Day 2: Forging the Pacific Century – A GPS 30th Anniversary Event

The event is sold out. We will be live streaming the event at 10 a.m. on Saturday (link).

The founders of the School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS) took a calculated risk and created a school where the intellectual rigor of the faculty and students would be directed towards understanding the political and economic rise of Asia and Latin America. Deliberately interdisciplinary, regionally focused and data driven, GPS has been at the forefront of advancing the Pacific Century.

Join us for a series of 30th Anniversary celebratory events.

Saturday, April 27, 2019
Day 2: Forging the Pacific Century

Location: Atkinson Hall (parking and directions)

Agenda

Join us as GPS faculty provide TED-style talks on four key challenges to continued progress in the 21st Century.

10:00 a.m.: The Challenge of Equality

• Welcome by Gordon McCord
• John Ahlquist on Socio-economic Weather Stations
• Alexander Gelber on Equality and the Social Safety Net
• Peter Gourevitch on The Political Drivers of Inequality: What We Learn by Looking Across Borders
• Zoltan Hajnal on America’s Racial Divide and its Political Consequences
• Agustina Paglayan on The Global Learning Crisis

11:00 a.m.: The Challenge of Prosperity

• Welcome by Francisco Garfias
• Renee Bowen on The Power of the Status Quo
• Gordon Hanson on Globalization in the Two Americas
• David Michael on Financing Technology Innovation in the Global Context
• Barry Naughton on Is China Post-Transition?

12:00 p.m.: Lunch and Digital Poster Session

12:45 p.m.: Combatting Climate Change Panel

• H.E. Luis Alfonso de Alba, Special Envoy for the 2019 Climate Summit
• Mario Molina, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UC San Diego
• Moderator: Rafael Fernández de Castro

2:00 p.m.: The Challenge of Sustainability

• Welcome by Kate Ricke
• Jennifer Burney on Food Security in a Changing Climate
• Joshua Graff Zivin on The Hidden Impacts of Pollution
• Craig McIntosh on Sustainability and the African continent in the 21st Century
• David Victor on Will We Stop Global Warming?

3:00 p.m.: The Challenge of Conflict

• Welcome by Jesse Driscoll
• Tai Ming Cheung on Will China Successfully Challenge the U.S. for Military Technological Supremacy Leadership?
• Stephan Haggard on Negotiating with North Korea
• Lauren Prather on International Conflict at the Ballot Box
• Robert Thomas on Taking Stock of U.S. Alliances in Asia, Again!
• Barbara Walter on Is the U.S. Heading Towards a Second Civil War?

4:00 p.m.: Closing Reception

• Digital Poster Sessions featuring GPS faculty, students and alumni
• Lion dancers, cultural arts presentations including John Warren ’90, classic Latin guitar and Julieta Mendez ’04, vocals

Register for Day 1: Friday, April 26, 2019

The day starts with a keynote address by former Chairman and CEO of GE Jeff Immelt. Then hear from a line-up of renowned business leaders and academics from around the globe at panel discussions on Policy Uncertainty and Business, The Evolving Global Order in the Next 25 Years, Mobilizing Technology for Policy and The Fate of Democracy. The evening concludes with a discussion on the future of progress by Steven Pinker, Harvard cognitive psychologist and best-selling author, in partnership with the Helen Edison Lecture Series.