Has the Sleeping Dragon Woken Up? A Workshop on U.S. - China Tech Competition and Collaboration

San Francisco, February 4, 2025 – Asia Society Northern California hosts a tech workshop “Has the Sleeping Dragon Woken Up? A Workshop on U.S. - China Tech Competition and Collaboration.”

Session 1: How to Use Scientific and Technical Data
This discussion is moderated by Mark Cohen, Senior Tech Fellow, Asia Society Northern California and the Asia Society Policy Institute. Speakers include Caroline Wagner, Faculty at John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University; Arun Hill, Lead Consultant at Clarivate and Fellow at Clarivate Center for IP and Innovation Research™; and Ellie Sakhaee, Manager of AI and Emerging Tech Policy at Google.

Panelists discuss varying methods of data analysis to assess U.S.-China Tech Competition and Collaboration. The following Q&A session focuses on the concept of open source as a pillar for collaboration in science, use cases for AI in China, and the rise of DeepSeek.

Session 2: Aggregating and Applying Data Sources
This discussion is moderated by Glenn Tiffert, Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution. Panelists include Barry Naughton, So Kwan Lok Chair of Chinese International Affairs at the School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego; Jeff Alstott, Director at the Center for Technology and Security Policy; Senior Information Scientist and Professor of Policy Analysis at Pardee RAND Graduate School; and Suzanne Harrison, Principal, Percipience LLC and Chair Patent Public Advisory Committee at USPTO.

Panelists address nascent research agendas and applications, such as Chinese solar panels, batteries, and EVs, as well as the need for both a stronger domestic national research portfolio and strategic, cross-collaborative approaches to U.S.-China relations. The session's Q&A focuses on security risks of open-source models and which technologies present greater security risks than others.



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