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Schedule and topics are subject to change. Please check back for updates.

 

All sessions in this Conference are off-the-record and closed to the press, unless otherwise specified.

 

5:30 – 7:30 pm:          Opening Reception

8:00 – 8:30 am:              Registration and Networking Breakfast

 

8:30 – 8:45 am:              Opening Remarks 

• Jeremie Waterman, President, China Center, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

• Jim Zimmerman, Chairman, American Chamber of Commerce in China

 

8:45 – 9:35 am:            Hold, Exit, or Double Down?: The Operating Environment for Foreign Business in China 

Moderator: Jim McGregor, Chairman, Greater China, APCO

• Carlo D’Andrea, Vice President, EU Chamber of Commerce in China; Founder and Managing Partner of D’Andrea & Partners 

• Michael Hart, President, AmCham China 

• Eric Zheng, President, AmCham Shanghai 

 

9:35 – 10:05 am:         Morning Keynote 

Moderator: John Murphy, Senior Vice President, Head of International, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

• Fireside Chat with The Honorable John Moolenaar, U.S. Representative from Michigan and Chair of the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party 

 

10:05 – 10:20 am:          Coffee Break

 

10:20– 11:10 am:          Chinese Politics in The Year of the Fire Horse: Where is President Xi Jinping Taking China? 

Moderator: Paul Haenle, Head of Asia-Pacific Policy and Strategic Competitiveness, JPMorgan Chase

• Chris Johnson, President and CEO of China Strategies Group
• HE the Hon Dr Kevin Rudd AC, President & CEO, Asia Society; Former Prime Minister of Australia; Former Australia's Ambassador to the United States

 

11:10 am – 12:10 pm:    Macro Weakness, Micro Strength, and Lots of Exports: China’s Economy and Implications for Foreign Business 

Moderator: Andrew Polk Partner, Trivium China

• Jon Anderson, President, Emerging Advisors Group 
• Leland R. Miller, Chief Executive Officer, China Beige Book; Commissioner, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
• Fred Neumann, Chief Asia Economist and Co-head of Global Investment Research Asia, Managing Director, HSBC
• Krishna Srinivasan, Director, Asia and Pacific Department, International Monetary Fund

 

12:10 – 1:30 pm:          Buffet Lunch 

 

1:30 – 2:00 pm:              Afternoon Keynote

Moderator: Neil Bradley, Executive Vice President, Chief Policy Officer, and Head of Strategic Advocacy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

• Fireside Chat with The Honorable Brian Mast, U.S. Representative from Florida, Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee

 

2:00 – 3:00 pm:              China’s 15th FYP and Made in China 2030: Looking to the Next Generation of PRC Industrial Policies  

Moderator: Daniel Rosen, Co-Founder, Rhodium Group

• Mikko Huotari, Executive Director, MERICS
• Oliver Melton, Director, China Practice, Rhodium Group
• Barry Naughton, Professor and So Kwan Lok Chair of Chinese International Affairs School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego
• Masami Hihara, Director for Economic Security Policy, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) - Japan

 

3:00 – 3:15 pm:              Break

 

3:15 – 4:15 pm:              Sectoral Drivers of Advantage in U.S.-China Economic Competition  

Moderator: Maureen Hinman, Co-Founder and Executive Chair, Silverado Policy Accelerator

• Michael Dunne, CEO, Dunne Insights
• Caitlin Frazer, Executive Director, National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology
• Chris Jahn, President & Chief Executive Officer, American Chemistry Council
• Thompson Paine, Head of Geopolitics, Anthropic 

 

4:15 – 5:15 pm:              Looking Past Busan and May Flowers: The Benefits and Risks of Inaction with the PRC  

Moderator: Sara Schuman, Managing Director, Beacon Global Strategies

• Elizabeth Cannon, Partner, Global Regulatory, Hogan Lovells; Former Executive Director, Office of Information and Communications Technology and Services (OICTS), Department of Commerce
• David Feith, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Indo-Pacific Security Program, Center for a New American Security (CNAS) 
• Jonathan Fritz, Former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian & Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• Peter Harrell, Nonresident Fellow, American Statecraft Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

 

8:00 – 9:00am:              Networking Breakfast

9:00 – 9:45am:              The Great AI Race: Who is Winning and What Does it Portend?  

Moderator: David Barboza, Co-Founder, The Wire Digital Inc.

• Jason Matheny, President and Chief Executive Officer, RAND

9:45 – 10:45 am:           The Future Commanding Heights of Global Finance: The Dollar, RMB and Global Payments Infrastructure 

Moderator: Gerard DiPippo, Director, Global Macro, Eurasia Group

• Martin Chorzempa, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)
• Josh Lipsky, Vice President & Chair, International Economics, and Senior Director, GeoEconomics Center, Atlantic Council
• Matt Higginson, Partner, McKinsey & Company

10:45 – 11:00 am:         Coffee Break

11:00 am – 12:00 pm:   China’s Great Leap into Future Industries: Can the U.S. Compete? 

Moderator: Greg Ip, Chief Economics Commentator, Wall Street Journal

• Rob Atkinson, President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
• Eric Chewning, Executive Vice President, Maritime Systems & Corporate Strategy, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII)
• Jimmy Goodrich, Senior Advisor for Technology Analysis, RAND Corporation
• Omar Vargas, Vice President & Head of Global Public Policy, General Motors

12:00 – 12:45 pm:         Buffet Lunch

12:45 – 1:30 pm:           Where and When to Draw the Line: Getting Export Controls Right
                                        – Two Views on Exports, Security, and Technological Competition

Moderator: Emily Kilcrease, Senior Fellow and Director Energy, Economics, and Security, Center for New American Security

• Chris McGuire, Senior Fellow for China and Emerging Technologies, Council on Foreign Relations
• Paul Triolo, Partner, DGA–Albright Stonebridge Group

2:00 – 3:00 pm:             Oil, Gas, and Geopolitics: The China–Russia–Iran–Nexus in a U.S.-Shaped Market  

Moderator: Thomas E. Donilon, Vice Chairman, Blackrock; Chairman of the BlackRock Investment Institute; Former U.S. National Security Advisor

• Karim Sadjapour, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

• Joerg Wuttke, Partner, DGA-Albright Stonebridge Group

• Xizhou Zhou, Executive Vice President and Global Head of Power and Renewables, Wood Mackenzie

3:00 – 3:15 pm:            Break 

3:15 – 4:15 pm:            U.S. Recalibration in the Indo Pacific? Opportunities and Risks for American Business

Moderator: Bonnie Glaser, Indo-Pacific Program Managing Director, German Marshall Fund

• Michael Allen, Managing Director, Beacon Global Strategies
• Ely Ratner, Principal, The Marathon Initiative
• Jennifer Welch, Chief Geoeconomics Analyst, Bloomberg Economics
• Rick Waters, Senior Director for the Indo-Pacific, Exxon Mobil

4:15 – 5:15 pm:            A Mid-Term Assessment of Trump Administration Policy on China: What Should the U.S. Do Next 

Moderator: Demetri Sevastopulo, U.S.-China Correspondent, Financial Times

• Kurt Campbell, Chairman and Co-Founder, The Asia Group; Former Deputy Secretary of State
• Alex Wong, Global Chief Strategy Officer, Hanwha Group; Former Principal Deputy National Security Advisor

5:15 – 5:30 pm:           Closing Remarks

5:30 – 7:30 pm:           Closing Reception

 

We are excited to be supported by Trivium China who will serve as this year's Conference Knowledge Partner. Trivium is a policy research team producing readable, primary source-driven analysis on China's political economy. Trivium will produce a 2026 China Chartbook exclusively for the China Business Conference, available during the event.

To learn more about the China Business Conference or if you have any questions, please reach out
to cbc@uschamber.com.