USITO/AmCham/Fordham University School of Law Breakfast Roundtable: Creating a Culture of Innovation in China

As part of AmCham-China’s highly successful “off the record” series on IP and innovation, AmCham-China, the US Information Technology Office, and the Fordham University Law School invite you to listen to this dynamic panel discussing the progress and challenges to creating a culture of innovation in China.
 
This breakfast session will explore such topics as: Will China indeed become an innovative economy? Does China innovate in a different way from the United States? What is the role of the intellectual property system in China in fostering innovation? How do innovation policies and practices differ regionally? What role do foreign governments play? And what have been the lessons learned to date in conducting R&D in China?
 
Panelists:
Dr. Kevin Luo, General Manager, Legal Affairs, Microsoft Asia-Pacific Research and Develop Group
Hong Shen, Partner, Long An law firm; co-author with John Orcutt, Shaping China’s Innovation Future
Ulrike Tagschere, Associate Professor at the China Academy of Science, visiting from the Fraunhofer Institute, Munich; author of “Regional Innovation Systems in China - An Analysis of Industry-Science Linkages in the Bohai Bay Area.”
Erica Thomas, Counselor, Environment, Science, Technology and Health , US Embassy.
Yin Xintian, Senior Partner, Wan Hui Da Law Firm and Intellectual Property Agency, former Spokesman and DG of Legal Affairs at SIPO.
Dr. David R O'Reilly,Head, Syngenta Biotechnology China Co. Ltd.
 
Agenda:
8:30-9:00AM Registration
9:00-10:30AM Panel discussion
 
Moderator:
Mark Cohen, Professor, Fordham University School of Law, New York, NY, and former chair of the AmCham-China IPR Forum.