Harvard College China Forum

2026 Schedule

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Memorial Church

1 Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138

Northwest Building

52 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138

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Saturday

April 11, 2026

Registration

Memorial Church

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1 Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138

Registration

Northwest Building

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52 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138

Opening Ceremony

Memorial Church

Speakers

Nicholas Burns (Former U.S. Ambassador to China; Roy and Barbara Goodman Family Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations, Harvard Kennedy School)

Li Chen (Consul General of the People's Republic of China in New York)

Kenny Lam (CEO, Two Sigma Asia Pacific)

Sir Oliver Hart (2016 Nobel Laureate in Economics; Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor, Harvard University)

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Panels 1

The New Global Business Order

Northwest B103

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Contemporary Reporting on China

Yenching Auditorium

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Panels 2

Chinese Wisdom and Innovation

Northwest B103

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New Centers and Bridges of Innovation

Yenching Auditorium

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China and Latin America

Northwest B101

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Panels 3

VC Investing: AI Disruption and Companies Built to Last

Northwest B103

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Chinese Art in the Public Imagination

Yenching Auditorium

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Renewable Energy and the Carbon Economy

Northwest B101

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Frontiers in Biotechnology

Northwest B103

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Sunday

April 12, 2026

Registration

Science Center Arcade

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1 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138

Pitch Competition

Science Center Hall A

Speaker

Jian Ma (Co-Founder and CEO, XtalPi)

Judges

Jingjing Chai (General Partner, Taihill Venture; Co-founder and CEO, Foundry BioSciences)

Yusen Dai (Managing Partner, Zhenfund)

Fritz Demopoulos (Partner, Queen's Road Capital)

Henry Zhang (President and Managing Director, Hermitage Capital)

Michael Zhao (Co-Founder, Q Bay Boston)

Wei Zhou (Founder, Cyber Creation Ventures (CCV); Former Managing Partner, KPCB China)

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Panels 5

AI x Science: The Future Beyond Scaling

Science Center B

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Historical Foundations of China's Urban Transformation

Science Center C

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China and Southeast Asia

Science Center D

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Panels 6

The Future of Agentic AI

Science Center B

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Future Storytelling in Chinese Cinema

Science Center C

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China's Role in Global Health

Science Center D

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Panels 7

Perspectives on the Changing Global Landscape

Science Center B

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AI Meets Capital: Technology Reshaping Finance Across Borders

Science Center C

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Global Outlook for Next-Generation Business Leaders

Science Center D

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Panels 8

Culture Going Global: Platform Logics and the Transformation of Soft Power

Science Center C

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Consumer Technologies

Science Center D

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Closing Ceremony

Memorial Church

Closing Remarks

Mark Elliott (Vice Provost of International Affairs and Mark Schwartz Professor of Chinese and Inner Asian History, Harvard University)

Shenglin Ben (Founding Dean, International Business School and Academy of Internet Finance, Zhejiang University; Former China CEO, JP Morgan Chase Bank)

Jian Ma (Co-Founder and CEO, XtalPi)

Erik Solheim (Former Norwegian Minister of Environment, Minister of International Development; Former Executive Director, UN Environment Programme)

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