Jake Sullivan, former U.S. National Security Advisor to President Joe Biden
• Lawrence H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor, President Emeritus at Harvard University and Director, M-RCBG