Berkeley China Summit
Overview
Berkeley China Summit (or “BCS”) , founded in 2016, is an annual conference held at
UC Berkeley every fall, with the mission to highlight Berkeley‘s strengths and to encourage bilateral discussion and collaboration between the US and China. Over the past 5 years, we’ve invited over 100 high profile speakers, including Nobel Laureates, Turing Award Winners, business leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, and government officials.
Theme
The theme of BCS 2022 is Revive and Thrive: New Post-Pandemic Normal
Agenda
Time
November 12, 2021 (Fri), 5-9 PM PST
November 13, 2021 (Sat), 5-9 PM PST
Live-streamed on multiple platforms accessible in the US and China.
Keynote Speakers
Nov 12th Friday PST
5:10PM-5:15PM Welcome Remarks - Susie Cohen Crumpler, interim Executive Director of Cal Alumni Association
5:15PM-5:20PM Welcome Remarks - Jeanne HuangLi, Executive Director, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
5:20PM-5:50PM Asiff Hirji - Keynote Speech
5:50PM-6:20PM Bear in China Panel
6:20PM-6:30PM Break & Networking
6:30PM-7:20PM Education Panel
7:20PM-7:30PM Sponsorship
7:30PM-7:40PM Break & Networking
7:40PM-8:30PM Environmental Technology Panel
8:30PM-8:35PM Closing Remarks
Nov 13th Saturday PST
5:00PM-5:10PM Welcome Remarks
5:10PM-5:40PM Nicholas Lane Keynote Speech
5:40PM-6:10PM Reynold Xin Keynote Speech
6:10PM-6:20PM Break & Networking
6:20PM-7:10PM Healthcare Panel
7:10PM-7:20PM Break & Networking
7:20PM-8:10PM Entrepreneurship Panel Partnered with ACE
8:10PM-8:15PM Closing Remarks
8:20PM-9:00PM Recruitment Session Online
Panels
Healthcare
Entrepreneurship (partnered with ACE)
Education
Environmental Technology
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Entrepreneurship Panel Cohost
Title Sponsor
Parnters
Media Partners
PAST SPEAKERS
2020
Rich Lyons
- Chief Innovation and Entrepreneurship Officer, UC Berkeley
- Professor & Former Dean
- William & Janet Cronk Chair in Innovative Leadership
Dawn Tilbury
Feng Zhou
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