China-Gulf Forum

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.

Agenda
Speakers
2019 and 2021 Review

Day One — April 16, 2022

Time	Details
3-4pm	Opening Ceremony and Keynote Speech
4-5:30pm	Economics and Finance Panel: SWFs and FDIs Contributing to Post-Pandemic Sustainable Development
5:30-7pm	Entrepreneurship and Business Panel: Outlook on the Entrepreneurial Innovation Ecosystem
7-8pm	Politics and Diplomacy Conversation: Strategic Decisions of the Gulf in the Context of Evolving Sino-America Relations

Day Two — April 17, 2022

Time	Details
3–4pm	History and Society Conversation: History of Chinese Muslims, Sinicization and Simultaneity
4–5:30pm	Climate and Sustainability Panel: Prospects on Climate Policy and Sustainable Development
5:30–7pm	Arts and Culture Panel: Implications of Arts on Intercultural Exchange
7–8pm	Technology and Arts Conversation: New Vision for NFT in Arts and Digital Content Industry
8–8:15pm	Closing Ceremony

Opening Ceremony

Opening Remarks: Mariët Westermann, Vice Chancellor of NYUAD
Keynote Speaker: Joanna Waley-Cohen, Provost and chief academic officer, NYU Shanghai

Keynote Topic

Cosmopolitanism in Education: Past, Present, and Future

Economics and Finance Panel: SWFs and FDIs Contributing to Post-Pandemic Sustainable Development
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
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
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
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

1-1 Conversations

Technology and Arts: New Vision for NFT in Arts and Digital Content Industry
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
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
Moderator: Diana (Tingxuan) Zhu, MIT Political Science PhD Student; Founder of China-Gulf Forum
Speaker: Tingyi Wang, Assistant Professor, Tsinghua University

China-Gulf Forum 2019 and 2021 Review

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.

Images from the China-Gulf Forum 2019

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