Schedule
Sep 29 Business/Culture Briefing + Q&A with Chinese MBA students
Oct 6 Michael Burnap, Vice President and Manager, International Trade, United Commercial Bank , which focuses on Chinese communities and American companies doing business in Greater China
Oct 13 Dennis Bracy – Chair, Avatar Studios, creator of Chinese TV sitcoms and other programs, and Chair of the WA State China Relations Council
Oct 20 David Tang – Managing Partner, KL Gates, heading the law firm’s Asia practice and three China offices; Chair, SF Federal Reserve Bank Board
Oct 27 Linda Cheever – President, Asia Pacific, Danaher Corp (parent company of Fluke). Vice Chair, Water 1st International
Nov 3 Joel Chuisid – North American General Manager, Hainan Airlines, the largest non-government airline in China.
Nov 7 Paper Topics due. Send a paragraph to categ@u.washington.edu
Nov 17 Joe Borich – Executive Director, Washington State China Relations Council and former Consul General, Shanghai for the U.S. State Dept.
Nov 21 Special Event: Global Summit with Diego Piacentini, Senior VP, International Retail, Amazon, and Daniel Rosen, renowned economist and author of Open Door: Foreign Enterprises in the Chinese Marketplace and co-author of China’s Energy Evolution: The Consequences of Powering Growth at Home and Abroad Note: this is a Friday event. Time: 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. Location: Douglas Forum, 4th Floor, Bank of America Executive Educ. Center
Dec 1 Panel of Seattle video game companies discussing business and youth culture and market in China and East Asia. Moderator, Kristina Hudson of Enterprise Seattle.
Dec 8 Papers due. 4-5 pp, based upon speakers, discussion, at least two approved sources.
