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 HoldrenFormerly Director of the Office of Science and Technology in the White HouseHarvard's Kennedy School
SPEAKERS
Mark CohenSenior Fellow and Director, BCLT Asia IP ProjectBCLT
Joanna LewisAssociate Professor of Energy and Environment and Director of the Science, Technology and International Affairs Program (STIA)Georgetown University
Deborah SeligsohnFormer Science Councilor at the US EmbassyVillanova University
Denis SimonClinical Professor of Strategy and EntrepreneurshipUNC/Chapel Hill
Paul TrioloSenior Vice President for China and Technology Policy LeadAlbright Stonebridge
Caroline WagnerFull Professor of Public AffairsOhio State University
MODERATORS
Mark CohenSenior Fellow and Director, BCLT Asia IP ProjectBCLT
Denis SimonClinical Professor of Strategy and EntrepreneurshipUNC/Chapel Hill
AGENDA
Time
Topic
Speakers
00:00:00
Introduction
Mark Cohen, Berkeley Law, BCLT
00:03:40
KeynoteA Practitioner’s Perspective on US-China S&T Cooperation
Dr. John Holdren, Harvard University
ModeratorDenis Simon, UNC at Chapel Hill
00:30:00
Q&A
Panel 1: History, Accomplishments and Challenges of Science Collaboration with China
ModeratorMark 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
ModeratorDenis 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