Past Summits
2020 China Summit
Date: August 15, 2020
Summit Host: NUS @ Singapore
NUS chapter hosted the “2020 China Summit” with the theme “Anchor on the Future, Thrive in the Future” featuring panel discussions on Technology, Finance, and public health.
2019 GCC Global Summit
Date: April 20, 2019
Summit Host: George Washington University @ Washington, DC
GW chapter presented the “2019 GCC Global Summit” with the theme, “Under Pressure: Sino-U.S. Relations on the Threshold” discussing challenges and prospects of the U.S.-China relations.
2018 GCC Global Summit
Date: April 20 – 21, 2018
Summit Host: Columbia University, NYU @ New York, NY
In collaboration with chapters from Columbia University and New York University, GCC presented the “2018 GCC Global Summit” with the theme “China’s Transformation: A Decade of Innovation.”
2018 GCC China U.S. HealthTech Forum
Date: April 24, 2018
Summit Host: Johns Hopkins University @ Baltimore, MD
Johns Hopkins chapter hosted the “2018 GCC China U.S. HealthTech Forum” with the theme “Connection Through Innovation” featuring 17 high-profile speakers from Tencent, Fosun, BrainCo, Baidu Venture, ZhenFund, Johns Hopkins Hospital, and more.
2017 GCC Summit
Date: April 16, 2017
Summit Host: Cornell University @ Ithaca, NY
Cornell chapter hosted the “2017 GCC Summit” with the theme “Illuminating China’s Potential” addressing China’s growing power and responsibilities in the world as well as a broad range of issues from economics to culture.
5th Annual China Summit
Date: April 19, 2016
Summit Host: Emory University @ Atlanta, GA
Emory chapter presented the “5th Annual China Summit” involving students from diverse backgrounds coming together to set up and improve a mobile payment business in China.
2016 GCC Global Summit
Date: March 25 – 26, 2016
Summit Host: New York University @ New York, NY
Hosted at the TKP Conference Center in Times Square, NYU chapter presented the “2016 GCC Global Summit” with the theme “China As a Global Citizen” discussing issues related to finance, business, art and politics.
2013 GCC US Summit
Date: October 12 – 13, 2013
Summit Host: Harvard University @ Boston, MA
Harvard chapter hosted the “2013 GCC US Summit” with the theme “Business Expansion in China” attended by more than 150 delegates from over 25 universities across the US and Canada.
2013 Annual China Summit
Date: July 6 – 7, 2013
Summit Host: Peking University @ Beijing, China
GCC hosted the “2013 Annual China Summit” with the theme of “China‘s Coming of Age: Aspirations of the New Generation” featuring many prominent speakers including Paul Haenle and James McGregor.
2012 Annual Asia Summit
Date: July 7, 2012
Summit Host: Peking University @ Beijing, China
GCC hosted the “2012 Annual Asia Summit” with the theme of “Understanding China: An Era of Great Transformation” and 4 panel discussions on Youth, Education, Health Services, and Media.
2011 Annual Asia Summit
Date: July 9, 2011
Summit Host: Peking University @ Beijing, China
GCC hosted the “2011 Annual Asia Summit” with the theme of “Cultivating Tomorrow’s Leaders” with over 350 students represented by over 50 of the world’s finest institutions attending.
Past Speakers
Kevin Michael Rudd
Former Prime Minister, Australia
J. Stapleton Roy
Former US Ambassador to China; Former Assistant Secretary of State
Steve Forbes
CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Forbes Inc
James Zukin
Co-Founder, Houlihan Lokey
Yukon Huang
Former Country Director for China, World Bank
Jianhai Lin
General Secretary, International Monetary Fund
Peter Lighte
Founding Chairman, JPMorgan Chase Bank China
Yiting Liu
Partner and COO, Coalescence Partners
Liu Xiao Ling Tong
Chinese Actor for Monkey King in ‘Journey to the West’ (1986)
Stephen Roach
Chairman, Morgan Stanley Asia
John Veihmeyer
Former Global Chairman, KPMG
Thomas D. Gorman
Chairman, Fortune China
Michael Eckhart
Global Head of Environmental Finance and Sustainability, Citi
Yucheng Fu
Chairman, China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation
Malcolm Lee
Former Managing Director and Head of Policy, Alibaba Group
Kaiser Kuo
Former Director, Baidu
Olivia Wang
Head of US, ZhenFund
Henry Mo
Chief Economist, AIG
James L. McGregor
Former CEO, Dow Jones & Company in China; Bureau Chief in China and Taiwan, Wall Street Journal
Rebecca Wang
Partner, PWC
Walter Ge
Director, Institute for Environment and Development (IED)
Qiao Cui
Chairman, Beijing Contemporary Art Foundation
Liyang Xu
Associate Dean, National University of Singapore, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health
Craig Allen
Former US ambassador to Brunei; President of United States-China Business Council (USCBC)
Richard Nash
VP of Global Governement Relations, Paypal
Jim Lai
Vice President, Tencent
Xinde Shen
President, China Calligraphers Association
David Lin
China Director of R&D, Microsoft
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
Melissa Chen
Contributing Editor at The Spectator
Isaac Stone Fish
Founder and CEO of Strategy Risks
Cleo Paskal
Associate Fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs
Behnam Ben Taleblu
Senior Fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies
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
Judy Kim
Executive Director on the Asian Cultural Council
Fanyu Lin
CEO of Fluxus
Echo He
Research Services Director at Pace Gallery
Founder of Fou Gallery
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