Berkeley China Summit
About BCS
Berkeley China Summit (or “BCS”), founded in 2016, holds an annual summit and speaker series featuring high-level discussions about the latest discoveries, trends, and cross-border opportunities. Our mission is to encourage bilateral discussion and collaboration between the US and China, past topics include education, healthcare, technology, innovation, entrepreneurship, and beyond.
Over the past 6 years, we have invited over 150 high-profile speakers, including Nobel Laureates Eric Betzig (2014), Randy Schekman (2013), and Turing Award Winners Richard Karp (1985), David Patterson (2017), and John Hennessy (2017).
Past Speakers
2022
2021
- 2017 Turing Award Winner
- Chairman at Alphabet INC.
- 10th President of Stanford University
JOHN HENNESSY
- President of Figure
- Ex-President of Coinbase & Ameritrade
- Ex Partner a16z & TPG
- President of Figure
- Ex-President of Coinbase & Ameritrade
- Ex Partner a16z & TPG
- President of Figure
- Ex-President of Coinbase & Ameritrade
- Ex Partner a16z & TPG
REYNOLD XI
- Co-founder and Chief Architect of
Databricks
2020
Rich Lyons
- Chief Innovation and Entrepreneurship Officer, UC Berkeley
- Professor & Former Dean
- William & Janet Cronk Chair in Innovative Leadership
Dawn Tilbury
- Head of National Science Foundation's (NSF) Directorate of Engineering
Feng Zhou
- Youdao, Inc. Founder, Chief Executive Officer
2019
Tsu-Jae King Liu
Jack Wadsworth
Randy Schekman
2018
David Patterson
Betty T. Yee
Eric Betzig
David Patterson
2017 A.M. Turing Award Winner
Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the RISC-V Foundation
UC Berkeley.
Betty T. Yee
32nd California State Controller
Eric Betzig
2014 Nobel Laureate; Janelia Group Leader; UC Berkeley
2017
Steve Carlin
Steve Carlin
Chief Strategy Officer, Softbank Robotics
Keynote Title: The Future of Robotics: How AI will Power"IT"
Richard Karp
Richard Karp
1985 Turing Award Winner
Director of Simons Institute, UC Berkeley
Keynote Title: An Institute For The Foundations of Computer Science
William E. Moerner
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-- 2016 Nobel Winner in Chemistry
Jianmin Zhang
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-- Consul General of the People's Republic of China
Fiona Ma
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-- California's 34th Secretary of the Treasury
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