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In his blog posting SORT vs. New START: Why the Administration is Leery of a Treaty, Steven Pifer continues with his previous posting Presidents, Nuclear Reductions and the Senate. He points to the ratification experience between George W. Bush's 2002 Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) and Burak Obama's 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) as the basis for the Obama administration fear that the Republican majority Senate would not consider a treaty for further nuclear reductions on its merits.
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President Barack Obama desires to further reduce nuclear arsenals below the levels set in the 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) and Republicans and former officials of the George W. Bush administration assert that this can only be done through a new treaty. Steven Pifer, director of the Brookings Arms Control Initiative, in his blog posting Presidents, Nuclear Reductions and the Senate, points out that nuclear reduction efforts have not always been accomplished through treaties requiring ratification by the senate. History shows that past presidents, including Republicans, have used alternative methods that did not require a 2/3 majority vote by the Senate.
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A New Paradigm for Engaging the War on Infectious Diseases
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From the 1950s through the 1970s, the success of antibiotics and vaccines in controlling or eradicating infectious diseases (ID) worldwide resulted in decreased emphasis on development of ID therapeutics. The emergence in the past three decades of HIV, SARS, West Nile, avian flu, swine flu, Ebola, and the potential for bioterrorist attacks has reversed this trend and renewed interest in treatment and prophylaxis of ID. Unfortunately, because many diseases are prevalent primarily in developing nations (e.g., malaria, TB, Chagas), potential sales of bioterrorist pathogens are limited mainly to orders for government stockpiles (e.g., anthrax, smallpox, botulinum toxin), and the cost of anti-infective clinical trials is high, traditional large pharmaceutical companies have cut back R&D resources in this arena. To combat this investment shortfall, a new paradigm has emerged where public-private partnerships between the NIH, World Health Organization, private foundations, academia, and non-profits, are beginning to function like pharmaceutical companies to advance the development of promising ID drugs, even when there is little opportunity for profit. This talk will discuss the growing need for ID therapeutics, present some new models for discovering and developing them, and provide examples of public-private partnerships that have advanced therapeutics for specific infectious diseases.
About the speaker: Dr. Jon C. Mirsalis is Managing Director of the Biosciences Division and Executive Director of Preclinical Development at SRI International in Menlo Park, CA. Dr. Mirsalis is an internationally recognized expert in the development of drugs for infectious diseases. He manages two large programs for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) for the development of promising therapeutics for the prevention and treatment of a broad range of infectious diseases including TB, malaria, influenza, polio, anthrax, plague, and Ebola. He has personally been involved in the development of over 50 therapeutics that have entered clinical trials and several have already reached the market. Before joining SRI in 1981, Dr. Mirsalis was a postdoctoral fellow at the Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology, where he developed the in vivo-in vitro hepatocyte DNA repair assay, which is now widely used as a screen for potential carcinogens by government and industry. He is the author of over 140 publications and abstracts. Dr. Mirsalis received his B.S. degree in zoology/molecular biology from Kent State University, his M.S. degree in genetics from North Carolina State University, and holds Ph.D. degrees in toxicology and genetics from North Carolina State University. Dr. Mirsalis has an adjunct faculty appointment with the University of California-Santa Cruz, where he lectures regularly on genetic toxicology and carcinogenesis. He has recently served on the Board of Scientific Councilors for the National Toxicology Program, the Advisory Board for the Critical Path Institute, and is a past member of the FDA’s Over-the-Country Product Review Committee. Dr. Mirsalis has been certified by the American Board of Toxicology since 1983.
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China 2.0 Forum
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China 2.0 Overview | Past Events
China 2.0 Beijing 2013 Forum at The Stanford Center at Peking University
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Gary F. Locke U.S. Ambassador to the People's Republic of China |
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Joseph Chen Chairman and CEO of Renren, Inc. |
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The Stanford Program on Regions of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SPRIE) of the Stanford Graduate School of Business will host a China 2.0 Forum in Beijing on Friday, April 12, 2013 at the Stanford Center at Peking University (SCPKU).
While ample capital was raised in recent years, China's VC and PE markets are now facing a flight to quality. Exits are constrained both in China and abroad. At the same time, rapid changes in social, mobile, analytics, and cloud are changing the landscape for business models and strategy. Which ideas and entrepreneurs in China will break out and why? Will the shift to mobile platforms challenge incumbent players and unlock a new generation of digital economy powerhouses? How are developments in China connected with the global digital economy?
This invitation-only half-day event will bring together current and rising leaders from China’s tech, entrepreneur, and investor communities to discuss topics including:
- Big Data: A New Frontier
- Mobile Apps: The Next $100+ Billion Market?
- Fueling Firm Growth: VC and Entrepreneur Dialogue
- China and the Global Digital Economy
The Forum will feature keynote speakers, panels, and interactive sessions followed by a networking reception. Attendees will also be briefed on a recent Stanford study on alumni entrepreneurship and have the opportunity to participate in new research led by SPRIE on entrepreneurship patterns in China.
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- Alex Cheng, Vice President at Baidu
- Duncan Clark, Chairman, BDA China & Senior Advisor to China 2.0, SPRIE, Stanford Graduate School of Business
- DONG Lu (MBA ’04), Founder & CEO, La Miu
- Amy Gu (MBA '09), General Manager, China, Evernote
- Marguerite Gong Hancock, Associate Director, SPRIE, Stanford Graduate School of Business
- Ming LEI (MBA ‘05), Co-Founder, Kuwo
- Richard Lim (MBA ‘88), Managing Director & Co-Founder, GSR Ventures
- Annabelle Yu Long (MBA ’05), Member of Bertelsmann Group Management Committee; Chief Executive, Bertelsmann China Corporate Centre; Managing Director, Bertelsmann Asia Investments
- David Liu (MS ‘98, PhD ‘03), Founder and CEO, RedAtoms
- Hans Tung (BS ‘93), Managing Partner, Qiming Ventures
- Junde YU, Vice President, APAC, App Annie
- ZENG Ming, Chief Strategy Officer, Alibaba Group
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Venue
The Stanford Center at Peking University is located on the site of a former imperial palace on the northeast area of the Peking University campus. Opened in March 2012, SCPKU uniquely combines a traditional Chinese wood courtyard building with a modern, state-of-the-art facility. For map and directions, please click here.
Map of Route from Peking University's Southeast Gate to SCPKU
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| Founded in November, 1998, Tencent has grown into one of China's largest provider of comprehensive Internet services. It went public on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in June 2004. Tencent aims to enrich the interactive online experience of Internet users by providing a comprehensive range of Internet and wireless value-added services. Through its various online platforms, including Instant Messaging QQ, web portal QQ.com, the QQ Game Platform under Tencent Games, multi-media social networking service Qzone and wireless portal, Tencent services the largest online community in China and fulfills the user’s needs for communication, information, entertainment and e-Commerce on the Internet. | |
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Alibaba Group is a family of Internet-based businesses which makes it easy for anyone to buy or sell online anywhere in the world. Since its inception, it has developed leading businesses in consumer e-commerce, online payment, business-to-business marketplaces and cloud computing, reaching Internet users in more than 240 countries and regions. Alibaba Group consists of 25 business units and is focused on fostering the development of an open, collaborative and prosperous e-commerce ecosystem. |
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App Annie is the industry leader in app store analytics and market intelligence for the global app economy. More than 80 percent of the Top 100 iOS publishers use its services, and more than 200,000 apps from over 24,000 unique app publishers rely on App Annie Analytics to track their downloads, revenues, rankings and reviews. App Annie is a privately held global company with offices in Beijing, San Francisco, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and London. |
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Baidu is the largest Chinese-language search engine. Since its founding in 2000, Baidu's mission has been to provide the best and most equitable way for people to find whatever they're looking for online. Powered by world-class technology and a deep understanding of Chinese language and culture, Baidu now provides intelligent and relevant search results to over five hundred million users. In addition, Baidu has become the largest media platform in China for businesses to effectively reach potential customers online. Baidu continues to innovate to fulfill the needs of users, leveraging it unrivaled cloud infrastructure to deliver the best experience on any device as the shift toward mobile Internet continues in China. |
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CIB Productions is a Beijing-based television and video production services company staffed with international talent experienced in producing to broadcast standards. Our services include high-end corporate video production, production services for broadcasters and visiting production companies and filming of live events. |
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Qiming Venture Partners invests in young, fast-growing companies across China in the media and internet, IT, consumer and retail, healthcare, and clean technology sectors. It is an early to growth stage venture capital firm with offices in Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong. Founded in 2006, Qiming currently manages five funds with over $1.1 billion in assets. |
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RedAtoms is a mobile social game company committed to producing well-crafted games that connect people. Headquartered in China and with locations in Hong Kong, Tokyo and San Francisco, RedAtoms has produced top ranking card battle and music games, where millions of players interact with each other on a daily basis. |
About the China 2.0 Initiative
China 2.0 is a research and education initiative led by SPRIE at the Stanford Graduate School of Business focusing on the drivers and dynamics of the rise of China’s internet industry and its global implications. China 2.0 is a bridge between Stanford/Silicon Valley and China, academia and industry, and current and next generation entrepreneurs on both sides of the Pacific.
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Past China 2.0 Events
- "Fostering Innovation Beyond Boundaries" | Stanford, September 2012
- "Transforming Media and Commerce" | Stanford, September 2011
- CHINA 2.0 Stanford | September 2010
- CHINA 2.0 Beijing | May 2010
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Incentives, Fear of Arrest, and HIV/AIDS: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment Amongst Lawbreakers
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How can we encourage illegal actors to seek assistance from the state? Lawbreakers are generally hesitant to engage with the state, out of fear of incurring sanctions for having violated the law. They hesitate to seek law enforcement help if they are victims of crimes. They also shy away from other state institutions that could provide them with assistance such as social and health services, or education. The paper addresses this question by evaluating whether an incentive can increase HIV/AIDS testing amongst lawbreakers, who responds, and why. It presents a randomized field experiment in which sex workers in Beijing, China were assigned an incentive for getting an HIV test.
Speaker Bio:
Margaret Boittin is a fellow at CDDRL. She is completing her PhD in Political Science at UC Berkeley, and her JD at Stanford. Her dissertation examines regulation in China, focused on state intervention in prostitution from the perspectives of health, policing, and business. Her work combines ethnographic methods, as well as field and survey experiments.
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The Governance Project Postdoctoral Fellow, 2013-15
Margaret Boittin has a JD from Stanford, and is completing her PhD in Political Science at UC Berkeley. Her dissertation is on the regulation of prostitution in China. She is also conducting research on criminal law policy and local enforcement in the United States, and human trafficking in Nepal.
The Governance Project Postdoctoral Fellow, 2013-15
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Dong-Wook Lee
Shorenstein APARC
Encina Hall C333
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2013 Visiting Scholar
Dong-Wook Lee is a visiting scholar at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC).
Lee has worked for many different divisions at the Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Knowledge Economy, in various fields such as automobiles and shipbuilding, overseas resources development, inter-Korean economic cooperation, industrial complex development, and emerging industries policies, to name a few. At the ministry, he has played a central role in developing industry related policies, enhancing the competitiveness of Korea's industries, strengthening cooperation between North and South Korea, and promoting industrial convergence.
Before Lee came to Shorenstein APARC, he was a director general in charge of the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA)’s Foreign Investor Support Office to attract foreign direct investment. He has served as a public official for more than 20 years since passing the Examination for Higher Civil Service (finance and economy) in 1991.
Lee acquired a BA in business management from Yonsei University and an MA in public administration from Seoul National University. He earned a PhD in economics from KonKuk University in February 2012.
Shui Yung Chang
Encina Hall
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Shui Yung Chang (張水庸) is currently a Visiting Scholar at the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law at Stanford University from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
Mr. Chang is a career diplomat who joined the Foreign Service in 1992 and has served in various capacities in Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia and America. His overseas posts for the Foreign Service include Vice Consul in Johannesburg, South Africa; First Secretary in New Delhi, India; and Director in Miami, Florida, United States. In Taipei he held the positions of Desk Officer of African Affairs; Section Chief of the Institute of Diplomacy and International Affairs (formerly known as Foreign Service Institute); Secretary of the Coordination Council of North American Affairs; Director of the Public Diplomacy Coordination Council on home assignment and served as the External Affairs Officer and translator to the Premier Office of Executive Yuan, R.O.C.
Mr. Chang graduated from National Taiwan University with a Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Languages and Literatures in 1991. He continued his education on History of Art at University of Pretoria, South Africa 1996-1997, and obtained Master of Arts in Strategic Studies from Australian National University, Australia in 2005. He also received his certificate on diplomacy from Oxford University, United Kingdom in 1995.
Mr. Chang speaks fluent Taiwanese, Mandarin and English. His research interests include Asia studies, International Affairs, Taiwan Foreign Policy, Public Diplomacy, Democracy and Development. In his career he also actively involved in the promotion of culture, academy and humanitarian work for Taiwan. Over the years, Mr. Chang has travelled widely across countries and continents on his official trips and personal tours with family. He is married to Ms Maya Chen and has two children, Sonia and Sophia Chang. They currently reside in Taiwan.
