Opening Remarks
• Gary Hua, Managing Director of Penn Wharton China Center
Session 1Key issues, challenges, and opportunities for think tanks arising from changes in the operating environment
• James G. McGann, Director of the University of Pennsylvania’s Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program
Coffee Break
Session 2: Examining cases of global think tank innovation – The systematic construction of innovative think tanks
• Wang Huiyao, Founder and President of CCG
Lunch
Session 3: Traditional issues, innovative strategies: How think tanks influence policy deliberation and decision-making
• Andrew Selee - President of the Migration Policy Institute, Former Executive Vice President of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Session 4: Cultivating leadership in think tanks
• Amb. Terry Miller– Director of the Center for International Trade and Economics at Heritage Foundation
Session 5: Think-tank policy influence: how to apply think tank research findings and provide impetus for China’s development
• Fang Jin – Deputy Secretary General of the China Development Research Foundation
Session 6: Why diversity and creativity matter for think tanks
• Kent Calder – Director of Center for East Asian Studies at the Johns Hopkins University
Coffee break
Session 7: Think tank research and assessment systems: the Chinese case
• Li Gang – Deputy Director of the Center for Chinese Think Tank Research and Assessment at Nanjing University
Concluding remarks, issuance of certificates