AGENDA

Getting China Right: Launch of the Johns Hopkins SAIS Institute for America, China, and the Future of Global Affairs (ACF)
Monday, February 3, 2025
9:45am – 5:45pm

Johns Hopkins SAIS
555 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20001

9:00am Registration

9:45am – 10:00 am Welcoming Remarks
Ray Jayawardhana, Professor and Provost, Johns Hopkins University
Jim Steinberg, Johns Hopkins University SAIS
Jessica Chen Weiss, Johns Hopkins University SAIS 

10:00am – 11:00am Fireside Chat: What's at Stake in U.S. Policy on China?
Speaker:
Senator Andy Kim, New Jersey

11:00am – 12:00pm Artificial Intelligence, U.S.-China Relations, and Emerging Threats
Speakers:
Henry Farrell, Johns Hopkins University SAIS
Jim Mitre, RAND
Kathleen Fisher, DARPA
Jeffrey Ding, George Washington University
Moderator: Richard Danzig, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

12:00pm Lunch

1:30pm – 2:30pm China’s Economic Challenges, U.S. Interests, and the Global Economy
Speakers:
Yuen Yuen Ang, Johns Hopkins University
Matt Turpin, Hoover Institution
Jeremy Wallace, Johns Hopkins University SAIS
Moderator: Ana Swanson, New York Times

2:30pm – 3:00pm Coffee Break

3:00pm – 4:00pm Getting China Right at Home: Report Launch and Panel Discussion
Speakers:
Ho-Fung Hung, Johns Hopkins University SAIS
Margaret Pearson, University of Maryland
Samm Sacks, Yale University Law School & New America
Patrick Toomey, ACLU
Moderator: David Sanger, New York Times

4:00pm – 4:30pm The Way Ahead: A Conversation on the United States, China, and the Future of Global Affairs
Speakers:
Stephen Hadley, Rice Hadley Gates & Manuel, LLC
Jessica Chen Weiss, Johns Hopkins University SAIS

4:45pm – 5:45pm Reception
Remarks: David M. Lampton, Johns Hopkins University SAIS