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Date and Location
Michael Weinbeck
This hybrid conference brings together leading policymakers, academics, and industry experts to examine the evolving landscape of industrial policy in the context of technological change and global competition. Key sessions address the challenges facing ailing industrial champions, the future of the automotive sector amid the rise of electric and autonomous vehicles, and the strategic implications of artificial intelligence. The agenda features in-depth discussions on U.S. and Chinese industrial strategies, supply chain security, and the policy tools needed to bolster economic resilience in an era defined by rapid innovation and geopolitical shifts.
Webinar: open to the public with registration
In-person attendance: a Harvard University ID is required for entry.
Speakers and Presenters
Brian Deese, Institute Innovation Fellow, MIT;
Chris Miller, Author, Chip War;
Dan Wang, Author, Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future;
Elaine Buckberg, Harvard University’s Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability;
Ilaria Mazzocco, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies;
Jake Sullivan, U.S. National Security Advisor to President Joe Biden;
Jason Furman, Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy, Harvard Kennedy School;
Jeffrey Ding, Assistant Professor, George Washington University;
John Haigh, Co-Director, M-RCBG;
Jonathan Pelson, Author, Wireless Wars: China's Dangerous Domination of 5G and How We're Fighting Back;
Kelly Sims Gallagher, Dean, The Fletcher School;
Kristen Vekasi, Mansfield Chair of Japanese and Indo-Pacific Affairs, University of Montana;
Lawrence H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor, President Emeritus at Harvard University and Director, M-RCBG;
Mike Schmidt, Distinguished Visitor at Princeton University and Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Institute for Progress;
Richard Aboulafia, Managing Director, AeroDynamic Advisory;
Robert Zoellick, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School