Stanford-Tsinghua Asia-Pacific Innovation Conference September 9-10, 2018 Beijing, China

Analyzing Public Policies for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in East Asia

Sunday, September 9

9:00am Meet student volunteers in hotel lobby to go to Minzhi Courtyard by bus

9:30am Welcome address • Gi-Wook Shin, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center Stanford University • Tianfu Wang, Center for Global Studies and Dept. of Sociology, Tsinghua University

9:45am ~ 12:00pm Chair: Fei Yan, Tsinghua University • Charles Eesley, Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University, China The Institutional Environment for U.S. Economic Innovation • Jin-Yeong Kim, Konkuk University, Korea Education and Human Capital Policy Related to Innovation in Korea • Tatsuo Sasaki, Waseda University, Japan Innovation Policies and Star Scientists in Japan • Discussant: Joon-Shik Park, Hallym University • Open Discussion

12:00pm ~ 2:00pm Lunch

2:00pm ~ 4:15pm Chair: Lu Zheng, Tsinghua University • Rafiq Dossani, RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy, India Education Policy and the Development of Human Capital for Innovation: The Case of India • Bernard Yeung, National University of Singapore, Singapore AI Implications for Business, Education, and Singapore’s Policy Responses • Zhou Zhong, Tsinghua University, Comparative • Entrepreneurial University and Entrepreneurship Education in Asia: A Comparative Study of Tsinghua and NUS • Discussant: Xiaobing He, Tsinghua University • Open Discussion

5:00 ~ 7:00pm Dinner in courtyard

Monday, September 10

8:00am Meet in hotel lobby to go to Minzhi Courtyard

8:30am ~ 10:45am Chair: Yong Suk Lee, Stanford University • Takeo Hoshi, Stanford University, Japan Financing Innovation in Japan: Challenges and Recent Progress • Hicheon Kim, Korea University, Korea Promoting Entrepreneurship Under the Shadows of Big Business in Korea: The Role of the Government • Charles Lee, Stanford University, China Financing Innovation in China: A Public Policy Perspective • Discussant: Xing Li, Peking University • Open Discussion

10:45am ~ 11:00am Break

11:00am ~ 12:45pm Chair: Karen Eggleston, Stanford University • Dinsha Mistree, Stanford University, India Taking Stock of India’s Policies for Innovation and Entrepreneurship • David Hsu, University of Pennsylvania, Comparative Entrepreneurial Scaling Strategy: Managerial and Policy Considerations • Discussant: Dr. Bobai Li, Peking University • Open Discussion

12:45pm ~ 1:00pm Manuscript Discussion/Closing Remarks Gi-Wook Shin and Tianfu Wang

Yong Suk Lee, Stanford University Karen Eggleston, Stanford University Joon-Shik Park, Hallym University Jesper Edman, Waseda University Toshio Murase, Waseda University Junichi Yamanoi, Waseda University