Yasheng Huang is Professor of International Management at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, where he founded and runs the China and India Labs and holds the International Program Professorship in Chinese Economy and Business. He is also a Fellow at Tsinghua University, Shanghai University, the Michigan Business School, and the World Economic Forum. He was previously recipient of Stanford University’s National Fellowship and a Social Science Research Council-MacArthur Fellowship. He has consulted for the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and OECD, and previously held faculty positions at Harvard University and the University of Michigan, and professorships at Fudan University, Xian Jiaotong University, Zhejiang University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, and Hunan University. In 2010, he was named as one of the most outstanding scholars in the US by the National Asia Research Program. Yasheng was a speaker at the 2018 Abu Dhabi Ideas Weekend, where he delivered a talk with David Rothkopf on China’s Belt and Road Initiative.

David J. Rothkopf is CEO of The Rothkopf Group (TRG), a diversified media and advisory firm focusing on international issues. TRG is co-creator and co-presenter of CultureSummit, a global event convening international leaders from the policy, culture and tech communities each year in Abu Dhabi. It is also convener of The Policy Forum events and web platforms and presenter of the Deep State Radio Network where he hosts the acclaimed Deep State Radio podcast. Additionally, David is a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and a Senior Fellow at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). David is the author of numerous internationally acclaimed books, including The Great Questions of Tomorrow, Power, Inc., Superclass, Running the World, and National Insecurity: American Leadership in an Age of Fear. He is a frequent contributor to leading newspapers, magazines and media outlets, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Financial Times, the Los Angeles Times, MSNBC, CNN, Time, the National (UAE), Ha'aretz and many others.

Julian Gewirtz is a Fellow in History and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He is the author of Unlikely Partners: Chinese Reformers, Western Economists, and the Making of Global China (2017), which The Economist called "a gripping read, highlighting what was little short of a revolution in China’s economic thought." His writing on Asia has appeared in publications including the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the Financial Times, Foreign Policy, and Foreign Affairs. A Chinese speaker, he has lived and worked in China and the United States and most recently served as Special Advisor for International Affairs at the U.S. Department of Energy. A Rhodes Scholar, he holds degrees from the University of Oxford and Harvard College. Julian was a speaker at the 2018 Abu Dhabi Ideas Weekend, where he moderated Moonshot 4: “The Modern Silk Road: A new era of globalistaion?”.

In March 2018, the Abu Dhabi Ideas Weekend welcomed some of the brightest and most interesting minds from the UAE and around the world to discuss four of the most important moonshot challenges facing our planet. The event was inspired by the world-famous Aspen Ideas Festival that has been taking place in Colorado since 2005, as a place for scientists, artists, politicians, business leaders, historians and educators to discuss some of the most fascinating ideas of our time. The 2018 Abu Dhabi Ideas Weekend topics included: “Polarisation: Bridging the gaps”, “Cancer: An end in sight?”, “Artificial Intelligence: Our super-intelligent friend?” and “The Modern Silk Road: A new era of globalisation”.

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