Committee of 100 to Host 2014 Annual Conference in San Francisco on April 25

Project Pengyou is excited to support The Committee of 100’s 23rd Annual Common Ground Conference on April 25-26,2014 at the Four Seasons Hotel in San Francisco!

Committee of 100 “Common Ground” Conferences serve as the premier forum to address key issues impacting U.S.-China relations and the Chinese American community. Inaugurated in 1991, the annual conference features roundtables that convene renowned thought leaders in academia, the arts, business, government, science, and technology.

To take part in this high level US-China leadership event, please register on the Conference website by April 18th. 

Conference Co-chairs (C100 members):

• Chi-Foon Chan, President & co-CEO, Synopsys
• Yuan Yuan Tan, Principal Dancer, San Francisco Ballet
• Jay Xu, Director, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
• Geoff Yang, Managing Director, Redpoint Ventures
  

Conference Keynote Speakers

• Jianhai Lin, Secretary-General, International Monetary Fund
• Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate in Economics, Professor, Columbia University

Speakers

• David Dreier, Annenberg-Dreier Commission at Sunnylands
• Tom Doctoroff, JWT Asia Pacific
• John Hennessy, Stanford University (Award Recipient)
• Jia Qingguo, School of International Studies, Peking University
• David M. Lampton, Johns Hopkins SAIS
• Edwin Lee, Mayor of San Francisco
• Cheng Li, Brookings Institution
• Eric X. Li, Aspen Institute
• Bill Mundell, International Knowledge Measurement
• Brian A. Sun, Jones Day
• Frank Wu, University of California Hastings College of the Law
• Gideon Yu, San Francisco 49er’s

Topics covered at the event include:

• Search, Shop, Spend: Unleashing the Chinese Digital Consumer
• Building U.S.-China Strategic Trust
• Fostering a New Major Power Relationship
• Trade Secrets and Economic Espionage: Legal Risks in Advancing Technology between the United States and China
• Ideas, Innovation, Identity: Asian Americans in Silicon Valley 

Henry Tang, Co-founder of The Committee of 100, is a board member of The Golden Bridges Foundation and Project Pengyou and we are proud to serve as a promotional partner for the Committee of 100 for their excellent series of conferences on U.S.- China relations. Our Executive Director, Holly Chang, is a Chinese-American deeply connected to the C100’s missions and is honored to take part in its Annual Leadership Summit.

About Committee of 100:
The Committee of 100 is a leadership organization of prominent Chinese Americans in business, government, academia, and the arts. For over 20 years, the Committee has served as a substantive bridge in the U.S.-China dialogue by fostering regular exchanges with the leadership of Beijing, Taipei, and Washington. Members of the Committee of 100 are leading U.S. citizens of Chinese descent who leverage their collective influence, resources and experiences to address important issues affecting U.S.-China relations as well as significant concerns of the Chinese American community.