Agenda

 

Friday, February 28th, 2020

Time

Event

Speakers

8:00 – 9:00 am

Breakfast and Registration

9:00 – 9:15 am

Welcoming Remarks

9:15 – 10:30 am

Panel I: Mapping Key Actors and Issues of Chinese Overseas Investment

  • Jamie Horsley, Yale University

  • Shuang Liu, WRI

  • Elizabeth Losos, Duke University

  • Adina Matisoff, UCLA

  • Moderator: Athena Ronquillo-Ballesteros, Growald Family Fund

10:30 - 10:50 am

Coffee Break

10:50 – 11:30 am

Keynote I: Re-defining Chinese Energy and Infrastructure Investments in Recipient Countries: Opportunities and Challenges

  • Athena Ronquillo-Ballesteros, Growald Family Fund

11:30 am – 12:30 pm

Panel II: Climate & Energy Implications of Chinese Overseas Investment

  • Han Chen, NRDC

  • Gawdat Bahgat, National Defense University

  • Cecilia Springer, Harvard Kennedy School

  • Moderator: Erica Downs, Columbia School of Public and International Affairs

12:30 – 1:30 pm

Lunch

1:30 – 2:10 pm

Keynote II: Development as Solution: Understanding the Drivers of “Green BRI”

  • Tianjie Ma, China Dialogue/Panda Paw Dragon Claw (Video Presentation)

Case Sessions

2:10 – 3:00 pm

Case Session 1: Infrastructure, Conservation & Biodiversity

  • Ben Okita, Save the Elephants

  • Stephanie Jensen-Cormier, Independent Consultant (Video Presentation)

  • Moderator: Elizabeth Losos, Duke University

3:00 - 3:20 pm

Coffee Break

3:20 – 4:10 pm

Case Session 2: Energy, Urbanization & Development

  • Erica Downs, Columbia School of Public and International Affairs

  • Lili Pike, NYU Journalism Institute

  • Moderator: Narasimha Rao, Yale F&ES

4:10 – 5:15 pm

Case Session 3: Extractives & Land Rights

  • Lela Stanley, Global Witness

  • Ruben Gonzalez-Vicente, Leiden University

  • Jingjing Zhang, Yale World Fellow ‘08, Transnational Environmental Accountability Project

  • Moderator: John Grim, Yale FE&S

5:15 - 5:30 pm

Closing Remarks

  • Jingjing Zhang, Yale World Fellow ‘08, Transnational Environmental Accountability Project

5:30 - 7:00 pm

Symposium Reception