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Professor Dennis Wilder served for 36 years in intelligence and policy positions as one of the U.S. government’s foremost experts on China and the Indo-Pacific region. Since retiring from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in 2016, he has been … Continued

• Founder and CEO of Climate Alpha Global
• Founder & Managing Partner of FutureMap
• The leading next-generation voice in geopolitics and global markets
• One of Esquire’s “75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century”
• Senior Fellow, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore

• Global Quantum Computing, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning Expert
• Author of Knightmare on Wall Street and The Speed Traders
• Business consultant for billion dollar equity and hedge funds
• Futurist and Cyber Security Keynote Speaker
• Extensive research on Deep Learning for his upcoming volume The AI Breakthrough, How Artificial Intelligence is Advancing Deep Learning and Revolutionizing Your World, to be released in 2018.

• President and CEO of New York Institute of Technology (NYIT)
• An expert in the environment and sustainability, global higher education, and educational technology
• A frequent keynote speaker at conferences around the globe

Heino Klinck is the founder and principal of Klinck Global LLC. He is a global strategist, business executive, retired U.S. Army Colonel, former diplomat, and international policy expert. His extensive experience includes 2+ decades abroad; leading global strategy efforts in … Continued

Dr. Helen Belopolsky is a geopolitical risk professional who has spent twenty years in academia, government and the private sector, proactively managing the complicated and rapidly changing geopolitical landscape. This perspective makes her uniquely placed to turn geopolitical risk into competitive advantage. … Continued

• A free-lance correspondent based in Beijing and Berlin, accredited in China for The New York Times
• Writer for New York Review of Books, which is widely recognized as an influential magazine of ideas, The New Yorker, National Geographic
• An expert in China issues (especially politics, stability, prospects for reform), Islam in Europe, non-fiction writing and problems in journalism
• 2001 Pulitzer Prize Winner for International Reporting (China coverage)

• Director of the Center for Humanities & the Arts at the University of Colorado Boulder, where she also holds an appointment as Professor of Ethnic Studies
• Serves as the President of the Association for Asian American Studies (2020-2022)
• In addition to her academic work, Ho is active in community engagement around issues of race and intersectionality, leading workshops on anti-racism and how to talk about race in our current political climate

Jim Sciutto is CNN’s chief national security analyst and anchor of The Brief with Jim Sciutto weekdays at 6 pm ET on CNN International and CNN Max. Sciutto reports and provides analysis on all aspects of U.S. national security, including … Continued

• Author of China Goes West: Everything You Need to Know About Chinese Companies Going Global (Palgrave Macmillan)
• An expert on global branding, and how Chinese companies are reshaping international business
• Managing Director at Frontier Strategy Group
• Member of the National Committee on United States-China Relations