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(CANCELLED) Leadership in Crisis: Lessons from Armed Conflict and Devastating Disasters
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM (Pacific)
Philippines Conference Room (C330)
Encina Hall, 3rd Floor
616 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
- Kensuke Onishi
Stanford Indo-Pacific Policy Lab Principals Series: Conversations with National Security Leaders
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM (Pacific)
William J. Perry Conference Room
- Lieutenant General George B. Rowell
Anthony Chen | What Young People's Technology Use Tells Us
11:40 AM - 1:00 PM (Pacific)
McClatchy Hall, S40 Studio
450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305
For those attending the in-person seminar, please bring your Stanford ID card/mobile ID to enter the building.
Two Routes to Scale: Innovation Clusters in Tokyo-Yokohama and the Greater Bay Area
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM (Pacific)
Okimoto Conference Room (E307)
Encina Hall, 3rd Floor
616 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
- Andreas Göthenberg, Executive Director, STINT,
- Laura Barbieri, Science Fellow in Japan and South Korea, STINT; Visiting Scholar, GRIPS,
- Erik Forsberg, Representative in China and ASEAN, STINT; Associate Professor, Zhejiang University
Drell Lecture 2026 | The Science of Nuclear Winter: What We Know and What We Don't Know about the Consequences of a Nuclear War
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM (Pacific)
Only those with an active Stanford ID and access to the William J. Perry Conference Room in Encina Hall may attend in person. Others may attend virtually, via Zoom.
Registration required.
- Alexandra Vacroux,
- Yevhenii Malik
The Rise and Future of the Korean Semiconductor Memory Industry: Perspectives and Insights from 1983 to 2026 and Beyond
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Philippines Conference Room (C330)
Encina Hall, 3rd Floor
616 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
- C.S. Park, former Chairman and CEO, Hynix Semiconductor (now SK hynix)
Chris Dann — Building Dictatorships: Legitimacy & Large-Scale Infrastructure
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Virtual to Public. If prompted for a password, use: 123456
Only those with an active Stanford ID with access to Conference Room E-008 in Encina Hall, East, may attend in person.
How Americans Enforce the Law: Book Talk with Diego Zambrano
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM (Pacific)
Stanford Law School Room 280B
Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford (map)
Guojun He | The Demand, Supply, and Market Responses of Corporate ESG Actions: Evidence from a Nationwide Experiment in China
12:00 PM - 1:20 PM (Pacific)
Goldman Room E409, Encina Hall
- Guojun He, Professor in Economics, University of Hong Kong
A Captured Field, an Open Contest: Serbia’s Upcoming Elections
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM (Pacific)
Online panel on Zoom; registration required.
S.T. Lee Lecture featuring Former Congressman and Ambassador to Turkey Jeff Flake
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Pacific)
Encina Hall, First floor, Central, S150
616 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
- Jeff Flake
Syria Today: Where Was It? Where Is It Right Now? And Where Is It Heading?
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM (Pacific)
Stanford Humanities Center, Levinthal Hall
424 Santa Teresa Street, Stanford
Matt DeVerna | Between You and the Facts
11:40 AM - 1:00 PM (Pacific)
McClatchy Hall, S40 Studio
450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305
For those attending the in-person seminar, please bring your Stanford ID card/mobile ID to enter the building.
Strategic Stability during the Cold War and Beyond | Robert Litwak
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
William J. Perry Conference Room
- Robert Litwak
2026 Shorenstein Journalism Award: Shibani Mahtani on Attacks Against the Free Press and Democratic Backsliding in Southeast Asia
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM (Pacific)
Bechtel Conference Center
Encina Hall Central (First Floor)
616 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
- Shibani Mahtani,
- Anna Fifield,
- Oren Samet
- James Hamilton
Israel Insights Webinar with Dahlia Scheindlin — To Bibi or Not to Bibi? Scenarios for Israel's Crucial Elections
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM (Pacific)
Virtual Only Event.
- Dahlia Scheindlin
Milada Vachudova | REDS Seminar: Europe in the Face of War
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Encina Hall, Third Floor, Central, C330
616 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
- Milada Vachudova, University of North Carolina
- Anna Grzymała-Busse, Kathryn Stoner
Directional AI Advice: Experimental Evidence from Healthcare
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM (Pacific)
Zoom
- Lingsheng Meng, Senior Research Scholar, Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions (SCCEI)
Panle Jia Barwick | From Free Rider to Innovator: The Rise of China’s Drug Development
12:00 PM - 1:20 PM (Pacific)
Goldman Room E409, Encina Hall
- Panle Jia Barwick, Professor of Economics, UW Madison
Constructing Utopias: China’s New Town Movement in the 21st Century
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM (Pacific)
Philippines Conference Room (C330)
Encina Hall, 3rd Floor
616 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
- Zhongjie “Jeffrey” Lin, Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Trans-Pacific Sustainability Dialogue 2026: Responsible Consumption and Production
This event is held in Singapore. All times referenced in the program agenda below are in Singapore Time (SGT).
Day 1: Sunday, October 25, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. SGT
Singapore Management University
School of Accountancy, Ngee Ann Kongsi Auditorium, 2nd Floor
Day 2: Monday, October 26, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. SGT
Shangri-La Singapore
Tower Ballroom, Ground Floor
After Fission: Recognition and Contestation in the Atomic Age | Sidra Hamidi
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
William J. Perry Conference Room
The Future of Decision-Making Conference
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Pacific)
Encina Hall, First floor, Central, S150
616 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
Benjamin Yoel — International Pressure and Opposition to Democratic Backsliding
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Virtual to Public. If prompted for a password, use: 123456
Only those with an active Stanford ID with access to Conference Room E-008 in Encina Hall, East, may attend in person.