Agenda
Day 1: Wednesday, April 15
Expanding US-Chinese Business Cooperation in the Current Economic Climate
University Place Conference Center
850 West Michigan Street, Indianapolis
Scott Kennedy, Director, Research Center for Chinese Politics &
Business, Indiana University
Michael McRobbie, President, Indiana University
Yang Wei, President, Zhejiang University
Barbara Flynn, Director, Center for International Business Education &
Research, Indiana University
Mat Orrego, President and CEO, Cornerstone Information Systems
Huang Ping, Consul General of the People's Republic of China in
Chicago
Gregory Ballard, Mayor, City of Indianapolis
Entrepreneurs
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Chair: Donald F. Kuratko, Director, Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship &
Innovation, Indiana University
Michael Furst, Managing Director & CEO, New Garden Educational Group
Vincent Mo, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Soufun Holdings
Ling Lanfang, Chairman of the Board, Silk Road Group
Jim Pearson, President and CEO, Nico
Sandy Wai-Yan Chau, Managing Director, Acorn Campus Ventures
Wang Zhongming, Executive Associate Dean, Zhejiang University School of
Management
Keynote Speaker: Michael Barbalas, President, American Chamber of
Commerce in China
Introduction by Ron Gifford, President & CEO, The Indy Partnership
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Chair: Benjamin Shobert, Managing Director, Teleos
Dennis Kelley, President, Pacific World Trade
Stephen Sterrett, Chief Financial Officer, Simon Property Group
Daniel Brindle, Director of Corporate Affairs, Intercontinental Region and
Japan, Eli Lilly
Faming Zhang, President, Crown Bioscience
Po Chi Wu, Managing Director, DragonBridge Capital
Dan Li, Assistant Professor, Indiana University Kelley School of Business
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Chair: Anne Tsui, Professor, Arizona State University
Angella Castille, Partner, Baker & Daniels
Li Youxing, Professor, Zhejiang University School of Law
Xiande Zhao, Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hou Hong, Chair of the Board, Shaanxi Tri Ring Corporation
Scott Kennedy, Director, RCCPB, Indiana University
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Chair: John Rogers, President, Midwest US-China Association
Stephen Akard, Director of International Development, Indiana Economic
Development Corp.
Fred Armstrong, Mayor, Columbus, Indiana
Roy Budd, Executive Director, Energize-ECI
Cao Zhenghan, Professor, Zhejiang University School of Economics
Keynote Speaker: Daniel Wright, Stonebridge International (former
Managing Director for China and the US-China Strategic Economic
Dialogue, U.S. Treasury Department)
7:15-9:00 Dinner (by invitation)
Host: Michael McRobbie, President, Indiana University
Day 2: Thursday, April 16
Entrepreneurship and US-China Business Cooperation
Alumni Hall, 1st Floor, Indiana Memorial Union
900 East 7th Street, Bloomington
7:45-8:30 Registration
Patrick O’Meara, Vice President for International Affairs, Indiana University
Chair: Michael Barbalas, President, American Chamber of Commerce in
China
Regional Economic Development and Entrepreneurship in China
Wei Longbao, Associate Dean, Zhejiang University School of Management
Regional Models of Entrepreneurship and Organizational Change Strategies
in China
Wang Zhongming, Executive Associate Dean, Zhejiang University
School of ManagementTo Seize the Initiative in Economic Growth: The Transition of Chinese Local
Governments from Managing Enterprises to Managing Administrative Areas
Cao Zhenghan, Professor, Zhejiang University
Commentator: Ryan Hou, CEO, LHP; and Deputy Mayor, Columbus, Indiana
10:20-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-11:45 Panel 8: Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Chair: Anne Tsui, Professor, Arizona State University
Family Firms, Corporate Governance and Performance: Evidence from
Zhejiang
Chen Ling, Associate Dean, Zhejiang University School of Economics
Entrepreneurship and the Olympics
Marc Dollinger,Professor, Indiana University
Business Model Innovation in China
Wu Xiaobo, Professor, Zhejiang University
CSR in China: Awareness and Challenges
Chen Xudong, Zhejiang University
Commentator: Mat Orrego, President & CEO, Cornerstone Information
Systems
Keynote Speaker: Jim Zukin, Senior Managing Director, Houlihan, Lokey,
Howard & Zukin
“The Great Unwind and Its Impact on China”
Chair: Daniel Wright, Senior Vice President, Stonebridge International
Supply Chain Management and Product Recalls in China
Barb Flynn, Director, CIBER, Indiana University, and Xiande Zhao, Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Outward Foreign Investment of Chinese Firms
Marjorie Lyles, Professor, and Dan Li, Assistant Professor, Indiana University
Trade Policy and Innovation
Song Huasheng, Professor, Zhejiang University
Commentator: Wang Qiuning, General Manager, Ningguo Anning Textiles
Co., Ltd.
3:15-4:45 Panel 10: The Legal and Political Environment for Business in
the US and China
Chair: Lauren Robel, Dean, Maurer School of Law, Indiana University
Comparing the Legal Issues Related to Raising Capital in the United States
and China
Li Youxing, Zhejiang University
Comparing Investor/Owner Rights in the US and China
Liang Shangshang, Zhejiang University
Corporate Political Activity in China and the United States
Scott Kennedy, Indiana University
Commentators: Kevin Collins, Associate Professor, Indiana University;
Leng Shuai, Deheng Law Firm
6:00-8:30 Reception and Dinner (by invitation)
Location: Federal Room, Indiana Memorial Union
Keynote Conversation: With Po Chi Wu, Managing Director, DragonBridge
Capital
Host: Donald F. Kuratko, Director, Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship
& Innovation, Indiana University
Day 3: Friday, April 17
Cooperative Programs
8:30-1:00 Program 1: Entrepreneurship Law Clinic Workshop
Room 121, Maurer School of Law, Indiana University-Bloomington
211 South Indiana Avenue, Bloomington
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Tim Boeglin, J.D., Founding Director, Elmore Entrepreneurship Law Clinic
Travis Brown, Entrepreneurial Innovations Manager, Johnson Center for
Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Indiana University
Randy Arnold, Manager, Indiana University Proteomics Facility
Kenton Moorhead, Intern, Elmore Entrepreneurship Law Clinic, IU
Proteomics Facility
Li Youxing, Professor, Zhejiang University Guanghua School of Law
Host: Bill Stephan, Vice President for Engagement, Indiana University
Indepth tour of leading companies in central Indiana. Non-local participants will visit Cook Pharmica (Bloomington), Cummins (Columbus), and FedEx Express (Indianapolis). Participants from Indiana will visit Cook Pharmica. Registered participants should meet in the lobby of the Biddle Hotel, Indiana Memorial Union, 900 E. Seventh St., Bloomington, at 8:00 am.
| Room CG 1050, Kelley School of Business, 1275 E. 10th St., Bloomington | |
| Vincent Mo is Chairman of the Board and CEO of SouFun Holdings Limited, China’s largest online real estate market resource. He received his Master's from IU's Department of Economics. |
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