National Security & Foreign Policy
国家安全与外交政策
National Security & Foreign Policy
国家安全与外交政策
Introduction
Panelists discuss the rapidly changing nature of Sino-US relations, including trade policy, sanctions, infrastructure security and potential implications for regional security and relations with the West.
Time: 2:45PM – 3:45PM
Language: English
Speakers
Melissa Chen
Moderator
Contributing Editor at The Spectator
Isaac Stone Fish
Panelist
Founder and CEO of Strategy Risks
Cleo Paskal
Panelist
Associate Fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs
Behnam Ben Taleblu
Panelist
Senior Fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies
Melissa Chen
Moderator
Contributing Editor at The Spectator
Melissa is a contributing editor at The Spectator, where her writing focuses on China’s increasingly aggressive authoritarian posture and human rights abuses. She’s also a co-founder and Managing Director of Ideas Beyond Borders, a non-profit dedicated to making otherwise inaccessible pro-liberty ideas freely accessible to Arabic, Farsi, Kurdish and Pashto speakers across the globe, often for the first time. Working with an extensive network of youth across the region, IBB translates the works of authors like John Stuart Mill and Steven Pinker, as well as Wikipedia articles on ‘banned’ topics pertaining to scientific discovery, personal liberty, civil rights, freedom of speech and more.
Melissa is also a Senior Fellow and on the Board of Directors at the Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism (FAIR), a non-profit committed to advancing civil rights and liberties for all people, and promoting a common culture based on fairness, understanding and humanity. FAIR is an antidote to the growing intolerance and race essentialism that have permeated modern American culture and caused so many trusted institutions to lose their way.
With a degree in computational biology, Melissa previously worked as a research scientist at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and then for a large biotech firm. Born in Singapore, she has always been very vocal about the necessity of free expression and education as guarantors of human rights and democracy. She brings this conviction and passion to her work.
Isaac Stone Fish
Panelist
Founder and CEO of Strategy Risks
Isaac Stone Fish is the founder and CEO of the research firm Strategy Risks, which quantifies corporate exposure to China. He is also a Washington Post Global Opinions contributing columnist, a contributor to CBSN, an adjunct at NYU’s Center for Global Affairs, a visiting fellow at the Atlantic Council, a columnist on China risk at Barron’s, and a frequent speaker at events around the United States and the world. Previously he served as Foreign Policy Magazine’s Asia Editor: he managed coverage of the region, and wrote about the politics, economics, and international affairs of China, Japan, and North Korea. A fluent Mandarin speaker and formerly a Beijing correspondent for Newsweek, Stone Fish spent seven years living in China prior to joining Foreign Policy. He has traveled widely in the region and in the country, visiting every Chinese province, autonomous region, and municipality. He was also formerly a senior fellow at the Asia Society’s Center on U.S.-China Relations, and a visiting fellow at the German Marshall Fund.
Stone Fish is a graduate of Columbia University, where he studied Chinese literature. He is also a Truman National Security Project fellow, an alum of the World Economic Forum Global Shapers Community, a senior advisor to the Korea Society, and a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. His book America Second came out in February 2022 from Knopf.
Cleo Paskal
Panelist
Associate Fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs
Cleo Paskal’s affiliations include: Non-Resident Senior Fellow for the Indo-Pacific, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Washington, D.C.; Senior Fellow, Usanas Foundation, India; International Board of Advisors, Global Counter Terrorism Council, India; Visiting Fellow, Centre d’études et de recherches internationales de l’Université de Montréal (CÉRIUM); Fellow, Canadian Global Affairs Institute; Collaborator, Network for Strategic Analysis; and International Board of Advisors, Kalinga Institute of Indo-Pacific Studies, India.
She has lectured or briefed at a wide range of organizations, including: US Department of State; US Army War College; US Air Force; US National Guard; Center for Homeland Defense & Security (Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey); Inter-American Defense Board; National Defence College, India; the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK; Royal College of Defence Studies, UK; National Defence College, Oman; German Foreign Office; Centre for National Security Studies (Canadian Forces College); Global Affairs Canada; the European Union; and NATO.
From 2006-2022, she was an Associate Fellow at Chatham House (Royal Institute of International Affairs), London, UK where, among other projects, she led a multi-year research project on perceptions of strategic shifts in the Indo-Pacific from the points of view of India, the US, Japan, Oceania, the UK, France and China. She is widely published in the academic and popular press.
Behnam Ben Taleblu
Panelist
Senior Fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies
Behnam Ben Taleblu is a senior fellow at FDD where he focuses primarily on Iranian security and political issues. Behnam previously served as a research fellow and senior Iran analyst at FDD. Prior to his time at FDD, Behnam worked on non-proliferation issues at an arms control think-tank in Washington. Leveraging his subject-matter expertise, functional expertise, and native Farsi skills, Behnam closely tracks a wide range of issues at FDD’s Center on Political and Military Power and Center on Economic and Financial Power including nuclear non-proliferation, arms control and ballistic missiles, sanctions and U.S. coercive economic measures, and terrorist groups. Frequently called upon to brief journalists, military audiences, congressional staff, universities, and other Washington-audiences, Behnam has also testified before the U.S. Congress and Canadian Parliament, and has provided written and oral testimony to the UK House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee.
His analysis has been quoted in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Fox News, The Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, and Axios, among others. Additionally, he has contributed to or co-authored articles for Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Fox News, The Hill, War on the Rocks, The National Interest, Newsweek, and U.S. News & World Report. Behnam has appeared on a variety of broadcast programs, including BBC News, Fox News, CBS News, C-SPAN, and Defense News. Behnam earned his MA in International Relations from The University of Chicago, and his BA in International Affairs and Middle East Studies from The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs.
Melissa Chen
Melissa is a contributing editor at The Spectator, where her writing focuses on China’s increasingly aggressive authoritarian posture and human rights abuses. She’s also a co-founder and Managing Director of Ideas Beyond Borders, a non-profit dedicated to making otherwise inaccessible pro-liberty ideas freely accessible to Arabic, Farsi, Kurdish and Pashto speakers across the globe, often for the first time. Working with an extensive network of youth across the region, IBB translates the works of authors like John Stuart Mill and Steven Pinker, as well as Wikipedia articles on ‘banned’ topics pertaining to scientific discovery, personal liberty, civil rights, freedom of speech and more.
Melissa is also a Senior Fellow and on the Board of Directors at the Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism (FAIR), a non-profit committed to advancing civil rights and liberties for all people, and promoting a common culture based on fairness, understanding and humanity. FAIR is an antidote to the growing intolerance and race essentialism that have permeated modern American culture and caused so many trusted institutions to lose their way.
With a degree in computational biology, Melissa previously worked as a research scientist at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and then for a large biotech firm. Born in Singapore, she has always been very vocal about the necessity of free expression and education as guarantors of human rights and democracy. She brings this conviction and passion to her work.
Isaac Stone Fish
Isaac Stone Fish is the founder and CEO of the research firm Strategy Risks, which quantifies corporate exposure to China. He is also a Washington Post Global Opinions contributing columnist, a contributor to CBSN, an adjunct at NYU’s Center for Global Affairs, a visiting fellow at the Atlantic Council, a columnist on China risk at Barron’s, and a frequent speaker at events around the United States and the world. Previously he served as Foreign Policy Magazine’s Asia Editor: he managed coverage of the region, and wrote about the politics, economics, and international affairs of China, Japan, and North Korea. A fluent Mandarin speaker and formerly a Beijing correspondent for Newsweek, Stone Fish spent seven years living in China prior to joining Foreign Policy. He has traveled widely in the region and in the country, visiting every Chinese province, autonomous region, and municipality. He was also formerly a senior fellow at the Asia Society’s Center on U.S.-China Relations, and a visiting fellow at the German Marshall Fund.
Stone Fish is a graduate of Columbia University, where he studied Chinese literature. He is also a Truman National Security Project fellow, an alum of the World Economic Forum Global Shapers Community, a senior advisor to the Korea Society, and a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. His book America Second came out in February 2022 from Knopf.
Cleo Paskal
Cleo Paskal’s affiliations include: Non-Resident Senior Fellow for the Indo-Pacific, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Washington, D.C.; Senior Fellow, Usanas Foundation, India; International Board of Advisors, Global Counter Terrorism Council, India; Visiting Fellow, Centre d’études et de recherches internationales de l’Université de Montréal (CÉRIUM); Fellow, Canadian Global Affairs Institute; Collaborator, Network for Strategic Analysis; and International Board of Advisors, Kalinga Institute of Indo-Pacific Studies, India.
She has lectured or briefed at a wide range of organizations, including: US Department of State; US Army War College; US Air Force; US National Guard; Center for Homeland Defense & Security (Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey); Inter-American Defense Board; National Defence College, India; the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK; Royal College of Defence Studies, UK; National Defence College, Oman; German Foreign Office; Centre for National Security Studies (Canadian Forces College); Global Affairs Canada; the European Union; and NATO.
From 2006-2022, she was an Associate Fellow at Chatham House (Royal Institute of International Affairs), London, UK where, among other projects, she led a multi-year research project on perceptions of strategic shifts in the Indo-Pacific from the points of view of India, the US, Japan, Oceania, the UK, France and China. She is widely published in the academic and popular press.
Behnam Ben Taleblu
Behnam Ben Taleblu is a senior fellow at FDD where he focuses primarily on Iranian security and political issues. Behnam previously served as a research fellow and senior Iran analyst at FDD. Prior to his time at FDD, Behnam worked on non-proliferation issues at an arms control think-tank in Washington. Leveraging his subject-matter expertise, functional expertise, and native Farsi skills, Behnam closely tracks a wide range of issues at FDD’s Center on Political and Military Power and Center on Economic and Financial Power including nuclear non-proliferation, arms control and ballistic missiles, sanctions and U.S. coercive economic measures, and terrorist groups. Frequently called upon to brief journalists, military audiences, congressional staff, universities, and other Washington-audiences, Behnam has also testified before the U.S. Congress and Canadian Parliament, and has provided written and oral testimony to the UK House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee.
His analysis has been quoted in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Fox News, The Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, and Axios, among others. Additionally, he has contributed to or co-authored articles for Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Fox News, The Hill, War on the Rocks, The National Interest, Newsweek, and U.S. News & World Report. Behnam has appeared on a variety of broadcast programs, including BBC News, Fox News, CBS News, C-SPAN, and Defense News. Behnam earned his MA in International Relations from The University of Chicago, and his BA in International Affairs and Middle East Studies from The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs.
Finance
金融板块
Finance
金融板块
Introduction
Panelists discuss recent headwinds faced by Chinese markets, including the ongoing Evergrande crisis, as well as recent sweeping reforms to China’s education and pharmaceutical industries. What does the road ahead look like for the Chinese real estate market? How will the government’s massive reforms impact China’s competitiveness going forward, and what are the implications for other industries?
Time: 11:20AM – 12:20PM
Language: English
Speakers
Serena Dang
Founder and CEO of TeaCup Inc.
ex-VC Investor
ex-Wall Street Trader
Kevin Chen
CEO of Edoc Acquisition Corporation
Adjunct Professor, NYU
Christopher Balding
Founder of New Kite Data Labs
Serena Dang
Founder and CEO of TeaCup Inc.
ex-VC Investor
ex-Wall Street Trader
Serena Dang is the Founder and CEO of TeaCup Inc., a voice-first online platform with a social mission to improve the wellbeing of the world’s aging population. Prior to starting TeaCup Inc., Serena was the founding member of 1Sharpe Ventures, an $100M venture capital fund with a focus on investing in early stage real estate and ESG focused tech startups. Before that, Serena was a Vice President in Capital Markets at Nomura Securities, focused on trading and structuring securitized products within the Fixed Income group. Serena is passionate about ESG and female empowerment. She is an advisor to Trella, a US-China based greentech company, and is the Head of North America for SheLovesTech, a global ecosystem advancing women in tech entrepreneurship. Serena has a Bachelor of Science degree from the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University, and is an avid mountaineer and triathlete.
Kevin Chen
CEO of Edoc Acquisition Corporation
Adjunct Professor, NYU
Kevin Chen is currently Chairman and CEO of Edoc Acquisition Corporation. Chief Economist and CIO of Horizon Financial. Adjunct Associate Professor, New York University. A guest speaker at Harvard University, Fordham University, Pace University, and IESE Business School. Former member of the Adjunct Advisory Committee and former Interim Head of the Private Sector Concentration program of Ms. Global Affairs, New York University. Member of the Economic Club of New York. Fellow of the Foreign Policy Association. Member of the Bretton Woods Committee. Editorial Advisory Board Member of the Global Commodity Applied Research Digest (GCARD) at JP Morgan Center for Commodities (JPMCC) at the University of Colorado Denver Business School. Co-Chair of the New York Finance Forum. Fellow of International Center for Emerging Market Research, RUDN University in Moscow. Kevin is also a Co-Founder and Vice-Chairman of the Absolute Return Investment Management Association of China.
Senior Portfolio Manager, Credit Agricole/Amundi Asset Management from Aug. 2008 to Oc. 2011. Director of Asset Allocation at Morgan Stanley August 2004 to August 2008. Manager at China Development Bank, September 1998 to August 2000. PhD in Finance from the Financial Asset Management Engineering Center at University of Lausanne, Switzerland at October 2004. Master’s degree in Finance, Center for Economic Research, Tilburg University in the Netherlands at August 2001. B.A. degree in Economics from the Renmin University of China in Beijing, China, July 1998.
Christopher Balding
Founder of New Kite Data Labs
Christopher Balding was a professor at the Fulbright University Vietnam and the HSBC Business School of Peking University Graduate School. He specializes in the Chinese economy, financial markets, and technology. Founder of New Kite Data Labs think tank, he specializes in the most advanced cutting edge tech and economic data. Having lived in China and Vietnam for more than a decade, he has now relocated to the United States.
Serena Dang
Serena Dang is the Founder and CEO of TeaCup Inc., a voice-first online platform with a social mission to improve the wellbeing of the world’s aging population. Prior to starting TeaCup Inc., Serena was the founding member of 1Sharpe Ventures, an $100M venture capital fund with a focus on investing in early stage real estate and ESG focused tech startups. Before that, Serena was a Vice President in Capital Markets at Nomura Securities, focused on trading and structuring securitized products within the Fixed Income group. Serena is passionate about ESG and female empowerment. She is an advisor to Trella, a US-China based greentech company, and is the Head of North America for SheLovesTech, a global ecosystem advancing women in tech entrepreneurship. Serena has a Bachelor of Science degree from the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University, and is an avid mountaineer and triathlete.
Kevin Chen
Kevin Chen is currently Chairman and CEO of Edoc Acquisition Corporation. Chief Economist and CIO of Horizon Financial. Adjunct Associate Professor, New York University. A guest speaker at Harvard University, Fordham University, Pace University, and IESE Business School. Former member of the Adjunct Advisory Committee and former Interim Head of the Private Sector Concentration program of Ms. Global Affairs, New York University. Member of the Economic Club of New York. Fellow of the Foreign Policy Association. Member of the Bretton Woods Committee. Editorial Advisory Board Member of the Global Commodity Applied Research Digest (GCARD) at JP Morgan Center for Commodities (JPMCC) at the University of Colorado Denver Business School. Co-Chair of the New York Finance Forum. Fellow of International Center for Emerging Market Research, RUDN University in Moscow. Kevin is also a Co-Founder and Vice-Chairman of the Absolute Return Investment Management Association of China.
Senior Portfolio Manager, Credit Agricole/Amundi Asset Management from Aug. 2008 to Oc. 2011. Director of Asset Allocation at Morgan Stanley August 2004 to August 2008. Manager at China Development Bank, September 1998 to August 2000. PhD in Finance from the Financial Asset Management Engineering Center at University of Lausanne, Switzerland at October 2004. Master’s degree in Finance, Center for Economic Research, Tilburg University in the Netherlands at August 2001. B.A. degree in Economics from the Renmin University of China in Beijing, China, July 1998.
Christopher Balding
Christopher Balding was a professor at the Fulbright University Vietnam and the HSBC Business School of Peking University Graduate School. He specializes in the Chinese economy, financial markets, and technology. Founder of New Kite Data Labs think tank, he specializes in the most advanced cutting edge tech and economic data. Having lived in China and Vietnam for more than a decade, he has now relocated to the United States.
Art & Culture
文化与艺术
Art & Culture
文化与艺术
Introduction
How has the changing nature of US-China relations impacted the art community? A discussion of the contemporary US-China art market and emerging Chinese artists.
Time: 1:45PM – 2:45PM
Language: English
Speakers
Judy Kim
Moderator
Executive Director on the
Asian Cultural Council
Fanyu Lin
Panelist
CEO of Fluxus
Echo He
Panelist
Research Services Director at Pace Gallery
Founder of Fou Gallery
Judy Kim
Moderator
Executive Director on the
Asian Cultural Council
Judy Kim joined the Asian Cultural Council as Executive Director in July 2021. She is a strategic and tactical senior executive in the cultural sector who envisions, builds, and optimizes infrastructures and processes necessary to plan for the future. Judy has led major initiatives focused on growth and engagement, and managed programming and operations activities in the U.S. and globally in arts institutions including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Brooklyn Museum, American Federation of Arts, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. Judy’s 25-year long career is based on a curatorial foundation that expanded into leading and transforming cross-institutional operations and program planning, content development, and implementation. She earned her bachelor’s degree in art history with honors from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and her master’s degree in curatorial studies in contemporary art and culture from the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College, where she was a CCS fellow.
Fanyu Lin
Panelist
CEO of Fluxus
Fanyu Lin is an award-winning entrepreneur and architect, passionate about impact investing. She is the CEO of Fluxus, a technology company committed to improving quality of life through delivering affordable, sustainable and smart homes. Fanyu founded the World Home Foundation to harness philanthropic power for tackling the global housing crisis – one of the biggest social, economic and moral challenges facing humanity today. The Foundation is creating a universal ESG standard for the urban affordable housing sector to unlock global housing as a viable and fluid long-term impact investment asset.
Fanyu serves on the World Economic Forum’s Council on the Connected World, to shape governance and innovation of the internet of things and related technologies in the global public interest. She serves on the Bloomberg New Economy Cities Council to collaborate on a methodical, citizen-centric approach to urbanization. She is a Founding Delegate of the Bloomberg New Economy Forum amongst 300 leaders that Michael Bloomberg brings together to collaborate on actionable solutions to critical global issues since 2018.
As an architect, Fanyu worked on the post-disaster reconstruction projects after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake in China, and also designed sustainable architecture solutions for the United Nation’s rapid deployment missions in post-conflict zones that can be used as permanent infrastructure for local communities after the UN missions. She advised X-Prize Foundation together with a group of thought leaders on prize design for Humanitarian Housing in 2016 and Housing for Future in 2017. She was awarded as the 2017 SOCAP Entrepreneur by Social Capital Markets. Her works have been shown in international exhibitions including the 14th International Architecture Exhibition at Venice Biennale. Fanyu received Master of Science degree in Advanced Architecture Design from Columbia University, Bachelor of Architecture from Central Academy of Fine Arts.
Echo He
Panelist
Research Services Director at Pace Gallery
Founder of Fou Gallery
Echo He is a curator, writer, art researcher and millinery artist in New York. By day, she is Research Services Director of Pace Gallery. In 2013, she founded and has continued to operate Fou Gallery, a unique gallery space and creative lab located in Brooklyn, New York. In recognition of the dynamic and inspiring curatorial practices, Echo received Yishu Awards for Writing and Curating Contemporary Chinese Art (Shanghai, 2016) and special Congressional Recognition (New York, 2018). During the COVID-19 crisis, Echo co-founded a non-profit organization Art in Touch to bring medical resources, in-kind help, compassion, solace, and enlightenment to frontline healthcare workers and underserved communities with the power of art. Art in Touch received New York State Assembly Certificate of Merit (New York) and Collection Certificate from National Museum of China (Beijing). She is a prolific writer and regularly contributes to a variety of publications, including The Art Newspaper (China), Lens, Art China, Marie Claire, World Heritage Geography, Condé Nast Traveler, among others. Besides that, she is also a millinery artist and runs her various art practices under Chapeau Echo studio. Echo received her B.A. and M.A. degree in Business Administration from Peking University and an M.A. in Visual Arts Administration from New York University.
Judy Kim
Judy Kim joined the Asian Cultural Council as Executive Director in July 2021. She is a strategic and tactical senior executive in the cultural sector who envisions, builds, and optimizes infrastructures and processes necessary to plan for the future. Judy has led major initiatives focused on growth and engagement, and managed programming and operations activities in the U.S. and globally in arts institutions including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Brooklyn Museum, American Federation of Arts, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. Judy’s 25-year long career is based on a curatorial foundation that expanded into leading and transforming cross-institutional operations and program planning, content development, and implementation. She earned her bachelor’s degree in art history with honors from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and her master’s degree in curatorial studies in contemporary art and culture from the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College, where she was a CCS fellow.
Fanyu Lin
Fanyu Lin is an award-winning entrepreneur and architect, passionate about impact investing. She is the CEO of Fluxus, a technology company committed to improving quality of life through delivering affordable, sustainable and smart homes. Fanyu founded the World Home Foundation to harness philanthropic power for tackling the global housing crisis – one of the biggest social, economic and moral challenges facing humanity today. The Foundation is creating a universal ESG standard for the urban affordable housing sector to unlock global housing as a viable and fluid long-term impact investment asset.
Fanyu serves on the World Economic Forum’s Council on the Connected World, to shape governance and innovation of the internet of things and related technologies in the global public interest. She serves on the Bloomberg New Economy Cities Council to collaborate on a methodical, citizen-centric approach to urbanization. She is a Founding Delegate of the Bloomberg New Economy Forum amongst 300 leaders that Michael Bloomberg brings together to collaborate on actionable solutions to critical global issues since 2018.
As an architect, Fanyu worked on the post-disaster reconstruction projects after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake in China, and also designed sustainable architecture solutions for the United Nation’s rapid deployment missions in post-conflict zones that can be used as permanent infrastructure for local communities after the UN missions. She advised X-Prize Foundation together with a group of thought leaders on prize design for Humanitarian Housing in 2016 and Housing for Future in 2017. She was awarded as the 2017 SOCAP Entrepreneur by Social Capital Markets. Her works have been shown in international exhibitions including the 14th International Architecture Exhibition at Venice Biennale. Fanyu received Master of Science degree in Advanced Architecture Design from Columbia University, Bachelor of Architecture from Central Academy of Fine Arts.
Echo He
Echo He is a curator, writer, art researcher and millinery artist in New York. By day, she is Research Services Director of Pace Gallery. In 2013, she founded and has continued to operate Fou Gallery, a unique gallery space and creative lab located in Brooklyn, New York. In recognition of the dynamic and inspiring curatorial practices, Echo received Yishu Awards for Writing and Curating Contemporary Chinese Art (Shanghai, 2016) and special Congressional Recognition (New York, 2018). During the COVID-19 crisis, Echo co-founded a non-profit organization Art in Touch to bring medical resources, in-kind help, compassion, solace, and enlightenment to frontline healthcare workers and underserved communities with the power of art. Art in Touch received New York State Assembly Certificate of Merit (New York) and Collection Certificate from National Museum of China (Beijing). She is a prolific writer and regularly contributes to a variety of publications, including The Art Newspaper (China), Lens, Art China, Marie Claire, World Heritage Geography, Condé Nast Traveler, among others. Besides that, she is also a millinery artist and runs her various art practices under Chapeau Echo studio. Echo received her B.A. and M.A. degree in Business Administration from Peking University and an M.A. in Visual Arts Administration from New York University.
Keynote speakers
Keynote speakers
Dr. Henry C. Lee
Distinguished Chair Professor, University of New Haven
Founder, Henry Lee Institute of Forensic Science
David Adelman
Former US Ambassador to Singapore
Dr. Henry C. Lee
Distinguished Chair Professor, University of New Haven
Founder, Henry Lee Institute of Forensic Science
Dr. Henry C. Lee is one of the world’s foremost forensic scientists. Dr. Lee’s work has made him a landmark in modern-day criminal investigations. He has been a prominent player in many of the most challenging cases of the last 50 years. Dr. Lee has worked with law enforcement agencies in helping to solve more than 8000 cases. In recent years, his travels have taken him to England, Bosnia, Canada, China, Brunei, Bermuda, Germany, Singapore, Thailand, Middle East, South America and other locations around the world.
Dr. Lee’s testimony figured prominently in the O. J. Simpson, Jason Williams, Peterson, and Kennedy Smith Trials; and in convictions of the “Woodchipper” murderer as well as thousands of other murder cases. Dr. Lee has assisted local and state police in their investigations of other famous crimes, such as the murder of Jon Benet Ramsey in Boulder, Colorado, the 1993 suicide of White House Counsel Vincent Foster, the death of Chandra Levy, the kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart, and the reinvestigation of the Kennedy assassination. He was a consultant for more than 800 law enforcement agencies.
Dr. Lee was born in China in 1938 and raised up in Taiwan. Dr. Lee first worked for the Taipei Police Department, attaining the rank of Captain. Dr. Lee came to the United States in 1965, and he earned his B.S. in Forensic Science from John Jay College in 1972. Dr. Lee continued his studies in biochemistry at NYU where he earned his Master’s Degree in 1974 and his Ph.D. in 1975. He has also received special training from the FBI Academy, ATF, RCMP, and other organizations. He is a recipient of more than 20 Honorary degrees.
In 1975, Dr. Lee joined the University of New Haven, where he created the school’s Forensic Sciences program. He has also taught as a professor at more than a dozen universities, law schools, and medical schools. Though challenged with the demands on his time, Dr. Lee still lectures throughout the country and world to police, Universities and civic organizations. Dr. Lee has authored hundreds of articles in professional journals and has co-authored more than 40 books, covering the areas, such as; DNA, Fingerprints, Trace Evidence, Crime Scene Investigation and Crime Scene Reconstruction. He is the author of some best sellers, such as Famous Crimes Revisited, Cracking Cases: the science of solving crimes, Blood Evidence, and Cracking More Cases. In addition, his textbooks such as Forensic Science, Physical Evidence and Henry Lee’s Crime Scene Handbook have been widely adopted in medical legal and forensic professions. He has appeared in many TV shows and movies. His new television series, Trace Evidence – Dr. Henry Lee File has received high ratings and has been broadcasted around the world.
Dr. Lee has been the recipient of numerous medals and awards, including the 1996 Medal of Justice from the Justice Foundation, and the 1998 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Science and Engineer Association. He has also been the recipient of the Distinguished Criminalist Award from the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS); the J. Donero Award from the International Association of Identification and in 1992 was elected a distinguished Fellow of the AAFS. He has also received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American College of Forensic Examiners (ACFE) in 2000, Medal of Honor by the Ellis Island Foundation in 2004, Congressional Recognition for Outstanding services by the US Congress in 2004, Presidential Medal of Honor by the President of Croatia in 2005, Medal of Service from the Ministry of Interior, Taiwan, ROC in 2006, and Gusi Peace Award from the Philippines in 2008.
Dr. Lee is currently the director of Forensic Research and Training Center and Distinguished Professor in Forensic Science of the University of New Haven. He was the Chief Emeritus for the Connecticut State Police during 2000-2010 and was the Commissioner of Public Safety for the State of Connecticut during 1998 to 2000 and has served as the state’s Chief Criminalist from 1978 to 2000. Dr. Lee was the driving force in establishing a modern state police communication system, Community based police services sex offender and DNA databank, major crime investigation concepts and advanced forensic science services in Connecticut.
David Adelman
Former US Ambassador to Singapore
Ambassador (Ret.) David Adelman is a Managing Director and the General Counsel of KraneShares. He previously was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong and partner in two global law firms practicing law in New York, Washington, D.C., and Atlanta. David was the 15th United States Ambassador to Singapore serving during the first term of the Obama-Biden Administration.
He previously was an appointed member of the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Capital Markets Committee and served on the Executive Board of the Hong Kong Treasury Markets Association. David was a member of the Board of Governors of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong.
David is a Trustee of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Advisory Board of the Israel-Asia Center. He is an Adjunct Professor at New York University where he teaches international relations of the Asia-Pacific region at the graduate level. David received his J.D. from Emory University where he is a recipient of the Emory Medal. He earned an M.P.A from Georgia State University and B.A. from the University of Georgia. David and his wife Caroline reside in New York City and have three adult children.
Dr. Henry C. Lee
Dr. Henry C. Lee is one of the world’s foremost forensic scientists. Dr. Lee’s work has made him a landmark in modern-day criminal investigations. He has been a prominent player in many of the most challenging cases of the last 50 years. Dr. Lee has worked with law enforcement agencies in helping to solve more than 8000 cases. In recent years, his travels have taken him to England, Bosnia, Canada, China, Brunei, Bermuda, Germany, Singapore, Thailand, Middle East, South America and other locations around the world.
Dr. Lee’s testimony figured prominently in the O. J. Simpson, Jason Williams, Peterson, and Kennedy Smith Trials; and in convictions of the “Woodchipper” murderer as well as thousands of other murder cases. Dr. Lee has assisted local and state police in their investigations of other famous crimes, such as the murder of Jon Benet Ramsey in Boulder, Colorado, the 1993 suicide of White House Counsel Vincent Foster, the death of Chandra Levy, the kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart, and the reinvestigation of the Kennedy assassination. He was a consultant for more than 800 law enforcement agencies.
Dr. Lee was born in China in 1938 and raised up in Taiwan. Dr. Lee first worked for the Taipei Police Department, attaining the rank of Captain. Dr. Lee came to the United States in 1965, and he earned his B.S. in Forensic Science from John Jay College in 1972. Dr. Lee continued his studies in biochemistry at NYU where he earned his Master’s Degree in 1974 and his Ph.D. in 1975. He has also received special training from the FBI Academy, ATF, RCMP, and other organizations. He is a recipient of more than 20 Honorary degrees.
In 1975, Dr. Lee joined the University of New Haven, where he created the school’s Forensic Sciences program. He has also taught as a professor at more than a dozen universities, law schools, and medical schools. Though challenged with the demands on his time, Dr. Lee still lectures throughout the country and world to police, Universities and civic organizations. Dr. Lee has authored hundreds of articles in professional journals and has co-authored more than 40 books, covering the areas, such as; DNA, Fingerprints, Trace Evidence, Crime Scene Investigation and Crime Scene Reconstruction. He is the author of some best sellers, such as Famous Crimes Revisited, Cracking Cases: the science of solving crimes, Blood Evidence, and Cracking More Cases. In addition, his textbooks such as Forensic Science, Physical Evidence and Henry Lee’s Crime Scene Handbook have been widely adopted in medical legal and forensic professions. He has appeared in many TV shows and movies. His new television series, Trace Evidence – Dr. Henry Lee File has received high ratings and has been broadcasted around the world.
Dr. Lee has been the recipient of numerous medals and awards, including the 1996 Medal of Justice from the Justice Foundation, and the 1998 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Science and Engineer Association. He has also been the recipient of the Distinguished Criminalist Award from the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS); the J. Donero Award from the International Association of Identification and in 1992 was elected a distinguished Fellow of the AAFS. He has also received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American College of Forensic Examiners (ACFE) in 2000, Medal of Honor by the Ellis Island Foundation in 2004, Congressional Recognition for Outstanding services by the US Congress in 2004, Presidential Medal of Honor by the President of Croatia in 2005, Medal of Service from the Ministry of Interior, Taiwan, ROC in 2006, and Gusi Peace Award from the Philippines in 2008.
Dr. Lee is currently the director of Forensic Research and Training Center and Distinguished Professor in Forensic Science of the University of New Haven. He was the Chief Emeritus for the Connecticut State Police during 2000-2010 and was the Commissioner of Public Safety for the State of Connecticut during 1998 to 2000 and has served as the state’s Chief Criminalist from 1978 to 2000. Dr. Lee was the driving force in establishing a modern state police communication system, Community based police services sex offender and DNA databank, major crime investigation concepts and advanced forensic science services in Connecticut.
David Adelman
Ambassador (Ret.) David Adelman is a Managing Director and the General Counsel of KraneShares. He previously was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong and partner in two global law firms practicing law in New York, Washington, D.C., and Atlanta. David was the 15th United States Ambassador to Singapore serving during the first term of the Obama-Biden Administration.
He previously was an appointed member of the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Capital Markets Committee and served on the Executive Board of the Hong Kong Treasury Markets Association. David was a member of the Board of Governors of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong.
David is a Trustee of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Advisory Board of the Israel-Asia Center. He is an Adjunct Professor at New York University where he teaches international relations of the Asia-Pacific region at the graduate level. David received his J.D. from Emory University where he is a recipient of the Emory Medal. He earned an M.P.A from Georgia State University and B.A. from the University of Georgia. David and his wife Caroline reside in New York City and have three adult children.
