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Technology, Trade, and Military-Civil Fusion: China’s Pursuit of Artificial Intelligence, New Materials, and New Energy

AGENDA

Friday, June 7, 2019

Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 215

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9:30 AM – 9:35 AM: Opening Remarks: Vice Chairman Robin Cleveland and Commissioner Thea Lee

9:35 AM – 11:05 AM: Panel I: U.S.-China Competition in Artificial Intelligence: Policy, Industry, and Strategy

Jeffrey Ding, China lead for the Center for the Governance of AI, Future of Humanity Institute, University of Oxford; D.Phil. Candidate, University of Oxford [Testimony]

Helen Toner, Director of Strategy at Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology [Testimony]

Elsa Kania, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Technology and National Security Program at the Center for a New American Security; Research Fellow at CSET [Testimony]

11:05 AM – 11:15 AM: Break

11:15 AM – 12:45 PM: Panel II: Maintaining Commercial and Technical Leadership in New Materials

Richard Silberglitt, Ph.D., Senior Physical Scientist, RAND Corporation; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School [Testimony]

Dan Coughlin, Vice President of Composites Market Development, American Composites Manufacturers Association [Testimony]

Alan Hill, Government Relations Partner, National Graphene Association; President, J.A.Hill Group, LLC [Testimony]

12:45 PM – 1:45 PM: Lunch Break

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM: Panel III: China’s Capabilities and Export Ambitions in New Energy, Nuclear Power, and Energy Storage

Joanna Lewis, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Science, Technology and International Affairs, Georgetown University [Testimony]

Jessica Lovering, Director of Energy at the Breakthrough Institute, Ph.D. Student at Carnegie Mellon University [Testimony]

James Greenberger, Co-founder and Executive Director of NAATBatt International [Testimony]

3:15 PM – 3:20 PM: Closing Remarks