Conference
WHEN
April 16-17, 2022
WHERE
Online via Zoom
WHO
NYU Abu Dhabi
Open to the Public
With President Xi’s visit to the UAE in 2018 and the Belt and Road Initiative gradually taking shape in the Gulf region, the prospects of China-Gulf relations are laden with both opportunities and challenges. Furthermore, the global pandemic has ushered in a new era of international cooperation which requires multilateral and strategic collaboration to open up new opportunities for development.
This forum will not only serve to raise awareness of the changing landscape around China's role in the region, but also provide a platform to reconnect the historical and cultural roots, evaluate the recent developments in economic relations and technology, and explore sustainable development strategies in the two regions. The panel conversations will enhance understanding about this bilateral regional relationship, and bring us closer to realizing a vision of more dynamic cooperation between China and the Gulf.
Email china-gulf-forum-nyuad@nyu.edu for more details.
Opening Remarks: Mariët Westermann, Vice Chancellor of NYUAD
Keynote Speaker: Joanna Waley-Cohen, Provost and chief academic officer, NYU Shanghai
Cosmopolitanism in Education: Past, Present, and Future
| Economics and Finance Panel: SWFs and FDIs Contributing to Post-Pandemic Sustainable Development |
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| Moderator: Calvin (Chenggang) Fu, Chairman, China Innovation Finance Institute; President, China and Chief Economist APAC, Federation of IFC and IIC |
| Ted (Haoquan) Chu, Chief Economic Advisor, the Millennium Institute |
| Rodrigo Zeidan, Associate Professor of Practice of Business and Finance, NYU Shanghai |
| Entrepreneurship and Business Panel: Outlook on the Business and Innovation Ecosystem between China and the Gulf Region |
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| Moderator: Ameera Khalid, Creator and Host, Inspiring UAE Women Podcast |
| Walid Faza, Partner and Chief Operating Officer, MSA Capital |
| Jamil Diab, Enterprise Business Development Manager, MAGNiTT |
| Max Song, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Carbonbase |
| Arts and Culture Panel: Implications of Arts on Intercultural Exchange |
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| Moderator: Philip Tinari, Director, UCCA Center for Contemporary Art |
| Sophie Arni, Founder and Editor in Chief, Global Art Daily |
| Abdulnasser Gharem, Artist; Founder, Gharem Studio |
| Ting Song, AI and Crypto Artist; 2021 Forbes 30 Under 30 artist |
| Climate and Sustainability Panel: Prospects on Climate Policy and Sustainable Development |
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| Moderator: Rastraraj Bhandari, Research Fellow, eARThumanities, NYU Abu Dhabi |
| Natalie (Sum Yue) Chung, Co-Founder, V’air Hong Kong |
| Sayeed Mohammed, Co-Founder, Arab Youth Climate Movement Qatar |
| Mathias Lund Larsen, double PhD Fellow, Copenhagen Business School and Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Technology and Arts: New Vision for NFT in Arts and Digital Content Industry |
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| Moderator: Harshini Karunaratne, Digital Artist; MA student in New Media Design at the University of Applied Sciences Europe |
| Speaker: Yiwei Li, Executive Director, Streamline |
| History and Society: History of Chinese Muslims, Sinicization and Simultaneity |
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| Moderator: Jacqueline Armijo, Visiting Associate Professor of History, NYU Shanghai |
| Speaker: James D. Frankel, Associate Professor of Cultural and Religious Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Politics and Diplomacy: Strategic Decisions of the Gulf in the Context of Evolving Sino-American Relations |
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| Moderator: Diana (Tingxuan) Zhu, MIT Political Science PhD Student; Founder of China-Gulf Forum |
| Speaker: Tingyi Wang, Assistant Professor, Tsinghua University |
The first China Gulf Forum was presented in November 2019 by students from New York University Abu Dhabi, in partnership with NYUAD Institute and the Social Science Division. Over the past three years, China-Gulf Forum has accumulated over 400 attendees from both the university and the public, and invited 28 local and international honorable speakers, including His Excellency Bernardino León, Former Head of UN Support Mission in Libya, Mr. Guilhem André, Chief Curator at Louvre Abu Dhabi, Dr. Nawal Al Kaabi, Chairperson of the National COVID-19 Clinical Management Committee, and Mr. Charles Clifton, Director of PwC Middle East, among others. Panels and interviews were organized across politics, business, and culture, and stimulated intense intellectual conversations among the panelists and the audience. The event has been widely featured by the media, including the Emirates News Agency, Al Khaleej, and Al Fajr.
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