Berkeley China Summit

We are honored to announce that we will have Ann E. Harrison, economist and Dean of Haas School of Business as our first keynote speaker at Berkeley China Summit 2021. Dean Ann Harrison will give a speech on “Global Leadership in Resilience” on November 12th.

Ann E. Harrison became the 15th dean of the Haas School of Business on Jan. 1, 2019. A renowned economist, she has dedicated her career to creating inclusive and sustainable policies in development economics, international trade, and global labor markets.

Harrison came to Haas from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, where she was a professor of multinational management and business economics and public policy. Before joining Wharton in 2012, she was the director of development policy at the World Bank, where she co-managed a team of 300 researchers and staff.

Harrison has deep Berkeley roots. She earned her bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley with a double major in economics and history. She also served as a professor of Berkeley’s Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics from 2001 to 2011.

Harrison is one of the most highly-cited scholars globally on foreign investment and multinational firms. She is the author of dozens of journal articles and the editor of three books, including Globalization and Poverty and The Factory-Free Economy: Outsourcing, Servitization, and the Future of Industry. In 2017, Harrison and her co-authors were awarded the prestigious Sun Yefang Prize by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The prize, given every two years, is considered one of China’s most prestigious honors in economics.

As director of development policy at the World Bank, Harrison reformed its process for allocating research funds and oversaw the institution’s flagship publications. She convinced the World Bank’s president to release all historical records on project loans, a milestone in increasing transparency.

Harrison has been interviewed about global trade policies and manufacturing by top publications including Bloomberg, The New York Times, and The Los Angeles Times.

In addition to Berkeley and Wharton, Harrison has held positions at Columbia Business School, the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and the University of Paris. She has lectured at most major U.S. universities and in India, China, Latin America, Europe, the Philippines, and North Africa.

Harrison earned her PhD in economics from Princeton University. She also holds a DEUG (diplôme d’études universitaires générales) from the University of Paris. Born in France, she is a dual citizen of the U.S. and France.

For more information about Berkeley China Summit 2021, please check out our website at www.berkeleychinasummit.org.

Berkeley China Summit 2021
Revive & Thrive: New Post-Pandemic Normal
Date and Time
November 12, 2021 (Fri), 5-9 PM PST
November 13, 2021 (Sat), 5-9 PM PST

Get tickets at:
tinyurl.com/2021BCSTIX

Berkeley China Summit 2021, taking place November 12-13, will host attendees in Berkeley and live-stream with the rest of the world.

About this event
Berkeley China Summit (or “BCS”) , founded in 2016, is an annual conference held at UC Berkeley every fall, with the mission to highlight Berkeley‘s strengths and to encourage bilateral discussion and collaboration between the US and China. Over the past 5 years, we’ve invited over 100 high profile speakers, including Nobel Laureates, Turing Award Winners, business leaders, entrepreneurs, investors and government officials.

We are excited to host this year’s summit in a hybrid format, where attendees can join us in person in Berkeley, or live-stream it from anywhere around the world. This gave us a great opportunity to involve speakers and audiences from broader geographic locations including China and all over the world, enabling even more bilateral discussions on business, technology, and culture.

For more information, please check our official website: www.BerkeleyChinaSummit.org.

Get tickets at:
tinyurl.com/2021BCSTIX

Date and Time
November 12, 2021 (Fri), 5-9 PM PDT
November 13, 2021 (Sat), 5-9 PM PDT

Theme
Revive & Thrive: New Post-Pandemic Normal

Keynote Speakers
Ann E. Harrison
Renowned economist and Dean of the Haas School of Business
Asiff Hirji
President of Figure
Former President & COO of Coinbase

Panels
Healthcare
Autonomous Driving
Education
Clean Energy

Agenda
Stay Tuned for agenda update.