International Cooperation in Time of Geopolitical Turbulence - Conference in Shanghai with Arancha González, Dean of Sciences Po PSIA
Conference Introduction : On the occasion of Mrs. Arancha González, Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs and former Minister of Foreign Affairs for Spain, coming to Shanghai, Sciences po Shanghai Alumni will organize a lecture with the theme of "International Cooperation in the Age of Geopolitical Turbulence".
Drawing on her distinguished career, Mrs. Arancha González will explore the challenges and imperatives of global cooperation in an era marked by shifting geopolitics. At the same time, we are very honored to have invited Mr. Wu Chen, Managing Director of The Economist Global Business Review, to have a dialogue with Ms. Arancha González on the topic.
Organizer: Sciences Po Alumni in Shanghai
Time: Sunday, 5 November 2023, 13:00 - 15:00
Venue support：Shanghai
Language: English
Agenda:
13:00 pm - 13:15 pm: Registration
13:15 pm - 13:30 pm: Presentation
Mrs. Arancha González Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs of Sciences Po
International Cooperation in the Age of Geopolitical Turbulence
13:30 pm - 14:30 pm: Dialogue：
Mrs. Arancha González Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs of Sciences Po
M. WU Chen Managing Director of The Economist Global Business Review
14:30 pm - 15:00 pm: Q&A
⚠️Please register before Wednesday 2 November 2023, we will send you an email to confirm your participation and conference address. Spaces are limited and will be only available for registered alumni.
If you have any question, please contact: chine@sciencespo-alumni.fr
Our Speakers
Mrs. Arancha González is the third Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) at Sciences Po and the first woman to lead the world's third school for Politics and International Studies. Prior to joining PSIA, Ms González served as Spain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation (2020-2021). She previously was Assistant-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the International Trade Centre (2013-2020). Between 2005 and 2013 she served as Chief of Staff to the Director-General of the World Trade Organization, Pascal Lamy. Before that, she held senior positions at the European Commission in the areas of international trade and development. Ms. González started her career as a lawyer in the private sector. Ms González has been a member of PSIA's Strategic Committee since 2017. A Spanish national, Ms. González holds a degree in law from the University of Navarra and a Postgraduate Degree in European Law from the University Carlos III of Madrid.
Mr. WU Chen Managing Director of The Economist Global Business Review, The Economist, based in Shanghai. Prior to that, he was the Head of Editorial (Asia Pacific), EuroFinance, The Economist Group. He has been the Editor of CFO China, also an Economist Group publication from 2005 to 2009. In his journalism career, he has worked for BusinessWeek in Hong Kong, Bloomberg News in Singapore, and the international news department of Xinhua (New China) News Agency in Beijing. Mr.Wu has a wide range of research interests. He follows closely the latest development in regulatory changes in China, RMB internationalization trends, best practices in innovation, and opportunities and challenges in China’s new urbanization, just to name a few. Mr. Wu holds the Master of Pacific International Affairs degree from School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS), University of California, San Diego and the Master of Journalism from E. W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. He earned his B.A. from Beijing Foreign Studies University. As an illustration of journalistic achievement, Mr. Wu’s story on the problems involved in the process of manufacturing sector transformation in July 2008 won the Society of Asia Publishers Excellence Awards for Business Reporting (2009).
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