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A Golden Opportunity With China: How California Can Become an Even Bigger Destination for Chinese Foreign Investment
Since embarking on its era of economic growth and expansion in 1979, China has played an increasing
ly large role in the global economy and now ranks as the world’s second-largest economy.
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The Future of Aerospace in California
Moderator: Jane Wells
Speakers: Kellie Johnson, Jim Simpson, Jakob van Zyl, George Whitesides
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California’s Golden Opportunity: More Foreign Investment from China
LOS ANGELES—Since embarking on its era of economic growth in 1979, China has become a major economic
player and is now the world’s leading exporter and second-largest economy.
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California: Global Incubator for Innovation and Growth
Moderator: Kevin Klowden
Speakers: Bracken Darrell, Gil Elbaz, Adam Miller, Donna Morris
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Financial Models for Water Sustainability
In 2015, NASA data showed that California reservoirs contained only one year of water supply and Ca
lifornia’s total water storage had been in decline since before 2002.
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Agent of Change: The California-Israel Global Innovation Partnership
Moderator: Glenn Yago
Speakers: Naty Barak, Mark Gold, Jay Keasling, Uri Mingelgrin
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Amber Waves of Greatness: Promoting Prosperity in Middle America
Bracketed between the Acela Corridor and the California coast, America’s heartland continues to as
sert that the Great Recovery has largely bypassed the region. Unfortunate political rhetoric has exploited resentments and focused on facile solutions.
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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Medicine: Hope or Hype?
Applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning to health care and research have been
exploding over the last year—and sometimes backfiring, as researchers negotiate the learning curve.
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Can the Open World Economy Be Saved?
Free trade and international investment have been engines of global growth and prosperity since th
e end of World War II. How long they will continue to be, however, is an open question.
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Preserving the Promise of Cancer Immunotherapy
Rarely does the biopharma industry see anything like the explosion of activity that is immuno-onco
logy today.
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Expanding Access to Higher Education
Each year, three million Americans graduate from high school, but only eight percent are qualified
to attend a top university. African-Americans and Latinos represent just 14 percent—35,000—of those graduates.
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Building Bridges to Developing Economies: Reports From Field Practice
By 2030, the middle class of the developing world will represent about one-third of the global eco
nomy.
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