Stanford University

Albie Sachs Workshop

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The event will be a dialogue with Justice Sachs about contemporary human rights challenges in South Sfrica and the role South Africa plays in the region. It will be moderated by David Palumbo- Liu, professor of Comparative Literature at Stanford University and Tim Stanton, director of the Overses Studies Program at Stanford University will be a discussant.

Sachs will also be offering guest lectures in Professor Helen Stacy’s course, INTNLREL 144: New Global Human Rights, and ANTHRO 125S: International Criminal Courts and the Question of Global Justice with Professor Ron Jennings. Sachs is further available – and eager – to speak with interested students and faculty throughout his visit. Interested parties should contact Jessica Matthews at jess.matthews@stanford.edu. 

Albert Sachs’s career in human rights activism started when he was 17 years old, continuing through college and into his law practice in Cape Town. In defending people charged under the state’s racist statutes, he attracted the displeasure of authorities and was initially subjected to “banning laws” restricting his activities, then arrested, and finally put into solitary confinement. Upon release from prison, he went into voluntary exile but never discontinued his human rights work. In 1988 in Mozambique, Sachs lost his arm and the sight of one eye when a bomb placed under his car by South African security agents exploded, but emerged from the ordeal with renewed idealism for his cause and what he describes as simple joy at being alive.

In 1990, Sachs returned to South Africa, where he worked to draft the constitution for the newly democratic country. In 1994, he was appointed by Nelson Mandela to the Constitutional Court, where he served as judge until 2009, writing decisions that changed the face of human rights in South Africa, including a decision against the death penalty in 1995, a decision in favor of same-sex marriage in 2005, and several significant decisions about health care, access to clean water, housing and infrastructure.

He is the author of Soft Vengence of a Freedom Fighter, wich chronicles his response tothe 1988 car bombing, and five other books including The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs, which was dramatized for the Royal Shakespeare Company and broadcast by the BBC.

CISAC Conference Room

Albie Sachs Former Judge in the Congessional Court of South Africa and Human Activist Speaker
David Palumbo- Liu Professor Speaker Stanford University
Tim Stanton Director, Stanford Overseas Studies in Cape Town Speaker Stanford University
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Innovation Talent Roundtable

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From executive boardrooms to national capitols, leaders are debating the relative merits of contending models and strategies for attracting, developing, and empowering innovation talent--the people who drive economic growth and value creation through innovation.
 
On June 28, 2013, the Stanford Program on Regions of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SPRIE) convened a circle of over 50 policymakers, executives and Stanford community members from 12 countries for an interactive roundtable on innovation talent at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
 
Topics of discussion included:
  • What are key data and trends for innovation talent in Silicon Valley?
  • What strategies are places such as London, Taiwan and Israel employing to become hotbeds of innovation that attract innovation talent?
  • How can companies successfully manage and empower their innovation talent? What best practices have been learned?
  • What insights and implications into innovation talent can be gathered from recent research?
  • How are universities innovating through programs such as Stanford's StartX and the d.school?
Agenda
 

8:30 – 8:45

   Registration
     
8:45 – 9:00   Welcome & Opening Remarks
     
9:00 – 10:15   “The Right Talent, Essentially”
Evan Wittenberg, Senior Vice President, People, Box
Kyung H. Yoon, CEO, Talent Age Associates
Moderator: Greg McKeown (MBA '08), CEO, THIS, Inc.
     
10:15 – 11:10   “The Rx for Innovation”
Baba Shiv, Sanwa Bank, Limited, Professor of Marketing, Stanford Graduate School of Business
     
11:10 – 11:30   Break
     
11:30 – 12:30   “Innovation Talent Spanning Boundaries”
Chunyan Zhou, Director, International Institute of Triple Helix (IITH)
Morten Petersen, Assistant Professor, Aalborg University
Kung Wang, Chair Professor, China University of Technology
Moderator: Henry Etzkowitz, Senior Researcher, H-STAR Institute, Stanford University
     
12:30 – 1:30   Lunch
     
1:30 – 2:10   “Accelerating the Next Generation of Innovation Talent”
Cameron Teitelman (BS '10), Founder & CEO, StartX
Divya Nag, Founder, StartX Med
     
2:10 – 2:40   “Silicon Valley Perspective”
Russell Hancock, President & CEO, Joint Venture Silicon Valley
     
2:40 – 3:00   Break
     
3:00 – 4:30   “Global Policy Perspectives”
Sigal Admony-Ravid, Consul for Economic Affairs to the West Coast, State Of Israel
Chao-Han Liu, Vice President, Academia Sinica
Priya Guha, British Consul General in San Francisco
Angus Lapsley, Director European & Global Issues, Cabinet Office, United Kingdom
     
4:30 - 5:15   Closing Remarks & Networking Reception

For more information please contact Rustin Crandall at: rustin.crandall@gsb.stanford.edu

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Seawell Family Boardroom
(Bass Center Room B400)
Knight Management Center
Stanford Graduate School of Business

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The Tenth Korea-U.S. West Coast Strategic Forum

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In this tenth session of the Strategic Forum, former senior American and South Korean government officials and other leading experts will discuss current developments in the Korean Peninsula and North Korea policy, the future of the U.S.-South Korean alliance, and a strategic vision for Northeast Asia. The session is hosted by the Korean Studies Program at the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, in association with the Sejong Institute, a top South Korean think tank.

 

PARTICIPANTS

Republic of Korea:

Taeho Bark, Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University; Ambassador-at-Large for International Economy and Trade; former Trade Minister

Cholho Chong, Research Fellow, the Sejong Institute; Brig. Gen (retired); Professor, Sookmyung University; former commander, Air University, ROK Air Force

Young Sun Ha, Chairman, Board of Trustees, East Asia Institute; Professor (retired), International Relations, Seoul National University

Sang Woo Rhee, President, the New Asia Research Center; former chancellor, Hallym University

Yoon-joe Shim, Member of the National Assembly, Saenuri Party

Daesung Song, President, the Sejong Institute

Myung Hwan Yu, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Sejong University; former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade

United States:

Bruce W. Bennett, Senior Defense Analyst, RAND

Karl Eikenberry, William J. Perry Fellow in International Security, and Shorenstein APARC Distinguished Fellow, Stanford University; former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan

Thomas Fingar, Oksenberg-Rohlen Distinguished Fellow, Stanford University; former chairman of the National Intelligence Council

T.J. Pempel, Professor, Political Science, University of California, Berkeley

Gi-Wook Shin, Professor, Sociology; Director, APARC, Stanford University

Daniel C. Sneider, Associate Director of Research, APARC, Stanford University

David Straub, Associate Director, Korean Studies Program, APARC, Stanford University

Katharina Zellweger, 2012-2013 Pantech Fellow, Korean Studies Program, APARC, Stanford University; former North Korea country director for the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)

 

Bechtel Conference Center

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Korea-U.S. West Coast Strategic Forum

Special Workshop with Social Entrepreneuers in Residence at Stanford

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Co-sponsored with the Branner Hall Public Service Program

Bring your ideas and questions to discuss with this dynamic group of change-makers and learn first-hand about how they have transformed a good idea into tangible models for change.

Banner Hall Dining

Gemma Bulos Social Entrepreneur in Residence at Stanford Speaker Director, Global Women's Water Initiative
Simeon Koroma Social Entrepreneur in Residence at Stanford Speaker Co-Founder, Timap for Justice
Maxwell Matewere Social Entrepreneur in Residence at Stanford Speaker Founder, Eye of the Child
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China 2.0 Forum

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 Agenda | Speakers | Presentations | Venue | Sponsors

China 2.0 Overview | Past Events

China 2.0 Beijing 2013 Forum at The Stanford Center at Peking University

Keynote Speakers
Ambassador Gary F. Locke



Gary F. Locke
U.S. Ambassador to the People's Republic of China
Joseph Chen, Chairman and CEO of Renren, Inc.



Joseph Chen
Chairman and CEO of Renren, Inc.
Past China 2.0 Speakers
Past China 2.0 Speakers

The Stanford Program on Regions of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SPRIE) of the Stanford Graduate School of Business will host a China 2.0 Forum in Beijing on Friday, April 12, 2013 at the Stanford Center at Peking University (SCPKU).

While ample capital was raised in recent years, China's VC and PE markets are now facing a flight to quality. Exits are constrained both in China and abroad. At the same time, rapid changes in social, mobile, analytics, and cloud are changing the landscape for business models and strategy. Which ideas and entrepreneurs in China will break out and why? Will the shift to mobile platforms challenge incumbent players and unlock a new generation of digital economy powerhouses? How are developments in China connected with the global digital economy?

This invitation-only half-day event will bring together current and rising leaders from China’s tech, entrepreneur, and investor communities to discuss topics including:

  • Big Data: A New Frontier
  • Mobile Apps: The Next $100+ Billion Market?
  • Fueling Firm Growth: VC and Entrepreneur Dialogue
  • China and the Global Digital Economy

The Forum will feature keynote speakers, panels, and interactive sessions followed by a networking reception. Attendees will also be briefed on a recent Stanford study on alumni entrepreneurship and have the opportunity to participate in new research led by SPRIE on entrepreneurship patterns in China.


Agenda

1:30 – 2:00 pm Registration
2:00 – 2:10 pm Opening Remarks and Video
Marguerite Gong Hancock & Duncan Clark, China 2.0 Forum Co-Chairs
2:10 – 2:40 pm Keynote: “China and the Global Digital Economy”
Gary Locke, U.S. Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China
2:40 – 3:25 pm Panel Discussion: “Mobile Apps: The Next $100+ Billion Market?”
Amy Gu, General Manager, China – Evernote Corporation
David Liu, Founder and CEO – RedAtoms
Junde YU, Vice President at APAC, App Annie
Moderator: Richard Lim, Managing Director & Co-Founder, GSR Ventures
3:25 – 3:40 pm Briefing: Stanford Entrepreneurship Research Results and New China 2.0 Research
Marguerite Gong Hancock and Duncan Clark
3:40 – 4:05 pm Tea Break sponsored by Tencent
4:05 – 4:40 pm Panel Discussion: “Big Data: A New Frontier”
Alex Cheng, Vice President at Baidu
ZENG Ming, Chief Strategy Officer – Alibaba Group
4:40 – 5:25 pm

Panel Discussion: “Fueling Firm Growth: VC & Entrepreneur Dialogue”
Ming LEI, Co-Founder – Kuwo, Inc.
Annabelle Yu Long, Member of Bertelsmann Group Management Committee; Chief Executive – Bertelsmann China Corporate Centre; Managing Director – Bertelsmann Asia Investments
LU Dong, Founder and CEO – La Miu China
Hans Tung, Managing Partner – Qiming Ventures
5:25 – 5:55 pm Keynote: “Simple Math for Multiplying Impact:  How to do better in work and philanthropy”
Joseph Chen, Founder, Chairman and CEO of RenRen, Inc.
5:55 – 6:00 pm Closing Remarks
Marguerite Hancock & Duncan Clark, China 2.0 Forum Co-Chairs
6:00 – 7:00 pm Networking Reception sponsored by GSR Ventures

Speakers

  • Alex Cheng, Vice President at Baidu
  • Duncan Clark, Chairman, BDA China & Senior Advisor to China 2.0, SPRIE, Stanford Graduate School of Business
  • DONG Lu (MBA ’04), Founder & CEO, La Miu
  • Amy Gu (MBA '09), General Manager, China, Evernote
  • Marguerite Gong Hancock, Associate Director, SPRIE, Stanford Graduate School of Business
  • Ming LEI (MBA ‘05), Co-Founder, Kuwo
  • Richard Lim (MBA ‘88), Managing Director & Co-Founder, GSR Ventures
  • Annabelle Yu Long (MBA ’05), Member of Bertelsmann Group Management Committee; Chief Executive, Bertelsmann China Corporate Centre; Managing Director, Bertelsmann Asia Investments
  • David Liu (MS ‘98, PhD ‘03), Founder and CEO, RedAtoms
  • Hans Tung (BS ‘93), Managing Partner, Qiming Ventures
  • Junde YU, Vice President, APAC, App Annie
  • ZENG Ming, Chief Strategy Officer, Alibaba Group

SCPKU at night

Venue

The Stanford Center at Peking University is located on the site of a former imperial palace on the northeast area of the Peking University campus. Opened in March 2012, SCPKU uniquely combines a traditional Chinese wood courtyard building with a modern, state-of-the-art facility. For map and directions, please click here.

 

Map of Route from Peking University's Southeast Gate to SCPKU


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Platinum Sponsor
Networking Reception
 
GSR Ventures
GSR Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm building world-class technology companies in China. The firm invests primarily in the Internet, wireless, green technology and semiconductors sectors. Founded in 2004, GSR has more than 50 companies in its portfolio and more than $1 billion under management.


Gold Sponsor
Tea Break
 
Tencent
Founded in November, 1998, Tencent has grown into one of China's largest provider of comprehensive Internet services. It went public on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in June 2004. Tencent aims to enrich the interactive online experience of Internet users by providing a comprehensive range of Internet and wireless value-added services. Through its various online platforms, including Instant Messaging QQ, web portal QQ.com, the QQ Game Platform under Tencent Games, multi-media social networking service Qzone and wireless portal, Tencent services the largest online community in China and fulfills the user’s needs for communication, information, entertainment and e-Commerce on the Internet.


Silver Sponsors
 
 
Alibaba Group is a family of Internet-based businesses which makes it easy for anyone to buy or sell online anywhere in the world. Since its inception, it has developed leading businesses in consumer e-commerce, online payment, business-to-business marketplaces and cloud computing, reaching Internet users in more than 240 countries and regions. Alibaba Group consists of 25 business units and is focused on fostering the development of an open, collaborative and prosperous e-commerce ecosystem.
 
App Annie is the industry leader in app store analytics and market intelligence for the global app economy. More than 80 percent of the Top 100 iOS publishers use its services, and more than 200,000 apps from over 24,000 unique app publishers rely on App Annie Analytics to track their downloads, revenues, rankings and reviews. App Annie is a privately held global company with offices in Beijing, San Francisco, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and London.
 
Baidu is the largest Chinese-language search engine. Since its founding in 2000, Baidu's mission has been to provide the best and most equitable way for people to find whatever they're looking for online. Powered by world-class technology and a deep understanding of Chinese language and culture, Baidu now provides intelligent and relevant search results to over five hundred million users. In addition, Baidu has become the largest media platform in China for businesses to effectively reach potential customers online. Baidu continues to innovate to fulfill the needs of users, leveraging it unrivaled cloud infrastructure to deliver the best experience on any device as the shift toward mobile Internet continues in China.
 
CIB Productions
CIB Productions is a Beijing-based television and video production services company staffed with international talent experienced in producing to broadcast standards. Our services include high-end corporate video production, production services for broadcasters and visiting production companies and filming of live events.
 
Qiming Venture Partners
Qiming Venture Partners invests in young, fast-growing companies across China in the media and internet, IT, consumer and retail, healthcare, and clean technology sectors. It is an early to growth stage venture capital firm with offices in Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong. Founded in 2006, Qiming currently manages five funds with over $1.1 billion in assets.
 
RedAtoms is a mobile social game company committed to producing well-crafted games that connect people. Headquartered in China and with locations in Hong Kong, Tokyo and San Francisco, RedAtoms has produced top ranking card battle and music games, where millions of players interact with each other on a daily basis.

 

About the China 2.0 Initiative

China 2.0 is a research and education initiative led by SPRIE at the Stanford Graduate School of Business focusing on the drivers and dynamics of the rise of China’s internet industry and its global implications. China 2.0 is a bridge between Stanford/Silicon Valley and China, academia and industry, and current and next generation entrepreneurs on both sides of the Pacific.

Participants at a past China 2.0 event

Past China 2.0 Events

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The Stanford Center at Peking University
(see above for link to map and directions)

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Minority Rights in the Transitioning Arab World

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Processes of democratic transition in today’s Arab world carry with them both challenges and opportunities for minorities. While emerging social and political spaces may offer minorities better opportunities for political participation and social inclusion, minority rights are not always given enough importance in current processes of democratic transition, as is the case in Egypt. Furthermore, in places undergoing conflict, like Syria, threats facing minorities as a result of escalating sectarianism undermine prospects of democratic transition and reconciliation. The aim of this workshop is to help further understand how the political participation and social inclusion of minorities during Arab democratic transitions can be strengthened, with invited speakers covering cautionary tales offered by the Lebanese and Iraqi experiences, and the current challenges faced in Egypt and Syria.

 

Workshop program:
 

1:00pm-1:15pm: Introduction

1:15pm-2:45pm: Panel 1, Lessons from Lebanon and Iraq, featuring Firas Maksad (Lebanon Renaissance Foundation), Marina Ottaway (Woodrow Wilson Center), and Omar Shakir (Stanford University). Chair: Lina Khatib (Stanford University)

2:45pm-3:00pm Break

3:00pm-4:30pm: Panel 2, Focus on Egypt and Syria, featuring Joel Beinin (Stanford University), Laure Guirguis (University of Montreal), and Laila Alodaat (Syria Justice and Accountability Center). Chair: Jawad Nabulsi (Nebny Foundation, Egypt)

4:30pm-5:00pm General Discussion

 

 

The workshop is co-sponsored by the Stanford Initiative for Religious and Ethnic Understanding and Coexistence, supported by the President's Fund, the Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity, the Religious Studies Department, and the Taube Center for Jewish Studies.

Oksenberg Conference Room

Lina Khatib Host
Joel Beinin Professor of History Speaker Stanford University
Laila Alodaat Human Rights Lawyer Speaker Syria Justice and Accountability Centre
Laure Guirguis Postdoctoral Fellow Speaker University of Montreal
Marina Ottaway Senior Scholar Speaker Woodrow Wilson Center
Omar Shakir Speaker Stanford University
Firas Maksad Speaker Lebanon Renaissance Foundation
Jawad Nabulsi Founder Speaker Nebny Foundation
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Political Participation, Pluralism, and Citizenship Rights in the Arab World

Visit to Palo Alto Utilities

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Palo Alto Utilities
Utility Control Center Building
Palo Alto, CA

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